124 Chapter 124: Aronian Steel (2/2)

Caesar couldn't help but feel disgruntled at the different treatment received by him and Musashi, alas, it was only natural, as Musashi was the clan leader… that is, for now.

Once they exited the inner gates, Caesar led Musashi to the western wing, although Joe had to repair the outer gates, he figured he would have already completed the task as the hole in the wall was a simple fix for a dwarf.

Thinking to here, the large number of gnomish tents soon appeared in their line of sight, the aftermaths of last nights party seemed to have been cleaned up. The flasks, horns, and other trash were no longer on the ground.

As Caesar and Musashi got closer, the gnomes easily caught sight of them and approached, with Magni in the lead, ”C-clan leader, and Caesar, we humbly greet you!” they said whilst bowing, none of them had seen or met Musashi yet, however, they were told many stories about him, thus, they were filled with respect and admiration toward a figure that hadn't even spoken to yet.

”Hoho, be at ease, I'm merely here to greet our new allies as well as take a nice afternoon stroll” Musashi greeted back and waved his hands as to put the gnomes at ease, he didn't enjoy when others held themselves back with formalities.

Once his words entered into the gnomes ears, all of them straightened their backs and smiled widely.

”How old are you?” one of the gnomish men asked.

”Are you married?” one of the females inquired.

”If so, how old is your wife, and do you have a daughter?” a middle-aged man asked.

Soon, a load of questions was hurled at Musashi all at once, though the gnomes were slightly shy. When they started talking, they seemed to never stop.

Musashi, who was slightly overwhelmed with the sheer amount of questions being asked, tried to answer each and every one of them, creating a strange spectacle of what looked to be, an old man catering to a batch of children.

This continued for a few minutes until finally, a somewhat short and stout figure appeared on the horizon, his muscles drenched with sweat and his expression carrying anguish, this was, of course, Joe.

His abrupt appearance would've looked similar to the entrance of the main character in a movie or novel, however, his sweat filled body and his remorseful expression quickly discarded any great features Joe could have possibly had.

Joe was slowly walking towards Caesar and Musashi whilst gnashing his teeth, he was glaring at Caesar with a look that screamed 'I want revenge' alas, Caesar just ignored it and greeted him with a smile, ”did you fix the wall, Joe?” he asked once Joe made it closer to them.

Without replying, Joe kicked off the ground and hurled a right fist toward Caesar, ”you bastard! it was you who made the hole!” he said while in mid-motion, however, Caesar responded by gracefully raising his right palm and stopping the fist with ease.

He gripped Joe's hand and took out the ingot in his storage ring, putting it directly in front of Joe, ”alright, alright, I'll give you something in return later, for now, I have acquired the steel you needed” Caesar said, resulting in Joe calming down and inspecting the piece of steel in Caesar's left hand.

”A-Aronian steel!?!?” Joe said in a startled voice.