My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World: Volume 8 [Parts 1 to 9] by Tamamaru

Author:Tamamaru
Language: eng
Format: epub

“All right, let’s get busy.”

By the time we returned to our cabin, the sun was already starting to set. We’d left at the crack of dawn, explored the cave, battled the troll, and come home, so it was no surprise that the whole day had passed. I left Krul and Lucy to Diana and Lidy—immediately, I entered the forge and lit the firebed, using my magic to swiftly send wind from the bellows. My (and Lidy’s) magic couldn’t raise the temperature quickly though, so while we waited, we discussed our plans.

“How large should it be?” I asked.

“As large as me, you, and Anne can handle,” Helen answered.

“So what’s the heaviest thing we can wield...”

Helen, Anne, and I headed over to the plate storage area. We grabbed stacks of metal, piling more and more onto our arms until we hit the limits of our strength. Helen was able to carry the most, I was second, and Anne was third by a close margin. The Lightning Strike seemed more slender than me, but her arms were packed with muscle. I knew this, of course, but I always wondered where she stored all her muscle—in the past, I’d even asked her.

“It just depends on how you use your body,” she’d replied.

I didn’t think that was the only difference between us, but now wasn’t the time to pry further.

“All right, let’s make ’em!” I announced, rolling my shoulders.

Everyone else seemed to be in high spirits as their enthusiastic voices rang out, “Okay!”

We should make these in one go while we’ve got this energy.

“This is the shape I’m planning on making,” I said, drawing a rough sketch on a sheet of paper. “What do you think?”

I showed everyone my diagram. The shape I had in mind was an elongated version of the head of a flyswatter. It would be ideal for hitting and smashing, and I felt like any other shape would make it awkward to wield. And since it was purposely designed so that we could crush the troll several times in swift succession, I frankly didn’t care about how it looked. These weapons would probably be useless in any other scenario, so I planned on melting them down after the troll was dead and reusing the metal for plates.

Rike cocked her head to one side. “Why’s it not shaped like a club or mace?”

“Well, I did consider using a shape like that...”

Clubs and maces were ideal when it came to dealing heavy, crushing blows to an enemy. In this instance, the weapon would have to be long like a spear, and its head would need to be adjusted to deal fatal strikes (like adding terrifying spikes to the end or something). All of this had been up for consideration. But, our objective this time around wasn’t to crush bones or to apply the heaviest impact—it was to squash and destroy the troll’s flesh. Thus, we needed a weapon that could cover the largest surface area possible, and a shape similar to a flyswatter would be perfect for that.

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