Magical Metalworks
While walking and was nearly arriving.
Mark asked raen bravely.
"umm young master raen who was that the one you talked too earlier, I seems heard you scornfully talking to someone in the air"
Raen look at Mark who was talking on his side,
"no one, just my old master talking"
"master? But I clearly heard you said 'old geezer' in contempt"
"kid, don't spout nonsense or I let you experience what girno does."
Mark got defensive all of the sudden but because raen was still walking normally with his guard lowered, he just let his action loosen. Raen suddenly replied to Mark previous question.
"you don't have to worry about. We will just bring her back to you if she don't agree to that old geezer terms and just forcefully take her, but I'm sure it won't happen"
"wait, what do you mean by forcefully? Is he really not gonna harm us?"
" since she was called just as what the old geezer 'prophetic insight' function, your friend will possibly be recruited as an apprentice and get his guidance of a great craftsman of the empire, my master might have seen her capability that sometimes I couldn't understand."
"wait, did he predict that were coming in the capital? Is he a prophet?!"
He look up and reminisce something in the past.
After thinking about the embarrassing past that can't be erased in his akashic record, he shake his head out of it because he couldn't bear to remember his master's smug face with a long nose expression.
"no.... he's a hot-headed blacksmith but I couldn't help but believe that he was, and now he said I will bring the girl there but I wonder if he really predicted that I'll be bringing another one. "
"so what is his name?"
"what? You don't know? I guess your one of those country bumpkin who haven't even seen the world was like, his name was berham, one of seven craftmaster of craftsman guild organization. And a bumpkin like you should not talk to me formally and don't ask many question, find it out yourself"
Mark was slightly angry about his remarks but he remain compose and start thinking of some things again.
Mark thought in mind, 'i think I recalled hearing his name in the newspaper, he must be the old royal craftsman in the capital, the sevenhammer organization? If it's about blacksmithing legendary grade weapons then it must be bloodhammer guild.. Exactly, there guild leader was Berham varlin, the guild has a large blacksmithing shops, workshop, and connections. I've also heard they already has weapon and armor shops in the other two empires'.
After a few minutes of walking passing many main streets and roads. They finally reached there destination. There lies a huge complex like building made of iron and with a big tree outside the building wrapping the upper parts with big branches and some lengthy green vines and the leaves has an color autumn like color, even though it wasn't the season of fall.
The building was like a complex made of metal and woods and there are many broken anvil and some corruded iron bricks was piling up outside and next to the iron like building was a wooden made stable with a bike like broken vehicle which is was currently being developed by the guild but it was put near the stable because it's research was put into halt and they Continued with another project.
There were elven and dwarf workers in and out of the open metal gateway, the metal gateway wasn't that heavy despite being made of iron and it has a symbol of a tree and a hammer combined, even the workers uniform has a crest similar to that.
There were many craftsman going in and out of the building. When the raen group arrive, he was greeted by his fellow desciple and seniors.
"ohh raen your here? Have you finished master task?"
"yeah, that's why I'm here"
"then can I borrow girno and silven? I just need a hand to transport this weapon and armor crates"
"sure, you can have them"
Then raen gestured the two with his arm and the two quickly leave and was now carrying heavy crates.
"hey, later we will continue the weapon making project so don't be late"
"sure, but I have many things to do late... " said raen but he seems like he wasn't planning to attend such event.
But he suddenly changed his mind when his fellow apprentice which he was close to, suddenly whisper which piqued his interest.
'Sephira was also coming, are you sure you don't want to come?'
When raen heard it, a sudden spark left his eyes.
'what?! She was also coming... OK, ok I'll come, be sure not too be late too'
And then his senior apprentice withrawn and started moving. As soon as he was in a few distance, he continued
"speak the one who always getting late with an obvious excuses!"
"shut up! It's not like I'm the only one who always get late!"
And his colleague walk away to the big stable, where few modified wagons and fully armored arkals lies. While he was carrying the heavy metallic crates, full of weapons, mostly swords.
Mark wasn't paying attention to them. What attract his attention was, despite it's a forest plane, in a private land that was quite distant to royal capital. There lies a broken metal doll in the dump where broken and eroded anvils and metal bricks piling up like a small hill.
There was also an engine like lump of metal but it's definitely more twisted than the old steam engines from the industrial age.
Mark asked raen despite he was warned not to ask him questions.
"hey young master raen, what's that thing there? The weird looking doll made of metal and the lump of metal over there? "
"didn't I told you to not throw me any question?! " he glared at Mark but he could only gulps in this situation. The atmosphere fell into silent until few seconds later. Raen replied in a calm voice.
"sigh, that garbage there was a failed product, iron golemite. It was supposed to be powered by the liquid essence of the mana tree, the blunear tree sap and with a mixture of essence of life from the world tree creating a manafuel. At first it was working, it moves around like an elf but it still an empty doll without a soul so they tried to attempt giving it life but in the end it went berserk and self destruct on its own. They abandoned the project ever since. And that one there is also the oldest version of mana engine, it was a design that they stole from the invading humans and improvised it and put a crystal core in it and fuels it with manafuel. But it was the already discarded when the new improved one came, you should study more in school kid....."
"but..."
"Enough chattering let's go"
"..."
Mark was having an idea about the 'iron golemite' robot and he has knowledge of simple robotics and machinery and it was exciting to learn new things. Although it was a forest plane, mark was also confused to how did they get this much metals and iron's ore is there many iron mines in this place? One theory suggest that most of this came from the humans.
Raen and the others entered the workshop. The workshop wasn't smell of sweat and rusty because the big tree purified it. There where many anvil, metal tools including hammer, and various type of furnaces, some where made of metal bricks. There were many people inside. Be it a man or a woman, other hammering an smelted iron either they are making a weapon or an armor, or smelting in the furnace for other purposes. And others were transporting some finished product to the weapon crates or armor crates. Since they were busy, they didn't mind the approaching guest and just focused on what they do in case they failed because of not focusing.
They pass by the workplace and entered a small space room similar to an elevator or a changing room.
Mark was surprised when the room suddenly went up, but unlike the elevator on a mall in mars which was neatly designed, this one seems to be made of dark metal with a few rust and the floor on it has a symbol of a tree and a hammer.
Just the similar design as ones in the mine.
The elevator was powered by manafuel and as long as it has enough manafuel in it. It will moved and the rune in it will also activate which will envelop the whole part of the elevator with gravity magic and it will move instantly on the upper place like a teleportation device.
They have reach there destination. Raen warned the two.
"you two don't wander around or you'll get lost, this place is bigger than you think and don't just stroll anywhere since this is like a labrynth. and a lot of secret research is contained in this place, but I doubt you can enter anywhere without entry pass or you might get apprehended by people working here for tresspassing"
The two merely nod and follow him.
After a while of walking corridor to corridor, they reach the door with a tree and hammer symbol like the one in the elevator and in front of the big metal gate.
They saw inside an old dwarf hammering a big arrowhead, seems like a part of ballista's arrow and there were others who was carving the wood, making it as an extension for the arrowheads. Their were also various blacksmithing tools and a few tables for crafting, and there was also a door opposite the door they entered, it was Berham office suggest the sign atop of it.