The Great Friendship Part 1

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The sound of the hammer smashing against heated steel reverberated loudly through the atmosphere. He had been going at it for quite a few hours now. Holding on tightly to the clamp, Feng knew that a few more strikes would complete the task at hand, and the tool would take its rightful form.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

It was done. Clamping down hard, the young man removed the newly shaped ax head from the anvil and dipped it into the bucket of cold water. Instantly, the water boiled and the sound of hissing filled the workshop.

Sweat dripped off of his midnight blue hair, and streaked down the side of his face. He was soaked through and through from the heat radiating from the forge. Grabbing onto a clean rag, he wiped off some of the perspiration and headed outside of the workshop to get some fresh cool air.