Chapter 71 Dorakorli Copperhide

Just as I said before, time travel is a subject that can differ according to your perspective of yours. And every person has their own explanation for time travel, and it can't be proved if it is true or not.

For instance, if you travel back to the time when you were born, wouldn't that mean there are two of you at the same time?

One young and one old.

From there, things get complicated since that means time is bounded to space as well.

We can say that if you travel back in time, you actually travel into a different dimension.

Time is not a line.

Anyway, the demon Korennes I saw in the game while playing the DLC was not something like a humanoid chimera with disgusting counterparts I encountered in the store.

It was an old-looking sick demon with broken skin falling apart.

It was like he was cursed, and he desperately tried to find a cure for his cure.

From there on, seeing the time attribute, everything started making sense.

If you are cursed, why not travel to the past and use your own self to find a cure?

But time traveling is a concept that can't be approached recklessly.

So, developers put a setting into it just to make it nerfed.

Time Revenants. They are the ones who hunt those messing with the law of the world.

Since such a thing exists, the more Korennes traveled back in time, the more he would be hunted, and he knew that as well.

That was the reason he tried to manipulate himself.

Just like his past tormented the Dwarf I am looking for to give him salvation, he manipulated his past, in the same way to make him a strength-seeker maniac.

From that point on, the stage was set.

I knew he would interfere with the fight the moment his past self was lost.

So, the only thing left for me to do was first finish this disgusting hybrid demon and then finish the real one.

Since he was cursed and basically sick, he wasn't even able to defend himself at all. He should have wasted all his strength while traveling back in time and changing the past.

That was basically how I defeated the demon appearing beside me.

And then, the only thing left for me to do was just make this dwarf in front of me join me. That was it.

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Dorakorli Copperhide.

A descendant of the legendary blacksmiths that is said to be blessed by the blacksmith god itself.

He is a young dwarf at the age of 20.

A person who has nothing to lose and who has nothing to live. That is the definition of the blacksmith in front of me right now.

He was a villain in the game because he was fed up with this world and the hypocrites inside.

His back story is nothing complex, either.

At the age of twelve, he found his parents were killed by some unknown person. Then, the thing his father tried so hard to protect was taken away by his uncle.

Then, for the past eight years, he has been tormented by those surrounding people and his uncle for some reasons he couldn't understand.

However, he had the eyes.

The eyes to forge a weapon.

The moment he saw a person, the blueprints of the weapon suiting the man best would appear in his mind naturally.

And that is what we call a genius.

However, he always felt something was missing.

Something from his weapons was always missing.

It was like the fire he used was not enough.

All those swords he made were always defective.

He was never able to make a sword that could be used by those who commissioned him.

That was the reason why his store was this empty of customers but filled with a bunch of metal scraps.

And as you have expected already, the last piece that needs to be filled is related to the things that his father tried so hard to protect.

He and his uncle thought just like that in the past as well.

However, that proved to be just a baseless thought.

That little metallic orb was nothing to be used.

He injected his blood into it mana into it, but nothing happened.

So, he lost hope and decided to leave it be.

However, that is nothing but a misconception.

In the first place, there is no way a treasure from the blacksmith god itself could be useless.

The Eye of the Forge, the Eternal Fire.

It was not meant to be used externally in the first place.

It was meant to be integrated into the body of the user.

And that is what I am here for.

"Hey. Wanna make a deal?"

Saying that, I came closer to the dwarf.

"…."

"Hmm… Are you dead by any chance?"

Slowly extending my hand to the dwarf, I tried to touch his neck, although I knew he was not dead or anything.

/SLAP/

"Get away."

"Ho. So you were not dead."

"…."

"But it is rude to ignore someone trying to talk to you, you know."

"…."

"…."

"What do you want?"

"Nothing. I just want a deal."

"A deal? Why?"

"Hmm…. Why, you say. Well, I want a weapon, a very strong weapon."

"So?"

"So, I am here to make a deal with you."

"Why me?"

"Because you are special."

"I am special?"

"Yes. Didn't you just analyze how I fought right now? Don't you see the weapon suited me most?"

"How do you know that?"

"Trade secret."

"…"

"So, I will ask you again. Wanna make a deal?"

pαпdα-ňᴏνê|·сóМ "Why? Don't you see the crappy metals there? They are all failures."

"Yes. They are failures indeed."

"So, go away. I don't want to waste my time."

"Heh, you are talking like you are busy with customers or something."

"If you just want to make fun of me, leave."

"Sigh… If you keep searching for the same thing, over and over again, looking at it from the same frame, you won't be able to figure out anything you know."

"What?"

"Are you not seeking that little missing piece from your weapons? The thing that always makes you frustrated."

"…."

"What if I say I can fill that blank? Will you make a deal with me then?"

"What?"

"The missing piece. I am saying I know how you can fill it."

"Are you telling the truth?"

"I swear by the name of my goddess."

"I see…. If what you are saying is true, then I accept."

Seeing the fire of hope igniting inside his eyes, a smile bloomed on my face.

"Good."

"But, I don't trust you yet."

"Pretty normal."

Saying so, I grabbed the mana oath I had prepared beforehand.

Putting it onto the table, I spread the sheet.

"Here, look at the conditions."

"Let me see."

Looking at the conditions written in there, he nodded his hand.

"There doesn't seem to be anything shabby."

"Indeed. As you can see, I am genuine."

"Then, I accept the conditions."

"Good."

Taking my sword from its scabbard, I sliced my hand slightly and dropped my blood on oath itself.

After that, it was the dwarf's turn.

Slicing his hand slightly, he put his blood on the paper as well.

Then, the oath started shining, and a humanoid spirit appeared beside us.

"Those who wished to be bound by the oath of mana. Do you confirm the conditions?"

"Yes."

"Yes."

"Then, I, the law abider, shall commence with the oath."

Saying that the humanoid monster disappeared into the air.

<Ding! Mana oath detected. The Host is now bounded by the rules of the plane.>

And hearing the system sound just confirmed it as well.

'Now, the only thing left for us is complete the ritual.'

Thinking that, I turned my head to him.

"Now, although I would like to start right away, it seems we won't be able to do so."

"What?"

"We have visitors."

The moment I said that a bunch of loud sounds started coming from the outside.

A bunch of heavy steps.

"City guards. They are here."

Entering, there was a bunch of dwarves with shotgun-typed weapons in their hands.

"Halt!"

Waiting in front of us, the dwarf in the front approached.

"We got a tip saying there was a fight there. And that seems to be true."

/TICK/

"What happened there?"

Pointing out the gun to our faces, the guard said.

In the first place, I had been expecting such a thing, so I was naturally aware of what to do.

"Demons appeared."

"Demons? What?"

"Yes. Demons. The first one is here."

Pointing to the disgusting monster there with my foot, I said.

"Other one."

"He is there."

"And with my head, I pointed the outside, where the body of the real one was lying."

"Hmm…. Wait for a second. I shall check if that is true."

Walking to the carcass, he pulled out a colorless magic stone.

'A Demon Detector Crystal.'

And the moment, he put the crystal on the chest of the demon, it started shining red.

"I see. So, demons appeared, huh?"

Walking outside, he checked the other one.

"That one is a demon as well. So you were telling the truth."

"Yes."

"If that is the case, further investigation will be needed. Give ID cards, if you have any, please."

After that was a bunch of paperwork coupled with some interrogations, but nothing much.

Three hours later, we were free again, confirming our innocence.

"Now, after a good night's rest, I will find you tomorrow at dawn. Okay?"

"Okay."

Just like that, I got myself a special blacksmith who was a descendant of a god….