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43. Forging Dwarves

Following the directions from Sania, I arrived at a cottage on the outskirts of the village. “Is it true there are still people living in a place like this?.” I thought after seeing the hut so unkempt, the snow piled up and almost buried it.

I took the scoop I forgot to return to Herka, then immediately cleaned the area around the door so I could enter. “Excuse me is there someone inside?.” I banged on the door a few times but there is no answer.

“What the forger is dead?.” when I tried to check through the mini map, it turns out there is still someone in the house, but with thin health.

“He's dying!.” panicked, feeling the homeowner was in need of help I quickly broke down the door. Following the mini map I found a person with a short body like a child but a parent's face.

“Is he a Dwarf?.” seeing that person made me think of a fantasy race that was often depicted with the same traits as the person in front of me. Given that the Dwarves are described as great forges further strengthens my guess.

“He fell in front of the fireplace. Is she trying to warm up?.” I tried to check her condition before taking her to bed.

I also found out that the Dwarf only had one arm, just like Hektor, the cause of the disability in the Dwarf due to the bite wound of the snow wolf. But Dwarf's condition was more severe, although he had cut off the bitten body part but it was too late because the infection had already spread.

“It must have been hard for him.” thought I.

I understand that feeling. For an artist their hand is everything, losing that hand means their world has been destroyed.

The moment I saw the three weapons in Sania's shop, I could feel the pride of the forging that had made them. He must be desperate for his condition right now to think about ending his life.

“Who's there?.” such a weak voice sounded Dwarf sari. I didn't expect him to be aware of such a condition.

“My name is Estrid, I'm here to get a gun.”

“Ek..hehe... Uhuek uhuek...” he laughed but then coughed so badly, I immediately woke up the body of this midget old man so that his cough soon subsided.

“I'm sorry this failed forger, miss, I seem to be letting you down. There are no weapons left in this place, I have donated everything to the villagers.” his breath is so heavy while speaking.

“But can't you make another one?.”

“Are you crazy! In my condition like this you think I can make weapons? Just light the fireplace I can't afford.”

The words of the Dwarf made me remember finding it lying in front of the fireplace. “You want to kill yourself?.” The Dwarf was silent hearing my words.

Herka had previously told me that the infection caused by the bite of a snow wolf slowly froze the victim's body. Freezing can only be removed by direct sunlight and certain herbal remedies.

But on the contrary if the victim bites a snow wolf exposed to the heat of the fire then it will actually accelerate freezing. Mr. Butcher even placed his sick son inside the basement of the restaurant to prevent him from being exposed to the rays and hot air of the fire.

That's why I realized that the Dwarf lying in front of the fireplace was actually trying to commit suicide.

“Do you think in this condition I can still be said to be alive?. I've lost something that means the most.” Dwarf stared at the missing right arm, “Dean this damn infection was almost to the heart. Just a matter of time until I am fully an Ice doll.” she has given up on her life.

“Maybe this is indeed your luck.” heard that Dwarf raised his head, looking at me with a look of wonder. I immediately handed over a copy of the fake blue print leg.

Dwarf's eyes widened at the blue print I made, “Did this really work?.” he asked in a trembling voice. “You can prove it yourself by asking the guard Hektor.”

The Dwarf's eyes were again filled with hope, if his hands could recover then the two could forge just like before. But the ray of hope in his eyes soon disappeared given his dying condition from the infection.

“Free, nothing can be done to cure this disease.”

“Don't we just need to open the sky so that the sun can shine again?.”

“Ahaha... To do that you have to defeat four disasters of this continent.”

Dwarf was silent, he looked at me carefully until finally his mouth opened, “That's just a fortune right?.”

“Luck is power, sir.” I picked up a sentence I saw on one of Hanna's channel comments.

“You may be right, but luck alone is not enough to fight the three remaining disasters.”

“For that reason I met you. I need a weapon to defeat three disasters.”

The Dwarf let out a heavy sigh as if there was nothing else he would say. “You crazy woman.” he said, after saying that he asked me to show you both palms.

Like a fortune teller he looked at my palm carefully then flipped through and lightly massaged. “Not only crazy, you are also weird!.” he said after being satisfied to see the palm of my hand.

“Hey, stop mocking me. Although my body is a bit big but I am still a woman!.” I filed a complaint.

“But that's the reality, miss. You're a Giant turned Viking, instead of fighting skills, all you have is miner skills. I've never seen anyone stranger than you.”

Hearing the words of the Dwarves impressed me greatly. “Woah you can find out all that just by reading the palm, it's so amazing.”

“It's not something extraordinary, just the basic skill of a forger. Ahahaha..” although he said if it was normal, but I can see if the Dwarves are very happy to get compliments.

“So do you have a weapon I can use?.” I hope he keeps a secret weapon or something.

“Ahaha...” he still laughs, then

“.... no.” answers that are so short and solid.

“Heh?.” I think misheard.

“Viking has amazing fighting skills, they can use all kinds of weapons. But the most iconic of them is the skill of using an axe. The experience you have is still lacking miss, right now only axes are suitable for you to use.”

“And you don't have an axe-type weapon?.”

“True, I know you've guessed if I kept a secret weapon. But trust me you can't use it the same way you tried to do with my three weapons at the Sania.” store

Absolutely vain. Then what am I supposed to do? Can I only hunt monsters with my punches?. Impossible and not cool there once.

If I do that my muscles will get bigger and eventually the Avatar I use will lose its feminine side. It's not cool to think it gives me a headache.

“Helping citizens to recover from freezing infections is not just by defeating four disasters, you know that is not it?.”

“Eh?.” yes I completely forgot about the last way. “What is the name of the herb to cure freezing infection?.”

“Herbal it's named sunflower.”

Hearing the name of the herb made me immediately think about the yellow flowers whose seeds could be eaten.

“What is the same flower?.” I immediately look for the flower through the siste map, and the results....

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