Spectral Regalia

Ch 65: The Rise Begins

Feeling something was wrong considering his reaction of joy turn to nervousness; Avrin spoke "What's wrong? Is a Legendary ore discovery not that big?" Even Avrin was excited at the discovery. Although not as much as Eitri, considering he knew Sky Metal was a top tier ore. But he was at least happy he hadn't lost a limb for something worthless.

Eitri shook his head. "It's not like I'm not happy, but you don't understand... The dwarven council of smiths... They moderate all the high tier ores to be crafted by the best. When I was cast out they disowned me, but with this they may make a move for it... Damnit, I should've thought this through."

Eitri seemed to be panicking and Avrin was starting to feel it, so he wanted to calm him down "Eitri, relax... First, please explain things to me. Maybe I can help you? Why were you cast out?" At that moment, Eitri put a makeshift tarp over the ore before he chuckled quietly.

"Well I guess I owe you for going through with this all... Let me explain. From the beginning." From there, Eitri started to summarize everything to Avrin. It was something very personal, but he trusted Avrin for helping him with such a find.

"My father was a great smith and part of the Dwarven council. He was regarded as a prodigy, and this allowed me to live happily. But in my own ignorance and my father's position of power, I went to the forbidden archives where all our knowledge bestowed upon us by Fafnir as well as the gods of creation stays. I used these ancient texts to cross reference blacksmithing methods... But this..."

Avrin figured as much. A young boy, drunk on his father's power, like a spoiled rich kid. He went on to listen to its explanation. "This was forbidden... And is punishable by death... Even my discovery of Arcane Smithing was looked down upon.

And when I was in trial, my father gave up his position and power, as well as his life...for my own. They executed him with regret; considering he was someone highly looked upon. But this was dwarven law.

I had been forgiven with only a slap on the wrist, but my father's supporters looked down on me, as well as his friends in the council. They agreed this wasn't enough, and exiled me from the dwarven land. From then on, I took it upon myself to try and master this new Arcane Smithing.

It is part of the reason my father gave his life. He was proud of me for having created such a method, and knew that I would one day become someone great. I won't let him down... It has been 14 years since then, but now I have a feeling they may act."

Avrin was quietly thinking about the story. There was no doubt Eitri was important, he was loyal to his own goals and also mastered this new smithing. Avrin also found that he wasn't such a bad person and had his own dreams. He didn't treat Avrin as someone untrustworthy even though they barely knew each other.

"Eitri, I have a plan... I'm not sure if it will work though" Eitri looked up at Avrin as he sat on a stool "What do you mean? There's no way to avoid this... Exiled or not, I'm still subject to dwarven law, and the council has a right to this ore. The most I'll get is to be allowed back into the dwarven lands as well as popularity. But there's no way I'll forgive those bastards! "

Taking a deep breath, Avrin nodded. "-Asura, are you there? How is your training?-" Asura quickly responded. "-Master! Haha, I knew you would want to see me again. I am training hard. I've had a few breakthroughs and developed a bit-"

Eitri saw that Avrin was silent, but knew that he was focusing on something, so he didn't interfere "-Asura, come to where I am. I need your assistance-" Asura made a "Uuu" sound before telling Avrin he would get there as soon as he can.

Gazing at Eitri, Avrin spoke. "Eitri, you are worrying too much. Such a thing shouldn't be trouble at all" Chuckling softly, Avrin walked over to the chunk of red fiery ore. "What are you going to name it?" Eitri was a little dumbfounded at Avrin's carefree reaction, and spoke "Well, I guess I'll name it Infernium, because of its color and fiery appearance"