Digimon: I really didn't want to be the Digimon Emperor!

Chapter 89 Armor Forging and the Inheritance of the Digital Spirit

Upon hearing this, Village Chief Long was so angry that his beard bristled: "Isn't that a pointless question? The Dragon Chief was able to become the leader of the Humanoid Alliance precisely because it mastered the Digital Spirit of Courage! This power allowed it to achieve a qualitative leap in both combat and forging."

It began to detail the task: "Next, I will arrange a dedicated workshop for you, providing ample ore and materials."

Its rough dragon claws pointed to the mountain of ore piled up outside the door. "Your task is to hone your skills through forging and strive to pass the assessment within 25 days."

"More importantly, you need to nurture your digital spirit through forging." Village Chief Long's voice suddenly turned serious. "Right now, your Light Digital Spirit is just a fragile seed, which could wither at any moment. The attribute bonus it can currently provide to forging is too weak, making you no different from an ordinary blacksmith."

Cheng Yuan nodded earnestly on the surface, but his thoughts had already drifted far away.

If I could truly master the Digital Spirit of Light, the most likely thing I would create is the Digital Armor Egg of Light. But...

He glanced at the little dog-like Digimon on his shoulder, and the image of Gatomon evolving into Nefertimon through the Digi-Armor of Light in the second season of the anime flashed through his mind, causing a strange pang of pain in his heart—

Poor guy with a blank expression —

Village Chief Long did not notice his distraction and let him look at the murals in the hall first, while he went to arrange the instructors for the other five people.

After Village Chief Long left, Cheng Yuan let out a long sigh of relief and slumped into a stone chair. The little dog beast lay on his lap, while the gear beast curiously looked around.

"Opportunity truly favors the prepared mind," Cheng Yuan muttered to himself.

On second thought, even without the digital armor egg, just learning the digital armor enhancement technology would be very valuable.

The real world has already begun to promote arc light machines and tactical chips. If the "armor enhancement" technology, which involves layering armor, can be integrated into the chip, more tactical combinations can definitely be developed.

Seeing that Village Chief Long wouldn't be back anytime soon, Cheng Yuan decided to look at the murals, so he leisurely started looking at them with his hands behind his back.

Although these murals are crudely made, their content is extremely impressive.

There are three murals in total.

The first illustration depicts a scene where Holy Digimon, including Holy Beast and Angel Digimon, lead various races in their fight against the forces of darkness.

Holy light and ferocious darkness collide fiercely in the center of the image, angels spread their wings, and sacred beasts roar and charge.

In the end, light triumphed over darkness, but the sacred beasts and angels chose to live in seclusion, giving all races an opportunity for development.

"This is practically a digital world version of a war between gods and demons!?" Cheng Yuan exclaimed inwardly.

The second mural depicts heroes from various races, with the most powerful among them revered as the "Ultimate Warriors." Although the image quality is rough, Cheng Yuan immediately recognized the ten most prominent figures as the "Ten Warriors" from the fourth season of the animation!

"This is too..." Cheng Yuan was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

The third mural depicts a post-war reconstruction scene, where the dragonkin craftsmen are forging weapons and armor.

The backstories of the two anime series, Digimon Adventure 2 and Digimon Adventure 4, unexpectedly converge at this point in time.

However, the ultimate-level monsters in these stories all live in seclusion, too far removed from my own world. Right now, the most important thing is to research Armor Evolution and help Gulemon find the light of evolution.

Perhaps armor evolution will be the key to finding the light of evolution.

Just as Cheng Yuan was still reeling from the shock, Village Chief Long returned: "Now that you've seen enough, let's begin training."

Led by Village Chief Long, Cheng Yuan arrived at a stone house that combined a workshop and a rest area. Village Chief Long solemnly said, "From now on, you only need to focus on practicing one very basic skill."

"What ability?" Cheng Yuan asked curiously.

"We forge and refine metals." Village Chief Long pointed to the mountains of ore piled up outside the house. "I deliver large quantities of ore every day."

Your training involves using the "Holy Light Forging" method to infuse digital spirit into ore for forging. You'll hone your hammering skills while simultaneously strengthening your digital spirit. Once you've forged all the ore, this training will be complete.

Cheng Yuan was so shocked by the two tons of ore outside the door that his jaw almost dropped.

Although he understood the principle of "grinding an iron rod into a needle", he only had 30 days in this time and space!

But looking at Village Chief Long's stern eyes, Cheng Yuan knew there was no room for discussion.

Fortunately, here, he and Puppymon are one. Together, they are just one Digimon in the eyes of the Dragon Village Chief. The skills that Puppymon uses are the same skills that Originmon uses.

"Watch closely!" Village Chief Long demonstrated, the forging hammer striking the red-hot ore with precision. "Forging isn't about showing off!"

The gear-like creature standing nearby suddenly realized—wasn't this just data cleaning in programming? Finding and removing garbled characters from a pile of code. Now, it was using programming thinking to understand everything before it.

"Let's begin practicing! Infuse the ore with digital spirit, and do as I say."

Cheng Yuan picked up the forging hammer, and the little dog beast tacitly created a clone to take out the pliers, while the main body released holy light bullets to heat the ore.

The clone used pliers to hold the ore in place, while Cheng Yuan swung the forging hammer and, following instructions, guided the faint digital light spirit within his body into the ore, rhythmically forging it.

Two hours later, a metal ingot was finally hammered out.

More than a hundred pieces of ore were used to complete one piece.

Cheng Yuan felt like his arm didn't belong to him anymore, and that he was about to fall apart.

This hammer alone weighs dozens of kilograms. I'm just an ordinary high school student, a frail animal tamer. What have I done to deserve this?

The village chief nodded reluctantly: "The speed is a bit slow, but it will improve." After instructing them to continue practicing, it prepared to leave.

Cheng Yuan suddenly called out to it, "The martyrs depicted on the murals all embody the spirit of digital technology. If we want to cultivate more people with this spirit, what methods are there?"

Village Chief Long looked at him in surprise: "Quite ambitious! The Spirit of Light and Digital Prowess isn't enough?"

Cheng Yuan chuckled.

Village Chief Long pondered for a moment: "Powerful forging techniques and digital spirits are passed down through generations. For example, our Forgefire Village has inherited the fire-based forging method and the courageous digital spirit forging method."

It looked up in one direction, its voice becoming distant: "Digital Spirit is extremely rare, and many Digimon spend their entire lives pursuing it. But we, the Dragonkin, have a sacred place where we can comprehend Digital Spirit."

"In the great war between the forces of light and darkness, countless top warriors either died or went into seclusion. But the AncientGreymon, known as the ultimate fighter, did not die, but slumbered somewhere like a guardian deity."

Awe flashed in the village chief's eyes. "That place is filled with the might of an Ultimate-level dragon; apart from itself, no other Digimon can withstand it. Countless blacksmiths and warriors pursuing the ultimate have risked their lives to face the mental pressure of AncientGreymon, attempting to lead..."

Embrace the spirit of courage and digital technology.

"Over the years, very few have succeeded. But the second-generation leader of humanoid Digimon—Dragon Leader—is the one who has reached the very top."