The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 586 Holy Silver Solution
The intense longing for the dwarven homeland in Forgestar's eyes made Moran swallow the words, "The Sacred Mountains are more suitable for the Morningstar dwarves to live in."

Although the Morningstar Dwarves cannot live without the power of the Light element, and the Light element is most concentrated in the Sacred Mountains, the Gold Rift Dwarves were transformed into Morningstar Dwarves by the heavens using Star Essence.

Is it better to change to a different cage and live a good life, or to risk stepping out of the cage and returning to the hometown one longs for?

For Moran, she would definitely choose the former; only by staying alive could she find a real chance to safely escape the cage.

But for Duanxing, perhaps the latter is what his heart truly desires.

"It's time!" Duanxing suddenly said, looking at the sky.

Just as Moran was about to ask what time it was, she saw Duan Xing bathed in the sunlight, his lips moving as he carefully prepared himself for a moment before spitting out a glob of saliva.

The star marrow in his hand was split in two. He absorbed the smaller portion into his body, while the larger portion was held in his hand, where it perfectly caught his saliva.

The pale golden saliva mixed with the brilliant golden star marrow, and the texture of the star marrow quickly changed, revealing a faint silver light.

Then Moran watched as Duan Xing kneaded the small lump of star marrow while adding his own saliva. The star marrow became softer and softer, and its color changed.

Forging Star continued kneading and pressing for nearly an hour, extracting the light elemental power from the remaining nameless crystal sand on the ground to forge Star Silver with his saliva. He only stopped when the Star Marrow turned into a silver metallic liquid with a golden sheen. Then, a ball of white, blazing flame rose in his hand, and he used this flame to continuously burn the Star Marrow ball.

This flame is the reason why Moran came to Shadowless Mountain.

It is said that the Morning Star Dwarves possess a magic capable of burning all things: Pure Flame.

The Star Forging finally stopped when the Star Essence Cluster was forged into a shimmering silver metallic liquid by the pure flames: "Success!"

Forging Star rummaged on the ground and found a small, dented crystal bowl. He put the holy silver inside and handed it to Moran:
“Holy silver can only be placed in light elemental gems or crystal containers. The remains of us Morningstar dwarves have a similar effect. This amount of holy silver should be enough for you to forge a holy silver wand.”

Moran held the small bowl, looking somewhat bewildered.

Although the bodies of the Morningstar Dwarves are so pure and transparent that one can see the traces of light elemental power flowing within them, and even their saliva contains a rich amount of light elemental power, it cannot conceal the fact that the Holy Silver is made from Star Marrow and the saliva of the Morningstar Dwarves, and is now being held in the remains of some unknown Morningstar Dwarf.

Suddenly, I realized that the angel race's exclusive magical metal, holy silver, wasn't so high-class after all.

There's no need to forge a holy silver wand or anything like that.

On the angel's side, holding a wand infused with holy silver is no different from having a sign above one's head that says "I have a problem."

She first put away the holy silver, intending to use it as material for the Book of Cards later.

"Witch, thank you for your help. May I have the honor of knowing your name?" Duanxing asked somewhat nervously.

"Moran. My name is Moran." Moran spoke these words in the dwarven language.

"You can speak Dwarven?" The witch had just spoken Common, but now it seemed she was equally fluent in Dwarven. "Have you been to Mount Dulin? What is it like there?" Although Forging Star inherited his people's longing for Mount Dulin, he had never left Shadowless Mountain.

Moran shook his head: "I've only learned Dwarven language. Perhaps I'll have the chance to go to Mount Dulin sometime to experience the Dwarven forging magic. If you decide to return to Mount Dulin, learning some of the resource cards would be very suitable for you, such as {Map Card - Sacred Mountain} and {Map Card - Mount Dulin}..."

Moran recommended several cards to him that would be helpful, including map cards and some magic cards for self-defense.

Of course, Moran didn't forget his purpose in coming to Shadowless Mountain. He used mental magic to copy the memories of the last Morning Star dwarf in Valen.

Duanxing was completely unaware of this; he was studying the cards and arming himself.

Although the Rift Gold Clan was reduced to holy silver forging craftsmen for the Angel Clan and suffered from the Light Element Disease, which forced them to live only in the sunlight and prevented them from ever returning to Mount Dulin, they never forgot where they came from and never neglected the education of their descendants.

Although the lifespan of a Morningstar dwarf is only half that of a dwarf, Forgestar is currently a 30-year-old minor and knows quite a lot, though it's all theoretical.

Moran deliberately stayed here for a few more days to organize the memories of the newly copied Forging Star and to offer advice on his trip home.

After reading Forging Star's memories, she gained a more detailed understanding of the rise and fall of the Morning Star Dwarves.

The original Gold Rift clan was hired by angels to mine in the sacred mountains.

What they were digging was the light element mineral vein in Wuying Mountain.

But in reality, Wuying Mountain was originally just an ordinary dormant volcano. It was a treasure land of light elements, rich in light element minerals and liquid light element lakes, which was artificially created by angels to house the star marrow stalagmites brought from another world and to allow them to continue producing star marrow.

However, only Morning Star creatures born from Star Essence possess the ability to transform Star Essence into Holy Silver.

The angels deliberately hired the Rift Gold Clan and released a group of Light and Shadow Fairies deep within the Light Elemental Mine, causing the Light and Shadow Fairies to chase the Rift Gold Dwarves into the Star Marrow Pool, where they were transformed into Morning Star Dwarves.

The dwarves at the time believed that they had been infected by this special substance and had contracted a disease that required them to live in the light and were inseparable from the element of light.

At this moment, angels descended from the sky, expressing their sympathy for their plight and offering to let them live in the Shadowless Mountain, where the elemental power of light was abundant.

The dwarves were very grateful and said that they had obtained a new method for forging magical metals in the Star Marrow Pool and were willing to forge this metal for the angels.

From then on, the angels and the Morning Star dwarves reached an agreement: the Morning Star dwarves would forge holy silver for the angels, and the angels would give the Shadowless Mountain to the Morning Star dwarves, provide them with protection, and regularly send down rain of light over the Shadowless Mountain.

Until the Star Marrow Stalagmite could no longer drip a single drop of Star Marrow, and the Star Marrow Pool dried up, and the angels could no longer obtain any Holy Silver from the Morning Star Dwarves, no more angels came to Shadowless Mountain.

Even though the angels abandoned the Morning Star dwarves, the Morning Star dwarves were always grateful for the angels' shelter.

If it weren't for the fact that dwarves have their own faith and beliefs, and that even after becoming Morning Star dwarves, they were unwilling to betray the God of Forging, they might have all become followers of the angels.