From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star

Quenching Castle, forging room.

Gollum finished today's forging work and sat on the big anvil in the forging room to rest.

He liked this position and had been sitting here since he was very young.

At that time, there was a strong-armed Dark Iron Dwarf forging weapons in front of him, and the thumping sound became the safest sound in his memory.

He was an orphan, and there were many orphans like him during the migration of the Dark Iron Dwarves.

Generally, orphans like him who lost their parents and relatives were destined to die during the migration, and might be killed by demons or eaten by lava giant lizards.

He was lucky because he met a strong-armed Dark Iron Dwarf uncle and was taken back to the Quenching Castle.

Since then, he sat on this big anvil every day and watched the dwarf uncle forging iron.

From the time when he had no memory until he began to learn forging, it was the Dark Iron Dwarf uncle who sat on the big anvil and watched him forging iron.

He could no longer remember the memory of being displaced as a child. His memory started from the big anvil. The previous events were all told to him by the strong-armed Dark Iron Dwarf uncle.

That was his master and the previous master of Quenching Castle.

Because when he was picked up, he could only make a grunt, so he was called Gulu until now.

After growing up, he didn't want to have a formal name of Dark Iron Dwarf.

Because he felt that the name "Gulu" was him, starting from the big anvil and continuing to sit on the big anvil.

However, the strong dwarf uncle was no longer there.

In fact, Gulu didn't have much sense of belonging to the Dark Iron Dwarf.

Because he had not seen many Dark Iron Dwarves, most of his memories were on this big anvil.

He knew a lot about the Dark Iron Dwarfs, because when his master was forging, he would tell him a lot about the Dark Iron Dwarfs' past, the glorious past, the sad past, and the future that was somewhere unknown.

He wanted to find the Dark Iron Tribe because that was his master's hope.

He wanted the Dark Iron Dwarves to revive, because that was also his master's wish.

All his identification and bond with the Dark Iron tribe came from his master, the Dark Iron Dwarf uncle who picked him up during the migration.

He watched him grow old little by little from a giant like an iron tower, slowly become hunched, and finally sit on the big anvil to teach him forging.

He liked this big anvil, the forge, and the Quenching Castle.

He even felt that he could stay at home all his life, as long as his master could sit on the big anvil with him, look at the red fire in front of him, and tell him about the past of the Dark Iron Dwarves.

After the master left, he used to wander aimlessly in the abyss with the Quenching Castle.

Until someone awakened his desire for the tribe.

He found that he had less and less connection with the old man, and his memory was getting more and more vague.

He was afraid that one day he would really forget him, so he wanted to fulfill his last wish, find the Dark Iron tribe, and find the hope of revival.

This was not his wish, but it was his master's wish, so he wanted to fulfill it.

"Meow..."

A flame-tailed spirit cat jumped into the forging room and begged for food around its owner.

Gulu picked it up and held it in his big palm, and continued to sit in a daze.

His master also raised a flame-tailed spirit cat, and this was the first child.

He felt that the flame-tailed spirit cat should be like him, and he had almost forgotten the back of the dark iron dwarf uncle.

……

When Lu Heng walked into the forging room, he saw Master Guru holding the flame-tailed spirit cat in his hand and sitting on the big anvil in a daze.

Lu Heng didn't see Guru in this state very often.

If Lu Heng knew his past, he might understand why he liked to stay in the Quenching Castle and why he always behaved strangely when he came into contact with outsiders.

Lu Heng took out the horn of the Purgatory Dragon and other forging materials, put them on the workbench, and said:

"Master, I brought back the horn of the Purgatory Dragon and some other forging materials. Do you think it is enough to forge the Aurora Blade for the third time?"

No response.

"Master?" Lu Heng turned around and raised his voice and shouted again.

"Hmm? Oh..." Gulu stood up and walked to the workbench to check the materials.

He looked and exclaimed: "You really found a dragon horn, which is a rare divine material. There are so many forging materials. It's amazing. Where did you get it from?"

"Black Stone City in the Lava Plain." Lu Heng answered his doubts and wanted to see his reaction.

But Gulu's face did not change at all, because he had never heard of Black Stone City.

Lu Heng then added: "That is the main city of the Darkwell Black Iron Tribe."

When Gulu heard the words "Black Iron Tribe", his hand movements paused. After a long time, he continued to check the materials:

"Did you really find the Black Iron Tribe?"

"Found it. It's in the Lava Plain. The leader is Darkwell III."

"That's good." Gulu acted rather calmly and was not particularly excited.

"The leader of Darkwell asked me to bring you a message. He said he was looking forward to meeting you and that the Black Iron Tribe would definitely be revived." Lu Heng simply conveyed the conversation with Darkwell before his return.

"Very good."

Gulu nodded, focusing on the dragon horn in his hand, and said: "This material is very important. The forging material is enough, but I am not absolutely sure that I can forge it successfully."

During this period, he has been borrowing business orders and training forging skills, but after all, it is very difficult to forge an S-level magic weapon.

He thought for a while and asked: "If you want to have a higher success rate, wait for a year, and my skills will be superb, and then forge, the success rate will be higher."

In this era, Guru is basically the only remaining forging master.

It is useless to find someone else except him to forge.

Waiting for a year is not practical.

By that time, the abyss has been descended for two years. Even if an S-level weapon is forged at that time, it will not have the effect of shocking the world.

Lu Heng made a decision after a little thought: "I believe in the master's forging level, and I will prepare to forge it now. The master does not need to feel burdened, because forging has the possibility of failure. I can accept any result. Let's work hard and see if we can forge a magic weapon."

Forging a high-level magic weapon was also the dream of the old man.

However, the Black Iron Tribe has declined. Who has enough time and foundation to let him fulfill this dream?

When Guru thought of these, he had an obsession in his heart, hoping to fulfill the dream for the old man.

He clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and encouraged himself: "Okay, let's start now."

He lay on the workbench and began to process the forging materials, trying to do his best in every step.

He was not sure enough, because forging S-level magic weapons was a dream that the old man could not fulfill, and he didn't know if he could do it.

The dragon horns and dragon bones of the Purgatory Dragon, as well as the A-level star shield and A-level thunder hammer obtained before.

After processing, these must be melted into materials to forge the Aurora Blade.

Forging S-level weapons is a relatively time-consuming process. Lu Heng helped in the forging room for most of the day. He was a little tired and took the initiative to go back to rest and continue after resting.

Guru waved his hand to drive Lu Heng away and continued to work.

The next afternoon.

Lu Heng came back from a nap and found that Guru had fallen asleep on the workbench.

There were various materials and tools on the workbench, as well as forging drawings.

Lu Heng walked over and took the forging drawings to check.

The forging drawings were not finished yet, only half of them were finished, and it would probably take another day or two.

Lu Heng did not wake him up, letting him continue to sleep, and then notified the people of the Fire Emblem Club to send a portion of mushroom soup and toast, which were the favorites of the Dark Iron Dwarves.

He was busy for three days.

Guru finally completed the preparations, the forging drawings were also drawn, and he officially notified Lu Heng to go over and start forging.

The forging process was very complicated, and he was busy from morning to night, and finally put it into the furnace for forging and forming.

This process also took some time.

Guru rubbed his hands and waited anxiously in front of the forging furnace. This was his first attempt according to his memory and the records in the forging book.

He was unsure because the old man had tried it once before, but failed in the end due to lack of supplies.

Guru was still the child sitting on the big anvil, watching his master forging iron.

He still clearly remembered the lonely expression on his master's face when the forging failed.

He will remember that expression for the rest of his life.

This is also the reason why he was a little timid in the face of this forging.

He was worried about encountering the same situation as his master.

He still clearly remembered what his master said after the forging failed: "If there were a little more material..."

Gulu paced back and forth in front of the forging furnace, rubbing his hands constantly, looking much more nervous than Lu Heng.

In fact, Lu Heng was not very nervous. Although he also hoped that the Aurora Blade could be forged successfully, if it really failed, he would find a way to remedy it, and it was not to the point where he could not bear it.

Moreover, in Lu Heng's memory, Gulu was indeed a forging master, a famous forging master in the future.

According to Lu Heng's memory, Gulu had the ability to complete the forging of S-level magic weapons, but he was not sure whether he could succeed this time.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Finally, it was time to open the furnace.

Gulu's nervous hands were shaking, because in his heart, even his master, the strong-armed black iron dwarf uncle, would fail, and this should be an impossible and arduous task.

On the one hand, he hoped to succeed and fulfill his master's dream, but on the other hand, he felt that there was no one in the world who was better than his master, and naturally no one could complete such a forging.

In this contradictory psychological state, he opened the forging furnace, picked up the tongs, and clamped out the Aurora Blade formed in the furnace.

When he was halfway out, his movements suddenly froze.

"What's wrong?" Lu Heng saw that his movements were frozen and asked the reason.

"Hey... As expected..."

At this moment, Guru suddenly felt relieved.

Because this forging failed, he encountered the same situation as his master. The forged weapon did not meet the standards of the forging drawings because of insufficient materials during the final forming.

The design of the forging drawings is designed according to the final forming effect. It is necessary to meet the drawing standards exactly to truly forge an S-level magic weapon.

One point more or one point less may lead to huge deviations.

He failed, and he felt a little sad, but at the same time relieved.

Because his master could not complete what he could not complete.

On the other hand, he could not hope to complete this forging.

His master's words seemed to still echo in his mind: "If only there were a little more material..."

He finally repeated his master's words, as if he had become him.

At this moment, he truly realized how regretful his master's words were.

This was a regret that made him want to sacrifice his life for the sword.

Lu Heng leaned forward and put his ear to his mouth to listen to what he was mumbling.

He vaguely heard that there was not enough material.

The most important material for forging S-level divine weapons is divine material.

The reason why S-level weapons are called divine weapons is that they are forged with divine materials, which has a chance to make the weapons gain divinity.

The most critical material is the dragon horn of the Purgatory Dragon.

Lu Heng directly took out the second dragon horn of the Purgatory Dragon and handed it over: "There is one more, is it enough?"

Gulu was awakened by this sentence, his thoughts were pulled back from his memories, and he looked at the second dragon horn for three seconds, then said with tears in his eyes: "If there was a second one at the beginning..."

He took a deep breath, put the Aurora Blade back into the forge, and continued to forge.

Then he took the dragon horn, ran to the workbench, and started processing.

After processing, it is matched with smelting materials and put into the forging furnace together to start calcining.

After completing this process, it is forged and formed again.

This time, the forging lasted until the next morning.

Lu Heng was very sleepy, but thinking that the furnace would be opened for the second time soon, he stared and waited.

After the second calcination, Guru opened the furnace again, took out the Aurora Blade with tongs, and then solidified the action again.

Lu Heng frowned and asked, "Still not working?"

After a long time, Guru held the forged Aurora Blade, with tears in his eyes, and said in a choked voice: "Finally succeeded."

After he said this, he rushed out of the forging room holding the Aurora Blade and ran to the second floor of the Quenching Castle.

Lu Heng didn't know what he was going to do, and followed him with a puzzled look on his face and entered the inheritance room on the second floor.

The inheritance room was hung with portraits of the owners of the Quenching Castle in the past, which had covered three walls.

Gulu held the Aurora Blade, walked to the last portrait, and stood quietly.

Lu Heng looked at the portrait and found that the portrait was ordinary, even a little bad.

The messy brushstrokes showed that the person who painted this picture had obviously never learned to paint.

Considering that there was only Gulu left in Quenching Castle, and this portrait was obviously a portrait of the previous generation of Quenching Castle Lord.

In other words, this portrait was probably painted by Gulu himself.

Although the painting was not very good, some parts were very vivid.

It was a feeling that was difficult to describe, as if it was a portrait reflected from a person's heart.

Lu Heng did not disturb him, but stood at the door and looked at him quietly.

Gulu looked at the portrait quietly, holding the Aurora Blade in both hands, raising it above his head, and even tiptoed, as if he was showing it to a tall person.

However, a Dark Iron Dwarf could not be that tall.

And the person in the portrait was clearly a Dark Iron Dwarf.

"I found enough materials." Gulu said this, and the regret buried deep in his heart was finally released.

Although Lu Heng had never asked about his past, he could feel his pure emotions.

For Gulu, perhaps the Lord of Quench Fire Castle was his only relative.

After a long time.

Gulu came out of his memories, turned around with an excited smile, and shouted: "Lu Heng, we succeeded, S-level magic weapon, take it!"

Lu Heng was able to take the weapon and couldn't wait to check it out.

[Dragon Breath Aurora Blade +9 (Abyss Assimilation)]

[Item Level: S-level]

[Specifications: 132 cm long, 3.6 cm wide, 2.5 kg in weight]

[Attributes: Attack Power 550 (Special Effects Added)]

[Special Effects: Soul Slash LV3, Sharp Blade LV3]

[Divine Skill: Dragon Breath Slash]

[Soul Slash LV3: 16 points of mental damage is added when attacking, and the Soul Slash effect is added, weakening the target's mental attributes by 16 points. ]

[Sharp Blade LV3: Exclusive special effects for bladed weapons such as swords, which increases the sharpness of the weapon, weapon attack power +100 points, and the destructive power to hard materials is increased by 50%. ]

[Dragon Breath Slash: Swing the sword to cut out the sword light of Purgatory Breath, covering a range of 20 meters, igniting all combustibles, which is difficult to extinguish, and causing 10× source energy level dragon flame damage. ]

After reading the attribute data, Lu Heng's eyes were shining.

After adding the special effects, the attack power increased from 345 points to 550 points.

Moreover, it has obtained the divine stunt.

This is a divine stunt that only S-level weapons can have.

The dragon horn of the Purgatory Dragon is a divine material, and it really forged the Aurora Blade with a divine stunt.

In fact.

Not all S-level weapons have divine stunts. It depends on the quality of the divine material, the skill level of the forger, and a little bit of luck.

In the group of superpowers, S-level weapons without divine stunts are usually called pseudo-divine weapons.

Pseudo-divine weapons are also S-level weapons, and other attributes are similar, but they lack divine stunts.

Now the Aurora Blade has the divine stunt [Dragon Breath Slash].

This divine stunt is obviously obtained from the Purgatory Dragon, and this ability is directly forged into the Aurora Blade.

Lu Heng really wanted to try the effect, but this is the inheritance room of the Quenching Castle. When this sword is swung out, all the portraits in the room will be burned.

So he can only suppress his curiosity and test it after going out.

...

After leaving the inheritance room, Lu Heng went to the gem workshop in the Quenching Castle.

Su Muyu was practicing inscriptions there. During this period, she stayed in the gem workshop except for eating and sleeping.

In fact, inscriptions can be practiced anywhere, because the tools needed for inscriptions are not large and can be put in a backpack.

However, Lu Heng still suggested that she practice inscriptions in the Quenching Castle.

Because the Quenching Castle has special effects, it has bonuses for forging, quenching, inscription and other secondary professional skills.

Su Muyu also felt the difference. When she practiced inscriptions at home, her proficiency increased faster than when she was in the Quenching Castle.

So now she comes from home early every morning, plunges into the gem workshop, and starts to concentrate on practicing inscriptions, working all day.