Vol 2 Chapter 4 (1/1)

DAN DAN DAN The rhyth-eared blacksots with their hammers into their anvils DDAAAANNNN DDDDDAAAAAAANNNN DDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN On another anvil, a thin, old, sinewy-looking, gray caninoid is holding a faintly glowingwhile he pounds away at it with a large hammer that looks oversized for him Bell, Echo, Rick, Till and a bunch of caninoids that look to be apprentices stare at theit a few times, the man puts his tools down into a bucket of water that went CHHHAAAA before turning to the group “Tis here be sohty pure to ‘stand all that” “Wait, mithril?” “What’s that?” “Oooooohhh~” “Wha? Whippersnappers don’t knohat oes on a long story about the origin, the first master to use it and how mithril works Mithril was considered trash when it was first discovered as it is not ht The first master to use it accidentally mixed in the soon to be disposedelectrugling with the resulting alloy, he ed to complete the luxury metal wares for the noble who ordered them There was a comoods accused the smith of fraud, a trial was put into place and held quickly To demonstrate his point, the Chamberlain ordered one of the decorative vases to be smashed with a hammer to show the subpar craftsmanshi+p and shoddy material Properlystruck while subpar wares would crack and flake But to the surprise of everyone, the ha not a single dent on it The smith was released, with oods fro caused his lord to lose face and a potential golden goose, was exiled to sooods, eneral wanted him to make armours and weapons for themselves due to the superior perfor and ransoetting kidnapped for the 6th time, he announced to the world hoasafter hi and working with the alloy There was a rush to acquire all the h they were considered trash, they were still extremely rare as they only appeared as secondary deposits and so In term of density, its solid for/c/chtly heavier than White Gold when it’s in liquid forhter than most hen it’s in its solid form [T/N: Oram is probably a made up measurement since I can’t find any reference to it It reads オラム, if there’s a better name than Oram, let me know As for White Gold, White Gold (白金) is Platinu reasons, actual white gold (ホワイトゴールド 白色金) will be named White-coloured Gold as per japanese translation In the RAW, the original density was 02g/c/cm3 There was either a typo or bad conversion, but the editor Ishht the error and we had to fiddle with thePlatinum as the base, orked backward to make the densities make sense] [Supple to wood native to that as opposed to Earth] It behaves similarly to other molten h ther when it’s in its solid foroods today are usually mithril-alloys as opposed to pure mithril Bell reaches for her halberd that’s strapped to her back, inspecting it Noticing that while it’s light, it’s still quite a bit heavier than the wooden ones she used in training “Old ive you more mithril like that chunk there, think you can make a proper weapon with it?” Daaaa “O!” “Shut it ye fool!” The old caninoid lambasts the disciple that accidentally dropped his own ha back to Bell with a dangerous glint in his eyes, “where ye be getting thetheir heads, well, except for Rick who still has a questioning expression on his face Echo on the other hand is also interested as he leans over to inspect the unchangedon the anvil “Sorry, can’t tell you” “Hht while he contemplates The catwoirl beforeher move “Well, thanks for all your help, oldthere “We can always ask the elders at Feia or rabs Bell by the wrist in a flash with a death grip, Rick quickly drao daggers into his hands while Till opens her pallares at the blacksmith Echo looks nervously in all directions at the sudden develop “Who said I won’t do it?” “Who say you would even succeed?” Bell replies in a calrabbing her wrist Ahahahahahaha The old blacks his head as he does so “Ye be right, ye be right! Ye saw right through me didn’ ya? What smith woun’d want to it e though…” “Oooohhh, I think I can do that, the king owes ot about that!” “Wait, he does…? Oh right! He does!” Echo, the blacksirl with dumbfounded expressions They all kno she’s like the adopted granddaughter of Alfina and that she’s so their own sanity that such a little girl can bend the ear of a king OOOooooooooo suka A tall, lanky, buff, hairy hu next to the pile of bodies with a roar, with the pile consisting of its coets into range sa goin goin goin goin goin goin goin goin goin goin The oldin the sa nificantly smaller than it, unsuccessfully; each tiets hit somewhere totally unexpected Small, sharp, powerful blows land all over the creature, unable to resist or evenover onto the pile with a zuzoooo daaaa “How do you like Second Phantasia, Master Zhong?” A lanky looking elf questions the elderlyA few other people of varying appearances are lined up further back “Het out of it? I can just use this like everyone else” “I mean no offense, but eapons are you weakest at?” “Hm” “How about western swords?” The old ht hand up and holds up his index and er The people in the back start a cosword as soround “Here, master” The youth presents the sword to the old s the sword clumsily, as would be expected of a novice “Give us athe sword to your heart’s content” The old man’s form improves quite a bit as he practices various slashes and thrusts But it’s obvious that he would lose to anyone that knoield the same sword After a few ets up and gives the elf a thuainst another one of these trolls Use it as long as you can, feel free to abandon it when you feel you are in danger, but hold out as long as possible” fun The old runts dismissively as the elf readies his arrow and stares into the various caves pyu He releases an arrow that flies into one of the caves OOOOOoooooooooo A troll co, spots the old man and rushes toward him Thehis legs His face scowls as his body lance who sis its sword away to his side Unexpectedly, thethe sword In one s upward, slashi+ng the troll in the torso The old man reveals a smirk on his face as he puts his body into aard positions before shuffling into place, parrying, counter-attacking and later proactively attacking The troll went fro with itsco its club, after a dozen exchanges The oldwithin the saokin The sounds of bones breaking fills the air, the creature couldn’t even react as it falls unconscious from the sudden pain zuzo daaa The troll falls next to the pile, and unlike the other trolls that were defeated, the liles “How does it feel, old ras, correcting your basic forram will only correct the your strike, your stance, your movement and so forth It will not teach the reason behind the form or how to use it effectively Neither will it teach you which forether to perform unique techniques fro behind each school’s respective art will not be known by outside practitioners This way, different martial artists can further advance their own art by analyzing the for each others’ secrets” The elf looks down at the just-defeated troll and then the pile of trolls next to it “I sword technique within the Shadowless School, and yet…” The elf shi+fts his gaze back onto the troll that’s laying on the ground like a broken doll [T/N: This part drove us both the T/Ler and ED INSANE English lacks many technical martial arts terms, even thesaurus didn't help Special moves sound stupid, I bashed ahhhhh, hope it doesn't appear like this again, or at least use wuxia terram?” “Yes, to a certain extent, all the masters and up to 3 of their disciples will have the unrestricted version of the program specially installed into their avatars The rest of the users will have to work their way up slowly We will also open a dojo in all major user-locations where instructors chosen by you and other masters can run classes and recruit prospective students to teach the proper way of using the arts fro expression, “that’s devilish of you, give everyone a taste by correcting the for everyone that wants to know inal source, excellent, excellent” The old er along his jawline for a few ive me an arsenal of every weapon type that have ato it and I’ll accept it” The elf s deeply at his waist da da da ARGHHHHHH, SO ANNOYING! The continuous noise and ha and swi for many days, but the sound is everywhere Only the wet prey seems unaffected, but I can’t sleep like this! aku I leap in the air before shakingit on the ground, I devour the stillprey as I have ht entersupon a possibility I never thought of Why don’t I sleep inmyself another shake, I run onto the bed that’s in the back rooht as well use it I jump onto the bed, circle the center of the bed a bit before laying down I close my eyes like last tireeting ive way to the darkness I can hear the soft sound of wind blowing, rustling the trees and grass I openup, I see a different wooden floor fro soft wrapped in cloth, I give a quick sniff and I recognize the scent of thethe bundled cloth, I put it where the sunlight is pouring in froet co a nap