Chapter 42: Chapter 37: The Dwarves’ Friend【Sorry for the late update!】

Once Ai Lin and her guards left, Long Yi finally found some peace. Everyone had their own business to deal with, and he didn’t insist that everyone follow his worldview. Besides, such matters could only be handled by Ai Lin herself. Long Yi only helped Ai Lin out of a friend’s duty, and had no intention of interfering in her life.

First, he went to dine with the three dragons, then headed straight to the dwarven iron forge owned by Golden Hammer. Here, the dwarves had already completed a fair number of boot prototypes for women.

Seeing someone appear, Golden Hammer was first startled and instinctively wanted to hide away the prototypes. Recognizing Long Yi, the old dwarf broke out a bitter smile.

"Lad, I must have been out of my mind to have let you talk me into this. If my brothers knew that instead of crafting weapons and equipment, I’m making items for women to wear, they’d surely laugh me to death."

Mournfully, Golden Hammer sighed at the pile of unfinished products.

Long Yi laughed heartily, "Uncle, you can relax. These things are guaranteed to make a pretty penny. Would your brothers mock money?"

Golden Hammer could only return a helpless smile. After acting on impulse, he now seemed rather doubtful.

Long Yi wasn’t in a hurry about this. He planned to discuss these products with Wesley later. Ah yes, Wesley also promised to talk about the toothbrush matter.

Make money!

Make money!

As a time-travelling boy!

How could he not make money!

After discussing some details, Long Yi prepared to leave, but the old dwarf stopped him.

"Youngster, the school opening ceremony is coming up. Don’t you intend to prepare a good set of gear for yourself? You have to realize that not only will the higher-ups of the school be present, but also high-ranking officials of the Empire Knight Order. Moreover, according to internal information, even the four White Dragon knights from the Royal Knight Order will be present!"

The old dwarf’s eyes twinkled with a tempting gleam, waiting for Long Yi to beg him. Golden Hammer saw himself owing a lot to Long Yi with no chance to repay him. Long Yi didn’t have many desires and, having a high-level dwarf blacksmith at his disposal, asked for nothing in return. This blunt approach made the clear-minded dwarves feel uneasy.

Unfortunately, Golden Hammer was disappointed once again.

"Haha! I am well-prepared. I can’t wait to show off during the opening ceremony!"

"Well, do you need me to help with that?"

Seeing his first plan failing, Golden Hammer quickly proposed a new one.

"Well, alright! I found that my craftsmanship with those machines can’t compare with yours, Uncle. Moreover, I think that my piece would look better if it were polished in some places."

As Long Yi spoke, he reached out to receive a weapon handed over by Bajie. Upon grasping it, a faint chill permeated from the blade. It was the result of frost enchantment.

"Damn, where did you steal this sword from, boy?"

Even Golden Hammer, who had seen it all, was struck dumb by the splendor of the Dragon-slaying sword.

"Hehe, this is my self-made treasure. What do you think? Beautiful, isn’t it?" Long Yi looked very pleased.

"Tell you what, could you lend me the sword for a few days after the opening ceremony ends?"

Owing too many favours and reluctant to ask again, the sight of the glorious Dragon-slaying sword made it impossible for him to resist.

"Sure, I am only using it to show off anyway. I’ll give it to you after the competition, and if you’re done playing with it, you can sell it for me and we’ll see how much it fetches."

Long Yi answered casually.

How much money?

Looking at the incredibly glorious blade, Golden Hammer felt a twitching sensation in his eye sockets. It must be worth more than my sword! In front of this sword, I’m just a country bumpkin. Despite believing his work to be quite exquisite, it appeared pale in comparison!

"Long Yi, did you design this sword entirely on your own? Can I see the design diagrams?"

Golden Hammer shyly tried to ask another question, feeling a little excessive himself. Who would ask for someone else’s design diagrams? Such behaviour was simply deplorable!

"Design diagrams? I do have them, but I am not sure where I put them. You can look for them!"

As Long Yi spoke, Bajie handed over another bunch of white papers. Golden Hammer took them and his eyes widened in surprise upon examination.

On these pages were design sketches of the Dragon-slaying sword, and each page was different! Each design was incredibly majestic! Some were elegant, others powerful, some full of brightness and honesty, while others evoked an incredible feeling of darkness!

Damn it! Is this boy a monster? These designs are frigging cool!

Seeing Golden Hammer’s expression, Long Yi smiled secretly. Yes, these were design sketches he had dug out recently. He had drawn them in his childhood, and they were based on the equipment designs from the games he used to play back on Earth. The designs were naturally quite extravagant.

He was determined to become the lord of the sky; naturally, he had no time to work on these things.

But the golden hammer is keen!

Entrusting these designs to the golden hammer, Long Yi’s ultimate goal was, of course, money! He was not as indifferent as he seemed inside!

The golden hammer’s reaction confirmed Long Yi’s guess.

Looking at the design drawings, the golden hammer trembled all over with excitement, his breathing was increasingly rapid. Suddenly, a golden light burst out from him! It turned into a platinum color!

"Platinum Fighting Spirit? My fighting aura, it has actually broken through?"

The dwarf muttered to himself.

"I have broken through! I finally broke through!"

The dwarf suddenly rushed up, fiercely leaning in to kiss Long Yi. He darted his hand to block it, and the dwarf’s bearded mouth bit down on Long Yi’s hand instead.

"Ahahahaha! I broke through! I finally broke through! Let’s see what those old bastards say now! I finally succeeded Hahaha!"

The golden hammer had nearly gone crazy.

The dwarves’ way of cultivation was special; their aura was called Hammer Fighting Spirit, and it only had offensive power when combined with a hammer. A dwarf’s life was a constant pursuit of strength from the furnace and hammer. Like the golden hammer, elevation to the golden hammer fighting aura was the pinnacle for most dwarfs with Hammer Fighting Spirit.

However, the golden hammer was a non-believer.

He thought he still had the room for a breakthrough. However, since he advanced to the golden hammer, it’s been more than a decade now. There has been no hope of further advancement. No matter how dedicated he was to forging and despite his improvement in skills, there was no significant reward.

Now, in just a few days, apart from a few pairs of women’s knight boots, he hardly touched his hammer. He spent most of the time using lathes and milling machines to improve the products he had made before.

And now, he had just glanced at Long Yi’s weapon design, and he unexpectedly advanced!

It turns out that Long Yi was truly a good luck charm in his life.

The Golden Hammer was circling around Long Yi, laughing and crying, murmuring in the dwarven language which Long Yi couldn’t understand, and his excitement verged on madness.

Suddenly, Golden Hammer waved his hand wildly, and a battle hammer full of lightning flew from a corner and landed in his hand.

Well, it seemed the hammer is indeed golden, truly befitting the surname of the Golden Hammer.

Holding the battle hammer, Golden Hammer solemnly knelt on one knee, "Honorable Dragon Knight Long Yi, please accept my sincerest gratitude from a dwarf. From today onwards, all the dwarves in the world will be your brothers! The Furnace Fortress will be your second home! Flame and hammer will always guard you!"

A platinum-colored fighting aura rose from the dwarf’s battle hammer and swirled in the air before entering Long Yi’s body.

The Dwarf’s Oath!

He initially only intended to let Golden Hammer help earn some money. Unexpectedly, he ended up helping Golden Hammer advance.

But this Dwarf Oath was not just any ordinary stuff.

The hierarchical world of dwarves was exclusive and severe. Even if they call you a brother, in the end, they still don’t trust you. But this Dwarf’s Oath is a dwarf’s guarantee of his life to all dwarves, proving that Long Yi is a good friend. All dwarves can treat Long Yi as one of their own.

Although it might sound insignificant, in this world, who could survive without the dwarves?

Dwarves controlled numerous mines around the world and monopolized the production of high-end weapons in various countries. Even as wars continued and dwarves made huge profits from it, no sovereign dared oppose them.

With the Dwarf’s Oath, Long Yi could even personally choose suitable weapons and equipment from the treasury of Furnace Fortress!

Besides, it would be at internal dwarven prices!

Therefore, Long Yi felt like he was about to piss himself out of fear.

"Uncle, please get up. If you do this, how dare I seek your help again?"

Luckily, Long Yi was incredibly strong, and he roughly pulled the Golden Hammer off the ground.

Golden Hammer stood up, feeling the platinum fighting spirit in his body, his heart filled with unlimited emotions.

"Hey, Long Yi, let’s have a drink with me. Today, we’re not working."

The old and the young, both of them headed straight to the tavern. The dwarf drank glass after glass, telling Long Yi about his past. Long Yi listened and drank until they both blacked out on the table.