Chapter 345 Another forging duel

Chapter 345 Another forging duel

Since this matter was set, they didn't waste any time in bringing us to the site of the forging duel.

As this was the Dwarven Kingdom, even the castle had its own private forge.

But it wasn't just a private forge...it was a giant private forge.

There were many different dwarves going back and forth in this forge, doing all kinds of different things.

It really was a sight to behold...if one didn't know the implications of this.

All of these dwarves were forging weapons and armour for the soldiers of the Dwarven Kingdom. This was where the main supply line of the Dwarven Kingdom came from.

If anything happened to this forge one day, one can be sure that it would be a blow to the Dwarven Kingdom.

There would still be plenty of forges in the kingdom to use, but this was the best of the best. This was where the best equipment in the kingdom was, so there would be a decrease in quality of equipment if anything happened to this forge.

Not that I was planning on doing anything to this forge in the first place.noVE)lb.In

The other human countries might consider it since they had always wanted to conquer the dwarves, but I just wanted to live in peace and harmony with the dwarves.

They were a rare fantasy race that didn't exist in my previous world!

It was hard not getting excited seeing them!

After we arrived at the forge, the news of the forging duel quickly spread and we were led to the best furnaces in the entire forge.

This was the private furnace of the Dwarven King, one of the best, if not the best blacksmith in the entire Dwarven Kingdom. So naturally these furnaces would be the best.

To show his generosity, he even allowed me to choose which furnace I would use.

I could see that there was a difference between the two furnaces, but that meant that there really was only one that I could use.

Between the two furnaces, there was one that was specialized for skilled blacksmiths and one for general use. The one that was specialized required special skills to use, so I could only use the general use one.

So that was the one that I chose.

Once that was done, all we had to do was submit our request for materials and the forging duel would begin.

But before that, I had a request to make.

"Huh? You want Ivar to help you with the forging?"

The dwarves all knitted their brows when they heard this.

Could it be that this human was trying to play them?

The king had said that he had amazing forging skills which was why they had been convinced to let this forging duel happen.

The problem with the Dwarven Kingdom now was...a lack of innovation.

It had already been two years since they had made their last major discovery. They were still making minor discoveries here and there, but the problem was a lack of new innovation.

The problem with being the industry leader was having to constantly come up with new ideas and new innovations, or it would be a matter of time before the others caught up to them.

The human countries had been slowly learning their techniques and catching up to them in terms of forging.

If they didn't come up with any new ideas, it would be a matter of time before they lost their advantage as dwarves.

Though they would never lose their skills since dwarves were just genetically different from humans.

But if Ivar was the one doing the forging...

The Dwarven King thought differently though.

He had read the report from Dorin at the border, telling him that Rondo had been the one to do the hammering for Zwein during the demonstration. It was clear that this human wasn't able to do the hammering himself, so that was why he needed help.

But that confused him even more since this human had forging techniques that he had never heard of, yet he wasn't able to forge himself.

Just where had he gotten this knowledge from?

Was he a genius or was it something else?

He wanted to use this forging duel to find out.

Since the Dwarven King knew what the situation was, he just casually gave a nod before saying, "Alright, that's not a problem."

Ivar was surprised that this request was granted so easily, but he didn't mind.

He had seen Zwein's techniques before, so having the chance to work with him was definitely an opportunity.

The other dwarves seemed like they had something to say, but the Dwarven King had already spoken. Once the Dwarven King speaks, it really wasn't their place to say anything else.

However, that wasn't the only request that I had.

"I also need Moon's help with the forging." I said in a calm voice.

Once again, the dwarves were caught off guard.

After all, they knew that Moon was an elf, they had all met her when she had come into the throne room with me.

But no matter how they thought about it, they didn't think that an elf would know anything about forging.

The reason why the elves had made an alliance with the dwarves in the first place was because they needed their forging abilities.

So they didn't think this elf would be able to do much.

But the Dwarven King thought differently.

There was a reason why the dwarves had formed an alliance with the elves too. After all, they wouldn't have formed that alliance if they didn't need anything.

As for what they needed...it was the mana of the elves.

They needed the magic ability of the elves for a certain thing that would help in their crafting.

"Runes." The Dwarven King muttered under his breath as he narrowed his eyes to look at Moon.

But in the end, he still said with a nod, "That's not a problem at all, you can have her help you."

With those two conditions agreed to, we started our forging duel.