In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 429 The Blacksmith's Genius

Heimdall inserted the greatsword into the hole, the spherical hall closed, and then spun rapidly, shooting out a beam of seven-colored light.

A special device made of steel was erected in the synchronous orbit of a star.

This is the surface of a huge ring-shaped furnace powered by stellar energy, which is the forging workshop of the dwarven kingdom of Nidavir.

The interior of the workshop is a huge, rugged, honeycomb-shaped metal city.

That's where the dwarves actually live.

Of course, dwarves are not short; they are called dwarves because they are shorter than the giants who were born at the same time as them.

At least here, none of the dwarves Shimizu encountered were shorter than himself; many were three or four meters tall, and the dwarf king Etri was a staggering five meters tall.

“Ah, so you are the High Priest appointed by His Majesty Odin? Clearwater, Thor seems to have mentioned him to me once, he is now the new God-King?”

Ai Cui placed the halberd, which had just been quenched, on the weapon rack beside him and curiously examined Qing Shui.

"Yes, I've heard that the dwarves' forging techniques are the strongest in the universe, so I'd like to come and learn from them. Also, the Destroyer—that thing was destroyed by Thor on Earth. I'll send the fragments over in a couple of days, and I'll have to trouble you to see if you can repair it."

"Hiccup~ No problem. Many famous blacksmithing masters from all over the universe have come here to study before. Would you like a drink?"

Ai Cui picked up the large vat beside him with one hand, as if it were an ordinary-sized cup, took a sip of the beverage inside, burped, and asked the clear water.

Beside him were several large wine vats, heated on several steaming machines.

"Is this... wine?"

Shimizu watched as bubbles rose continuously from a certain wine vat, the liquid resembling magma. Smelling the aroma, he reached out, dipped his finger in, and tasted it.

The taste was surprisingly good.

“That’s right! This is the dwarven spirit, which can give us the most passionate forging spirit.”

Ai Cui's eyes lit up.

I tried it with water again.

It tastes really good, so good that it doesn't even taste like alcohol; it's more like a soft drink. After drinking it, it can promote blood circulation and stimulate the nerves.

It's described as a strong liquor, but it seems that because it was constantly heated, the ethanol in the liquor evaporated, resulting in a very low alcohol concentration.

With the metabolic capabilities of this body enhanced by the Extremis virus, the alcohol was metabolized before it even had a chance to take effect.

That's not bad.

Under Ai Cui's expectant gaze, he took a big gulp of water and wiped his mouth.

"Not bad. This is the Bor wine that Thor gave me some time ago. There's still some left. You should try it too."

Shimizu reached out and opened a teleportation circle, took out a jar of wine from it, and tossed it to Ai Cui.

Ettri opened the jar, first sniffed it, a look of rapture on his face, and then took a small sip.

"Um...this wine..."

"Here you go. If that's not enough, I have other wines from Earth. It's not a lot, but my friend has collected all the top wines on the planet. I'll get some for you when I have time."

Shimizu then conveniently used the portal to take a few bottles from the Water Manor's storage and gave them to Etri.

"Alright, whatever forging skills you want to learn, I'll teach you until you master them!"

Ettrium patted his chest and gave his assurance, then picked up a bottle of brandy, drank it down in one gulp like it was a small vial of oral liquid, and commented:
"Well, the brewing process is natural, primitive, and refined, but the raw materials are a bit lacking. If we could add those well-known brewing ingredients, it would be considered top-quality."

"High Priest, come with me. If you wish to learn weapon forging, the best place is the Forge Throne. To date, every one of my artifacts has been forged there."

Ai Cui carefully hid the bottle of Bor's Wine in his pocket, and placed the other bottles of wine that Qing Shui had given him on the steel table next to him, facing the waterway.

The two walked toward the so-called Crucible Throne.

It's called a throne, but it's not a real throne; it just means it's the best place to cast a throne—the base of a towering, ring-shaped structure.

By simply opening a gap in the ring structure at the top of the tower, the power of the star can be channeled into the tower, ultimately producing a plasma flame capable of melting almost any matter.

This is also the core technology mastered by the dwarves for melting and forging Uru God Gold.

The legendary weapons, such as Thor's hammer, were ultimately formed here.

“We don’t usually need to fully open the Forge Throne, because at such high temperatures, most of the metal will be burned as impurities. Only a very few rare objects that can be used as materials for divine artifacts can withstand it. The last time this thing was at full power was thousands of years ago.”

The dwarf king took a few pieces of metal from a pile of metal next to the furnace and weighed them in his hands.

"So, High Priest, where would you like to begin?"

"I've heard that dwarves possess the ability to sense the frequency of matter and can sequentially channel energy into it for assimilation, thereby enhancing the material's performance."

"Yes, but only dwarves know this technique; others can't learn it. But don't worry, even if we don't know this, our forging techniques are still among the best in the universe... Hmm?"

Ai Cui paused, watching as Qing Shui took the smallest piece of metal from his hand and poured energy into it.

This is a piece of refined mithril, a metal whose density, hardness, toughness, and energy conductivity are altered through alchemy or other technological means, changing the crystal structure of elemental silver.

Because of its excellent energy conductivity, it is a very good magical material for mages.

Shimizu was quite familiar with this metal, having previously used the Divine Refinement Technique to refine it, so the refining process was relatively fast.

Within minutes, the mithril was transformed into a substance by the water.

Ai Cui's eyes widened.

"How did you... um, do that so quickly? Try this again, Dragonstone, an alloy with unparalleled hardness in the universe."

And this, the Yaka metal, a specialty of the Centaurus constellation, is extremely sensitive to vibrational waves and can be used to control flight trajectories using sound waves combined with energy…”

Several more pieces of metal were refined by Qing Shui using a divine machine.

Two of the metal structures were slightly more complex and took a little longer to complete, but the total time was still less than an hour.

"genius!"

Etri picked up a piece of dragonstone metal and examined it. He exclaimed in surprise, attracting the attention of many dwarves who were forging weapons nearby.

"Aitley, what are you guys doing?"

A fat dwarf, a head shorter than Etri and with braided pigtails, walked over carrying a small hammer.

Compared to him, it's a small hammer.

"Old Berg, look at this! Dragonstone metal enhanced by High Priest Walter."

"Metal enhanced by outsiders? The High Priest?"

"His Majesty Odin bestowed this title today."

Berg the dwarf suddenly realized what was happening. He first bowed slightly to Qingshui to greet him, then took the metal and stroked it with his large hands, using his unique dwarf talent to sense the energy within it.

"The energy is abundant and unique, but it can't compare to the power of a star. However, it can certainly serve as a good forging material. It's a completely different enhancement method from ours, the dwarves. But I'm not sure about the rune's capacity to withstand this enhancement method."

Old Berg concluded, “I haven’t mastered the runes summarized by His Majesty Odin yet, but I am also a mage proficient in rune magic, so I can give it a try now.”

Shimizu smiled slightly, accepted the piece of dragonstone metal, activated the power of the Extinction Virus to release high temperature, and combined it with the equally high temperature-generating Li Dun, igniting a blue high-temperature plasma flame in his palm, which quickly melted the dragonstone metal.

Ai Cui quickly picked out a mold from the side.

"This is a mold that has not yet been inscribed with runes."

As the molten iron flowed into the mold, Qing Shui used his other hand to draw a talisman in the air, imprinting it onto the short sword that was already taking shape in the mold.

Qingshui has been pondering the integration of talismans and magical artifacts for a long time.

In fact, there are relevant directions in the world of one person. The magical artifacts made by Ma Xianhong and others have some runes. In the past world of one person, it took several years to forge a magical artifact, and drawing a high-level talisman was not an easy task either.

Only by mastering both the Divine Hundred Refinements and the Heavenly Record can these two techniques be deeply integrated.

Otherwise, the two skills can only be combined to a limited extent.

Before long, a brand-new short sword was forged after being quenched.

"I'll try."

Berg took out his short sword and slashed at the anvil beside him.

A shallow mark appeared on the anvil, and as the knife was swung, flames burst forth from the blade.

"The sharpness and hardness are both excellent. The rune's function is to add fire? The quality of this sword is already comparable to many of the skilled young men here who are good at forging."

Aitrey looked at the marks on the anvil and exclaimed in admiration.

The anvil used to test weapons for the dwarves was made of no ordinary iron; the blacksmith who could forge such a weapon was truly exceptional.

"Ahem, um... High Priest."

Old Berg rubbed his hands together, his bearded face beaming with a smile.

"We can learn from each other's skills and make up for each other's weaknesses."

Shimizu said with a smile.

Berg and Ettri exchanged a glance and burst into laughter.

"Then it's settled. I promise to teach you everything I know!"

Ai Cui patted his chest and said.

Just then, a rainbow beam descended from afar, revealing the figures of Thor and Loki.

Both of their expressions were different from before, showing sadness, solemnity, anxiety, and so on.

Loki had more worries, while Thor had more drive when facing challenges.

Clearly, Odin had already explained everything that needed to be explained to them.

“Etrie, Walter! And Berg!”

Thor strode over and shouted.

"Thor... Your Majesty, and Prince Loki."

When Etri saw the two, he responded, but addressed Thor as His Majesty, a title reserved for the God-King.

"My father said that Asgard will face the danger of Ragnarok, and that he has prepared a new weapon for you to deal with the danger. He also asked you to modify the ancient winter coffin to make it more suitable for Loki to use."

"And we'll also be trained under the High Priest, if your training proves effective in this short month."

Loki took out the ancient winter coffin, which was glowing with a blue light, and looked at Qing Shui with a glint in his eyes.

Shimizu smiled slightly and said:

"It will be effective. I guarantee that this month will be equivalent to fifty months, and it will be a very fulfilling and useful fifty months in which you will learn new things."

He's ready to give Loki a boost.

Loki's ominous premonition grew stronger.

He was still unconvinced by Shimizu, but fearing being beaten in front of everyone, he resolutely stopped talking.

After all, Shimizu is now nominally the High Priest of Asgard, and is his teacher, so beating him up is only natural.

Etri replied:
"The materials for the new weapon are ready. The Uru metal ore that His Majesty Odin sent last year has been refined into finished Uru gold ingots. It's just that the mold is still being forged. We weren't sure before if a month would be enough time to inlay the corresponding runes on the mold, but now..."

Ettrium and Berg exchanged another glance before looking at Shimizu.

Berg continued:
"Perhaps the High Priest can help if he can master the corresponding runes within a month."

“I don’t think that’s a problem. I’ve said it before, we have a full fifty months, at least while I’m around.”

Shimizu smiled confidently and formed a mudra with his hands.

The Eye of Agamotto hanging on his chest opened, and the Time Stone shone with a brilliant green light, transforming into a magic circle that enveloped the sky for a kilometer.

"Are we faster now?"

Loki watched the dwarf slowly hammering away at the iron in the distance, and then glanced in astonishment at the Time Stone hanging on Shimizu's chest.

"The first circle of this magic circle accelerates time by fifty times. Starting from the second circle, the acceleration gradually decreases until the outermost circle, where the normal flow of time is restored. Just think of us as being on a spaceship traveling at 99.98 percent of the speed of light, without experiencing time dilation due to passing through a subspace wormhole."

"Um... dear teacher, I don't know about this magical artifact and magic..."

"No, no, give up. Don't even think about stealing it while I'm sleeping. You won't succeed. In the end, I'll take off your pants and hang them at the gate of Asgard for all of Asgard to admire your size."

Loki's expression changed.

Thor grinned widely.

"In that case, there should be enough time to forge the divine artifact, right?"

"There won't be any problems."

Ai Cui affirmed.

Immediately afterwards, Shimizu formed hand seals again, creating two shadow clones.

"Thor."

Suddenly, one of Shimizu's shadow clones spoke and unleashed a palm strike of lightning at Thor.

The latter reacted immediately, reaching out to unleash an even thicker bolt of lightning from Mjolnir to meet the charge.

“Very good. Next, I will teach you how to create lightning like mine without using a hammer, so that you can unleash even greater power when using weapons.”

Then, while the remaining shadow clone and Etriberg ran to the other side to discuss forging, Shimizu's main body smiled as he looked at Loki, whose forehead was covered in cold sweat.

(End of this chapter)