Chapter 600 – 600. Mistletoe (1)
The morning in the snow-covered snowfield has arrived.
“Ugh…”
Erin, who hurriedly found herself on the cot in the tent set up in the cave she found, groaned and groaned softly.
Perhaps it was because the night she shared with Eunhyeon was so intense, she could still feel the pain in her lower back.
She slept soundly, and although her pain wasn’t too great, it was enough to bother her, which naturally raised her eyebrows.
“Hyunah… ?”
As soon as Erin got up from the cot, she looked for Eunhyeon.
Eunhyun, who had been sleeping on the bed hugging each other, was already up, took out a simple portable case, and was making warm soup using a burner artifact.
Hearing her Erin’s voice, Eunhyun turned her head and looked at her Erin on her cot.
“Woke up?”
“Huh.”
“How are you feeling?”
“My back hurts… It’s not that serious though. If you move a little, it might loosen…”
“I was talking about the statue last night, but looking at the other things you said, it seems okay.”
“…”
Erin blushed for an instant and avoided Eunhyun’s gaze.
She pursed her lips and she grunted.
“You acted so violently last night, isn’t it natural?”
If it wasn’t okay, I wouldn’t have asked to do it there.
Erin was sure that the reason why Eun-hyeon dared to ask her knowingly was because of her mischievous personality, who enjoyed seeing her own reaction, which was embarrassing.
“Sorry. Sorry.”
Eunhyun smiled and apologized meekly.
“Can you make the table for me?”
“… Huh.”
Erin immediately nodded her head.
She still had the feeling of stiffness in her lower back, but she wasn’t quite as bad as she was, so she immediately got herself up from the cot.
Bringing her folding table and unfolding it in front of the bed, Eunhyun set the soup bowl she was holding in both hands on the table.
When Eun-hyeon held her spoon and told Erin to eat, Erin scooped up her corn soup and put it in her mouth.
Erin’s whole body began to feel warm as she ate her mild, warm cream soup.
“Okay…”
Erin smiled at the refreshing taste of the corn soup, which gave her a refreshing start to the morning when her eyelids were heavy. She moved her spoon and scooped up her corn soup.
“Now, eat some bread too.”
“Huh. Thank you.”
Erin, who had been filling her stomach while dipping the bread Eunhyeon gave her into corn soup and eating it, slowly regained her composure, and she asked Eunhyeon.
“By the way, Hyuna. What are we doing now?”
Anyway, through the efforts of the two couples, they were able to reveal the identity of the demons that existed in the Kurdel Mountains and cleanly organized them.
She hadn’t been able to ask because she fainted last night from being hit head-on by Snow Woman’s breath at close range and was frostbitten by her, or because she was distracted from exchanging her affections.
“I have to go back to my original purpose.”
“The original purpose? Ah.”
Erin immediately remembered the reason why she and her Eun-hyeon had come to the Kurdel Mountains.
To find pure Orichalcum, which is not mixed with any impurities, as a material needed to make Siete’s sword.
That was the reason he came to the Kurdel Mountains at the northernmost tip of the Arcena continent.
“Then can we move right away?”
“You can go slowly.”
Orichalcum does not have feet, and currently there are no competing adventurers who are struggling to take over Orichalcum because of the rumor that it is a ‘devil of the Kurdel Mountains’.
There is plenty of time, so there is absolutely no reason to rush.
Besides, Erin’s condition was more important to Eunhyeon than Orichalcum.
If pure Orichalcum is not obtained, Siete’s plan to make the sword will be greatly disrupted, but he has no choice but to accept the possibility.
“Lol. Thank you.”
At Eunhyeon’s words of being considerate of her, Erin showed a relaxed smile.
“Oh right. Hyuna. I have a consultation later.”
“Consulting?”
“Huh. Actually, there’s a new technique I’ve been experimenting with…”
When Erin dealt with her snow woman, she explained to Eunhyun about her technique, Cheongsa (靑射), which she had made hastily.
When Nosferad was defeated, Erin saw her secret technique that Riod had used and arranged it in her own way.
If Leo devised a magic trick to gain attack power and range by scattering swords formed with high magical energy over a wide area and sweeping her surroundings, Erin concentrated all of her physical abilities and abilities on a single point to achieve extreme penetration. Technology to create.
However, her skill level was not very high, as her Erinn’s blue thread (靑射) was improvised and made according to her own style with her Rio de skill as a motif.
With this state alone, she was able to overwhelm the snow woman, but she probably wouldn’t even eat her seeds when she really met a formidable enemy.
So, Erin was consulting her Eunhyeon on how to perfect her own skills to a higher level.
“Hmm… I see.”
Eun-hyeon stroked her chin and thought about her Erin’s counseling.
Seeing Leo’s technique and arranging it in his own way, the idea and method were quite unexpected, and Eun-hyeon admired inwardly.
Her efforts to become stronger little by little for her growth are very proud and enjoyable both as her teacher and as her husband.
“Okay. Let’s think together. But for now, it’s impossible to stay here, so let’s go home. Understand?”
“Huh!”
After a simple breakfast, Eunhyeon and Erin immediately organized the camping tent inside the cave.
A violent blizzard storm hit the two of them as they started walking upwards again.
“Are you okay?”
While Eun-hyeon was directly attacked by the snow woman last night, she asked about the condition of Erin, who was once frostbitten by her.
“Huh. Are you okay.”
Wearing her winter gear, Erin was brisk, unlike last night.
Rather, as if to appeal that she is full of energy, she lightly jumped in place and answered confidently.
It wasn’t a good thing to spend too much energy in this cold mountain, but Eun-hyeon smiled at Erin like that.
“Tell me right away if you’re having a hard time.”
“Okay~.”
As if letting go of her worries, Erin shook her hand.
But Erin already knew that her eunuch was controlling the pace of her climb, matching her stride, worrying about her own stamina.
She is taking care of her like this, but she has no intention of causing trouble to him.
Erin walked side by side with Eunhyun, who was taking care of her, and climbed her snowy mountain.
“By the way, Hyuna.”
While doing so, she remembered a question she was curious about and immediately spoke to Eun-hyeon.
“How did Orichalcum come about?”
“Do you know what a metal called mithril is?”
“I know, but… I have no idea what metal it originally looked like or how it was made.”
Erin knew from her silver bow and nine-tailed fox that her own rapier, the Levante, was also made of Orichalcum, but she had no basic knowledge of metallurgy or minerals.
So, when Erin first received the Levantine as a gift from Eunhyun, he did not immediately recognize the value of this rapier.
Erin’s teeth are still grinding when she thinks of how bitterly the nine-tailed fox scolded the ignorant Erin at that time.
Levantein is a great sword that amplifies the power of the divine beast possessed by its owner, Erin, and draws out doubled power, but Erin is so blind that she cannot be distinguished from other swords based on her appearance alone.
I don’t even know the difference between general steel, mithril, and other metals.
Her knowledge and discernment seemed rather meager compared to her status as a gold-tier adventurer, but it was only possible because her skills, which Errin possessed, were at a level that easily surpassed those of others.
For Erin, who has only been an adventurer for two years, she overwhelmingly lacks the experience and time to acquire that knowledge and discernment.
“Whether Mithril or Orichalcum, the starting point is the same.”
“Huh… ?”
Erin tilted her head, unable to understand Eunhyun’s words for a moment.
Having the same starting point sounded like it actually meant that mithril and orichalcum were the same metal.
Eunhyun kept opening her mouth to explain in detail.
“It means that both Mithril and Orichalcum were just ordinary iron at first.”
“… Really?”
Erin looked at her, eyes wide open, startled by what she had heard for the first time.
“… Then why did those metals change like that?”
Through what process could a metal that was just ordinary iron be changed into a metal called mithril or orichalcon?
“Erin. Do you know what Mithril’s great feature is?”
“Huh. You know that Its strength is harder than that of iron, and its conductivity for accepting magic is much higher… Ah!”
As Erin briefly explained her knowledge of the mithril in her head, she sighed as if she had realized something.
Eunhyun, seeing Erin’s reaction, nodded her head as if what she realized was the correct answer.
“That’s right. Mithril is originally a metal whose properties have changed as a large amount of pure magic dwells in ordinary iron.”
Many people know about the performance and effects of mithril, but most of them do not know how mithril came about or its origin.
All they know is that the Dwarves have preserved the origins and origins of Mithril and Orichalcum while living longer than humans.
“Then, how is Orichalcum a metal?”
This time Eunhyun asked Erin.
“…”
Erin pondered as she did not stop her steps up her mountain pass.
The background and origins of the metal called Mithril, which Eun-Hyeon told me, and the fact that Mithril and Orichalcum have the same starting point.
If Mithril is a metal that evolved after being affected by a large amount of mana, then wouldn’t Orichalcum be a metal that evolved while being affected by some kind of power?
Finally Erin finished her thoughts and put the conclusions in her head into her mouth.
“… Under the influence of divine power?”
“You’re right.”
Another nickname for Orichalcum is Shincheol (神鐵).
The reason why it is called God’s metal is because it is a special metal that literally accepts the power of God.
A metal with a special effect that amplifies the user’s strength by a factor of two while having strength that is incomparable to steel or mithril.
Even weapons made of the metal awakened the ego under the influence of the blacksmith’s ability or a certain process, and the weapon itself had free will.
Representative examples are Brunach, which Eun-hyeon has, and Jeok-wol and Cheong-wol, which have not yet awakened but are showing signs of that.
“…”
Erin made a surprised expression when she heard Eunhyeon explain the origin of Orichalcum.
Contrary to what I thought it was called divine iron because of its excellent strength and special ability of the metal itself, I was quite surprised that the presence of a god was really involved.
“Arrived.”
The two people who were talking about the origin of Orichalcum finally reached their destination.
“Here… What?”
The higher they climbed, the colder they got through the blizzard of the snowy mountains, and reached a cave full of darkness with no end in sight.
Erin hesitated for a moment and frowned.
Even with her own senses, more keen than those of other humans, she couldn’t fathom the depths of this cave, which made her reluctant.
But unlike her, Eun-hyeon slowly moved her steps forward as she walked.
Erin walked behind Eunhyun, who was not agitated at all and had a calm expression on her face.
“… What’s in this?”
“Pure Orichalcon with no impurities. In other words… It is the metal of the gods that evolved by fully accepting the power of the goddess.”
