Possessing Nothing Novel (쥐뿔도 없는 회귀)

Chapter 169 - Remnants (3)

[Dragon's scales and bones...There's some in small quantities at the auction house, but......that much is.... How the hell did you.......], Neville spat out, as he had never seen something so priceless and in such a large quantity.

"There's more than this...", Lee Sungmin muttered quietly, unsure of whether mentioning it would be helpful or not to the situation.

Heoju smiled along gleefully as he listened in on the conversation and observed the shocked looks from the two in pride. Heoju, who had hunted dragons in the past, did not bother to process the bones and scales separately, but kept them as trophies and put them in a conservatory storage, so they remained intact and in brilliant condition.

When Lee Sungmin pulled out some more boxes and opened them, Neville and Selgerus shut up.

After a prolonging silence, Neville opened his mouth.

[......except for the Black Dragon Association within the Orthodox faction who have members from half-dragon/half-human blood, it's been over 300 years since a 'real' dragon has been seen in this world. Now, dragons have become nothing but myths and legends to those who hear of them. Three hundred years ago, when dragons still roamed Eria they were beings of absolute and unparalleled magic might. There was little to no evidence of them ever being hunted.], Neville uttered in a small breath.

"That's enough materials to arm an army with. Forget the folklore and myths for a moment, that's something if used properly as equipment would be on a level much higher than orchicalcum in terms of magical potency and compatibility with internal energy. But, that's just one general use for the remains of a dragon. Those are the best alchemy materials and equipment any alchemist would go crazy for in the entire continent.... I don't know if... No, I can't do it.", Selgerus gave up and sighed.

Though she really wanted to experiment and at least to attempt working with dragon materials, she knew better than anyone she had no qualifications whatsoever to work with it. She had zero confidence in even producing a decent weapon with it.

"It's not just me however, not even dwarven blacksmiths with the title of a Meister can handle the bones and scales of dragons. It's not something anyone has dealt with before. I don't know if it was the case with the chief, but.......", Selgerus continued in a dispirited voice.

"The Chief?", Lee Sungmin asked with a little bit of expectation.

"The Dwarven Chief. He's an old man whose years are growing on him, but he also knows when he'll die and is in good shape still. Maybe the chief can handle that......?", Selgerus muttered, still unconvinced of the possibility since the materials were so difficult.

At that remark, Lee Sungmin glanced at Neville. Neville shook his head with an expression of embarrassment.

[The chief of the Dwarves would be Mr. Mackendor. Unfortunately, Mr. Mackendor is not connected to Erebrisa. He was a member 50 years ago, but he suddenly gave up his membership and cut off all ties with us.], Neville spoke.

"He is also the person that tested me and granted me the title of Meister, but I haven't seen the old man in decades.", Selgerus murmured.

[However, it's obvious that he's still working. The sun's furnace, which can only be used by the chief, is still running steadily and works as his workplace. Luckily, sometimes works made by the chief come out on the market.], Neville chipped in, trying to give Lee Sungmin some information to work with.

"Wouldn't other Dwarves be able to meet the chief?", Lee Sungmin asked.

"No, they can't meet with him either on any kind of whim.", Selgerus spoke and continued to speak.