Kidnapped to Another World

Chapter 55

Chapter 55

The Night of day 11, or early morning of day 12

Dream state through use of the Demon box;

I check my gear. Everything is there, though there still isn't much.

I managed to swipe a gnome weapon during the fighting earlier from someone who died in the earlier battle. It's actually a dwarven war hammer, I discover upon inspection. Of course I hadn't gotten a chance to look at it until now. It's made from hand forged metal and made well, but not like the metalwork from our world. I find it interesting to check out what the weapons look like from this age, since it's about the same as living in a medieval era.

But it's easy for me to take things for granted. I'm so used to the pretty and sleek architecturally machined designs of our world if I'm not careful I can overlook good quality in this world. This thing was made with a lot of care and attention to detail. If I'm not mistaken it doesn't have any particular special abilities to it, but it's made well and beautiful.

The dwarven hammer's shaft is mostly wood but with some metal hinges and side paneling reinforcement with some kind of primitive screws that connect the head to the shaft and run down the length, with a pointed stabbing end extension that can be used crowning the top. Mostly it's swung with the blunt edge. Unlike a design from earth it has the shaft made to be thicker, with a metal hand guard so it can be used to parry against swords without fear of losing one's fingers or hands.

It's scored with markings all over it, showing that while in good condition. It's seen some real fighting, service and not a new weapon. Interestingly enough by studying the metalwork I could tell it was made in a real blacksmith's forge, not in a factory like earth tools might look. That was fascinating. I wanted to learn more about metalwork, but now wasn't a good time.

But the acquired weapon not being brand new and scratched up, actually made it more interesting to me. Having proven itself in a few fights meant that it was solid. I guess that was the version of product inspection. If there would have been defects or if it had been made poorly then it would have broken in fighting.

After seeing me use my fireman's axe, and seeing it in action, the gnomes insisted on giving the dwarven war hammer to me after the battle ended. But it was the only thing they'd given and very few of the others got anything. They made everyone else give stuff back, except they had given Akira one of their metal bucklers to use almost like a wrist guard, since it didn't fit him properly. Yumi was given a dwarven war hammer like mine which she carried everywhere. This time they didn't say she had to give it back, since she'd saved some of them.

I wouldn't be surprised if Vira was given something also.

It was strange that they would not give weapons to others, but would give dwarven weapons to those that had shown their worth. It also seemed like an irony that they'd insist on giving it to me only after I had another weapon that was just as good.

Or was it really a bribe for staying quiet about their lieutenant not really being a hero?

Hero of the Booze was more like it?

Or was it also related to their pride that if they saw someone had something metal forged they wanted that person to see the greatness of the Dwarven Kingdom? I find that confusing too because the gnomes always insist they aren't dwarves but clearly have some connection to said kingdom, which was another type of strange perplexity. I'm tired of their mixed signals. Are they doing that intentionally?

Also about that sham hero...I shook my head sadly. To think they'd stoop so low.

The dwarves weren't like that right? So far it just seemed like the gnomes...