Volume 5: The Great Prairie Chapter 140: Mr. Copper Hammer

  The architecture of dwarves is often breathtaking, even a simple dwelling is made from huge stones that have been carefully cut and fitted together to form a massive rectangular structure. Some blocks are adorned with intricate carvings, the architectural art of dwarves is as famous as their metalwork throughout the continent of Azura. They are also renowned for their fine wines and bravery in battle, dwarves have always been allies of humans in major wars, and have had friendly relations with them since ancient times.

  After walking for about three days within the range of a massive mountain, we finally met the first dwarf. He had fiery red hair and beard, a strong body, bronze-colored skin, and an extremely domineering name: August, Copper Hammer. Matching Mr. Copper Hammer's name was his explosive temper. We met him on a narrow bridge, and since there were many of us and we had already walked halfway across the bridge, our traveling shaman Dakuru asked Mr. Copper Hammer to step back and let us pass first.

  So the dispute arose, apparently Mr. Copper Hammer thought this was the territory of the dwarf tribe, and we asked him as the master to give way was a very rude behavior, so he demanded that we should politely give way to him. And our shaman was also a beastman with a bad temper, so conflict inevitably occurred.

  "Hey, shorty, don't be so arrogant. With this many of us letting you go one-on-one, it's really too much to say." Dakuru glared with his copper bell-sized eyes, his two fangs flashing cold light.

  Mr. Copperhammer planted his massive copper hammer on the ground, looked up at Dakuru with disdain and said: "Shut your mouth, green-skinned savage! I, Augustus, am not a person to be trifled with. You people come to our dwarven territory and still act so arrogant? Believe it or not, my hammer will sweep you away like ants into the mountain stream!"

  Dakuru lowered his eyes and sneered, "Shorty, you may not be tall, but your tone is quite big. Do you want to try? I'll definitely let you experience the taste of being roasted by lightning."

  The response to Dakuru was Mr. Copper's massive war hammer, the huge mallet being swung by August like a toy, bringing a gust of wind and smashing towards Dakuru.

  Dakuru was not to be outdone, one hand inserting a defensive earth totem, the other hand flashing with white light. Just as the conflict began, I hastily raised my magic shield between the two of them. In an instant, August's copper hammer and Dakuru's lightning struck my magic shield at the same time. My magic shield shook twice after withstanding the two powerful attacks: "Boom" it burst open, scaring me out of a cold sweat. Originally, I thought their attacks would only weaken my shield, so when I raised the shield, I only raised a wind-type magic shield without any special reinforcement. I didn't expect that when they both attacked at the same time, they would completely shatter my shield.

  I hastily raised another shield and shouted loudly, "Stop fighting, I can solve this problem, no need to use force!" As soon as I finished speaking, I didn't give them time to react, and immediately used wind magic to gently lift Augustus and move him behind us. Augustus was lifted into the air by me, and his earlier arrogance disappeared instantly, he was so scared that he started dancing with his hands and feet, before he could even think of a way to break my spell, I had already safely put him on the bridge behind us.

  I bowed to the still shaken Augustus, saying: "Sorry to have startled you, respected dwarf warrior. We are just travelers and do not wish to cause any unpleasantness with you or your people. Now neither of us needs to let the other go, I hope this outcome is satisfactory to you."

  Augustus looked down at me, then at Dakuru and asked: "Human, you're quite strong. Not many can withstand a hit from both me and that green-skinned guy at the same time. Can you tell me your names?"

  I smiled and replied, "Thank you for your praise. I am a magician from Larsen named Arik Sorens, this elf is the Holy Maiden Freya of the Elf tribe, this human is an assassin named Evan and his sister Silu, and the shaman who just fought with you is Dakuru from the Beastman Empire."

  Augustus suddenly became cheerful and laughed loudly, saying: "So it's you guys! Our king sent me to the entrance of the mountain to welcome you, didn't expect you're already here, great!"

  Ivan smiled and said: "So you're the dwarf who welcomed us, that's great. Then please take us to see your king."

  Mr. Tong hammered a hearty laugh and waved his big hand, saying: "Then let's cross the bridge together, follow me!"

  August is also a cheerful personality, all the way to tell us about the dwarf kingdom, originally thought he would not get along with Dakuru, did not expect two people quickly became extremely good friends, almost reaching the destination when the two people are already good and almost inseparable.

  Augustus told us that the Dwarf Kingdom this time sent out the third prince of the king, Fregley, Balandir and Mr. Bronze Fist were all in the Dwarf Kingdom's most brave warriors, Bronze Fist's father Augustus, Bronze Beard (the surname of the dwarf tribe is just opposite to that of human beings, with the surname first and the name last) under the study of combat skills. So, Mr. Bronze Fist proudly said: "Balandir is my best brother, and also the strongest warrior of the Dwarf tribe, hum, a little stronger than me."

  Avin said jokingly on the side: "So you should be the second strongest warrior in the Dwarf Kingdom?"

  August's face turned a little red, but compared to his fiery red hair, the color was still somewhat lighter, so it wouldn't attract much attention if one didn't look closely. He scratched his head with his coarse big hands and chuckled: "That's not all, there are many stronger warriors than me in the dwarves..." However, Mr. Copper Hammer soon proudly said: "However, although the barbarian's combat skills are better than mine, I am the best blacksmith in the dwarves, and also the one with the largest capacity for alcohol! I have two things that surpass him!"

  We nodded in agreement, endorsing his view and regretting that the dwarves had not sent him to fight alongside us with his war-hammer. Augustus said nonchalantly: "No worries, this time you are going to battle, of course, you will bring your war-hammers, but I can forge the best weapons and equipment for you and your war-hammers, count on me!"

  We were chatting all the way, and at a happy moment, Tongding pointed to the middle of a mountain peak in front of him and said: "Look quickly, that is our dwarf city, the great Iron Hammer Fortress, the most magnificent city on the Yaqin continent!"