The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 51 The pulse of the earth

Although six highly skilled dwarves joined in, the speed of adamantine smelting and forging not only did not speed up, but came to a standstill, because the biggest problem in the entire forging process came.

As the hardest and most difficult metal known to man, the cutting of adamantine has always been the most troublesome problem (not counting the age of Netheril). Almost all energy damage has no effect on it, corrosion Humans have no effect, even the stomach juice of the Xundi beast can only soften it, and the excellent hardness of adamantine makes all physical methods almost meaningless.

Although fine gold materials are difficult to transform and utilize, the wisdom of humans (humans? dwarves?.) is infinite.The so-called "use the spear of the son to attack the shield of the son", for mortals, the only tools that can deal with pure gold are tools that are also made of fine gold. Although fine gold products are used as cutting tools for fine gold materials, such No fool would do such an extravagant act that hurts both sides, but there are two kinds of spells in this world, [Adamantine Touch] and [Grustoth's Melting Metal].

Under normal circumstances [Grustos' Metal Melting] has no effect on adamantine in a normal state, and tools enchanted by [Adamantium Touch] will temporarily lose their effect when they touch real adamantium, but when adamantium touches Adding flux does not have this immunity when it turns golden yellow at high temperature.

It's a pity that Sunderland doesn't know the spell of [Grustoth's Metal Melting], otherwise the fine gold smelting work will save a lot of trouble and cost. [Adamantine Touch] This fifth-level female archon understands spells, but even with the equipment that increases spell slots on her body, she can only cast spells three times a day, each lasting 60 seconds.

Seven full days!Every day, as soon as Sunderland's spell slot is restored, he casts [Adamantine Touch] on the fine-toothed hacksaw, which is operated by William to cut, and the eight dwarves take turns to fix the material with metal collars in groups of four, and when the spell After the effect was exhausted, another group took turns to forge fine gold blocks, hoping to make them thinner and speed up the cutting process.

When the No.20 two fine-toothed hacksaws were scrapped, about a quarter of the adamantine block was finally cut off. At this time, all the participants were exhausted. Sunderland turned blue and almost fainted. Excessive use of spells beyond her own ability exhausted her energy, so the forging work had to stop again.

What everyone doesn't know is that because Sunderland has released the same spell for seven consecutive days, and the amount released far exceeds her own power, this abnormal behavior has aroused the interest of a great being, and no one knows this Interest in the end is luck or disaster.

Of course, Sunderland is not without gains. From now on, even if she doesn't have a spell book, she can easily memorize the fifth-level spell [Adamantine Touch]. Add a fifth-level spell slot.

The happiest person who can find pure gold in the underground world is actually Singers. Since many years ago, he has longed to have such a "treasure". It has nothing to do with money, wealth or fame.

If a dwarf has enough blacksmithing ability and is lucky enough to live long enough, he will feel the power of the earth, which is a blessing (or curse) imposed on the dwarves by the gods. Once, and only once, in a dwarf's lifetime, the dwarf will craft a weapon better than any he's ever made (dwarves only like to make weapons at such times), and within the lifetime of the dwarf The lieutenant general will never make a more excellent and perfect work than this one, and he will even lose the desire to swing the forging hammer again because of this.

Dwarves usually refer to this feeling or ability that seems to come from the blood as "the pulse of the earth".

As early as several years ago, Singers felt this pulse, but he could only suppress it, and whenever the moon was full, when the magic power between heaven and earth was stirring, he would do the same in his sleep. In one dream, Singers dreamed that he was beating nuggets of adamantine that turned golden yellow with a forging hammer.

The one-eyed dwarf understood the meaning of this omen, but he did not have fine gold on hand, and no one in Mirabar City had such a large piece of pure gold. When Singers told his companions about this, all Everyone scoffed. No one believed that the old dwarf could find such a large nugget of pure gold unless the gods helped him. Gradually, Singers himself gave up hope. Whenever the moon was full, he could only torture himself in his heart. Get drunk.

But since William's arrival, things have started to take a turn for the better.When the dwarves found the gold in the kobold cave, the heart that had been silent for many years became active again, especially the large piece of gold that William found. The special moment has finally arrived.

In the past, Singers only dreamed on nights when the moon was full, but these nights before the full moon, his dreams began to appear, and as the moon became fuller, Singers' dreams became more and more clear.The summer solstice is coming, but the night of the summer solstice is a magical night with a full moon. It is a gray time zone where seasons alternate with each other. The magic factor stirring between the sky and the earth makes the "pulse of the earth" clearer and more intense.

For this reason, the forging work of the adamantine battle ax was almost completely taken over by Singers, and ordinary dwarves couldn't keep up with his work rhythm at all, William was an exception.Although he is not very clear about the so-called racial ability of the dwarves, he knows the state of Singers at this time, because he has experienced this situation before, but what he does not understand is how this situation can occur in a " Ordinary" dwarves, this state is called "Bao Dan".

The so-called "Baodan" is just a term. It is not a kind of golden pill that condenses energy like the myths and legends of Xianxia, ​​but a level of control of the body's qi and blood by warriors.Qi and blood refers to the reaction of the blood in the human body carrying oxygen throughout the body. If the limbs want to exert greater strength, the muscles and tissues need more energy, and consume more nutrients and oxygen. Controlling Qi and blood It is to control the blood supply of nutrients and oxygen to all parts of the body.Normal people can hardly actively control the flow of Qi and blood, and even a master of Huajin can only control part of Qi and blood to gather in a certain local area.But Baodan is different, this realm is completely beyond the limit of the human body, she is a kind of evolution of human body, Baodan masters can instantly gather the blood of the whole body to one point, thus bursting out the power beyond imagination, this People of this kind were called "True Immortals of the Land" in ancient China.

"Baodan" is the integration of the warrior's spirit and body, and is a kind of physical evolution.However, although Singers' situation is similar to that of "Baodan", the actual process is completely different. The spirit of the one-eyed dwarf is not fused with himself, but with the pure gold on the anvil. blend.In the beginning, William was able to help the dwarves, forging the fine gold billet into a rough shape with a sledgehammer, but in the later stage, he was completely unable to do anything other than handing over the tools.Because the adamantine had been united with the spirit of Singers at this time, anyone else striking the adamantium would be like attacking a one-eyed dwarf except himself.

What they don't know is.Just a year ago, at this time, the dwarf king of Icewind Dale, Bruno Warhammer, also experienced this scene. Compared with the red beard dwarf king who used mithril to create the tooth of Aegis, it is obvious that the adamantium in front of Singers is more important. Much harder to deal with.

Fortunately, the helpers around the one-eyed dwarf are much more useful. Although other people can no longer intervene in the forging work, they can relieve Singers from worries and allow him to replenish enough food and drinking water in time without delaying his work. , not to mention that there is a knowledgeable magician, and the various magic potions provided by Sunderland make the dwarves not have to worry about project failure due to energy consumption.

When the moon was full and the silver light hung high, Singers' work was finally coming to an end, because he was connected with the adamantine battle axe, and he could easily transform his work.As the ax handle that had already been prepared was slowly inserted into the groove, Singers beat the back of the ax vigorously to make it completely fused together.

He respectfully picked up the small hammer and chisel that he had already prepared, and carved mysterious patterns on the surface of the axe, regardless of the fact that the high temperature on the tomahawk had already scalded his hands, and Sunderland next to him had to continuously perform protective and medical functions. spells to protect him.

Both sides of the battle ax were engraved with special secret scripts. Singers solemnly carved the hammer and anvil of Moradin the Soul Forger on one side, and the dwarf god of war Clanjadin Silverbeard on the other. Crossed twin axes.Finally, Singers took out the treasure he had treasured for a long time, a black scroll inlaid with purple and gold patterns. He slowly opened the scroll, and many strange runes appeared on it. He seemed to engrave them on the battle ax one by one. Every time he engraved a rune, there would be one less rune on the scroll.

When all the runes were engraved, the final moment came. The one-eyed dwarf held up the silver-blue diamond dust in both hands. This was the best magic diamond dust contributed by Sunderland, at least better than the dwarf prepared it himself. is much better.Singers chanted a spell with magical power aloud, and as the last spell came, he raised his hands and scattered diamond dust to the sky, and then the one-eyed dwarf tried to hold the adamantine battle ax to the sky despite the terrifying heat, But with the scorching pain, he passed out.

William, with sharp eyes and quick hands, quickly clamped the tomahawk with iron tongs, preventing it from falling to the ground, and Sunderland also quickly poured the healing potion and life potion on Singers, and then an extremely beautiful picture was displayed in front of everyone Appeared, the diamond dust turned into a light blue Milky Way and converged towards the Tomahawk, and the entire sky turned into a silver-blue star curtain.

As all the magic diamond and stardust gathered on the battle axe, the sky under the moonlight returned to tranquility, and all that was left was to wait for the adamantine battle ax to cool down naturally. The most important thing now was Singers, this persistent The palms of both hands of the dwarf blacksmith were scorched and needed immediate treatment. Several dwarves carried him to the Temple of Tyr in the city.

William looked at the dwarf in a coma with extremely complicated emotions. He sacrificed his own hands just to build a weapon. William didn't know whether to admire him or pity him. The soul from another world was completely moved by the dwarf's persistence. .

"Old Singers! Cultivate with peace of mind! I, Chen Jinyang (William), owe you a favor that will never be repaid!" William comforted silently in his heart.

Although he has seen many incredible things, William still doesn't have a deep understanding of the healing power of this world. He never thought that the one-eyed dwarf who was healed by the priest would reappear the next day with both hands.

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Guess the attributes of the Adamantine Battle Axe!The one-eyed dwarf has already given a reminder, and this is related to the future of Phinya!
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