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Chapter 28 - Escort: Mission Completed

The group of five has finally reached before the mighty gates of the capital city of the Dwarven kingdom. The city was covered with huge walls which were taller than giants. They stood strong and might, making People look up at its magnificient strength. There was only one gate, a huge gate guarded heavily by the soldiers of the kingdom of dwarfs. They wore an exoskeleton which made them powerful to stop any distruption in the gate of the city. There was a huge line leading to the opening of the gate. And the team of Henry stood behind the long line. As time passed, one by one entered the city after the verification of their identity. Then came the chance of the team of five. The procedure went smooth and the team was provided the entry into the city. 

The first thing they did was to find a restaurant. As it was almost the time of lunch and they were all hungry due to the long journey. After they had their fill they left to see around the area. The streets were beautiful with a nice chiseled road and shops containing many works on metals on both the sides. The saying of 'the city of blacksmiths' was proved true when they saw the street of blacksmiths. It was covered with soot from the fire and the area was in full heat. The dwarfs were sweating and striking the hammer with a full force. The striking was resonating with the air around which felt like the songs of the steel and hammer. Among the beautiful songs there was one song that was chaotic. The hammering didn't sync with the sounds around it. It stood in a seperate way, making Henry move towards it unconsciously. There was no problem with the hammer nor with the person who is using the hammer. It was the metal which he was hammering. With no shine, it looked like a metal of waste. Henry approached the blacksmith and stood behind him. The blacksmith who was frightened jumped in scream. Henry with his eyes filled with curiousity asked the feared man about the metal. The man despite his anger and fear towards him, began to say the details of the metal. The metal was named as Melarium. It was a rare metal. It can be only found in the mines that is located between the kingdom of dwarfs and elves. Due to the ongoing war the metal can only be found in selected places. The metal with him was given by a merchant who commissioned him to construct some kind of equipment. The only place that has this is the royal smithery which is not accessible to normal public. The other place is the markets at the shore of sea Arath. As Henry was about to ask another question, A group of soldiers surrounded Henry and his team. The other blacksmiths found Henry to be a psycho who is distrupting the work of a blacksmith and they requested the aid of the guards around them. Henry was made to leave the smithery. The next stop was the largest merchant shop in the district. As guided by Tina they reached the shop which was said to be Tina's Father's shop. As Henry saw the shop, his eyes filled with happiness. As they entered the shop, they were welcomed with a loud greeting. A man with his whole body covered with gold walked down the stairs. He rushed towards Tina and hugged her. He then began to cry about missing her and asked about where she had been till now. And the room was filled with joy and cries. Then Tina's father brought them before a dining table and provided them a huge meal. And Henry as usual stuffed himself to the brim. As Henry was filling himself with food, Tina's father asked to meet him in a seperate room, To which he followed. There in the adjacent room The man provided a chest full of gold and offered it to Henry as a price for his escorting of his daughter to the Capital safely. Henry with no thought accepted it. After that the team now containing of four, left the merchant shop. Then, the other two, Kali and Falk also said their goodbye and left to meet with their master. Henry who now is back to doing solo thought of his next action. Then he remembered the melarium which he needed. The blacksmith provided two options one was to get it from the royal smithery and the other was to get it on the shops at the shores of Sea Arath. So he decided to head to The land of sea Arath.

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