Chapter 82: I'm Your Grandfather
"It's a knife shape I've never seen before."
Andrew's eyes lit up on the sidelines, although he had never seen this kind of knife, but he could see the characteristics of this knife at a glance.
The special structure allows the power to be more concentrated at the front end, and the power of the slash will become more powerful.
A weapon that has never been seen before, this talent.....
The more Andrew looked at Caleb, the more satisfied he became, and he almost decided that this was the person he was looking for.
'This kind of forging talent and ability, who else but the dwarves, the descendants of Shiryl, I have finally found. ’
Andrew touched the photo in his arms, tears blurring his vision.
Here Caleb has finished polishing and is grease the knife.
Rubbing the freshly finished knife with a cloth, Caleb was very pleased with the intricate knife patterns, and the two runes of Rune were hidden in the patterns, which were almost impossible to detect even if he looked closely.
"Andrew, my knife is ready, look at it."
Andrew couldn't wait any longer, he took the knife from Caleb's hand, looked at it carefully, he stroked it carefully, his fingers lightly swiped the blade, the sharp touch made his hairs stand up, he couldn't help but admire:
"Good knives!"
Caleb looked up triumphantly and smiled:
"Hahaha... Of course, I'm a great learner, so I didn't lie to you. ”
"Your craft isn't bad even among the dwarves."
Andrew recognized Caleb's craftsmanship and nodded at him, in his eyes, this weapon was already comparable to the veterans of the clan who had been forging for many years.
"Give it a try, I can't wait."
Caleb watched expectantly, and he couldn't help but see what his weapon was capable of, because he didn't use the same idea as Andrew when he crafted the rune, but instead injected his own understanding into the rune.
The capabilities of this weapon should not be the same as Andrew's, of course, all this is Caleb's vision.
It's also possible that nothing will happen, after all, this is the first time he has used it, and he is still a stealing teacher, and no one teaches him at all, and the ghost knows what it will be like.
"Okay, let's try it then."
Picking up the iron sword on the shelf next to him, he slashed down.
Andrew felt a trace of the fighting energy on his body, and the expression on his face froze.
A flash of red light appeared on the knife, and the blade instantly turned red, and the energy of the flame enveloped the blade.
Caleb also noticed this scene, and he was secretly surprised in his heart.
It turns out that the combination of these two meanings is like this, the temperature on it is so high, and it is not a simple flame, this is an energy blade? ’
The light of the knife fell, like a hot knife cutting through butter, and the knife easily split the iron sword in half, and sparks flew everywhere.
It was so easy that Andrew didn't feel the slightest resistance at all, it was like slashing into the air, although it was an ordinary iron sword, but it took a lot of effort to split.
The severed blade fell to the ground and plunged straight into the ground, and he looked at the broken edge of the sword.
Burned red.....
The fracture had softened completely, and when he looked at the knife Caleb had made, the red light had just disappeared from the blade.
"Runes! It's still a rune weapon! ”
He was shocked, even though he had been watching Caleb forge and seeing Caleb using the dwarven forging technique.
But he still didn't think Caleb would be able to smash runes into metal, as it was impossible for him to do so.
Rune runes are not just written and can be used, you must have a deep understanding of runes when crafting, and be able to punch your own thoughts into the runes, and the stronger the ideas, the more powerful the runes will be.
This also leads to the same rune having different abilities in different people's hands, such as "Kenatz", which symbolizes the element "fire".
It is a friendly, warm, and tame flame, like the light of a fire in a fireplace, which also means torch.
Kennaz Lune represents "strength", "energy" and "ability".
It symbolizes vitality, health, and the power of restoration.
It is also a creative lune, especially important for artists and craftsmen.
Andrew's weapon gives the appearance of flames, which is the most common manifestation of ability in the Kennaz rune, as he means, "torch".
Caleb's weapon has two runes, but they represent "fire" and "energy" respectively, which makes it different from Andrew's performance.
Even if each interpretation is taken apart or combined individually, Kennatz's meaning will become different.
It can be made into an amulet, which can be worn on the body to make the body full of strength, rejuvenate and not be prone to illness, can also be made into healing rune items, and can even be used to predict the future.
Without a deep understanding of a rune, it is impossible to use a rune flexibly, and in the rune forging school among the dwarves, the condition for graduation is to master the use of a rune.
Isn't it very simple, as long as you learn a rune, you can get a diploma from a rune forging school, which is an iron rice bowl among the dwarves.
Any graduate can find a high-paying job, but the graduation rate of this school is 1 in 10,000, which is only one graduate in 10,000 people.
The reason why there are so few is because the Rune Rune is a very difficult technique to get started, if you know it, then you will definitely be able to do it, if you can't, you may not be able to succeed until you die.
One of the most important reasons is....
"How can you use the Rune Rune, aren't you a magician?
Rune runes are incompatible with the modern magic system, those who have studied magic cannot use runes, and those who have learned runes cannot use magic."
This is also the reason why Andrew thinks that Caleb can't use runes, because Caleb is a magician, and the energy in his body is magic.
But how did he know that Caleb now had no magic power in his body at all, only spiritual power.
And because he awakened the power of idealism, it also helped him to a certain extent in the use of runes, and he succeeded by mistake, of course, he didn't know all this, it was really a coincidence of coincidences.
As for why modern magic and rune runes are incompatible, this will involve some historical issues, the source of modern magic can be traced back to the elves, which is also an ulterior secret of elves and dwarves, so I won't introduce it here for the time being.
Caleb faced Andrew's question, stretched out his finger and shook it, his face was very mysterious, and he continued with his previous plan.
"Secret, this is a secret that can't be said, Andrew, you can take it as a coincidence, maybe I'm a dwarf, hahahaha.... I'm joking, don't mind. ”
But after saying this sentence again, his heart was flooded.
'Coincidence.. That's right, coincidence....'
Caleb suddenly felt a sense of disobedience, and he suddenly paused, as if he had just woken up from a dream.
'Huh?! What the hell is going on with me? ’
Caleb's hands were secretly clenched, sweat pouring from his forehead, what the hell had he done!
How could he have come up with such a plan, and it went so smoothly that it was as if there was a hand pushing behind him.
The initial plan almost failed, but he discovered the problem in time, and he comprehended the idealistic power of the spirit at the critical moment, which allowed his plan to go smoothly.
In retrospect, what I just did was somewhat unreasonable.
Why did you just want to lie about having dwarven blood?
My height and stature can't be considered dwarves at all, can I rely on one ability to make Andrew conclude that I have dwarven blood?
Am I really dazed by the power of runes?! ’
Caleb was slightly shocked in his heart, when did he become so irrational, even if he knew the rune of Rune, he could not say it.
As long as you pretend not to know the abilities of the dwarves, wouldn't it be safer to secretly research them yourself?
The key is that the benefits after the implementation of that plan are too low, even if he succeeds, he just has an extra identity, and he is not a descendant of the royal family, and he already has the core benefits he really wants.
And all of this is too coincidental, too unreasonable, so coincidental that it is unreasonable.
Memories emerge from his mind, and Caleb begins to look for clues that don't make sense.
It seems to have started with the awakening of gravity manipulation in the cave, perhaps earlier, as if a hand was pushing, propelling Caleb to this blacksmith shop.
What is the reason for his awakening gravity manipulation, originally Caleb thought it was because of the branch skills obtained after upgrading the heart of the swarm.
But now that I think about it, it feels impossible, why?
Because there is no hint, gravity manipulation is such a powerful skill, and it is impossible for the system to prompt without prompting.
I was so excited at the time that I didn't notice it at all, but I just classified gravity manipulation as a change in telekinetic force.
But gravity manipulation was beyond his understanding of telekinetics at the time, and perhaps Caleb could now use a new telekinetic force to simulate gravity, but what about then? Why didn't you notice it?
When the evolution was completed, he didn't feel the ability to manipulate gravity at all, this ability came out of itself, and if it wasn't for its own clues, he wouldn't have been able to notice that it appeared on its own!
Then there was the demon, his actions angered Caleb, which caused Caleb to use ultra-high temperature moves to burn him, and also found the core steel in the soul nail, and a series of coincidences brought him to Andrew.
At his request, Andrew demonstrated a dwarven forging technique in front of him, and it was a coincidence that he discovered the dwarven abilities and rune technology.
Even more coincidentally, even the runes are Kennaz runes, and Caleb remembers another explanation for Kennaz Lune.
It heralds a time of "opening" when good things are coming into your life from now on, and now should be a good time to start a new project, perhaps a new relationship. ”
Is it really a coincidence that Caleb breaks out in a cold sweat behind his back? Good things, new plans, new feelings....
'Do I really have dwarven blood?' Why did Andrew choose to cast the rune Kennatz, and why would I want to lie about having dwarven blood? .....’
Why did Caleb's heart go cold one by one, is this really a coincidence?
Caleb's body trembled slightly, and the unknown pressure invaded his heart, if it was really someone pushing it, then who was it? Why?
'I'm a pawn? ’
A terrible thought came to Caleb's mind that he might have become a pawn in the hands of an unknown being, imprisoned on a chessboard, manipulated.
'No! It may also be that I am too careful, these are my suspicions, even if it is true....
I've noticed it too! Now I can't be exposed, I have to find a way to jump out of the chessboard, now I should first look for the timing and the way, what should I do.....
Caleb couldn't think of it, there was too little information, maybe it was a man, maybe it was a god, maybe it was.... Destiny.
Just when Caleb was thinking nonsense, Andrew on the side said excitedly:
"Nope! You are! You are! ”
Andrew put down the knife in his hand and grabbed Caleb's hand, his face excited, and his eyes were already full of tears.
His actions directly woke Caleb, and he almost made a move when he heard Andrew's words.
'What are you, your telekinesis almost popped out. ’
Caleb suddenly came to his senses, he saw a dwarf with a gray face and a beard, grabbing his hand, with a favorite expression, and suddenly it was not good, is this guy as good as Long Yang?!
"Me! Andrew, what are you doing, are you..."
"That's right!"
Before he could finish speaking, Andrew said two words, so startled that he almost used his telekinesis to bounce him out, but the next words made him stunned.
"I'm your grandfather!"
Caleb was stunned, what did he say?
Even if I really have dwarven blood, it doesn't mean that I want to recognize you as a grandfather.
Immediately Caleb began to shake his arms, and said as he shook them:
"Damn, Andrew, you're taking advantage of me!
Let me tell you, you can eat food indiscriminately, you can't talk nonsense, the loss is mine, if others would have called you in the face a big way. ”
Caleb shook his arm, but the hand became tighter and tighter, and Andrew grabbed Caleb's hand vigorously, and shouted excitedly:
"That's right, it's you, you are my descendant, I've been looking for your traces for 200 years, and now I've finally found it."
What's more, 200 years is counted according to this world, and there are more than 11 generations guaranteed, which is calculated according to the 18-year generation.
In this world, 15 years old is considered an adult, most people get married and have children at this age, and 18 years old is considered late.
You tell me that the person in front of me is an ancestor who is earlier than my ninth generation, who believes it! ’
Seeing that the power in his hand was getting heavier and heavier, Caleb couldn't use his mental power to break free, so he could only give up, helplessly looking at Andrew, who was still looking at him excitedly, he said:
"Okay okay, you say it's my ancestor, is there any evidence?
You must know that if you have really been looking for 200 years, I am at least the 11th generation of your descendants, and we have almost no blood connection for such a long time. ”
"No, it's you, I didn't find it before, until I found out now, you are really too similar!"
Andrew let go of Caleb's hand, excitedly took a picture from his bosom, and carefully handed it to Caleb.
"This is my daughter Sheryl, who ran away with a bastard human kid 200 years ago and has not been heard from since.
It wasn't until a few years later that I received the news of my daughter's death and learned that she had a son, and I started looking for her child, but it was 200 years later.
Now that I've finally met you, your hair and eyes are exactly the same, look at it...."
Andrew thought back to the past, and still gritted his teeth at the bastard boy who kidnapped his daughter, what a brave team, it was all a lie, and in the end it wasn't dead, but his daughter died with him!
Caleb took Andrew's picture and said to Andrew as he looked at it:
"It's been 200 years, there must be a lot of people who look alike, but this photo is very old, and the camera was just ....... 200 years ago."
The more Caleb looked at the voice he spoke, the smile on his face gradually froze, and the picture sealed in his memory appeared, which was the first time he opened his eyes, the first time he would never forget, his mother in this life.
The gentle smiling face full of maternal love in that eye, but there was a deep sadness and strength hidden in the eyes, Caleb will never forget that moment.
That's when his mother appears in the picture.
"....."