Art and Lutin end up reaching a chain of large rocky hills.
Lutin says
"The weapon smith's shop, should be up that hill"
Art looks at him and says
"And how are we supposed to get up there"
Lutin looks at him while smirking and says
"Grip"
Minutes go by, Art and Lutin finally reach the top of the hill.
Lutin gets off of Art's head and says
"Phew, that was tiring"
Art stares at him, trying not to flick him away.
Art then points at a shop and says
"That shop, should be the one"
They both walk towards the shop and enter it.
The first thing they see, is weapons mounted onto the walls of the shop and a dwarf sitting behind the counter.
The dwarf, long beard and his hair is tied into a man bun.
He looks at Art and says
"What ya want kid?"
Lutin is about to speak only for the dwarf to say
"Zip it, fairy"
Art looks at a angry Lutin, and says to the dwarf
"I want a sword"
The dwarf then says
"What type of material do ya want?"
Art asks what these materials are and the dwarf answers
"Ya got steel, gold and black soul steel"
Art, asks what is black soul steel and the dwarf answers
"It's an ore, from muspelheim that gets soaked in the rivers of helheim, pretty rare and expensive, think ya got enough in yer pockets?"
Art answers
"Don't worry, i got enough to cover it"
The dwarf then says as he's taking notes
"Give me yer name"
Art then tells him
"Artorais Wolfblood"
The dwarf stops writing
"You're a Wolfblood…. Is there by chance you know, Sigurd Wolfblood?"
Art surprised, nods while saying
"Yes i do, he's my father"
The dwarf then asks if Sigurd said anything about him.
Art replies with a no.
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"Tch, that guy, name's Bjorn"
Then he Recommends a better weapon
"There's a ring called [Shiftnir], it can transform into any weapon and if the weapon is far away, it can be recalled like [Mjolnir]. The problem is, only elves know where it currently is"
Lutin asks
"You made it, shouldn't you know where it is?"
Bjorn looks at him and says
"I didn't say I made it, but my father did, before he past"
Lutin apologizes.
Art then asks
"Why did you need to tell me that?"
Bjorn says
"A real weapon smith, can tell what type of weapon ya need, and lookin’ at ya, i feel it, that you may be worthy of it"
He then says
"But for now, let's get yer weapon made, then i'll tell ya what i know, but it's gonna take until tomorrow"
Art then says
"Then we'll camp outside of the shop"
Both Art and Lutin leave the shop and set up camp.
Art sits near the fire, wood carving away.
Eira and Seroph rest near each other, with Lutin pointing at one of the statues Art made and asks
"Why does this one look like a knight?"
Art puts his knife down and grabs it while saying
"Do you know, Sir Artorais?"
Lutin responds with a nod.
Art then says
"Well, i was named after him, he did a favor for my dad and he decided to name me as a way to honor him"
Lutin then says
"I heard he suddenly disappeared"
Art says
"I’m sure he had his reasons. And If i ever get to meet him, I'll ask him for a dual"
Lutin, yawns and says
"I'll going to bed, try not to stay up for too long"
Art, nods and continues to wood carve.
The night goes by peacefully. It’s now morning and the two head into the shop to get the sword.
Bjorn, tells Art it's on the house and hands him the weapon while telling them about the elves location
"The elves are in [Sylvanethia forest], go there and do ‘em a favor, humans are not allowed into the forest or the kingdom, so you'll have to do that"
Art asks
"Kingdom?. There's one in the forest?"
Lutin answers
"Yep, it's called [Sylvestra] and it's home to the elves and many other demi-humans"
Art wonders why does everything start with "sylv".
Bjorn then tells Art and Lutin to scram.
They both leave and head to the forest. It
took some time, but they finally reached the forest.
Art gets off of Eira and she turns into mist.
Both of the proceed to enter the forest.
Art then comments on the forest
"This place, it looks like it's dying and these large roots are everywhere"
Lutin examins one of the roots and says
"Maybe the roots are the cause?"
Suddenly they hear a large explosion, the two rush towards the sound, as they’re weaving and jumping through the forest.
They get there and see a corpse of a small burnt cyclops, with a blonde female elf whose holding a bag and putting the plants she picked up near the cyclops.
She sees Art and immediately reaches her hand out, ready to fire a spell, she then asks who is he and what business does he have here
Art raises his hands in the Air, with Lutin doing the same and answers
"My name is Artorais Wolfblood and i want to reach the [Sylvestra kingdom]"
She then asks
"Is that a mimic?"
Lutin offended, says
"How dare you!, for your information, i am a fairy"
She looks at Art and he just nods.
She lowers her hand, Art and Lutin lower theirs and then Art asks
"This forest, why does it look like it's dying?"
The girl answers
"It's these roots, they're the problem, the people in the kingdom are dying because of it.
It brought disease, it made our crops stop growing and it's draining the forest's mana"
She then asks
"Are you strong?"
Art replies
"I killed monsters that appeared from the fissures"
She then asks him
"If that's the case, then i want you to escort me to the kingdom. If you do that, i'll let you in"
Art looks at Lutin and sees him nodding.
He then says to himself
"(The hell does she think I’m, a bodyguard?)"
She then says
"Oh, where are my manners?. I am the princess of sylvestra [Lysandra Silverleaf]"
Art says to himself
"(Great, she's royalty too)"
A few minutes go by and Art is escorting her while killing any monsters in the way.
She's stunned on how strong he is.
Eventually they reach the kingdom.
The princess, goes through the front gate, only for the gaurd to stop Art and Lutin from entering.
The princess turns back and says
"Let him enter!, he's with me"
The gaurd, hesitant backs off and let's them in.
As their walking, Art asks Lysandra
"I want to know where to find a ring, it's called [Shiftnir]"
Lysandra stops in her place and asks where did he hear that name from.
Lutin answers
"The weapon smith bjorn, he told us that you guys know where it is"
Lysandra looks at them and says
"Follow me, we'll discuss this with my father"
The three of them head to the king's castle, with Art and Lutin hoping that they find their answers there.
END OF CHAPTER
