Morning, Hammer Street.
The name of this street was incongruous with the capital of magic, Noland, but it wasn't without reason.
When Josiah stepped onto this street, there were far fewer human spellcasters compared to other places in Noland.
There were clearly more dwarves carrying hammers or axes on their backs, and the sounds of forging metal could be heard from the surrounding shops.
The heat released by the dwarves' furnaces raised the temperature of the entire street by quite a bit.
"Aren't you sleepy, waking up so early?"
Hiri, who was following behind Josiah, yawned. She'd stayed up late again last night. After finishing a portion of the concept art, she'd happily received the first draft of "This Demon Isn't Too Cold".
"This is normal for a programmer."
Josiah used to stay up late every other day on Earth. After coming to this world, Josiah had the constitution of a chaos demon, so he could go a week without any problems.
"Program … What? Forget it … That old dwarf from last night is coming over. "
Hiri had already given up on trying to understand Josiah's strange vocabulary, and pointed at Frost Axe, who was walking over from the crowd of dwarves in the distance.
The height of a human was particularly conspicuous in the crowd of dwarves, and Frost Axe spotted Josiah and Hiri at a glance.
"You're much more hardworking than those lazy brats!"
Frost Axe walked all the way to Josiah, and very enthusiastically extended his hand to Josiah. Josiah didn't stand on ceremony and shook Frost Axe's hand.
A dwarf's hand was twice as large as a human's, and the thick callus on its surface was like a layer of armor.
The moment Josiah held Frost Axe's hand, Josiah could feel many gazes on him from the street, and most of them were humans.
Frost Axe was the Great Elder of the famous Frost Axe Clan. This clan was one of the most powerful among the dwarves in Noland, so Frost Axe's status among the dwarves was self-evident.
However, the dwarf elder had personally come out to greet a stranger like Josh. Theoretically speaking, shouldn't Josh feel a little overwhelmed by the favor he was receiving?
"Mr. Frost Axe, aren't the dwarves in your forge forging iron?"
Josiah looked at the blacksmith shop that Frost Axe walked out of. It was one of the largest blacksmith shops on this street. The sound of iron striking could be heard from inside the blacksmith shop. There were at least a dozen dwarves working inside.
"I can only watch it in the morning. I'll be exhausted in the afternoon. Let's go down and talk!"
Frost Axe seemed to firmly believe in the principle of 'one's own children should never be praised'.
Josiah didn't say much. Under his guidance, Josiah and Hiri walked into the blacksmith shop.
The moment they stepped into the blacksmith shop, the temperature jumped from spring to summer. It was early winter in Noland right now.
Hiri tugged at her clothes uncomfortably. The temperature here was not something Hiri could bear. The magic robe she was wearing had the function of keeping warm.
Josiah released a spell from the system of the 'God of Water and Healing Vingelke' that Hiri's sister Herland believed in. It was called the 'Frost Spell.' It lowered the temperature in a small area, and it finally made Hiri feel a little better.
After doing this, Josiah looked around the blacksmith shop and found that there was a red lizard about a meter long next to every iron furnace. The flames that they spat out became the furnace fire used by the dwarves.
This should be a kind of magic beast. There were many magical animals in this world. If Josiah had time in the future, maybe he could make a movie like 'Animal World' or 'Where are the Magical Animals'.
For now, it was better to focus on the business in front of him.
Frost Axe brought Josiah to the depths of the blacksmith shop. After coming here, the surrounding temperature dropped a lot. Seeing the stairs on the floor leading to the underground, Josiah understood what Frost Axe meant by 'let's go down and talk'.
"Don't fall behind."
Frost Axe walked down the stairs, and Josiah and Hiri also walked down the somewhat slippery stairs. After about three minutes, the underground city hidden under Noland appeared in front of Josiah.
"Welcome to Blackstone Castle!"
Frost Axe proudly said the name of the city to Josiah.
The entire city was integrated into the underground rocks, and the rock layer above was inlaid with a large number of glowing crystals, just like the stars in the night sky.
Frost Axe directly brought Josiah to a shop not far from the entrance. This place was completely different from the Dwarven blacksmith shop above ground.
A variety of raw crystals were stored in glass display cabinets, giving Josiah a sense of déjà vu as if he was walking into a jewelry shop.
"Choose a type of raw crystal. I'll take care of the polishing. Before we talk about the price, I want to ask you something."
Frost Axe had been thinking about this matter for the whole night. It was the meaning of the four colored oval gems inlaid in the center of the card in 'Hearthstone'. It was white, blue, purple, and orange.
"The official version that you're talking about, did everyone have the cards in it from the start?"
"Of course not. Every account starts with a basic set of cards, but more powerful and rare cards need to be collected by buying card packs. Moreover, getting a rare card depends on luck. For example, Mr. Frost Axe's weapon 'Blood Howl' is an Epic card." Josiah said.
At this time, Frost Axe finally discovered the true way to play this game, which was to draw cards.
No wonder those difficult to use cards didn't have a level on them. It turned out that it was a bonus from the start! Frost Axe admitted that there were some cards that were quite useful, but he definitely wanted the Blood Howl card!
"Give me a price! I'll use the raw crystals above to exchange for it. "
Frost Axe's impatient personality didn't allow him to continue waiting. Moreover, luck was an illusory thing, and he never believed in it.
What's worse was that Frost Axe was notorious for his bad luck. Every time he opened a mine, he wouldn't be able to dig up anything good. So when the dwarves opened a new mine, Frost Axe consciously stood far away from them.
"… …"
Josiah glanced at the various raw crystals inside the glass cabinets. The raw crystals were all marked with a price of around a thousand gold.
Using a thousand gold to exchange for a bunch of data? Perhaps in Josiah's eyes, it wasn't worth it, but in Frost Axe's eyes, it was worth it.
In Frost Axe's eyes, these raw crystals were only sold to humans. To him, they had no meaning at all.
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