In the middle of the night, Zero was lying on the bed and breathing evenly, his bed next to Archie's, and the sound of Iwatae's rough snoring came from next door, and everything seemed peaceful and quiet.

Suddenly, Zero opened his eyes slowly, and he stared silently at the dimly lit ceiling, with moonlight shining through the window onto the floor of the room. Zero unraveled the silence barrier on the pillow and glanced sideways at Archie next to him, who was asleep and snoring slightly. Zero sat up gently, and amid the heavy snoring of Iwatai next door, he put on his clothes and shoes, tiptoed to the door, and cautiously pushed the door open and walked out of the bedroom.

Zero put his face close to the door, looking at the scene outside the house through the crack in the door, and a figure walked across the fence in front of Iwatai's house and walked away along the path. Zero frowned, gently pulled the deadbolt and walked out.

Zero was asleep and noticed this person in a daze, he stood in front of Yantai's house for a long time, and he kept peeping outside but did not make any other movements. Zero now had to quietly follow him to see what he wanted. Zero opened his mind, performed a concealment technique, and quietly followed.

The dwarven village is very quiet in the middle of the night, the dwarves work at sunrise and rest at sunset, and few dwarves are active at night. Walking on the village road, Zero could only hear the chirping of insects in the grass by the roadside, the moon in the night sky cast a full moonlight to illuminate the road under his feet, and only a few stone lamps kept the village from being completely immersed in the darkness of the night.

Zero followed the figure from a distance, all the way out of the dwarf village, he found a bunker to hide from time to time in case the other party found out, and the two walked into the jungle one after the other.

The jungle at night is completely different from the quiet and dark dwarven village, and the various plants emit a faint light, illuminating the darkness as far as the eye can see. The forests of this world are completely different from the forests of his original world, and there are many plants that grow deep in the jungle that can glow at night. In this world, plants need magical elements just like light, water, earth, and air, and they absorb the magical elements in nature and create magical elements to give back to nature. Many plants emit a faint fluorescence in the dark, and there is even a lantern tree whose fruit glows orange-yellow at night to illuminate its surroundings.

Zero had stood in the jungle at night more than once and marveled at the magnificence and magnificence of nature, and of course, with Tila by his side, he did not dare to wander alone in the dangerous mountains and old forests.

Walking in the dense jungle at night, the fluorescence emitted by the plants can illuminate the path under your feet, including the figure walking not far in front of Zero.

The man was Tanmon, and he could tell by looking at his wide back. Zero was very puzzled in his heart, he didn't understand why Tanmeng ran out of the village alone in the middle of the night, although this small piece of jungle was still in the dwarven alchemy matrix, but there were still some low-level demonic beasts in it. Looking at Tan Meng's usual timid and scared appearance, I couldn't believe that he dared to drill into the forest alone at night.

Silent and far behind Tanmeng, he carefully wandered along the edge of the trees, his mind fully extended, carefully watching the wind and grass around him. Zero is still very confident in his ability to track, he was originally a telekinesis magician, and his perception of the surrounding environment is very keen, and the Concealment Technique is a very practical telekinetic magic, which can completely hide his breath and even his smell. Moreover, he had lived in the forest for five years, and he had a lot of experience in the jungle, and he once stalked the silvertail fox, which was known for its cunning, and did not find himself until he returned to his nest. Zero self-confidence Tanmeng can't find him.

Tamon was some distance away from Zero at this time, Zero raised his foot and was about to get up and follow, Tammon suddenly turned his face to look behind him, and Zero hurriedly lowered his body. The other party stood there and glanced at the spot for a few seconds before continuing to walk towards the jungle, and with a sigh of relief, he stood up and cautiously followed.

Zero felt that this Tanmeng was very well hidden, he might not be the incompetent fat man in everyone's eyes, maybe the goblin attack some time ago was really related to him. But why did he do that? Dwarves and goblins are not the same race at all, so what good can he do to help goblins?

Zero's heart was full of suspicions, and he frowned and followed Tanmeng closely. The other party had been walking in the jungle, and he didn't notice that there was a path under his feet that was not very obvious, and if there was a road, it meant that someone was often walking here, and Tanmeng's destination must be at the end of this road.

After walking for about half an hour, Tanmeng stopped and squatted in place, hiding behind a big tree, carefully observing Tanmeng's movements. With the help of the faint light of the plant, Zero saw the ravine on the ground not far away, and Zero immediately realized that this was at the edge of the alchemy matrix, and Tanmeng was crouching on the edge of the matrix, not knowing what he was doing.

Tanmon's hand kept rubbing on the ground, his broad back blocked the movement in front of him, Zero looked at Tanmeng who was squatting on the ground and was busy working, he stood there and didn't go over to interfere with the other party, Zero wanted to figure out what Tanmon wanted to do.

After about ten minutes, Tammon finally stood up, he stretched, looked down for a few seconds, and then turned and walked towards the big tree where Zero was hiding. Vigilant in his heart, he hid behind the thick trunk of the tree and gently moved a few steps to prevent Tanmon from noticing. After a few moments, I heard the sound of clothes rubbing, and then I heard the sound of running water.

Tammon stood under the tree and peed...... Zero was speechless for a while, holding his breath and not making any noise until Tanmon lifted his pants and walked back.

Zero still didn't move, he leaned against the trunk of the tree and stayed there for several minutes, his mind field remained open, always keeping an eye on Tammon's whereabouts, until Tammon left his mind field circle, he took a step around the trunk and walked to the place where Tammon had just stayed.

Zero only then discovered the enchantment array on the ground, the inscription pattern of this circular circle looks more complex than the matrix in the groove, its diameter is longer than the width of the groove, it should be the eye of this large alchemy matrix.

Zero frowned deeply, staring at the round array at his feet, not knowing what to do. The most frustrating thing is that he can't understand the inscriptions and pattern combinations on the matrix, this is an ancient enchantment enchantment a thousand years ago, or an alchemy enchantment, a combination of wind, thunder, and space magic, very complex and huge, just looking at this small formation in front of him can't fully understand the structure of this matrix enchantment.

Zero knew that Tanmeng must have done something in the formation, but he didn't know what the other party had done. After some thought, he decided not to startle the snake for now, if he wanted to find out what Tanmeng's purpose was, he would have to take advantage of the opportunity to learn enchantment from the old man Cusse. Only when you know what Tanmeng has done to the enchantment can you denounce him, otherwise it is really unconvincing for him to be a foreigner to question a dwarf's ill intentions.

After looking around, he turned around and walked back.

Zero and Aki, Kunu, and Duno sat on the bluestone bricks on a high place, watching the adults gathered in front of the Tibetan Arsenal from a distance.

Today is a special day, and two of the Dwarven Blacksmiths, Cunley and Taru, have completed their work on the same day.

When Zero practiced enchantment with Archie in the Sealed Sword Hall in the morning, he suddenly heard a burst of thunder rolling, and the sky became dark, and after a while, there was a flash of lightning, and the amazing thunder seemed to explode in his ears, and the Casting Mountain shook with this electric light, and the entire Sealing Sword Hall also shook, and after a few seconds, the shaking of the mountain subsided, and Zero and Archie went downstairs to the outside of the hall, and just walked to the gate, there was another thunderbolt that fell straight down from the dark clouds overhead, and the lightning flickered and directly destroyed several Casting Workshops。 The dwarves in the other Forge all stepped outside, looking up in reverence at the clouds of thunder rolling overhead, and as they all talked, Canley and Taru laughed as they walked out of the ruins, both unkempt, holding their finished weapons in their hands, laughing maniacally, completely ignoring the gaze of others.

"Brother Zero!"

Suddenly, someone shouted their names behind them, and Zero and the boys looked back at the girls walking hand in hand behind them.

"Lemon!" Archie smiled and beckoned to Lemon.

Lemon trotted a few steps to the middle of Zero and Archie, and several other girls sat over, and the children sat in a row to watch the adults not far away.

Whenever someone from the dwarf clan forges a weapon above the spirit weapon, the men of the dwarf clan will put down their forging hammers, and the women will also stop their busy household chores and gather in the open space outside the Tibetan cellar under the leadership of the village chief, where the Tibetan ceremony will be held. The patriarch would personally seal the forged weapon, and together with the elders and the weapon forger, the sealed weapon would be stored in the vault.

However, the dwarves did not allow underage children to participate in the Tibetan ceremony, so Zero and the dwarven children sat on a high place from a distance to watch.

"I really want to see the eighteen holy martial arts in the hidden arsenal with my own eyes~" Kunu said with a look of fascination.

"Eighteen Holy Martial Arts, what's the matter?" Zero asked with interest.

Archie poked his head and explained to Zero, "That is the strongest eighteen holy weapons forged by the ancestors of the dwarf race, including knives, spears, swords, halberds, sticks, axes, hammers, etc., and they are the most outstanding eighteen representatives of all weapon types, and each holy weapon has the power to break through mountains and stones." ”

"So showy?" Zero blinked, and his heart became deeply interested in these eighteen holy martial arts.

"Actually, the Eighteen Saint Martial Arts are not the strongest weapons in the Hidden Arsenal. Kunu spoke.

"What's the strongest weapon?" asked Zero.

"I know!" Yi Meng raised her white arm and said excitedly, "It's a giant sword called 'Flame Lord', or is it forged by the patriarch's grandfather himself, it is still the most powerful weapon in the clan, and it is said that it has reached the level of a sub-artifact!"

"Is there really a weapon in this world that is higher than the level of a holy weapon?" Zero asked, somewhat surprised.

The pursuit of weapons by people on the continent has always been overwhelming, and people have always sought artifacts that can surpass the holy weapons. The first level of the holy weapon is already the pinnacle that human forging can reach, but weapons that surpass the peak have indeed appeared in this world, just as gods that surpass humans have also appeared on this continent. Humans have always believed in the authenticity of the concept of artifacts, and they have always been unable to ask for them.

According to the scriptures, the Shura god used an artifact when he descended on the divine punishment, which was a weapon that only a god could use. With the spread of the catastrophe until the beginning of a new era on the continent, there has never been an artifact in this world.

Kunu nodded to Zero and said, "It does exist, as far as I know, there is only that sub-artifact in the clan." ”

"Or is it just a sub-artifact, not an artifact?" Zero was curious about the concept of the sub-artifact level.

Du Nuo smiled bitterly and said, "Artifact...... That's just a legend, no one has seen the artifact with their own eyes, but the elders all say that the artifact has actually appeared on the mainland, to be honest, I've always been quite skeptical of this sentence, and the elders have definitely never seen the artifact. ”

"Artifacts do exist," Archie began, "I've heard Grandpa Kussei say that the origin of our dwarven clan is related to artifacts, and it is said that it is due to the curse of sword forging......"

"Archie, don't talk about that nonsense!" Lula on the side suddenly interrupted Archie's words, staring at him with a straight face.

Archie lowered her head and looked at her toes aggrievedly.

The atmosphere suddenly became a little solemn, and Zero squinted at the silent people around him, he didn't continue to ask, and changed the topic: "Tell me about the sub-artifact forged by the patriarch, have you seen what it looks like?"

"I haven't seen ......," Kunu said, shaking his head, "and we'd like to see what it looks like, but children aren't allowed in the vault, and according to my dad......"

"What did your dad say?" Zero asked as he looked at Kunu, and the children around him stared curiously at Kunu's serious expression.

"According to my father, the 'Flame Lord' is a fierce sword. Kunu touched his chin and said in a deep voice.

"Fierce sword?" Zero muttered, patted Kunu on the shoulder, and said, "Let's talk about it." ”

Kunu looked at the patriarch Gu Ang, who was presiding over the ceremony in front of the hidden arsenal in the distance, surrounded by everyone, and said: "My father once told me that when the patriarch grandfather was young, in order to be able to forge a weapon beyond the holy weapon, he checked all the casting books in the clan, and finally found a special forging method, which is a forbidden technique......

"Is it a wicked forging technique?" asked Zero.

"Almost," Kunu replied, "The dwarves forge weapons and pay attention to animism, and this 'spirit' can be understood as the transformation of all kinds of strange things in nature, such as rare ores, rare plants and trees, kaleidoscopic magical elements, etc., and the dwarves use forging to gather these scattered 'spirits' into a weapon, so that the weapon can transform from mortal iron into a sharp weapon that can increase the user's combat power." However, there is also an understanding of "spirit" as the soul, consciousness, etc., so that in the process of forging weapons, from inanimate metals, to advanced into conscious spirits. ”

"Is that still a weapon?" Zero subconsciously said, "Creating life in the process of forging is too......

"I don't know," Kunu shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know if I can create life, but Grandpa Patriarch did find a forbidden technique in the classics that can seal the soul of a demonic beast in a weapon, so that the weapon has its own consciousness, so the first sub-artifact in the history of the dwarf race that surpasses the holy weapon was born." ”

"Cowhide. Zero clapped his hands lightly after hearing this.

"So, now you know why this sword is called a murder weapon, it seals a wild beast inside, and no one can tame it and use it. Kunu said to the crowd.

Zero raised his eyes to look at the dwarves who were holding the Tibetan ceremony in the distance, and he looked at the old patriarch of Gu Ang, whose beard was all white and drooping, and fell into deep thought.