Episode 111
EPISODE.56
Fortunately, there were no unnecessary misunderstandings between the two.
First of all, Io wasn’t the type to be reckless or cause a commotion.
“I see…”
Io nodded thoughtfully at Russell’s explanation, and Russell wiped his chest.
‘after.’
“You mean that my benefactor carried me, who collapsed at the entrance of the Underworld, back to the inn.”
It stung my heart a little, but strictly speaking, it wasn’t a lie.
I just cut off the front of the story a little bit. But I couldn’t help it.
Io couldn’t even remember that he inherited the dragon’s power.
Besides, even if you talk about it, in order to convince them…
‘There’s a lot to explain.’
While Russell thought so, Io moved his hand.
He took out the hand mirror he originally had and held it up, reflecting his face in every way.
“This is the horn the benefactor was talking about.”
“yes. I was also surprised when I first discovered Io.”
“Um…”
Io sighed as if he hadn’t suspected the natural lie at all.
After thinking for a while, he tilted his head and said.
“It seems that the dragon factor that was flowing in my body is starting to wake up.”
“…”
“Because I have a memory of a cluster of silvery lights flying at me right before I lost consciousness. Maybe that was a precursor to awakening.”
The silver glow must have been the power left by Sylvester.
Io’s voice continued.
“If you fell off the window sill in the process of awakening and wandered the streets at night and fell down at the front door…”
Watching Io putting together the pieces of memory through his own guesses, Russell’s heart throbbed once again.
‘Even so, I feel fortunate that the story worked out well.’
Russell complained about his own human side, which could not be said to be good even with empty words.
Of course, that wasn’t all that bad.
In the meantime, Io, who had organized his thoughts, stood up.
“If my benefactor hadn’t helped me, I might have fallen asleep on the road. Thank you. benefactor.”
“…wasn’t that great.”
Io smiled brightly at Russell, who gave a shy answer.
“I’m glad though.”
“…?”
“It’s not perfect yet, but I’ve started awakening as a dragon, right? So even though it is small, it will be able to help our tribe.”
“ah.”
From that story, Russell was able to recall part of the conversation he had with her the day before.
‘I heard you came to the Underworld to procure weapons to fight against the monsters.’
It is in the interior of the Amazona Great Forest that the village of the White Ash Tribe is located.
It is inhabited by various fairies including elves and feathers, as well as all kinds of monsters.
It is one of the mysteries that have yet to be fully touched by mankind.
But did they say that the monsters in the Great Forest suddenly turned ferocious?
‘Um…’
The fact that the monster suddenly turned ferocious was a bit disturbing, but Russell put off thinking about that part for now.
Even if it wasn’t that many times, there were cases where monsters turned ferocious at regular intervals.
Moreover, it was not something that an outsider himself could interfere with.
It was then.
A wind spirit flew into the inn through an open window.
Chirr chirrr-.
The spirit who discovered Io makes a fuss.
“oh-.”
Io jumped up from his seat with a confused look on the face of the commotion.
“It seems like there was a commotion in the dorm because I suddenly disappeared.”
It was only natural that there would be a commotion since it had suddenly disappeared.
“Thank you. benefactor.”
She bowed her head once again to express her gratitude, then hesitated as she grabbed the doorknob before exiting Russell’s quarters.
“I hope that the path ahead of the benefactor will be filled with the blessings of the forest…”
Then he looked back at Russell and said briefly.
“Then…see you next time. benefactor.”
See you next time.
It was a word with a strange resonance.
* * *
Tsutsutsutsutsut-.
Two hours after Io goes back.
Russell, who was entangled in the flow of magical power, slowly half-opened his eyes.
Along with him, the mana that flowed intricately like a spider’s web begins to find its place.
Then, confirming that all the mana that had been stretched out had returned to the circle, Russell let out a slow breath.
“Whoa-.”
Clear eyes without even a hint of shaking.
The blood from the whole night had already been completely blown away through the circle work.
Russell, who had blown away his fatigue, got up slowly.
Woodeuk Wooduk-.
I thought about awakening my body through simple gymnastics.
‘Originally, I was planning to use all 20 days just to find traces of the dragon, but…’
Because things worked out better than I thought, it ended in one day, so I had about 19 days to spare.
‘Then, how should I use this time?’
First of all, we should start by training Overlord and Wizard Body, but there was no set schedule after that.
‘It wouldn’t be bad to go to the library.’
No matter how much the underworld is a city of iron and fire, there must be at least one library with many books.
I didn’t even know that I might be able to find a precious book passed down only among the fairies.
‘Going to a place like a blacksmith’s to see the technology…’
While a few schedules popped into my head.
A thought crossed Russell’s mind.
‘It wouldn’t be bad to take this opportunity to investigate that.’
There will be no one who can follow the Dwarves when it comes to handling iron and other minerals.
Because if they were like that, they might know the identity of it.
.
.
After finishing the morning training, which has now become like a habit.
After a simple meal, Russell left the inn and headed to the dwarves’ forge located in the Underworld.
Of course, as it is a city of dwarves, the number of forges located in the Underworld is innumerable.
Among them, Russell is heading to the blacksmith shop run by Piggy and Migi.
It wasn’t too difficult to find their smithy.
On the first day we met, he told us to come to him if he needed help and told us the location of the smithy.
Not only that, but there was even a signboard that said ‘Piggy & Migi’.
Even from a distance, it was easy to ascertain its location.
‘I’m guessing it’s a pretty popular blacksmith’s shop?’
Guessing the size of the smithy from the size and appearance of the sign, Russell entered.
Hwaaak-.
As soon as I entered, a frenzy came from all over the place.
The smoky smell of burnt and sweat that stimulates the tip of the nose, and the sound of metal.
land land land -.
Stepping on the bellows, turning the stove, hitting the hammer, etc.
When I turned my head, I saw almost twenty dwarves working in their respective positions.
Piggy and Migi were busy running between them, shouting to and fro.
“Hey, do it right. upright.”
“Aren’t you stepping on the bellows harder? So, will the iron melt?”
Unlike yesterday, when he was happy to welcome guests from abroad, the craftsman looks infinitely serious.
At the sight, Russell stuck his tongue out inwardly.
‘Is this why the dwarves are called artisans?’
The dwarves working under the management of Migi and Piggy also seem to have excellent skills with thick beards.
‘To the point of being able to lead such dwarves.’
It seems that the skills of the two are not normal.
It was only then that Migi found Russell and raised her head.
“Oh you’re uhm so russell? Russil?”
Russell smiled bitterly at the sight of him blurring his horse’s tail.
“Just feel free to call me Little Human.”
Migi answered as if she had been waiting.
“good. little human. If he came, he would speak, but why are you standing still?”
“I didn’t want to interrupt your work.”
“The job is to train young dwarves as apprentices.
“A young dwarf?”
Russell looked at the dwarves working with a puzzled expression.
A young dwarf.
Looking at the face value, aren’t they all faces that look like they’re in their mid-to-late 40s?
“then. young In terms of human years, I’m about fifteen or six now?”
Migi, who pinched her inner thoughts, laughed heartily, as if such thoughts were revealed in her expression.
“Chuck. Maybe it’s because we drank strong alcohol from a young age, we Dwarves tend to mature a bit earlier than our age!”
He set the huge hammer he was carrying on his shoulder to the floor.
thud-.
Perhaps because the weight was not normal, the sound that started from the hammer was pushed up to Russell’s shoes.
What kind of metal was he hitting with that hammer? He asked Russell, who had a brief delusion.
“By the way, what’s the little human doing in the forge? Any places you want to visit?”
Piggy, who was passing by, added his words.
“If not, maybe there are things you want to buy at our forge.”
“Oh that’s a good idea. I never meant to brag, but our blacksmith is one of the few in the Underworld…”
“There’s a reason why there are so many apprentices…”
Russell took a step back at the sudden solicitation.
He spoke out directly.
“Actually, I came because I had something I wanted to show you two.”
“What do you want to show us?”
Looking back at the two dwarves who exchanged glances and tilted their heads, Russell opened a subspace.
“yes. Could you please look at this?”
Along with the horse, what Russell took out was a magic stone the size of a fingernail.
To be precise, a low-class edible magic stone that was stored in subspace.
“hmm?!”
“This?”
Concerned that someone might not be a dwarf, Migi and Piggy’s eyes started to twinkle at once as soon as they gave out the magic stone.
“Do you know what this is?”
“It looks like a small magic stone…” When
I handed over the magic stone, they accepted it as if they had waited.
Then, they rolled it around in their hands and brought it close to their eyes to check it, etc., and chatted with each other.
“her. It’s amazing. At first glance, I thought it was an ordinary magic stone…”
“Looking at it up close, it’s clearly different from the magic stones we know.”
“How about the magic stones that are said to be produced in the eastern part of the continent? I heard that the magic stone there is a bit unusual.”
“Even so, it’s just a magic stone. But isn’t this amazing?”
“Such pure magic in such a small size…”
“And this is only small in size. Rather than a stone that holds mana-”
“It’s as if mana itself has been condensed into the shape of a stone.”
At those words, the two dwarves’ eyebrows twitched and moved.
“Huh, that’s what I said. This isn’t necessarily a magic stone…”
“It’s like a Dragonic Heart.”
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