664 Tit for Ta (1/2)
When Happy noticed that he had an oversight and should leave, but when he thought about how long he had been doing it already, he knew that it would not help matters at all even if he left now. It was the truth that the quest difficulty had increased, and he should not try to make any smart moves that would result in him missing the time Heaven Crystal was fully repaired.
Happy gritted his teeth and chose to continue staying in Sword Crafting Hall.
After some time passed, he suddenly noticed with his keen senses that the heat at the core of Sword Crafting Hall had increased by a large degree!
”It's so hot!”
”I can't stand this anymore. Have someone take my place.”
Quite a number of Sword Crafting Hall disciples who were transporting charcoal at the core of Sword Crafting Hall and some forgemasters were drenched in sweat. They panted like people who had just gone through vigorous exercise. It was clear that it had become very hard for them to move, and their rhythm was not as smooth as before.
”Look over there! What's going on?!”
Right when a few forgemasters got down from their positions, they noticed that the clothes of the group of Inaction Realm martial artists standing at the entrance to the underground sword crafting room had caught on fire. The men cried out in surprise and activated their body fortification to extinguish the fire in a flurry of movements. They also moved backward, leaving the entrance.
At the same time, a red light that was nearly blinding to the eyes rose from the secret chamber of the forgemasters underground!
An astonishingly high heat swiftly spread out…
The mighty northern clansmen who had a great understanding of flames immediately saw the danger. The high heat could instantly kill an Inaction Realm martial artist, and no one was an exception to it!
”All northern clansmen, hear me! Leave Sword Crafting Hall immediately!”
An urgent cry came from the top of the stairs in Sword Crafting Hall. The awe-inspiring shout instantly drowned out the endless stream of hammers striking metal in Sword Crafting Hall and reached everyone's ears.
”Clan elder—”
”Leave!”
The Sword Crafting Hall disciples in the area shuddered. They noticed the abnormality at the core, and without another word, they quickly cast aside the things they were doing and fled outside.
Happy also put down the wooden bucket in his hands while the crowd panicked. He retreated slowly while excitedly staring at the red light that was swiftly spreading outward!
Even though the others could not sense it, he could clearly hear the sound of a door in the underground secret chamber shattering. There was a rhythmic and heavy breathing coming from that direction.
Inhale!
Exhale!
The breathing did not stop.
The flames seemed to be inhaled and exhaled by something to create the rapid increase of temperature in Sword Crafting Hall.
But if Happy knew what was going on, there were many people who knew it too.
The divine weapon Heaven Crystal was about to be brought to the face of earth!
The scorching heat waves began visibly pressing toward everyone.
Multiple forgemasters and weapons crafting apprentices moved past Happy.
But Happy just observed the area around him calmly. The high heat could not cause him any harm, but Happy was curious as to how the mighty northern clansmen repairing Heaven Crystal in the underground chamber managed to not take even a step backwards even though they were at the core of the hall.
Could it be that the mighty northern clansmen had Myth Realm elites?!
Happy sucked in a sharp breath.
If there were Myth Realm elites guarding the place, the possibility of him stealing Heaven Crystal was basically zero.
”Ten Thousand Swords.”