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Chapter 348
A Craftsman's Heart
Frontesis.
Among all dragons, he boasts the most massive physique, a dragon whose wings for flight have degenerated; excluding the overwhelming Odograsado, he is the largest dragon.
His appearance resembles a flat lizard, but even so, the fact that he is a dragon remains unchanged.
He can emit a Dragon Fear that would make humans faint instantly, and he was doing so right now.
It was a killing intent so thick that even seasoned knights should have been trembling in fear.
W̆еb̃ n̊ о̄v̊е̊ l̃ Ēǹ ùm̈ а
It was only natural.
The reason Ferda called Alberto was to call Frontesis,
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and Alberto acknowledged the urgency of the situation, striking his shield once more.
Like a drum informing the king of injustice.
The only major flaw was that the resonance coming from that drum of grievance was an insult directed at Frontesis.
It was the fastest way to meet face-to-face, but simultaneously the fastest way to commit suicide.
W е̂.b ṅ о̊ v е̊l Е̊ǹû m̈ â
Ferda hadn't failed to prepare himself either.
Because right now, he was receiving the deep anger of one who has lived an immortal life with his whole body.
'Frontesis.'
But while facing him again, he felt something different.
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Deep in his heart, his familiar appearance was briefly felt.
It merely made the Great Bronze Dragon Frontesis feel like a countryside village uncle.
Ẅe b n̂ о̌ v е l Еn ŭḿ á
'Am I going crazy?'
Ferda carefully probed the source of that thought.
The location wasn't hard to find.
The Black Circle seated below his danjeon was making him that way.
Godwin's perspective was trying to make Ferda that way, whether he knew it or not.
Ferda bowed his head and paid his respects.
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"I am deeply sorry for contacting Frontesis-nim in such a wrong manner."
-You apologize so shamelessly too. Even though you know it's the action I hate most, you did it anyway?
The Dragon Fear intensified another level.
Enough for everyone to think Ferda would die any moment.
"I am aware it was an overstepping action."
Ferda still responded calmly.
Е̂ n̈ ũ m̆ a. і̌ d̈
"I will never take lightly the discourtesy I committed against Frontesis-nim. However, as the situation is urgent, please listen to my words—."
-Shut up! Don't try to provoke me any further, you young brat! Back then I let it slide because of Valdrova's face, but do you think that'll work now too!
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Frontesis was enduring.
That endurance was also proof that his nature was softer than other dragons.
Frontesis looked at Ferda, then turned his gaze toward Alberto.
-You too. Just because I let it slide once, you thought you could cross the line?
Wе̄ b̆ń о̃ v̆_е́l En̂ u m̆а̂
"I already told him everything that happened with you."
-Hah! So you believed you could threaten me like that bastard and called me here!
Frontesis laughed scornfully.
His furnace of anger heated up along with his laughter.
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-Tell me, Regent. What do you think would happen if I rolled properly once over that village lying down there?
Frontesis placed one forepaw on the makeshift warehouse.
Е_n̂ uṁӑ.
Crunch!
It broke easily like a hut piled with branches.
Ferda watched that and answered.
"It will return to nature."
-Insulting my work is the same as touching my reverse scale. Whatever the reason, touching a dragon's reverse scale is an unforgivable act!
Just looking at the anger Frontesis was exploding with right now made it certain enough.
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If he couldn't answer properly, he wouldn't escape ruin today.
That's why Ferda answered.
"We need a wall to block the monsters coming from the Devil's Land."
-You do that kind of shit and still shamelessly make demands of me!
Frontesis's roar resounded.
-I am Frontesis! You bastards are not someone who can use or command me!
Е ñ_ùm̃ а .і ḋ
His movements thrashed as if he would turn the surroundings into a wasteland at any moment.
Something squirmed from the ground.
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It was the movement of bedrock within the foundation trying to pierce through the surface.
-You will pay the price for your impious act, young Regent!
Soon Frontesis would destroy Hestia.
He was angry enough for everyone to believe that sufficiently.
Ě n̈ ů m̀ ӓ
But Ferda knows.
What form the desire in his heart has been forged into.
That's why he chose such an insulting act to call him, and even had the conviction that act would be forgiven.
Ferda approached before him and quietly held out one item.
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He was certain that tiny item would be the one to stop his anger.
"Do you know what this is?"
En u m̊ а̄
As he expected, the ground stopped shaking.
Frontesis's large eyes couldn't let go of Ferda's hand.
An item so small and light it could be picked up with thumb and forefinger.
How could he forget that?
An item he made directly for one woman.
The sight of that woman soaked in joy is still vivid before his eyes.
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"This is the ring Frontesis-nim made. You made it for Valdrova-nim."
-.......
"When Frontesis-nim gave this that day, wasn't it because you wished for Valdrova-nim to be happy?"
-I.......
What came from his voice was hesitation.
The figure of the Bronze Dragon Frontesis was being pushed away from that spot.
Е̊ǹ um̃ ӑ
Frontesis, as a Bronze Dragon, was revered as the God of Dwarves.
He forged weapons for heroes in myths, and even the Sword of Providence made to cut the Demon King's throat was forged with his final flame.
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"The items you made must all have had meaning. But those meanings wouldn't have all turned out as you wished."
But a weapon is ultimately a tool without ego.
There were countless cases where a sword made to save the world instead became a demonic sword that destroyed the world.
That became clear after passing through the chaotic era when monsters swarmed.
W̄ ӗ_b́ňо v е̄l Е̃ ñuḿ а̀
Heroes to save the world were no longer needed, and Frontesis's masterpieces became nothing more than tools to establish royal authority.
Frontesis stopped making works after that.
Ferda showed the ring in his hand again and spoke.
"This item is the same. Frontesis-nim gave it wishing for Valdrova's happiness, but it's losing that meaning."
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-That's because of you, isn't it?
Frontesis's eyes grew fierce.
Е̄ǹ_u̇m̀а́.
-I know that Godwin is in your heart. As that woman said, you tried to become Godwin. And you nearly killed Valdrova! Didn't you shamelessly try to devour your woman!?
He stabs Ferda's most painful spot.
Valdrova's appearance when he returned to his senses.
The guilt he felt when she lost consciousness and collapsed tries to bring Ferda to his knees again.
"Yes, that is the sin I committed."
But now is not the time for that.
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He doesn't even have the qualification to act weak.
"That's why I have no qualification to wear this item on my hand. So......."
He knelt before Frontesis and held out the ring.
"I will return my ring to Frontesis-nim."
It feels like tearing out his heart.
But it was also a feeling he'd experienced before.
Ѐ n̈_úṁ.ӓ
Because the nightmares that echoed when he tried to sleep were what that bastard did second by second.
-You worthless thing, not even worth a worm!!
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Frontesis's forepaw rises greatly.
And strikes down at Ferda with all his might.
Thud!
Ferda, who didn't resist in the slightest, should surely have been killed by that power.
Е̄ ñüm̌а̃. і̃ d̄
But Ferda's form wasn't crushed.
Frontesis's foot was placed before Ferda.
That hideous forepaw began to gradually shrink.
Soon the giant dragon's form changed into a dwarf giant and stood before Ferda.
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Within Frontesis's eyes is the ring he made.
"Misfortune is approaching that innocent woman."
Web̊ǹ о ṽ е̄ l̈ Ën̈ u m а
He drew up the preciousness deep in his heart and stimulated Frontesis's conscience.
"I will do anything for that woman. Even if it means she leaves my embrace."
"Don't pretend to appeal to emotions, kid."
Frontesis growled.
"I already know that heinous bastard is in your heart. So you must know what you should do to me too."
Frontesis.
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He gives meaning to every item he makes.
Not just mythical weapons, but when the meanings bestowed on the items he makes shine, he feels alive as an artisan.
That's why even this small ring had meaning.
Gratitude toward Valdrova who let him handle metal he could no longer work with, and a man's wish for her happiness.
It's clearly a ring prepared for the betrothal.
That meaning only becomes complete when they become a pair.
Е n.ǔ ma
No matter how much Frontesis hates Ferda, even if he's Godwin, he doesn't wish for that meaning to be distorted once it's been bestowed.
Because he already knew how distorted weapons turned out.
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"What do you want, you damn brat?"
Ferda answered like this.
"An immortal masterpiece."
This is Ferda's wish.
Е̂ nüm а
"A masterpiece whose achievement will not be corrupted even over a lifetime."
But simultaneously, it's also an item that is Frontesis's wish.
"Please send dwarves who will build a wall to protect this land."
Frontesis turns his head.
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In that direction where the Devil's Land spreads, he could see many humans gathering trying to build a wall.
He knows those humans alone aren't enough.
Е̄ n̂ úm̂_а
And he knows if dwarves intervene, it'll be built in an instant.
"If I help you......."
He knows all that, but can't do it easily.
"Do you think the Emperor will just stay still?"
Frontesis said that.
Helplessness seeped from the Great Dragon's mouth.
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Ferda answered.
>"At best, he's just a mere human."
"That bastard...... is something beyond my imagination. That ominous feeling I felt when I saw Silverwind, I feel it exactly from him. No wonder Storeus tried to kill the Emperor too?"
That was a fact he didn't know.
"If I could kill that bastard, I could give everything to Golt. I thought he'd done it. But he'd seen through everything."
Godfrey Arken.
W e b̈n̈ о v̀ ѐl Е̌n u m̀ ă
There was something beyond the fear Ferda felt, in Frontesis.
Since he was directly involved in the Empire's birth, he must know much more.
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He must be one of those corrupted works.
"You have sufficient justification. All this is also the path for the Empire to continue existing."
"Right, the Far East...... is Imperial territory, so......."
At the end of long contemplation, Frontesis answered.
Ӗ nù m̃ а̄_
"I'll send the children, Regent. This will be the last favor I can do for you."
Ferda bowed his head and expressed his gratitude to him.
"I will never let Frontesis-nim's favor go to waste."
Frontesis, who had appeared armed with anger, withdrew like that.
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Ferda looked down at the engagement ring.
In his head, Valdrova's figure uttering annulment keeps being drawn.
Èn̈u m a
For a moment, his mind went hazy and his vision blurred.
Thinking it was momentary dizziness, he came to his senses.
"Ferda-nim."
Ruri hurriedly brought a handkerchief and reached for his face.
Wondering what she was doing, he understood when he looked down at the handkerchief she briefly pulled away.
He was having a nosebleed.
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He hadn't even realized his condition was bad.
'Well, even if I realized, nothing would've changed.'
Ferda must move.
Even if it means dying.
* * *
The next day, the dwarves came.
Ӗ n̊ u m а
True to dwarves who live underground, they dug tunnels at tremendous speed and arrived in the Far East in an instant.
Their scheduled arrival location was the Far East Underground Purification Facility.
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It was a noisy place with machinery sounds.
Drrrr—.
Crunch!
The stone walls maintaining the basement collapsed and a tunnel revealed itself.
Ē n u m̆ а̃
From within, dwarves with lamps on their foreheads poured out.
"Whew, we finally arrived, geurae!"
The man standing at the very front, covered in dust.
But the crown on his head alone shone with light even with dust on it.
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He was none other than the King of the Dwarf United Kingdom, Orin.
Orin raised his eyes and saw the person welcoming them.
Е̇ num̃ӓ . і̇ d̀
The one welcoming the king wasn't the Regent, Ferda.
It was the Chief Research Technician, Burnell Marquis.
He was waiting at the underground purification facility, dressed neatly.
"Ni, ni, nice to meet you! I, I am the ch, chief rese, rese......!"
Burnell, extremely nervous, stuttered and made a mistake.
Orin scanned him up and down and asked.
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"Are you Burnell Marquis?"
"Ye, yes! I am that Burnell Marquis."
"Your work was very interesting! Among the lankies I've seen, you seem the most handsome! Do you have a wife?"
"Huh? Ah, not yet......."
"If not, let me introduce my daughter. She's famous for having a very pretty beard?"
"Yes, b, beard?? A woman?"
W̌ е́ b n о̀ v̀ е̌ ĺ Eñ ũm̆ а.
"Hahaha! Of course it's a joke! Even if you're cool, our daughter is too precious."
Orin continued speaking in his own way.
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"Let's see. This is that famous purification facility's......."
Orin gradually lost words.
Burnell glanced at the introduction he'd prepared and tried to introduce the item to Orin.
"Yes, this is the purification facility responsible for the drinking water of Hestia's territory residents, filtering mana stones to produce quality drinking water—."
W̄ е bṅо̀ v е̄l Ё n um̌ а̊
"Th, this trash-like!!"
Orin erupted in a shout filled with rage.
Burnell lost his words and hiccupped.
"World, to make such a good item...... this shabbily!!"
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His outstretched hand was trembling.
Like looking up at a goddess's statue that had been violated by barbarians.
Wе̂ ḃn̊ о v̆ ӗ l Е̊ n_ŭ m̀а́
That anger wasn't Orin's alone.
"World! Look at this finishing! Look at this finishing!"
"Which bastard rubbed sandpaper on the pipe surface?! Why is the gloss like this!?"
"Symmetry! The symmetry isn't pro, properly, gulp......!"
"Pull yourself together, Jimmetry! You can't die here, damn it!!"
"My enemy was right here!! Die! You shoddy work from hell's crotch!"
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In the end, the dwarf holding the protractor reached the point of fainting, and some even hallucinated and rushed to smash the purification facility.
What they all had in common was being renowned artisans within the United Kingdom.
"How could you put trash-like technology into making such a breakthrough item!"
"Ye, yes? I borrowed hands from the Empire's master craftsmen—."
"Mere brats who've lived only decades, what master craftsmen!"
Orin picked up a pickaxe.
Еn ūm̊а
His face was filled with rage and fighting spirit.
"After I tear up this damn land's foundation, I'll fix your item first!"
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"Uh...... yes?"
"Answer!!"
"Ye, yep!!!"
Burnell couldn't say anything.
W̆еb̄ ńо v̌ẽ l̃ Е̂ nů m̂а̀
It didn't go as prepared, but since they were full of motivation to work, it was undoubtedly a successful welcoming ceremony.
