In the evening, when the sun was setting in the west, the dwarves lit a bonfire in the open space in the middle of the village, set up tables and chairs, and brought all kinds of good food and wine, and everyone sang and danced around the campfire, cheering and celebrating, congratulating the two master blacksmiths, Cunley and Taru.

Zero sat quietly at the wooden table, drinking fruit wine while looking at the happy scene in front of him, with a faint smile on his face, and from time to time he said a few words to the people around him.

The most eye-catching people at tonight's banquet were the two old men, Cunley and Taru, and it was indeed a joy to be able to complete their last work in their twilight years.

Cunley's broadsword is called "Broken Army", which is extremely strong and sharp, and strives to bring the user a thousand, devastating combat power, the sword body is engraved with a fire enchanted sword pattern, and the blade is full of fire, which is a veritable holy weapon.

As for the pair of daggers cast by Taru, it is a little embarrassing in terms of ranking, according to the casting process and weapon material, the pair of daggers can be ranked on the level of holy weapons, but there is no enchantment on the dagger, that is to say, it is just a pair of "bare" daggers, except for the sharpness of the iron and the ingenious shape design, there is no other brilliance.

As we all know, the rating of the weapon depends not only on its appearance design and its own material, but also on the enchantment of the weapon, the stronger the enchantment, the stronger the increase in combat power that the weapon can bring to the user, if there is no enchantment, the combat power of the weapon holder will be greatly reduced. This is also the reason why enchanted weapons are unanimously pursued, and people are willing to use them, even if the maintenance cost of enchanted weapons is high.

Taruna's pair of daggers named "Thorough" were finally assessed as spiritual weapons, because "Thorough" was not enchanted, and there was one less item in terms of weapon rating, so in the end, it could only stay at the level of spiritual weapons. Taru's dagger is a weapon that attracts the "Heavenly Thunder Forger", and under normal circumstances, only weapons of the sub-holy weapon and above will attract the Heavenly Thunder Forger, so even though the "thorough" is only a spiritual weapon in the elders' assessment, the patriarch still set a seal for it and put it in the Tibetan Arsenal. The Dwarven crowd also recognized the quality of the daggers, and many even thought that the elders had misrated them, and that "Thorough" should at least be rated as a sub-hallowed weapon.

But Taru didn't seem to be bothered by the rating, he laughed at it, he didn't seem to care, his calm appearance seemed to be the big stone that had been pressed on his heart for many years, and he smiled and told everyone that he had finally forged the dagger that best met the standards in his heart, and he had no regrets in this life.

Zero looked at Taru, who was drunk and slightly drunk, he seemed to have really fulfilled a wish in his heart, and his face swept away the fatigue and gloom he had when he saw him a few days ago, and he drank and had fun with the people around him with a smile. Zero shifted his gaze to Gu Ang, the dwarven patriarch sitting on the main seat not far away, and stood up and walked towards him.

Zero's proximity attracted the attention of the elders around Gu Ang who were chatting and laughing, and they involuntarily put down the wine glasses in their hands and looked at Zero who came forward.

"Is there something wrong?" asked Gu Ang with a smile as he stood still beside him.

"Patriarch Grandpa, can I ask you something?" asked Zero, looking at the white-haired Gu Ang.

Gu Ang looked into Zero's eyes, and after a while, he stood up from the stool, glanced around at the elders who were looking at the two of them, and he spoke: "You continue to be happy, it's rare for so many people to have dinner together, I'll talk about something with Zero Xiaoyou, you don't have to worry too much." ”

With that, he motioned for Zero to follow him, and the two of them walked together towards a stout tree behind them.

Standing under the tree, Gu Ang raised his head and asked Xiang Lingdao: "If there is anything you want to ask, just ask." ”

Zero pursed his lips and looked at Gu Ang's old cheeks, and then said, "Patriarch Grandpa, you called me to your residence last time to ask me, where was I eight years ago?"

Gu Ang didn't speak, still staring at Zero's face intently, and Zero paused for a while and continued: "Eight years ago...... Something did happen to me eight years ago, but it's not convenient for me to say, but I want to find out something......"

Zero looked at Gu Ang's cloudy eyes and asked, "Grandpa Patriarch, did anything strange happen in the dwarf village eight years ago?"

Gu Ang looked at Zero's silver-gray eyes expressionlessly, Zero looked at him silently, the two looked at each other for a long time, until Gu Ang exhaled a long breath between his noses, he slowly turned sideways and looked at the dwarves not far away, and said to Zero slowly: "Zero, you have also lived here for a while, have you ever wondered how our dwarf clan came from?"

Zero blinked his eyes and frowned slightly, he looked down at Gu Ang and said, "I heard Arcie and them mention, the sword forging curse ......"

"That's right......," said Gu Ang, turning his face to look at Zero, "it's because of the curse that we dwarves were born." ”

Zero didn't speak, this is someone else's racial secret, he usually doesn't ask much, but at this time, the patriarch of the dwarf clan is about to tell him, an outsider, could it be that the curse of the dwarf clan is related to his coming to this world?

Gu Ang looked at the silent Zero, and then turned his gaze to the dwarves not far away, and he continued to speak: "You follow Kusai every day to learn enchantment in the Sealed Sword Hall, and you must be very curious about the sword sealed in the Hall. ”

"Curiosity kills cats, but I'm not much interested in other people's secrets, and I'm very satisfied to learn enchantment from the dwarves. Zero said to Gu Ang.

Gu Ang pulled the corners of his mouth, turned his face to look at Zero, and said, "If you weren't curious, you wouldn't have come to ask me tonight." ”

Zero laughed wryly, standing still and scratching the back of his head. Gu Ang turned his face back and let out a long sigh and continued: "More than a thousand years ago, our race was not a dwarf. At that time, we were a well-known foundry clan on the mainland, and the warriors on the continent tried their best to pursue the weapons we forged, and at that time, our clan was just ordinary human beings, until the appearance of that sword......"

"How exactly it was discovered is unknown, its sharpness, its sturdiness, and its ingenious shape are simply not mere mortals, and we don't even know what the material from which it was cast? Eventually, we lost patience and tried everything we could to reforge it, but no matter what method we used, we couldn't melt it, and it was at that time that our clan's artifact of forging, the Blood Melten Stone, was invented. In the end, the angry ancestors made a shocking decision, which was to destroy this great divine weapon. ”

Zero quietly listened to Gu Ang's narration, looked at Gu Ang and sighed, he asked with a serious expression, "What happened later?"

"Later......" Gu Ang said as he looked up at the dark sky, "even the extreme heat could not melt that sword, so how could it be destroyed?" just as the ancestors were happily destroying the divine weapon, a heavenly thunder slashed straight above the ancestor's head from the sky, and although it did not cause death, since then, all the descendants of our clan have been weak and weak. Thousands of years later, although our physique is no different from that of ordinary people, our height has always been as short as that of children. Moreover, the fertility of our race is also very impressive, and even after thousands of years, the population of our whole village has not increased much. It was precisely because of that catastrophe that caused a series of tragedies for our race, and now we can only survive in the depths of this forest. This is the curse of the dwarven sword......"

After listening to Gu Ang's story, Zero sighed lightly, and then he opened his mouth to ask Gu Ang, "Then does this have anything to do with me eight years ago?"

Gu Ang looked at Zero's face and said: "The ancestors of the dwarf race not only failed to destroy the sword, but also brought a curse to their own race, we thought that this was a 'divine weapon' that mortals could not touch, so we sealed it, and we will not allow this sword to flow into the human world again." For thousands of years, no matter what turmoil the dwarves have experienced, the dwarves have guarded this sword for generations, and this sword has never changed since it was sealed, until it ...... eight years ago."

"Eight years ago?" Zero moved in his heart, and looked at Gu Ang with a dark face intently.

"One morning eight years ago, the sword suddenly began to shake without warning, directly breaking the five chains that bound it, and the entire Forge Mountain, including this land, shook with it. The people were overwhelmed and fled, and we even thought that the prophecy had come true, that the seal had been broken, and that the owner of the sword was about to come and retrieve his weapon. But the tremors only lasted a few moments before they subsided, and we patched up the sealing circle, and it didn't take long to forget about it, until when you came to the village, and the sword began to shake again. ”

"Me?" After hearing Gu Ang's words, Zero pointed at himself in surprise, "Impossible, I can't have anything to do with that sword......"

"But apart from the time eight years ago, before you came to the village, there was no movement. Gu Ang raised his face and stared into Zero's eyes and said, "You are probably related to the prophecy, what happened to you eight years ago?"

"Eight years ago......" Zero muttered with a frown.

"I just crossed over eight years ago!" Zero glanced at Gu Ang and shouted in his heart. But he can't say it, how can this be convincing? He said that he was not from this world, that he had crossed over with his soul, and that he still had the memories of his previous life? Do you want to explain to this dwarven patriarch about the "high technology" of air conditioners, computers, washing machines, and so on? This is simply nonsense, and if you say it, you will definitely be regarded as a fool. It's Zero's own secret, and he'll never tell anyone about it.

"I ...... I'm ......" Zero muttered in embarrassment.

Gu Ang stared at him closely, and when Zero was hesitating, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he looked at Gu Ang with a decisive expression and said: "Actually, this is the case, I was struck by a heavenly thunder eight years ago, but miraculously survived, yes, that's it......"

Lying without changing his face and not beating his heart, he looked at Gu Ang's expression staring at him seriously, and he was still a little excited in his heart.

After listening to Zero's words, Gu Ang lowered his head and touched his chin and pondered for a moment, then he raised his head and looked at Zero and said, "In this way, pick a time in a few days, and we will try to see if the prophecy can be fulfilled in the Fengjian Hall." ”

Zero looked at Gu Ang's serious expression and asked, "Patriarch Grandpa, what does the prophecy say?"

"The day the seal is broken, it is the day when the sword master takes the sword, and it is also the day when the curse of the sword casting disappears. Gu Ang said, "Okay, let's go back first, and we'll talk about this matter another day." ”

"Okay, thank you, Grandpa Patriarch. Zero bowed to Gu Ang.

Gu Ang nodded and didn't say anything more, and walked back with a step, and Zero followed him back to the banquet.