The female dwarves lived in the village lived and died never stepping outside. Earthly work was the domain of men, hunting monsters for meat, selling magic weapons and tools made from metal to the Kiryu to aquire what they needーーall of it were for men.
The Dwarves possess magic, and just like Kiryu, there are fewer women among them. Since there’s a history of Kiryu males kidnapping dwarven women in previous battles, there’s a possibility that a Dwarven woman could get kidnapped by a Kiryu male if she was wandering in the surface.
Therefore, women are sheltered in a space, deep in the ground.
Freja, draped in golden hues, was raised with expectations within the dwarf vilage, which was like a large cradle.
Most of the dwarves have black hair and possess the attribute of black iron. Black iron is high in strength and is suitable for armor and such items.
In other attributes, silver is often material when making magic tools, and gold that has high resistance to magic power. Colors other than black are rare, and Freja, which shines in gold, possess that rare gold attribute.
When they discover that she actually possess the attribute of divine iron, they made a fuss.
From then on, Freja continued to use the solar furnace to create divine iron. While other women could walk freely throughout the village, Freja’s range is limited to the area confined around the solar furnace, the dwarves call it “Oyashiro”
According to the dwarven legends.
They were born from earth.
The Dwarves, born from the great “Mother Earth,” worshipped the sunstones she had left behind.
The sunstone pulses like a heartbeat, it’s the heart that the “Mother Earth” had left for the Dwarves, and it’s radiance grants them peace and happines
Working at Oyashiro and forging using the sun furnace beside the sunstone was considered the highest honor for the dwarves.
Freja, who wished to see the real sun instead of the sunstone, was an oddball.
Freja, possess the attribute of divine iron. The heat and light produced by the sunstone do not harm her. While touching the sunstone that shine brilliantly and emit scorching heat, Freja felt profound loneliness.
「The Dwarf king will soon lead me out of here…」
To create divine iron, they must infuse magic power to it, thus, Freja cannot leave the solar furnace.
However, no Dwarf exists who can withstand the heat of this place except for Freja. If he were an outstanding dwarf, he would be able to visit just for a moment by exerting his magical power, but being by her side wasn’t enough to alleviate Freja’s loneliness.
「If I go to the surface, I can be with everyone, I won’t be alone anymore…」
The magic metal placed on the solar furnace is burning. The magic metal, which is both made of magic and metal, burns in the scorching heat of the solar furnace. Weak magic can’t endure. Unable to bear it, it burns, melts, and vanishーbut in that moment, Freja’s magic is poured in.
The unstable magic, which seemed like it was about to burn out at any moment, connected with Freja’s magic and gathered, taking the attribute of divine iron to stabilize itself.
The gathered mass of magic metal reduced to it’s volume and transformed into Divine Iron, the metal of the gods.
「Dwarf King, hurry up and let me out of here」
She casually lifts the finished divine iron ingots, which grows bright red and emit high heat, and stacked them against the awll.
The accumulating golden brilliance was nothing but a girl’s wish.
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The dwarf king forges divine iron in his own workshop.
The only reason why he became the king was because he could handle the divine iron. There’s no political power, no outstanding popularity, and no exceptional shrewdness. A man who reached the throne with his skill in blacksmithing.
If you can swing your hammer and smith, the dwarves will obey.
Those who can handle the blessings bestowed by the mother earth is none other than the most superior dwarf.
The warriors who are subordinate to the dwarf king are first-class fighters and master blacksmiths.
The warriors who can swing their hammers also make their own armor at their workshop.
They are making the new weapon the Dwarf King devised. The mightiest armament based on the experience of the previous war.
It combines the weight, stability, and defensive power that can’t be blown away by the Kiryu’s attacks, along with long-range, high powerered ranged weapons to counterattack the Kiryu flying through the air.
The divine iron armor bestowed by the Dwarf King the divine iron armor, but if Alec were to see these golden arms, he would call themー
ーThe Tank.
The dwarf Tank Unit. He’s been waiting for the right time when the golden radiance would trample the northern lands.