Chapter 62 The Tower (3) (1/2)
In the tutorial stage, while waiting for the reset timer, some visitors showed up.
“This is one hell of a mess.”
A man in a blue robe spoke in an irritated tone as he looked down at the ruined buildings.
The retinue following behind also stood with their face stiff.
This was much more serious than what they had heard from the report.
Not to mention any survivors, everything they had built up, collected and achieved while hiding it from the Isle had turned to dust overnight. Even the ‘heart’ they had spent years making disappeared without a trace.
In this situation, it was virtually impossible to conduct a proper investigation.
‘Bild you dumbass.’
‘I should have known when he acted so greedily. I mean, what the fuck did he do for it to end up like this?’
‘And here I was thinking Lord Leonte was only a step away from becoming the Wushen… God damn it!’
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The retinue clenched their teeth, cussing at the now missing Bild. But at the same time, they had to be extremely cautious when doing so.
“Find it at all costs, even if it means digging up the ruins or searching the whole tutorial stage!”
“Roger!”
“Roger!”
The attendants bowed down their heads and quickly dispersed.
The man then looked back at the ruins with blazing eyes.
*Gnash*
“At a crucial time like this….”
The man in the robe, his name was Leonte. One of the five leaders of Cheonghwado, and once a member of Arthia.
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“So can you really teach me metallurgy?”
Yeon-woo quietly opened his mouth after Henova had recovered
Henova’s eyebrows wriggled once again.
“You…!”
“It’s not a joke this time. I really want to learn the basics of metallurgy.”
Yeon-woo was speaking in a serious tone
Henova gently put down the hammer he was holding after realizing Yeon-woo was sincere. Then he picked up a smoking pipe he had put at his feet and placed it in his mouth.
‘Oh, right. He was a heavy smoker.’
When Yeon-woo stared calmly at Henova.
*Hoo*
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Henova puffed a cloud of white smoke into the air.
“What are you going to do with it?”
“There’s something I want to repair.”
“Repair? Repair what?”
“I’m sorry, but I can’t show you.”
Yeon-woo fiddled with the watch in his pocket.
When it came back to his possession, the watch was already in bad shape.
Yeon-woo wanted to open up the inside and, if possible, fix it to check if there was something else he missed, or if there was another clue hidden inside.
No, apart from that, it was an item that holds precious memories of him and his brother. He wanted to restore it to its original state.
However, being a magic artifact, it had various magical devices built inside that he didn’t dare to touch.
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Henova might be able to repair it. Not only he was good at metallurgy but also alchemy and magic engineering. But Yeon-woo didn’t want to show the pocket watch to Henova.
He couldn’t trust Henova just yet.
Considering he was the closest person to his brother, he’d figure out whose this watch was as soon as he saw it.
Yeon-woo could tell Henova was a good man, but that didn’t mean he could be trusted yet.
And above all….
‘I want to fix it myself.’
This was the item his younger brother had left behind.
He wanted to take care of it by himself.
It may be useless stubbornness, but for Yeon-woo, it was a promise he made with himself.
“Okay then.”
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*Hoo*
Henova puffed out smoke and nodded nonchalantly.
An answer different than Yeon-woo had expected.
“I thought you would get angry at me.”
“Why would I?”
“Because I’m asking you to teach me skills without even giving a proper explanation. I know I’m being unreasonable.”
*Sneer*
Henova raised the corner of his lips. It was as if he had found something interesting.
“So you do know you’re being an asshole?”
“….”
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*Hoo*
“Don’t say it if you don’t want to. I don’t care either. Players leaving their home world trying to climb up The Tower, who wouldn’t have a story? Just grab anyone passing by and tell them to talk about their lives. You could probably write a full book with it.”
Henova finished his words with a laugh. An emotion flickered in his wrinkled eyes.
Yeon-woo realized it was a remorse.
“I bet you’re no different. Especially by wearing a mask like that, you’re just advertising you have lots of secrets to hide. *Chuckle*”
*Tak*
Henova inhaled one last time from the pipe and put it back down on the floor.
It was Henova’s first genuine laughter since meeting Yeon-woo
His eyes when looking at Yeon-woo now contained new emotions different from the previous of irritation and vigilance.
Henova picked up the hammer again.
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“I don’t have time to give you a proper lesson because of your order. I’ll teach you the basics, and the rest, you’ll have to watch and learn.”
“Thank you.”
“Hmph! You think I care about you? I’m doing this because I’ve got nothing else to do.”
Yeon-woo pretended he didn’t see Hanova’s slightly red ears.
Cold as he appeared to be, Henova was one shy Dwarf.
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Contrary to his earlier ‘watch and learn’, as soon as Yeon-woo held the hammer, Henova started to nag at him
He kicked him in his foot when Yeon-woo didn’t blow the bellows correctly, and he threatened him with the hammer he was holding when Yeon-woo lost his posture.
Thanks to that, Yeon-woo hadn’t much hammering done yet even after some hours.
But in a way, it was surely the right course of action.
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Everything in the smithy was dangerous. Some of the items were hot, some were pointy, and some were both.
Being around such hazardous things, one single mistake could lead to serious injuries. Even for a player who wouldn’t bat an eye from most injuries like himself, he had to build a sturdy foundation in order to prevent accidents from happening. Even more so when considering all the appliances here were dwarven.