Seeing the dwarves surrounding me like this, I couldn't help revealing a bitter smile.
This was the same thing all over again.
But then again, these dwarves were different from the ones that had been there previously.
These were the dwarves that were famous in the capital, so they didn't take positions in the castle by the Dwarven King's side. These were the craftsmen that focused on their own work instead of on politics.
So they weren't there for the duel between me and the Dwarven King.
They also weren't there for the lecture that I gave on alloys.
I raised my hands for all of them to calm down before saying, "I would be happy to explain all of this, but first let's all calm down."
Since I was the one saying it, the dwarves had no choice but to calm down.
But the look in their eyes was still scary.
It was the look of a predator looking at prey.
It was as if they wanted to crack me open and tear me piece from piece to find the knowledge that they were looking for.
This was a very strange feeling, but it was a feeling that I was familiar with.
After all, the Dwarven King and his companions had looked at me with the same look before.
This was just the passion that they had for knowledge, especially forging knowledge.
After they calmed down, I said, "I will explain all of this to you, but before that, I think that there's still something else left to do."
The judges all revealed confused looks when they heard this.
It was as if to them, there was nothing else that mattered other than the knowledge that they wanted.
I said with a sigh, "The results of the forging duel?"
The judges all revealed looks like they had suddenly realized something before all of them revealed wide smiles.
One of them spoke for the rest and said, "Of course it is your victory. There's no comparison between the two swords."
After he said this, the other dwarves all nodded in agreement without any hesitation.
It was as if they were fully convinced of this fact.
But all that did was make Drogath's face turn dark as he roared, "Why?! It's clear that he cheated!"
All of the judges looked at Drogath in disdain when they heard this.
However, before any of them could say a thing, I cut in by saying, "Cheating? Why do you think that I was cheating?"
Drogath's face twisted before he said, "It's clear that you used some kind of magic spell on this sword that made it stronger. How could this not be considered cheating?"
I just gave a sigh and said, "Ignorance isn't a sin, but refusing to learn is."
Drogath's face twisted even more when he heard this.
But before he could explode, I said, "You don't even bother learning from your mistakes and just keep shouting these excuses as to why you've lost, don't you feel embarrassed?"
Drogath looked like he was about to faint from the rage that he felt, but he didn't move.
I waited a bit before continuing, "I'll explain to you the reason that you lost then."
Moving over to the sword on the table, I picked it up and said, "This sword is made of a thing called an alloy."
With that, I went into the explanation on alloys that I had given before.
The judges all listened seriously, but it was clear that they had already heard this before.
Even Drogath seemed like he had heard this before.
I looked at the Dwarven King and he just looked back at me with a smile.
It seemed like the Dwarven King hadn't been idle during this time, he had already spread the information on the alloy to the various master blacksmiths of the Dwarven Kingdom.
It seemed like he had even given this information about alloys to Drogath.
After I finished that explanation on alloys, there was a lot of discussion that came from the audience since they didn't know about this.
Most dwarves had knowledge of forging even if they didn't work as blacksmiths, so they had some understanding of what I said.
"But how does it not cause impurities?"
"Shouldn't the ores repel each other and refuse to come together?"
There were many different questions that came from the audience, but I ignored them as I continued with what I said.
"The alloy that I used for this sword is called adamant. If you looked at it closely, you would have seen that I threw in diamonds to my mixture. Diamonds are famous for how hard they are, but they aren't used for forging since they are hard to work with, but if you use it to create this ore."
I raised the sword up when I said this and it entered the light.
When it did, it almost seemed like it was glowing.
The judges all gave nods of agreement when they heard this.
They had already tested how hard this sword was and they knew that it was comparable to diamonds.
Drogath also had no choice but to accept this fact after hearing the speech about alloys.
He might want to deny it, but when so many people accept this and the facts were in front of him, he had no choice but to accept it.
Though, he would rather die than admit it.
Just with this adamant alloy alone, it was more than enough for him to win this forging duel.
But that wasn't all there was…
Drogath pointed at the sword and said, "There are clear magic fluctuations coming from it, far greater than what runes should give off. How do you explain that if not that you used a magic spell to strengthen this sword?"
I just shook my head and said, "It's laughable how ignorant you are."
Drogath's face twisted in rage once again, but then I said, "How are you so certain that it can't be the runes that are releasing this magic fluctuation?"
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