The first dwarf girl stopped talking as she hangs her head in sadness.

Looking at her, as if she were telling her most shameful and most unforgivable sin, Hein didn’t say anything although he have many questions, he silently waited for her to finish talking.

However, the one who continued talking is the other dwarf girl who, until now remained silent.

“… Perfection is the clan’s only goal and desire. They thought, no they believe that they can still create stronger weapons… and that pride become their greatest sin. They pour a little too much of their souls into each weapons they created and it gave the weapons too much power and soul…”

“They became… cursed weapons… weapons and items that can be considered a work of art but held souls…”

“…and we, sisters belong to that clan… no, we are the only survivors… our ancestors, our grand-parents, mother, father, even our brother, they were consumed by malice and insanity… we were afraid that we too will become like that someday so we decided to run away and throw this book but… but we couldn’t. This is our… our clan’s pride and treasure, we… in the end we couldn’t throw or destroy it.”

Ding!

Quest ‘Help the slaves to escape!’ has been completed.

You have punished the evildoers and helped the slaves escape. They will never forget this for the rest of their lives.

– Fame has increased by 1,500.

– Your level has risen.

– Your degree of intimacy with the other demi-human races has risen.

– Current Relationship [ Friends ]: Demi-human will now see you as their friends and will not act hostile against you. They won’t forget the impression you gave from saving them in their hateful fate.

– You have gained great assassination experience.

– Your skill comprehension for [ Search ] and [ Shadow Step ] has increased!

Additional Objective(s): Free the kidnapped demi-humans and help the slaves with nowhere to go a new home and life.

Additional Reward(s): 1x Passive Skill Book [Received]! Cursed Blacksmith Skill [ Life Enchantment ]!

Hein was completely stunned because of the sudden development, fortunately he was still wearing the black mask thus no one noticed his funny expression.

“I’m surprised those slavers didn’t take it?”

“It’s because I hid it inside of my body …”

“Oh?”

Now that I think about it, only hardcore maniac will try to lay their hands on this two~

“Can I really take it? I mean, it’s a treasure from your own clan right? Besides giving it to someone you just met… don’t you two trust me too much?”

Hein said with a teasing tone.

The two dwarves paused for a second and then raised their face while making a determined face.

“We believe in you! We believe that you will never abuse it! Besides this skill is far too much too handle… if you really tried to abuse it then you too will go insane or even die in the process! That’s why we believe that you are not that stupid to face the risk.”

“… Aren’t you two giving me too much credit? It’s not like I freed you from becoming a slave because of some saintly reasons~ although I said because I have too much time, I might have just fooling you, you know~”

“… you may be right… however; we know that we can believe in you. We can feel it~”

Hein looked at the book once more and for some reason got the urge to hold it.

“… May I?”

“Yes milord…”

“Okay. Thanks~”

Saying so, Hein took the bronze book which for some reason still has some of a girl’s sweet fragrance on it.

Ding!

A Blacksmith acquisition Manual! Do you want to change your profession to a cursed Blacksmith? Yes or No

Feeling disappointed that he can’t learn the skill, Hein could only let out a dejected sigh as he muttered “No”

However, when he started to keep the book in his [Spatial Ring], the silent Arche seemed to wake up.

Question: Does Master want to use this skill?

Stunned, Hein unconsciously nodded his head.

Suddenly, he felt something in his mind being shaken.

A sound of metallic chains being undone echoed in his mind.

At the same time, A pillar of gold light emerged from the bronze book, making the two dwarves and the other former slaves dumbstruck.

In that instant, the entire forest was dyed gold.

Under such a bright light, Hein used his other hand and covered his eyes. He almost couldn’t open his eyes due to the strong light it emitted.

Suddenly, an endless flow of knowledge surged into his brain violently. Furthermore, it was so strong that it couldn’t be stopped.

Hein didn’t even have the time to react as his brain was stuffed with various information regarding in making weapons and items.

When the bronze stopped glowing, Hein on the other hand was still receiving another set of new yet profound knowledge in terms of blacksmithing. It didn’t come from the bronze book but from Arche.

As expected from the Archaic Library, all the information regarding making weapons and items flowed to his brain making it painful.

This knowledge seemed to even correct some information from the bronze book making it a new but safe way for creating stronger items.

… well unbeknownst to him, what Hein learned just now isn’t a mortal technique but a technique came from the god realm …

Ding!

Reporting: Item Creation Magic unlocked!

….. Beep… initializing…. Beep…. organizing data… Beep

… standby… 45.6%…

70.3%…

98.8%…

100%… Initializing….

Amassing Data…

Newly acquired skill unlocked!

– [ Item Creation Magic ] (Passive): The ability to produce items, weapons and various things. All stats and abilities related to Art are increased by 40%.

– [ Soul Infusing Magic ] (Passive): All things created will possess a soul fragment. The soul’s strength will be based on the things capabilities and the creators love. The stronger the soul the powerful the items created would be.

Answer: Congratulations Master! Crafter Tree has been successfully unlocked! You can now used craft skills without restrictions and create various items you desired!

Looking at the window screen, Hein’s eyes and mouth couldn’t help but widened.

He almost let out a cursed. When he noticed the people around him were looking at him weirdly, he immediately swiped the screen away and lightly waved at the surrounding, easing their tense atmosphere.

Hein then turned and faced the two dwarf’s sisters and gave the bronze book back.

“N, no…We have already given it to you so we can’t…”

“I know but when I think about it myself this book should be left with you. Didn’t your clan sacrifice themselves to learn this? Then you, as a descendant better take it and continue their dreams.”

“But…”

“Well, don’t worry about it. I will also teach you some knowledge so that you too will not be consumed by the curse you mentioned.”

“”I, is that true? Really?””

“Yeah, look forward to it~”

After saying that, the two dwarves eyes were sparkling as they quietly follow him inside the forest.

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“It’s here~” After walking for a few minutes, Hein and the others finally arrived at the front of a very familiar cave.

When the ‘former’ slaves saw the entrance of the cave, they were left perplexed.

Just what are we doing here? Why did we come here?