Resurrected Immortal 588

Chapter 588 – 588. Kurdel Mountains (1)

After leaving the elven forest, Eunhyeon and Erin went straight to the dwarf village.
Currently, the Dwarven village is quite quiet compared to when I first visited, with only the Dwarves remaining who were operating the minimum equipment needed to continue their business as blacksmiths.
When I thought of Lily’s reaction when I visited the village, I covered both ears with both of her hands, frowning at the dozens of blaring hammers echoing here and there.
Erin, whose hearing is more sensitive than hers, is looking around the underground village with a curious look on her face. It is so different from how quiet the Dwarf village is now.

“You’re a farmer. I hope you came.”

Oran, the chief of the Black Anvil tribe, who currently leads the remaining dwarves, walked to the opened gate and greeted Eunhyeon and Erin.

“I said you don’t have to wait.”

Although he had told her that he was going to visit this place in advance, Oh-ran insisted on meeting Eun-hyeon even though he said that he did not have to come out to meet her.

“The field manager is visiting, but I can’t.”

Even though they were of different races, in the village, welcoming Eunhyeon, who inherited the blacksmith’s skills that were superior to any other dwarves, included respect and respect for the title and authority of the Cheonilyajang.
Even if Eunhyeon didn’t want this, it was impossible to yield to Oran or other Dwarves, who prioritized blacksmithing skills above anything else.

“… Okay.”

About 200 years ago, Doran, who taught him metallurgy, somehow took over the title of Cheonilyajang because of Doran’s arbitrary actions.
The title of Cheonilyajang and the succession of its skills.
Eunhyeon let out a small sigh at the thought that one more annoying thing had increased.

“Wow… Hyun is really great.”

Erin knew that the word ‘night field’ refers to Eunhyeon.
Erin reacted strangely to the fact that the dwarf men, who were much shorter than her and had loud voices, showed a serious and quiet attitude towards Eunhyeon.

“Amazing?”

“Huh. Those men are very obedient to Hyeoni and treat him like a senior.”

It is said that the dwarves in the Mograf Territory migrated in the direction of cooperation or coexistence with humans, but in the part of ‘making something’, they were strangely uncompromising and stubborn.
No matter how much metallurgy, architecture, or equipment production, no matter how much money or time it took, the races could only be satisfied by producing the desired result in their own way.
The dwarves Erin saw were like that.
Such dwarves are not of the same race, and they show a higher level of respect for the human Eun-hyeon than to other dwarves.

“Is Hyun-i like the great king of those men in this village?”

“Haha. You are the wife of the field chief. In our dwarf village, there is no concept of a ‘king’.”

Oran, standing to Eunhyeon’s left and guiding them while walking side by side, explained with a chuckle, as if looking at a young granddaughter.

“Uh… Is that so?”

Erin put on a bewildered expression as she saw a gentle dwarf who was a little different from the dwarves she had met so far.
She was a new type of dwarf she had never met in Mo Graf Territory, since all the dwarves she had met were loud and full of sweat.

‘He’s a good man.’

He didn’t even sexually harass himself.
Since there were not one or two dwarves who said they were ugly based on dwarf standards and values, the impression of dwarves in Erinn’s mind was close to the worst.
Because of her encounter with Oran, in her mind, Erin raised her impression of the dwarves by about 0.1 out of 100.

“Then how was your tribe governed?”

Erin was curious and she asked Oran.

“It is divided into three tribes, and the three chiefs who lead the tribe members belonging to the group meet regularly to decide important matters.”

Dwarves do not have as many races as humans do.
There were only a few thousand, and if you compare that number with the elves, it’s only about the same level.
However, unlike the elves, where there was a queen as a representative of the race, this was a system in which three rulers gathered their opinions on one issue and dealt with it.

“Ah, so you’re saying that instead of having a king, three lords get together to decide important matters in the village?”

“I don’t know what the word lord means, but I think I got it right.”

“Then Hyuni, why do all the dwarven men treat you like the Great King?”

Eunhyun smiled bitterly.
It seemed that the existence of the king was imprinted in Erinn’s mind as a being that everyone worshiped like the sky.
Having had the experience of dealing with the royal family several times, I became very curious as to why this perception had been entrenched.
Oran answered Erin’s question.

“It’s because the field manager has superior blacksmithing skills than any other dwarves.”

“A great skill?”

“For example, isn’t the sword that the farmer’s wife is wearing around her waist made by the farmer?”

“Ah! That’s right!”

Oran noticed at once that the Levantine possessed by Erin was an unusual sword, just by looking at it.
Erin wonders how she figured it out.

“It’s hard to make a proper judgment since it’s just the exterior with only the handle and scabbard, but there are probably few blacksmiths among us dwarves who can make a sword like that.”

“Yeah, that’s right…”

Erin was quite taken aback.
I knew right away that it was a great sword from the time the nine-tailed fox had explained it before, but when I remembered that the dwarves, who were crazy about metallurgy and were good at burning the souls of craftsmen, earnestly begged me to touch their rapier just once, it came to mind. It reminds me of how great it is.

– You don’t know the value of that sword properly, but you complain about it being a sword that you can’t pull out. It’s a shame to compare it to a diamond necklace hanging around a pig’s neck. It’s intelligence at the level of a microbe, less than a pig, not even a livestock. It’s really pathetic.

“…”

In an instant, Erin’s expression darkened rapidly when she recalled the venomous remarks the nine-tailed fox had given her.

“What’s the matter?”

“Oh, nothing!”

Her Eun-hyeon, who quickly checked her Erin’s expression, asked her how she was, and Erin hurriedly shook her hand, indicating that she was fine.

“Just… I thought Hyun-i was really great.”

As time goes on, she realizes that the reason she can’t bring out all of her Levantine’s performance is because her own skills fall short.
The fact that she was able to draw her Levantine was actually because Verdandi had persuaded her sister goddess Urd to grant him some of her goddess powers.
In fact, it may have taken her longer for Erin to grow to the point where she could pull out the Levantine through her own efforts.

“The field manager is a great person.”

She nodded her head as if Oran agreed.

“… Stop popping up because it’s embarrassing Rather, I will tell you the purpose of my visit here today.”

“Okay. Please tell me.”

“I’m going to mine divine iron.”

Oran, who was guiding the two to her lodging, stopped abruptly.
Divine iron refers to Orichalcum, which is the hardest metal in the world and is called the metal of the gods.
The existence of Orichalcum itself is very rare and it is worth calling it, but to Eun-hyeon who has a lot of money, it is not a big restriction in obtaining it.
Nevertheless, when Eun-Hyeon goes to mine Orichalcum herself, it probably means that she is going to find special Orichalcum that cannot be obtained from the market that humans use.

“… Are you saying that you are going to mine pure god iron with no impurities mixed in it?”

“Yes.”

“…”

What it means is simple.
The reason for going to mine for metal is obvious, isn’t it?
To make weapons, of course.
Oran immediately guessed why Eunhyeon had visited the dwarf village, where the noise had calmed down as more than three-fourths of them had migrated.

“I hope the field chief…”

“That’s right. If you bring the materials, I want to make a sword here.”

The underground workshop of the dungeon house he built himself boasted facilities comparable to other places, but it was more appropriate to make Siete’s sword here, where he could borrow the help of the dwarves while using the large equipment they had made themselves.
Since the metal he had to deal with this time was not ordinary iron, but Orichalcum, which was not mixed with any impurities, it was difficult for him to work alone.

“I want to get help from the dwarves, is that possible?”

Moreover, given Eun-hyeon’s personality that once she grabs the hammer, she beats it day and night without eating or sleeping for at least 3 to 7 days at most, it is not unusual for wives to nag her to take care of herself and live.
It was with the help of the dwarves that Eun-hyeon, who was just as obsessed with the perfection of the work as the dwarves in making Siete’s sword, found a compromise with her wives.

“As soon as! I will make preparations right away!”

Oran, who heard Eunhyeon’s plan, responded with a rare, excited look.
It’s not just orichalcon, it’s the metallurgy of 100% pure orichalcon.
She was thrilled to be able to directly participate in the production of the weapon, rather than just watch it being made.
This is because it is the moment that becomes the foundation for one’s growth as a blacksmith, and it is also a work that will earn an immense honor.

“This is not the time to be like this! I’ll select the dwarves to work at the yard right away! Then I’m just… !”

He was in the middle of guiding Eunhyeon and Erin, but even this must have been an important thing in his mind, but Oran hurriedly ran to the point of throwing it away right away.

“And…”

Erin reacted with absurdity to the fact that Oran, who had been thought to be a rare and very decent dwarf, was also a blacksmith in the end.

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After replenishing a large amount of food and supplies in the dwarf village, Eunhyeon and Erin headed north.
It took about a week to continue riding the Retona on bumpy and rough roads.
The temperature gradually dropped and snow began to fall from the sky.
She couldn’t feel it because of the heater built into the car, but as soon as she got out of the car, a bone-chilling chill sent Erin shaking her body.

“It’s cold, it’s cold…”

“Put these on.”

It wasn’t until she put on layers of her winter clothes, and then her coat and earplugs on top, that Erin warmed herself up again and regained her composure.

“Ah… Warm…”

Since they had to walk to the adjacent village, Eunhyeon and Erin had to walk through the ankle-deep snow.

“Hyunah. Where are we going?”

“Courdel Mountains.”

Eun-hyeon, who answered briefly, pointed with his finger at a large mountain range in the distance.

“… In that mountain covered in snow?”

For some reason, if I went into that mountain range, I felt a sense of anxiety that I would be buried in the snow and not be able to come out.
In the meantime, winter comes every year to the Kingdom of Pernias, but the number of times I’ve tried adventure activities in the winter was about two years.
Because of that, I was very reluctant to have no experience.
To put it bluntly, Erin hated the cold.
She had heard from Eun-hyeon that she would come here before leaving, but if she hadn’t invited Eun-hyeon to go with her, she would never have come to this place on her own feet.

“I’m not going in right now. Today, we will take a break in a nearby village before entering the mountains.”

“Huh.”

The only thing I could breathe a sigh of relief was that from today onwards, I would not go into those mountains right away.
Eunhyeon and Erin, who finally arrived at a nearby village, were checked by the guards, showing their identity as adventurers.

“… Are you adventurers?”

The guards were not too surprised to learn that the young woman, who had just shed the guise of being a minor, was a gold-tier adventurer.
Rather than being surprised, it would have been more accurate to say that he was not particularly interested.
Perhaps it was because their village depended on a certain amount of income from adventurers coming and staying, they didn’t show much interest in the adventurer’s rating.
The reason why adventurers come to Kurdel Village at the entrance of the Kurdel Mountains is simple.
In order to mine Orichalcum, which is called the metal of the gods and is worth the price.

“But I don’t really recommend going up those mountains right now.”

However, the guards gave Eunhyeon and Erin serious advice not to climb the mountain range if their lives were in danger.
Erin, puzzled by that, tilted her head and asked.

“Yes? Why?”

“Now in those mountains… The devil lives there.”