"Walker!" Gil shouted to Walker and ran over. He and the crossbown had reassured the barricade on the path to the mining level and had been waiting for Walker and the dwarven royal guard. "You're finally here. I have been stuck forever."
Gil had been constantly bombarded by the questions about the bow he used and how many tis he had used it along with the attempts to hold and use it by the crossbown. They were completely infatuated with it even though they completely lacked the skills and ability to use a proper bow. They had crossbowman systems and were trained to use crossbows.
"I managed to learn a few things but I think I would go crazy if I am left alone with them any longer." Walker could see the crossbown fall in to an orderly line and begin to report on what had happened to the royal guard. It was clear that the royal guard ranked much higher than them in their military and this was an expected occurrence.
"Well, we have a little ti before Rey gets here. Why did they find your bow so interesting? What did you learn?" Walker felt that Gil being paired with the crossbown had worked out better than expected. There was plenty of ti between the dwarves and golems taking over the rchant district and Walker eting back up with Gil.
"So, they know about the spirit forged weapons and said they have never heard of a ranged weapon one. So my bow is pretty rare. But they also said that they are so rare that they only know of the kings' armory having so really. But they also said that masters don't make them because it uses all their mana for the rest of their life aning; soul burning."
Walker listened intently and knew that the soul burning was a very terrible way to perish. But the dwarven forging masters had done this before and would mostly do it again to create the spirit forged weapons. "So the spirit smith or spirit forging systems might not be what we think if they cost the user to burn away their soul to make a spirit and weapon fuse together."
Walker felt that this was a huge puzzle piece when it ca to the place learning this. He had a few theories on why their systems would require the fusing of a spirit and a weapon to burn away a soul as fuel. "They also kept talking about how the spirit forging process always required unique and rare materials and often certain days of the year to work. I feel like the elves would know more but it reminds of that lunar priestess and the forest elf rituals."
"Maybe the spirit forging process is missing a few things then? It could need more than just materials and ti of year. Maybe it is the spirit that's the problem and the way they try to fuse it with a weapon?" Walker wanted to delve more in to this and speak with Gil further but he noticed that the crossbown and the royal guard had finished their briefing and were currently preparing themselves for the next endeavor.
"Check up on your arrows. If you can fill more with water elental mana do it." Walker brought out a significant amount of ware elental mana crystal from his inventory. He also tossed a few towards Midnight and watched her excited movents while chomping down on them.
"Hero, the n are preparing and I will watch over the barricade. There were a significant number of slis behind the barricader but they were forced back by your companions icy arrows." The royal guard was unfamiliar with the elf skills that ca with their unique arrows and had deed it an icy arrow.
Gil caught him while making the arrow and began to explain while Walker began to formulate a plan for when Rey got there. They would need to imdiately defeat the slis on the other side of the barricade and Walker had the firm belief that Rey had sothing that would help imnsely. He just needed to wait for a few hours.
anwhile, Walker began to send the crossbown to get materials that allowed them to floor the entrance to the mines with water. If Rey didn't have a solution to the sli problem he wanted to continuously keep the entrance open for them to enter and escape if necessary.
The crossbown managed to gather so of the general populace who had volunteered to join the retake of the rchant district and set up hoses and pipes. After another hour of this, the royal guard ca to report what was going on. "Hero, We have managed to prepare a series of temporary piping we use for fires. This can flood the stairs and deter slis."
"Sounds perfect. But just because the water dilutes their bodies that doesn't an we will rest easy. If the water evaporates then the sli cores should be able to pull their bodies back together and keep eating the city away. I am sure so small sli cores will escape our attacks.' Walker knew they needed a more concrete way to defeat the slis.
"Then forget the water and use my potions! I have a much better way to beat the slis." Rey had finally made it to the entrance to the mines. However, Walker was confused and curious as to why there were four dwarves each carrying small barrels behind her.
"It took much longer to find the ingredients and read the notes on what herbs the dwarves had. But I have finally made sothing that should help." Rey was smug as the dwarves helping her placed the barrels down and Rey opened the top of the barrel while also taking a vial with a small sli core out of it. She was ready to demonstrate her creation.
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