Chapter 62: A Contest of Skills

  "What! You little guy, don't you think highly of my craftsmanship!" Suddenly, a low and humming voice sounded from behind Gallo, filled with indignation and discontent.

  Jia Luo was stunned and quickly turned his head around, but suddenly found that there was nothing, turning his head to look around, but there was no one.

  "Hey, hey! You look down on me, a great dwarf! Copperbeard!" Garro only heard it then, the voice was very low, and he hastily lowered his head. Indeed, a dwarf was staring at him with an angry expression, looking similar to the dwarf Flamebeard they had met before, except that his beard was copper-colored, quite different from Flamebeard's fiery red beard.

  "You, what did you just say! You actually have an opinion about the iron ingot I forged! You actually have an opinion about the craftsmanship of a great dwarf master! It seems your skills are extremely impressive! Alright, let's compare them then! Do you dare accept a dwarf's challenge!" Copperbeard glared at Galo with wide eyes, his anger bursting forth.

  This time, Galo was taken aback and shook his head. To his surprise, this caused a big commotion. Galo hastily opened his mouth to apologize, "Sorry, Dwarf Master, I didn't shake my head because I looked down on your craftsmanship. I just remembered something, please understand."

  "Bronze Whiskers' anger has yet to dissipate. 'What's going on? Speak clearly, or else I'll settle this with you once and for all today.'"

  "Ah, I see. When I heard someone mention dwarves, I thought of a dwarf companion I met before, but I'm not sure what happened to him now, so it's a bit regrettable. Ah yes, that companion's name was Huo Xu."

  The dwarf's attention was immediately diverted. "Firebeard? Do you know Firebeard?" He thought for a moment, "In that case, I was wrong, but since you're a friend of Firebeard and seem to be quite knowledgeable about minerals, I'd still like to have a contest with you, how about it?"

  Karo couldn't help but laugh, never thought that in the end he would still have to compete with him. The dwarves were a tribe obsessed with craftsmanship, their armor and weapons were world-renowned, they loved fine wine, and forging competitions, so he probably couldn't decline.

  "Alright, I won't take advantage of you being a young girl. The match will start tomorrow. I'll use this iron to make a weapon. You bring something over tomorrow, whether it's a weapon or armor, that's all." Copperbeard turned around and left with the massive ore in his arms.

  Garro couldn't help but laugh bitterly. Had he gotten into another mess? He glanced around at the complex gazes of the people nearby, and quickly left.

  "Ah!" He let out a loud cry to vent his emotions, Garo sat on the chair, what to do now? To compare or not to compare? If not comparing, wouldn't that be even more provocative to Copperbeard the dwarf? If comparing, would he win or lose? With his own craftsmanship, it shouldn't be difficult to win against the opponent, but would this lead to more trouble? However, if he were to say that he intentionally lost, the pride of an alchemist absolutely wouldn't allow it.

  Ka Luo shook his head, "Forget it, let's leave it to fate." He took out a silver coin, "Heads, we'll fight; tails, we'll surrender." Then he flicked the coin lightly with his finger, and it soared high into the air before falling back down.

  "Alright, let's do this then." Galo stood up. "If we're going to compete, I shouldn't slack off either. Let me see...I still have a lot of trash materials from before." Galo started rummaging through her basement, but it was no easy task as the trash materials were piled high and quite troublesome.

  "Hmm, so many trash ores..." Galo exclaimed, looking at the items in front of him. He really did have a talent for wasting money, having collected so much stuff in such a short amount of time. After taking a look and making an estimate, he felt relieved that the trash ores didn't have any attribute problems.

  His hands moved swiftly, arranging the ore in a specific sequence. He clasped his hands together and a faint purple hue emerged. To deal with this trashy ore, using the Purple Tier state was still somewhat wasteful.

  With purple light on his hands, the ore seemed to melt like ice touching flames. Gallo had already given up, as trash materials couldn't withstand large amounts of elemental energy, so they couldn't be used to forge magical tools. However, now he could make up for it with quantity, compressing all the materials and forming a high-density collection, resulting in an extremely hard effect.

  Garro worked hard to compress and re-compress, turning a large pile of ore into a small block, and then changing its shape to make a small dagger. However, the color was... well, the colors of the ores were different, so the material made from them didn't look good either. To put it bluntly, it looked like something mixed with some kind of excrement.

  He himself frowned and took out a few silver coins, directly melting them with his spiritual power and covering the dagger. This way, the silver-white dagger looked much better than before.

  Finally, with a flash of the blade, he completed it. Gallo took out an iron ingot and, with a swift motion, chopped down on it with his dagger, producing a soft "ting" sound. The iron ingot was cut in two on the spot.

  "Not bad, it seems my skills haven't fallen behind too much." Gallo put away the dagger and stretched his waist "Ah, didn't take much time, good, let's go study the materials I bought today."

  The next day, the auction house was crowded with people very early on. Bronzebeard also arrived early, and from the bloodshot in his eyes, it could be seen that this dwarf must not have slept well last night. In contrast, Galro's leisureliness and comfort were a great stimulus to Bronzebeard.

  "Alright, I'll go first." Tong Xiu opened one of the boxes in his hand and took out a long sword. The body of the sword was very symmetrical, full of texture, and polished to perfection. The steel pattern was also excellent. "This is made from that piece of steel from yesterday. Who wants to try it?"

  A skilled swordsman took it over, taking out a hard stone "This stone is Qinggangyan, which is a highly hard stone in the stone. I want to use this for experimentation, no problem?"

  Tong Xuan nodded, the man raised his long sword and slashed down fiercely. A crisp sound was heard, and the long sword chopped into the Qinggang rock about five centimeters deep. The people around cheered loudly. To know that ordinary weapons, even axes, can't chop in so deeply.

  Listening to the surrounding people's praise, Tong Xu was so happy that even his eyebrows were raised. "How about it, it's your turn now."

  Jia Luo pulled out a dagger, and the people around him burst out laughing. "This is also considered a weapon? It's so crude and rough, just looking at the craftsmanship, it's not even worth comparing."

  However, due to the requirements of the competition, the skilled swordsman still accepted the challenge and struck the stone with his sword.

  A loud crash, this is the sound of a stone falling to the ground! Everyone was stunned, including Tong Xu, only to see the surface of the Qinggang rock smooth and flat, as if it had been polished. From this, we can see how sharp the dagger in Jia Luo's hand is!

  "Heavens! This sharpness, and this solidity...!" Tong Xiu was shocked. If this dagger didn't lack any magical aura, he would have almost thought it was a magical weapon.

  "Alright, it's over. I'll take my leave first, Mr. Tong Xu."

  It wasn't until Gallo left that everyone came to their senses, but by then, Gallo was already gone. However, soon many people in U City learned of one thing: a girl had forged a dagger that could rival magical weapons.

  Tudor also knew, and his subordinates clearly told him that the girl was the one who had cured Tural back then.

  "Oh, how interesting." Tudorol put down the book in his hand. "That girl, what else can she do? But it's strange, I feel like something special will happen at the auction ten days later. Alright, you can go now, come back and notify me if anything happens."

  "Yes." The attendant left and soon another came. "Your Excellency, Prince Yat Ming of Kaskaern, and Princess Dina of the Kingdom of Rajim have arrived."

  "It's really soon, okay, I'll be right there." Tudor stood up. "It seems that this auction will be very interesting."

  "Welcome, both of you. I didn't expect it to be you two attending this time." Tudor looked at the people in front of him and said with nostalgia, "I used to hold you in my arms, who would have thought that after so much time, you two have become so outstanding." Since half-dragons don't have a class system, Kain and others were already accustomed to Tudor's words.

  "Thank you, Uncle Tudor, for remembering us. We have come to U City this time, and I hope you will take good care of us."

  "Hmm, that's right..." At this time, a servant walked in and whispered, "Lord, Lord Mahaya of Karuru Castle has arrived."

  Everyone was stunned "He's also here? Please let him in." Tudor had no expression, to him, everyone was about the same.

  But Kahn's face didn't look too good, after all, no matter what, the other person might be his love rival, this point made Princess Diana on the side secretly smile.