Players’ NPC daddy

Chapter 1536 Only one step away

He pushed open a long-dusty door, and what followed was another larger and more majestic door. There must be a more wonderful and dazzling world behind that door.

The hammer was hammering something again and again in the dim room. The splashing flames were no longer dazzling, but instead looked like the juice of a living creature.

【limit】

jingle——

Every time he swung the hammer, it was no longer to awaken the metal and give life, but it was like he was hammering on the door in vain, praying for a glimpse of the world behind the door.

But the door was closed. No matter how much he desired and expressed his love and efforts, it showed no sign of opening.

He once thought that this door was closed and refused him because of the [Curse of the Dwarves], and that the gods had locked the door and would not let anyone in.

But when the iron chains locking the gate fell off one by one, the cruel reality no longer had the fig leaf of "God's Curse".

The reason why he couldn't push the door open was even simpler and more cruel: he was not capable enough.

Not enough strength, not enough perception, not enough inspiration, there are so many things that are missing that it seems that nothing is missing.

I simply came to the highest point I could reach, looking at the world behind the door that was so close yet so out of reach.

He knew clearly that behind this door was not the ultimate, but another step to continue moving upwards, and there were more unknowns.

He wants to see it.

Want to see it anyway.

The method to open this door is extremely simple. All you need to do is forge a mythical piece of equipment. As long as you forge one piece, the door will open automatically.

But mythical equipment has exceeded the limits of human beings. It is a forging realm that only giants, dwarves, and even gods can reach. Legendary equipment is the realm that humans can reach in their entire lives.

Even if it was just a coincidence, and if he was lucky enough to forge a mythical piece of equipment only once in his life, the door would open, and the scenery at that moment would satisfy him.

Even if he could never forge mythical equipment in the future, he could still forge better legendary equipment based on the insights gained in that moment.

But there is no luck with the mythical equipment.

Just like humans can become legends by luck but cannot become myths, that is an inhuman realm.

In the holy forge, in the huge furnace, he heard the sound of the door being knocked. Strangers with the blood of dwarves and giants were trying to enter the door.

Unlike his closed door, the doors of strangers are opened from time to time. What they lack is only luck.

The funny thing is that he cannot envy strangers. He has more time to train than strangers, more experience, and a better foundation. If strangers had these, they would have opened the door long ago.

"I only need to forge a piece of mythical equipment, and then I can see the scenery behind the gate. I am just one step away."

"I am only a little bit away from a mythical piece of equipment. As long as I can forge it, as long as I succeed, I will—"

Snapped--

A hand grabbed his arm that was swinging the hammer, and the dim forging workshop was illuminated by light, and the darkness and dullness faded away.

Kullene held Hader's hand, not looking at Hader, but at the opened door of the forge workshop.

"You won't succeed this way, of course, if you regard this kind of thing as a success."

On Hader's anvil, a mass of flesh and blood was wriggling, with tiny blood vessels wriggling like tentacles. Even more bizarre was the fact that the flesh and blood had a metallic sheen.

"I, I just..." Had looked at the bloody flesh in front of him and slowly put down the hammer in his hand.

He would not act shocked and unaware that he was doing such a thing in his mind.

There is no luck involved in forging. Every step requires calm consideration of the force of the hammer and the timing of the fire. Even if you forget yourself, you can only think as fast as instinct.

The appearance of this piece of flesh and blood was because he was using it as forging material, that's all.

"That's true. You got the inspiration after seeing the strangers improve the quality of fish bones by cooking them in a big pot, right?" Kullene changed her usual frivolous look, put her hands in her pockets, and said nonchalantly.

"The horns, skins, and even eyes and internal organs of monsters can be used as forging materials to improve the quality of weapons. So if we just increase their proportion and make them more active, we can restore the power of the monsters as much as possible and turn them into some kind of living weapons, or even weapons that can be upgraded."

"If I use the flesh and blood of a monster that has broken through the extremely high level limit, no, I should say, a mythical monster, can I forge mythical equipment?"

"You are thinking about this."

Harder responded with silence.

"Give up, you can't do it. Maybe it's possible, but you can't do it."

"Just like you can't push open that door, even if you take a path that is no different from the evil path in your eyes, the forging you love is so ruthless and serious, and the door to the evil path is not something you can just walk through if you want to."

"I know." Hader clenched his fists. Before he got angry, he seemed to have aged by dozens of years.

Living weapons are evil and inhumane, but he couldn't help but think about the possibility.

Just once, just one thing, just to let him see it.

"That one glance is not allowed?"

"There's no such thing as permission or not, only whether you can do it or not. If you can do it, the door will open one day, but if you can't, even if you steal the fire behind the door, you will only burn yourself." Kullene shook her head and sighed.

"You must have seen a lot of similar tragedies. In order to break through the bottleneck, you feel the limit of your own ability and find your own way out in unwillingness."

"The only difference between you and them is that you know it's wrong."

Kullene turned his head, put his fist in front of Hader, and then opened it. A crystal clear apple slice appeared in his palm.

The refreshing fragrance made Had relax subconsciously, but his pupils contracted.

That is the [Fruit of Svartalfheim] that contains the wisdom of the dwarves.

"Want it?"

"Just take a bite and you will gain the wisdom of the dwarves. Although the door will not open for you, the scenery behind the door will be reflected in your eyes."

Cyrene, who was facing the gate, had half of her face covered in shadow and the other half in the light, looking uncertain.

Is this a gift from God, a miracle given to desperate mortals, or is it a temptation from God's evil taste, just to see mortals burn themselves because of their desires?

"I……"

(End of this chapter)