HPDBC Chapter 256: Master Craftsman Habarak
Chapter 256: Master Craftsman Habarak
chapter 256: master craftsman habarak
my friends and i took the large shell a great distance from where we found it, so that crimson couldn't follow us.
"i can't see inside. let's open it and take a look."
kiel moved his face close to look into the mouth of the shell, but he couldn't see the inside of the perfectly closed mouth of the shell.
"oh, i'll take care of it. nggu!"
dogora put strength into both hands and tried to pry open the mouth of the shell.
dogora forcefully and slowly opened the mouth of the giant shell, which the b-rank fish couldn't destroy.
""ohhh!""
my friends and i let out a sound of surprise at once.
the sparkle that everyone had hoped for slowly became visible through the shell.
it contained a slightly craggy, pale, gold-tinged lump of orichalcum.
i pondered what i could make from the lump of orichalcum.
(let's see, weapons for kurena and dogora and then a shield for dogora. this lump can only make one of those.)
kurena and dogora used very large weapons.
the lump of orichalcum, considering the size of it, was only enough for one of their weapons.
and their armor and shield would require more orichalcum than that.
i had been looking for the oricahlcum for some time then, but after finding out, more than the happiness at finding it, i was trying to figure out how to use it.
"well, let's make this one a greatsword for kurena."
"oh, for me? yes! orichalcum weapon!!!!"
kurena raised the lump of orichalcum to the sky with both hands, her whole body exploding with joy.
my friends sometimes required the same equipment. in such cases, i was the one who decided who would get the equipment, based on efficiency.
everyone had agreed upon it since the time we were in academy.
so even though dogora did not get the orichalcum, he didn't say anything.
and no one complained when they saw kurena expressing joy with her whole body.
then three days passed.
we did our best to find another lump of orichalcum, destroying all the shells, but we could not find it.
it was a little earlier than usual, but we decided to leave the dungeon.
"what? are you looking for orichalcum? i already found it."
"yes."
kurena was holding the lump of orichalcum with both hands, and my gaze was drawn to the pale gold glow.
my friends and i spent three and a half days in the dungeon and took one and a half days off, while helmios' party spent three days in the dungeon and took two days off.
we left early to meet up with helmios' party.
"mr. helmios. i want a greatsword!"
"umm, yeah. yes, that's right. okay, i'll show you tomorrow morning."
helmios was slightly taken back by kurena's pressure who was holding the orichalcum in both hands. he said that he would take us to the blacksmith who could process orichalcum into weapons the xet morning.
riding on b-rank birds, we left the tower of the s-class dungeon after a long time.
"master habarak stays quite far from here. it will probably take us about two days to get there at this speed."
helmios told us as we were flying through the sky.
helmios had traveled to fortenia on b-rank bird in rosenheim, so he knew how fast b-rank birds were.
the imperial capital of the bakius empire was only half a day away from where we were, but the blacksmith's place was about two days away.
my friends and i and helmios were all going to the place where master craftsman habarak stayed to ask him to make kurena the orichalcum greatsword.
i was told that master habaral was a stiff person and was someone who easily got into a bad mood.
then two days passed.
we were still riding b-rank birds.
"the landscape has changed around here."
i noticed that the terrain had changed.
the terrain was becoming more mountainous and rugged.
and there were many volcanoes, with plumes of smoke rising from craters everywhere.
"oh, this area is already in the old kingdom of mercia. i heard it used to be called the land of fire."
(i see, it was a different country before it was absorbed into the baukis empire.)
kurena's expression was shunned and depressed in shock at the rejection.
soon after, the door opened slightly and the young dwarf peeked out.
"how was it?"
"no good."
"please!! i brought the orichalcum. could you please make it into a sword?"
kurena, who had been watching from all the way back, stepped forward.
she really wanted an orichalcum greatsword.
"no."
"please!"
kurena pressed further on the young dwarf who refused.
"kurena, you're going a little overboard. don't trouble him further."
"yeah. sorry..."
after i admonished kurena, she apologized to the young dwarf.
"hey, what's that noise coming from a while ago?!"
"i am sorry, master habarak. i am refusing them..."
someone came noisily from the back with an old man's voice. before the young dwarf man could say all that, the door opened all at once.
then an old dwarf man with a cloth-like thing wrapped around his head appeared.
"huh? what's up with you guys?"
"oh, master habarak, it's been a long time."
"hmm? isn't it helmios?"
(this old man is a legendary master craftsman.)
"yes, i am here today to ask you to process the orichalcum."
helmios told him what we were there for.
then the young dwarf blocked his face.
"orichalcum."
"yes!"
kurena showed the orichalcum she was holding.
then, veins emerged on master craftsman habarak's face.
i could see from the side that he was furious.
"... you guys, where did you find that?"
"in the dungeon."
i noticed that something was wrong with the angry master craftsman habarak, so i stepped forward to reply on kurena's behalf.
"a dungeon? are you adventurers, then?"
"yes."
as soon as i replied, master craftsman habarak grabbed me by both arms.
habarak was a master craftsman, smaller in stature than me, but he easily lifted me with his veiny, blacksmith-trained hands.
"master habarak. what are you doing? what did those children do to you?"
helmios was also puzzled, but tried to admonish the master craftsman habarak for his behavior.
"you people are worshiping that little digragni! master freya is so angry that she can no longer strike orichalcum!"
"what does that mean?"
i restrained my friends, who were worried about me, with my hand, and asked them the reason for what was happening while i was being held.
"oh, because of you guys! god, damn it!"
when i said so, master craftsman habarak released.
then he collapsed to his knees and put his hands and head on the ground as if he was crying.
"uh, sir?"
"i am sorry, master freya. i'm sorry..."
i tried to talk to him, but i couldn't reach master craftsman habarak.
habarak, a master craftsman, was at his feet, his face scrunched up, apologizing in a trembling little voice over and over.
allen and the others were not sure what was going on when they saw the master craftsman habarak apologizing to freya, the fire god, as he punched the ground with his fist and sobbed.