Chapter 46

Next is Forging

Dagnar urgently spoke, sensing a presence flowing from the forest area.

“Damn it, Elves! Oh no! We’re done for! Elves in the border region? That means they’re 100% in a group.”

He made a fuss.

I sighed.

“Stop talking nonsense and get ready! There’s only one opponent.”

I had already confirmed it through Bone Three’s ‘sight secured.’

The only living being near here, besides us two, is just one.

“Is that really true?”

Dagnar’s eyes widened.

“Ah, that’s right! Come to think of it… You! Didn’t you take care of a group of Elves with your own strength last time? I’m alive, I’m alive!”

“Please, be quiet.”

I twitched my lips.

If it were a normal opponent, I would have been more relaxed.

“My Lord, that person is unusual.”

Just seeing Tae Yang-chang being cautious, I knew I couldn’t let my guard down.

‘Besides.’

The Old Man isn’t here with me right now.

I was psychologically anxious.

Swish!

It was then.

Just as something was about to reveal itself with the sound of leaves being stepped on.

“Tae Yangi!”

“Yes, My Lord!”

[‘Tae Yang-chang’ uses the skill, Sun Chain Strike (Lv.4).]

Swish, swish, swish!

Tae Yangi quickly thrust his spear.

A flash of light sparked like an electric current.

No matter who the opponent is.

It’s always advantageous to strike first, so I had to subdue them when I could.

If it’s a misunderstanding?

I can clear it up afterward.

But.

The misunderstanding was mine.

The vain delusion that I could subdue the opponent.

Thwack!

Something with intense power struck Tae Yangi.

“Gasp!”

Tae Yangi stepped back with a gasp.

He seemed flustered by the unexpected power.

“Hmm…”

I groaned.

At the same time, I placed Bone Four in the front and had Bone One and Bone Three join the battle.

The fight had already begun.

Whether the opponent was strong or not.

I had to do something.

Just then.

“Wait a moment.”

The opponent raised their hand.

“……?”

Only then could I properly see the opponent’s appearance.

Long hair and blue eyes.

Shockingly white skin.

And long ears like any other Elf.

“Stop attacking. I didn’t come here to fight.”

What, an Elf is talking to me?

“I have been waiting for you here until now.”

“Yes?”

I was taken aback.

Who is this Elf?

Who does she think I am to be waiting here?

“Oh Extraworld being. We know who you are. The balance between the two races has been broken due to your sudden appearance.”

The Elf’s eyes were mysterious.

And strong at the same time.

It tingled as if I were looking at Chairman Volkanus.

“You certainly gave gifts to the Dwarves. But what you got in return was their betrayal. Are you going to stay still even after being betrayed?”

“……”

So.

Since the Dwarves turned their backs.

Come to the Elf camp now.

Is that what she’s saying?

“Th, that’s a cunning trick! You, don’t tell me you’re falling for that Elf’s words?”

Dagnar shouted.

Then the Elf’s gaze turned to Dagnar.

“That’s a foolish thought. My belief and philosophy is that I can even join hands with the Magic Dragon if it means keeping the enemy in check.”

An enemy of an enemy is a friend.

To put it simply, it means, you’ve been abandoned too, so use us if you want.

“Look at that! How evil must a race be to even mention the Magic Dragon from 500 years ago? Don’t be fooled!”

“My name is Serpin. There’s no benefit for me to deceive you.”

“……!”

Serpin?

Who is that?

One thing is certain.

The moonlight shining behind her in the dark night looked very bright.

I turned my head to the side.

It was because the struggling dwarf had suddenly become silent.

“Mr. Dagnar?”

“……”

Dagnar kept his mouth shut even at my call.

When I looked to see why he wasn’t talking, his whole body seemed to be frozen.

The muscles in his face were stiff, and his thighs were trembling.

“Mr. Dagnar. What’s wrong?”

“S, Serpin……?”

“Yes?”

His pupils were shaking.

“We’re dead. It’s over. It’s all over. My life, your life too. Ah, damn it. I’ll curse the Chairman even as a ghost……”

“Why, what’s wrong? Who is Serpin?”

At my question, Dagnar swallowed hard.

Serpin in front of me as well.

Didn’t bother to open her mouth.

She was just looking with her blue eyes, waiting.

“Serpin is……”

Soon, Dagnar’s lips trembled.

“The name of the Elves’ Queen, the High Elf Queen.”

“Yes?”

What?

High Elf Queen?

I had a headache.

So, that Elf woman in front of me.

Is an existence on par with Chairman Volkanus?

And I fearlessly attacked such an existence first?

‘Oh, my head.’

My head throbbed.

I let out a deep sigh.

“So.”

A little later.

I looked at Serpin and opened my lips.

“You’re saying that you can’t directly intervene in this war because of your promise with the Chairman, right?”

“That’s correct.”

“And you want me to make things for the Elves just as much as I made weapons for the Dwarves. Or you’ll kill me?”

“Well, I never said I’d kill you……”

She nodded slightly.

She didn’t say it directly, but it meant she might.

“You are an Extraworld being. Contacting you is within the realm of indirect intervention.”

“Hoo, scary.”

I calmed down for now.

Honestly, my heart was rather positive.

I didn’t know what to do since I was chased out by the Chairman.

Wasn’t this a situation where the head of the Elf race reached out first?

‘Surely the Elves’ favorability is 25.’

Serpin’s eyes clearly didn’t contain any emotion.

What’s certain is.

Chairman or the High Elf Queen.

Those who have surpassed the limits don’t seem to be affected by the favorability System.

‘It’s an opportunity.’

An opportunity to raise the reduced favorability of the Elves again.

“I understand. I understand. But first, I think I need to figure out what I can do?”

Honestly.

I was also looking forward to it.

The Elves must also have a device that can make something.

I was excited about how much that would increase Bone Six’s proficiency.

“……Then would you like to move?”

Seraphin’s question.

I nodded.

‘Dagnar is……’

Looking to the side, it seemed like there was no need to worry.

No matter how much he hates Elves.

He wouldn’t want to avoid a meaningless death.

Who knows?

Maybe that Dwarf’s existence will be the key to resolving the racial conflict?

You never know what will happen in the world.

The area Serpin guided me to was a village located in a remote place.

“……Who is that?”

“I smell the Stone Clan.”

“It’s foul. There are Dwarves too?”

Elves without combat power were sending wary glances.

But because of Serpin’s presence, no one could pick a fight.

They were just doing chores like fetching water or managing plants.

“Where is this?”

I asked Serpin.

The place surrounded by lush trees was full of sheep and goats.

And full of spiders and silkworms.

‘Could this be……’

Sheep, goats, spiders, silkworms.

The only thing these four have in common is.

‘Weaving?’

They were the components that make up the thread, the basic material for weaving.

“Unlike the Stone Clan, our forest people cannot handle metal. However, we can spin thread and weave fabric. We can also make clothes with it.”

Serpin looked at me.

“Oh Extraworld being. You have a talent for making something. I confirmed it from afar through magic, but I was moved by the sight of you making the Thunder Hammer, regardless of race.”

“Re……ally?”

She was watching that scene?

“Here, receive this.”

Serpin handed something over.

‘This is……’

It was a blueprint.

A blueprint with a similar feel to when Tonir handed it over in the past.

[Item: Elysia’s Mantle]

[Grade: A]

[Type: Blueprint]

[Description: A blueprint for manufacturing ‘Elysia’s Mantle’.]

[Effect 1: Can produce ‘Elysia’s Mantle’.]

[Effect 2: Requires 50 Mid-Grade Thread, 100 Mid-Grade Fabric, 2 High-Grade Thread, 2 High-Grade Fabric.]

[Effect 3: Boasts excellent performance as the manufacturing difficulty is complex.]

“Please rebalance the balance that you have broken.”

“……”

Ah.

Is it real?

She’s letting me increase my weaving proficiency following forging?

And even another A-grade blueprint?

‘It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t happy.’

In fact, I was also anxious.

Is the Dungeon flowing this way for my convenience?

Even the Medium Difficulty Dungeon that boasts considerable difficulty?

“Okay, I understand. I’ll do my best.”

First of all, there is no choice right now.

Serpin is one of the absolute beings in this world.

Even if Gi So-yul comes to help.

It wouldn’t even be a One-Move Enemy.

Serpin nodded satisfactorily at my answer and disappeared.

Dagnar, who had been watching with bated breath, finally opened his mouth.

“Sigh, I don’t know what I’m doing at all. To think I’m helping Elves in the middle of the forest in my life. I don’t know what the High Elf Queen or the Chairman are thinking.”

That’s right.

I also don’t know how this quest is flowing at all.

“So…… are you really going to make their mantles as the Queen said?”

“Wouldn’t I have to if I want to live?”

That’s what I said.

In fact, my goal is to resolve the conflict between these two races.

First of all, I had to balance the balance that I had disrupted.

“I can never do that! No matter how much I hate the Chairman! I can’t betray my race! Even if you are my benefactor, I don’t think this is right!”

“Hmm.”

He should have said that in front of Serpin.

I roughly organized my belongings around me.

Dwarves definitely seem to have a bit more stubbornness than Elves.

But I can’t disappoint Dagnar, who spoke up for me.

“I’m not betraying the Stone Clan.”

To be exact, the Chairman betrayed me.

“Then what is it?”

“To face an enemy, you must clearly understand the enemy.”

“So?”

“Think of it comfortably. If you think about it, isn’t it a great achievement? I infiltrated the heart of the enemy without any danger?”

“That’s sophistry.”

Dagnar frowned.

“What you’re doing is not spying on the enemy. You’re clearly helping the enemy. Your manufacturing skills are now at the level of the ancestors in the past. The clothes you make will protect the Elves’ bodies and block the Dwarves’ hammers.”

“No, no.”

I shook my head.

I’m emphasizing it one more time.

The final mission I have to break here is to resolve the conflict, not to build up Bone Six’s proficiency.

‘And to resolve the conflict?’

I need to know the cause of the conflict.

And what is the best way to know the cause?

It’s to ask about history.

The history of the two races.

Of course, I need to know the objective and accurate history based on relics, not the unilateral history of one race.

“Mr. Dagnar. Do you happen to know where the Magic Dragon from 500 years ago is buried?”

“Magic Dragon?”

Dagnar tilted his head.

Soon.

He seemed to be thinking for a moment, then his pupils grew.

“Y, you…… could it be?!”

“Yes?”

“Ah, as expected! You had a plan? Keuh, I’m really sorry for doubting you even for a moment.”

“……?”

“That’s right! The place our Dwarves wanted to know the most! The Magic Dragon’s seal was in this forest area! While I’m turning my eyes while doing what Serpin told me to do, I can investigate that place?”

I, is that so?

This.

I feel like I’ve gained something by chance.

Let’s move on for now.