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"You two are really becoming less and less respectful to your elders!" Kullene waved her fists at the air vigorously, even though the two had left for a while.

Even he would be angry if Xiao saw him to this extent.

"Okay, okay, I must let you know how reliable adults are!" Kullene looked around and sniffed hard.

"I smell it. It's the smell of something going astray!"

Chapter 1536 Only one step away

He pushed open a long-dusty door, and what followed was another larger and more majestic door. There must be a more wonderful and dazzling world behind that door.

The hammer was hammering something again and again in the dim room. The splashing flames were no longer dazzling, but instead looked like the juice of a living creature.

【limit】

jingle——

Every time he swung the hammer, it was no longer to awaken the metal and give life, but it was like he was hammering on the door in vain, praying for a glimpse of the world behind the door.

But the door was closed. No matter how much he desired and expressed his love and efforts, it showed no sign of opening.

He once thought that this door was closed and refused him because of the [Curse of the Dwarves], and that the gods had locked the door and would not let anyone in.

But when the iron chains locking the gate fell off one by one, the cruel reality no longer had the fig leaf of "God's Curse".

The reason why he couldn't push the door open was even simpler and more cruel: he was not capable enough.

Not enough strength, not enough perception, not enough inspiration, there are so many things that are missing that it seems that nothing is missing.

I simply came to the highest point I could reach, looking at the world behind the door that was so close yet so out of reach.

He knew clearly that behind this door was not the ultimate, but another step to continue moving upwards, and there were more unknowns.

He wants to see it.

Want to see it anyway.

The method to open this door is extremely simple. All you need to do is forge a mythical piece of equipment. As long as you forge one piece, the door will open automatically.

But mythical equipment has exceeded the limits of human beings. It is a forging realm that only giants, dwarves, and even gods can reach. Legendary equipment is the realm that humans can reach in their entire lives.

Even if it was just a coincidence, and if he was lucky enough to forge a mythical piece of equipment only once in his life, the door would open, and the scenery at that moment would satisfy him.

Even if he could never forge mythical equipment in the future, he could still forge better legendary equipment based on the insights gained in that moment.

But there is no luck with the mythical equipment.

Just like humans can become legends by luck but cannot become myths, that is an inhuman realm.

In the holy forge, in the huge furnace, he heard the sound of the door being knocked. Strangers with the blood of dwarves and giants were trying to enter the door.

Unlike his closed door, the doors of strangers are opened from time to time. What they lack is only luck.

The funny thing is that he cannot envy strangers. He has more time to train than strangers, more experience, and a better foundation. If strangers had these, they would have opened the door long ago.

"I only need to forge a piece of mythical equipment, and then I can see the scenery behind the gate. I am just one step away."

"I am only a little bit away from a mythical piece of equipment. As long as I can forge it, as long as I succeed, I will—"

Snapped--

A hand grabbed his arm that was swinging the hammer, and the dim forging workshop was illuminated by light, and the darkness and dullness faded away.

Kullene held Hader's hand, not looking at Hader, but at the opened door of the forge workshop.

"You won't succeed this way, of course, if you regard this kind of thing as a success."

On Had's anvil, a mass of flesh and blood was wriggling, its tiny blood vessels moving like tentacles.

What's even more bizarre is that the flesh and blood has a metallic luster.

"I, I just..." Had looked at the bloody flesh in front of him and slowly put down the hammer in his hand.

He would not act shocked and unaware that he was doing such a thing in his mind.

There is no luck involved in forging. Every step requires calm consideration of the force of the hammer and the timing of the fire. Even if you forget yourself, you can only think as fast as instinct.

The appearance of this piece of flesh and blood was because he was using it as forging material, that's all.

"That's true. You got the inspiration after seeing the strangers improve the quality of fish bones by cooking them in a big pot, right?" Kullene changed her usual frivolous look, put her hands in her pockets, and said nonchalantly.

"The horns, skins, and even eyes and internal organs of monsters can be used as forging materials to improve the quality of weapons. So if we just increase their proportion and make them more active, we can restore the power of the monsters as much as possible and turn them into some kind of living weapons, or even weapons that can be upgraded."

"If I use the flesh and blood of a monster that has broken through the extremely high level limit, no, I should say, a mythical monster, can I forge mythical equipment?"

"You are thinking about this."

Harder responded with silence.

"Give up, you can't do it. Maybe it's possible, but you can't do it."

"Just like you can't push open that door, even if you take a path that is no different from the evil path in your eyes, the forging you love is so ruthless and serious, and the door to the evil path is not something you can just walk through if you want to."

"I know." Hader clenched his fists. Before he got angry, he seemed to have aged by dozens of years.

Living weapons are evil and inhumane, but he couldn't help but think about the possibility.

Just once, just one thing, just to let him see it.

"That one glance is not allowed?"

"There's no such thing as permission or not, only whether you can do it or not. If you can do it, the door will open one day, but if you can't, even if you steal the fire behind the door, you will only burn yourself." Kullene shook her head and sighed.

"You must have seen a lot of similar tragedies. In order to break through the bottleneck, you feel the limit of your own ability and find your own way out in unwillingness."

"The only difference between you and them is that you know it's wrong."

Kullene turned his head, put his fist in front of Hader, and then opened it. A crystal clear apple slice appeared in his palm.

The refreshing fragrance made Had relax subconsciously, but his pupils contracted.

That is the [Fruit of Svartalfheim] that contains the wisdom of the dwarves.

"Want it?"

"Just take a bite and you will gain the wisdom of the dwarves. Although the door will not open for you, the scenery behind the door will be reflected in your eyes."

Cyrene, who was facing the gate, had half of her face covered in shadow and the other half in the light, looking uncertain.

Is this a gift from God, a miracle given to desperate mortals, or is it a temptation from God's evil taste, just to see mortals burn themselves because of their desires?

"I……"

Chapter 1537 Lie!!!

"What's happening here?"

Had was looking at the wine glass in his hand in a daze. The noise around him made this old man who was obsessed with forging vision feel a little uncomfortable.

This was a city he had never been to, but fortunately the underground tavern he was in was one he was familiar with, the popular Dionysus Tavern under the Hermes Travel Hat.

When he was in Balkan City, he was a regular customer of the Dionysus Tavern.

At that time, the door was firmly locked with an iron lock, and he, a mere mortal, could not move it. He thought that if the price of opening the door was to bear the curse of God and die without a burial place, he would light the fire, pull the bellows, and forge his last weapon while dying.

As a result, the curse was lifted and everyone could knock on the door, but he was unable to push it open and even thought of using crooked means.

"Why do you have such a gloomy face? The big boss behind the Hermes Traveling Hat is making you a cocktail." Cyrene stood at the bar, mixing cocktails while livening up the atmosphere of the Dionysus Tavern with the slogan "Black Beast Knight Blaze will pay for everything today."

"Ah~ Are you still thinking about the fact that you took a crooked approach? I told you that it was a very good idea, but you were not capable enough to turn it into a crooked approach."

The corner of Had's eye twitched. Even though he was now heartbroken, he couldn't help but want to splash the wine in his hand on Kullene's face.

"So why refuse?" Kullene wiped the table with a rag. The stains appeared again and again, as if they could never be wiped clean.

Had looked at the ripples in the wine glass, not knowing how to answer. He refused the fruit slice that Kullene handed over, which contained the wisdom of the dwarves.

It’s not that he felt that Cyrene was tempting him and waiting to laugh at him, but he thought it was meaningless, as he gained the knowledge behind the door without opening it.

This is cheating.

If he really wanted to use the wisdom of the dwarves, he would have accepted it long ago.

But these words, contrary to his desire to open the door by resorting to unorthodox means, seemed both funny and pathetic.

"I know what you're thinking. This is normal. If a person's morals were corrupted and he could fall into evil ways, then the world would have been full of evil long ago."

“Only those who persist and endure hardships without reward are qualified to fall. The others are just indulgences.”

"Then you think I am unqualified to fall?"

"Yes~ But who would watch such a person fall into depravity?" Kullene supported her hands on the table and looked down at Hader. "That's why I helped you and gave you the wisdom of the dwarves. I just didn't expect you to refuse."

“So I’m trying to convince you now.”

"By consuming the wisdom of the dwarves, I will be able to possess the knowledge behind the door. Using the knowledge behind the door, I can forge mythical equipment to open the door, but... that is always a lie."

"So this is what you care about. So what if it's a lie? Just lie!"

Culene suddenly jumped onto the table and yelled to everyone in the tavern.

"Everyone! Are you happy today?"

Everyone in the tavern was stunned and no one answered.

The question of whether you are happy is quite philosophical. Maybe you are happy when you don’t think about it, but once you start thinking about it, you may no longer be happy.

"Those who answer "happy" will also receive a luxurious fruit plate from Hermes' Travel Hat's president, Herbie Hermes!"

"happiness!!!"

The Dionysus Tavern immediately became noisy, and Had shook his head helplessly.

"When they answer happiness, isn't that just lying to get a free fruit plate? What's the point?"

"Are you an old stubborn person? Don't adults lie just to get something?" Cyrene stood on the table. The Dionysus Tavern was bustling with activity, but he seemed a little lonely.

"Adults have to tell lies, lots and lots of lies."

"Tell the children that we are aware and we have a solution. We will not despair, we will not be afraid, and we will not degenerate. We will walk in front and protect you. We are behind you."

"Then tell those lies for the rest of your life, and no one will know they are lies except you."

"So, Fire Rabbit Hader, lie."

Cyrene crouched down and looked Hader straight in the eyes.

"Eat the wisdom of the dwarves, and tell your students, tell Blaze, you have opened the door, you have gained wisdom, and you can continue to teach them a lot of knowledge as a teacher."

"Tell this lie your whole life, keep climbing to the peak of forging skills to make it come true, and finally take this lie to the grave. Then the praise of the world will become the truth."

"It sounds like I made a profit." Hader smiled bitterly and took a sip of wine. "The liar ended up with a monument."

"It would be great if there really was such a good thing. It's not that easy to tell a lie for a lifetime. Even a vicious villain or a god who is a habitual liar may want to tell someone that he is lying occasionally, but that's not allowed because that's the punishment for lying."

Cyrene brought a fruit plate to Had. It was a plate with only one piece of fruit flesh, but it was the most expensive fruit plate in the entire Dionysus Tavern.

"Can you lie about being happy for the rest of your life?"

Accept the fruit plate and tell a lie.

"You are really direct. Aren't you worried that I will still refuse?" Had laughed and reached out to take the fruit plate.

Getting something you don't deserve will be punished, and telling a lie your whole life is the punishment.

In the end, he couldn't bear to stop here and go no further, so he had to pay the price for his desires.

He wanted to keep swinging the hammer in order to gain this wisdom that did not belong to him and see the scenery that did not belong to him, and to build a huge monument to cover up the lies he was telling at this moment.

[Fire Rabbit Hader is a great forger]

This lie will follow him until his death.

"I originally wanted to make it into juice and mix it into the wine for you to drink. But I have lived for so many years and seen so many things. Among the many lessons I have learned, one is that being too smart will inevitably backfire."

Kullene shrugged and put on a winking smile again, like a clown who wanted to amuse everyone with his own funny and bad luck.

"I will thank you, God."

"Don't thank God, Hud. God helps people only for his own pleasure."

Had put the fruit slice containing the dwarf's wisdom into his mouth, chewed it, and drank it all mixed with wine.

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