374 Meeting Dorgon Flintstock (2/2)
The royal guard commander stepped out from behind Truen's shadow and looked at Dorgon, waiting patiently for the master crafter to recognise him. It took a while but Dorgon sobered a little when he knew who that dwarf was. Instead of being happy at seeing someone familiar, Dorgon became angry.
”Pah! He sent someone at last? Must have starved the whole damned capital to death doing it before he realised what's wrong! That fool... tell me honestly. Was it Darius or Montley?”
Truen raised a brow. Montley?
The royal guard commander bowed. ”The chancellor arranged it but King Darius also agreed. He is Truen Zheng, an envoy from Magnus Hilda sent by Queen Rosalind.”
Truen bowed to the crafter who was stunned. ”An envoy?”
”I'm sure you know that Magnus Hilda had been plagued for the last few years. My sister and I are nomads who travel around to help others in exchange for some food supplies and money when we chanced upon the land of giants and heard about it. Zero is a healer and with the power of the Goddess Freya watching over Magnus Hilda, the plague was cured. However, the land needs the protection of Goddess Freya and a new statue for worship needs to be introduced to the giants. Hence, we are looking for the crafter who was blessed by the God of Art to help us craft a divine statue of Goddess Freya for the people in Magnus Hilda.”
Instead of causing trouble, Dorgon sighed. ”I understand the situation and it isn't that I don't want to help the giants. However, I cannot create a divine statue worthy of worship for the giants. You have to know that giants are at least fifteen metres in height on average and we're very small people as dwarves. If I were to craft such a huge statue, I will need some tools or equipment.”
Truen nodded. ”We can help you get whatever you need if you agree to come with us. Of course, you will be duly compensated for the work. Also, to set your mind at ease, my sister has convinced King Darius to stop starving the people and is treating the princess as we speak.”
Dorgon looked at the wood elf with wonder. ”Your sister must be really pretty and capable.”
Hearing that, Truen's expression became dark and the crafter immediately laughed and passed it off as a joke to calm the archer down. ”It's not difficult for me to go back with you but I would have to trouble you to help me make a trip to Derby Desert and look for a good technician. You see, I have this mobile crafting suit used to help me work on huge projects. I'm sure you've seen the huge fortress and doors to the capital. That was made by me with the help of my Crafter's Suit. Unfortunately, after so many years, the rickety thing finally broke down and we dwarves aren't good with bolts and nuts like the gnomes are. Unless that suit can be repaired, it's just going to be as good as scrap iron and I can't help you with the divine statue.”
Hearing that, Truen nodded. ”I understand. If we can get the Crafter's Suit fixed, will you come with us to Magnus Hilda to build Goddess Freya's statue at the temple?”
Dorgon grinned. ”Anything for the giants. I need to request to see the temple where the statue is going to be built as well as the material it is going to be carved out of so that I can get the workshop to make the necessary preparations. You need to help me convince Motley the sly fox to let me go and not increase my workload from the time I went missing! That chancellor might as well be the evil in his previous life... I swear he doesn't have a shred of kindness in him at all!”
Convincing Dorgon was easier than Truen thought it would be and to make the dwarf happy, the archer accompanied him for a few drinks while listening to old stories about his childhood friends and some of the more interesting dwarven gossips that he couldn't wait to share with Zero.