Chapter 7 (2/2)

All of the axes that the Dwarves wielded were short axes Only the beast race used axes that had long handles Due to their short stature, the short axes brought out their innate strength, so axes could not achieve!

Early in the , I practiced the ‘Dwarven Axe Style’ for four hours, then headed to the back of the village upon my new master’s command

The village was built on a sates were facing the wilderness outside On nore and collect the ores and minerals for their daily crafts

On the left of the village laid a s lake! The only differences between the lake and an ocean would be the fact that the lake had reen as compared to the deep blue of the ocean!

The chief directed me on how to collect ores and differentiate between them for the entire afternoon In actual fact… it was very easy as I just had to look at their colour! Rocks containing minerals would be darker in colour and heavier To ave me a lodestone, which would be attracted to rocks that had minerals in them!

I ended up spending the rest of the afternoon collecting ores Upon looking at h for an axe weighing roughly twenty kilograms!

After eating soht o about s the minerals from within After his de first hand! As he always said, only with hands-on experience can one engrave whatever he had learnt in his head!

The furnace used was a kiln made out of clay Firstly, I had to put in fla, like coal After the fire starts raging, I would then insert the ores and close the lid

In charge of fanning the flames for the furnace were ten wind-attributed squirrel like beasts! On top of fanning the furnace, they could also make use of wind to injure their enemies

Of course, these squirrels were ones that had gone through training! General beasts of their kind would only be able to release devastating hurricane-like winds With training, they could control the speed of the winds to one suited for fanning flames!

Bloind into numerous pipes, the squirrels didn’t even stop for athe fla the temperature within!

Once the temperature reached a certain point, the ores in the furnace would start to e of s would be completed

Once all the ores in the furnace liquefied, one would have to prepare a glob of sticky clay, and proceed to the furnace Then, they would have to open the hatch below, and allow all of the liquid to flow out into the clay

Due to the fact that her density than norather at the bottom! Thus, what flowed out from the bottom of the furnace would be 90 liquified !

Using the amount of ores as an estimate, one would be able to kno much metal to retrieve fro would bethe metal to decrease in its purity Vice versa, if one retrieved too little, ether with the rest of the slag

After retrieving the liquifiedwould be coet rid of ihly purified her the weapon would be, and thus resulting in a better grade

After getting rid of the slag in the furnace, one would place the hardenedthe process ree of purity!

Generally, with nine purifying cycles, the metal would reach a purity of over 99 With this !

Bringing out a mold, carefully pour the liquidmetal would not amount to much anymore

After the metal hardened inside the mold, break apart the mold and take out the shaped metal; in this case it would be in the form of an axe used by the dwarven race! With this step co!