Chapter 330 Silvermine Family (3)
When we sat back down half an hour later, both of Rondo’s parents had satisfied and convinced looks on their faces.
It had been the same as with the captain at the border where I had to prove my skills.
They tested the blade with one that had been forged by their Silvermine Family before bringing me to the forge to show them how I made the alloy.
After seeing all of this, they were convinced that I was the one who made this amazing blade and had indeed defeated Rondo in a forging duel.
After we sat back down, Ivar looked at Rondo and asked, “So what led up to this? Why did you challenge our human friend here to a duel in the first place?”
Rondo’s eyes lit up when he heard this and he said, “I heard about this amazing magic weapon on my travels and…”
Byt the end of the story, all three of the dwarves were looking at me with excited looks that almost seemed like they were expecting something.
Seeing this, I knew that I had no choice but to…
So I stood up and reached my hand behind myself before pulling out The Penetrator.
After taking it out, I put it onto the table for the dwarves to look at.
Ivar and Rondo immediately leaned over The Penetrator, excitedly examining it from many different angles.
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However, Nisa hesitated a bit as she looked at The Penetrator with a strange look.
This look made it seem like she recognized the shape of The Penetrator…
And she even gave me a strange look for a second before turning back to look at The Penetrator.
But in the end, she leaned in along with Ivar and Rondo to examine The Penetrator.
It seemed that women really had sharp intuition…just a single glance was enough for her to tell that something was off about the shape.
After they examined The Penetrator for a bit, Ivar and Rondo both gave a sigh of admiration as Ivar said, “This magic weapon really is something else. I can’t figure out how it’s made, but the amount of magic that it contains really is something else. I don’t even know where to begin with this thing.”
Rondo said with a nod, “That’s right, if only we could take this thing apart and study it.”
As they said this, I took a step forward and placed my hand on the handle.
Though I wasn’t worried that they would be able to do anything to this since it was something I received from the system, I naturally didn’t want them getting any ideas.
Both Rondo and Ivar revealed awkward looks after seeing this and they said with smiles, “Of course we wouldn’t do that with someone else’s property.”
I just simply gave a nod before putting The Penetrator away.
A bit of regret and a bit of confusion appeared in their eyes seeing this.
They regretted not being able to inspect The Penetrator any further.
But they were confused since they had no idea how I was seemingly pulling it out of thin air and putting it away like it never existed.
After The Penetrator was gone, Ivar finally got down to business.
He looked at me and said, “So Rondo has promised you that he would help you buy some of our mithril, is that right?”
My expression turned serious as I just gave a simple nod.
I knew that in this situation, it was best to speak as little as possible to not make any mistakes.
But I quickly found that I was being too serious.
Ivar suddenly revealed a smile and said, “Well, a promise is a promise, so we’ll sell you some mithril from our mines.”
I was taken aback at how easily he agreed to this, so I couldn’t help looking at him as if I was trying to figure out if he was being serious or not.
Then I asked, “Are you serious about this?”
Ivar saw the doubt on my face and he said with a loud laugh, “The reason that we don’t sell mithril to humans in the first place is because it’s a waste of natural resources. They haven’t shown that they are capable of using it in the first place, so why waste it by selling it to them if they don’t have anything we want?”
Then he calmed down and said in a serious voice, “You have the skills to use such an ore, so we have no qualms about selling it to you. This is our faith in you.”
I was once again caught off guard, but this time was because I was flattered by what he said.
To receive a dwarf’s praise when it came to matters of forging really was rare.
In the game, there had only been two humans recorded to have achieved this feat before and now I could be considered the third.
Since they trusted me, I had nothing else to say but, “Thank you, I promise that I won’t waste it.”
Though in truth…I was planning on selling it to other humans in the first place…
I just hope that they didn’t mind this…or rather, I don’t think there was a need for me to tell them what I did with it…
I guess that was part of being a sly human.
But since the deal had been made, to celebrate and a bit of easing my guilty conscience, I took out the other thing that I brought.
When I pulled it out, Ivar and Rondo’s eyes immediately lit up as they licked their lips.
As dwarves they naturally had the ability to smell good wine and this was what I had brought.
It was a sample of the wine that we had brought for the Silvermine Family.
This could count as both a tasting of the product and a bit of a celebration.
So I asked, “Do you have any cups?”
Ivar immediately turned to the butler and said, “Bring some cups over for me.”
The butler nodded before quickly disappearing.
With the spring in his step, it was clear that dwarves took alcohol seriously.
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