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Chapter 58 - upgrade

The next morning I got woken up by Elise like usual in her room it's still weird seeing her new appearance not that i dislike it after we got up we went to take a bath

Emily joined us since she went to bed with us last night we kept her between us sowe didn't touch to often " just so you know I'll be meeting up with Liam after breakfast " I told Elise while we washed up " ohh I assume he is fixing your staff " I nodded " yeah he also has something he needs help with so I'm going to help him with that too "

Elise kissed my cheek " ok don't take too long we still have some things to do " after getting cleaned up we all got dressed and went to breakfast when that uncomfortable part of my day was done I went to Liam's room

" ahh your finally here " Liam said excitedly as I entered his room it looked a lot like zamel study then a room someone was sleeping in the only difference between zamel study and Liam's room is instead of books everywhere it was materials and half finished inventions

" here you are " Liam said as he handed my staff back to me " I also added something extra twist and pull the top half of the staff I did as he said when I did what he said starting to twist and pull on my staff when I finally got it a gust of steam was released revealing a blade inside of the staff

When I finally got the blade out it was very long most of the length of the staff it also was a little bit of a unique design it was a combination of a executioner sword and a Dao sword I was stunned when I got a good look at it I was shocked " wow what is this " i asked him " I thought you could use another option in a fight it will also help keep it from bending if you fight another strong opponent because of the metal I used too make it"

" this is awesome Liam thank you " Liam waved his had dismissively " I'm just happy to help out where i can now if you don't mind " he said waving me over to his desk when I got there a piece of metal resembling a human foot and a little bit of leg with gears visible through the joints was on desk

"Ok there isn't much I need you to do just inject your mana here when I say " he said pointing to a rune on the foot I was a bit shocked see the prosthetic I didn't think he would come up with something like this let alone make one or I would have given him the idea

Seeing me nod Liam lifted his pant leg revealing his amputated leg then grabbed the prosthetic lining it up properly to his stub " now " I did as he instructed before and poured my mana into the rune he pointed to as soon as my mana touched the rune the prosthetic came to life biting into Liam's stub he let out a scream as blood started to flow outside and in the prosthetic for a few seconds before stopping

I looked at Liam a bit worried he was breathing heavily his whole body was shaking as well after a few minutes past his body calmed down a little bit " wow that hurt a lot worse then I thought it would but-" he started smiling bright " at least Ican finally feel my feet again "

I looked down even though it was covered in blood I could still see through the little gap in the joints inside you could see gears turning and little pistons going up and down

I looked back at Liam " how " he did look at me as he answered just kept looking down at his new leg and foot " thanks to your mana being a special lightning element I was able to power and connect this to my system so I can use my leg like normal it took a while to make but after study my amputated leg for a long time and reading up on the human body I was able to make it " after explaining this he tried to get out of his chair

I put my hand on his shoulder to help as he slowly got up first he put his normal leg down before putting his new one down as well he stood straight and his balance wasn't off smiling he took a step forward stumbling a little but he caught himself he went to take another step but when his new foot touched the ground he went to one knee

Liam looked back at me while he was kneeling a little embarrassed " would you mind helping me get use to this " I shook my head " of course not " I went over to and swung his arm over my shoulder to help him out the room to the practice arena when we got there we started out doing stretches and a little walk before going into harder stuff on his body

Eventually Elise came to find me with emily since I was taking longer then she thought

" what's going on here " she asked surprised to see Liam walking around both liam and i stopped to look at her and emily

I smiled explaining what happened to her when I was done I turned towards Liam because he didn't chip in once I did I understood why ' I hope this doesn't become a regular thing sighing I went over to him waving my hand in front of his face " that's my wife you know "

Hearing me he blinked a couple " sorry I heard she changed but...wow wasn't expecting that " I nodded walking over to Elise " I know what you mean she is gorgeous " I said kissing her

" sorry it has taken so long I just want to make sure he is good on his new foot " Elise shook her head " it's fine I just wanted to make sure you were alright we still have time " Hearing us Liam spoke up "if you guys have somewhere to be you can go now I should be fine without you now"

I looked at him a little worried " are you sure " he nodded " yeah I'm sure you all ready did more then enough thank you " nodding I held emily other hand that Elise wasn't holding

" your welcome don't be afraid to use one of the coins you made to pull me to you if you need me "

" I will " he said smiling as he watched us leave before walking around the practice area...

A few hours later Elise and I found ourselves in front of the Dwarven palace we left emily at the house to come here since it wad official business" follow me please " a Dwarven guard said after we announced who we are

As we entered I looked around unlike the rest of the city which was made from crystals the palace was made from some kind of stone it gave a unique when the light reflected off it

After walking for a few minutes we end up at what I assume to be the throne room inside the Dwarven king was sitting on his throne

" thanks for coming" he said after we entered

Sighing a little the king looked straight at us

" I know you have come here for your reward but that was not the true intention of the tournament or this meeting " Elise and I looked at him confused

Seeing our confusion he started explaining the situation " a couple thousand years ago a new creature emerged from depths of this mountain it was only a couple at first but eventually they turned to hundreds then thousands it almost caused our people to be wiped out that's when my predecessors decided it would be best to move to the surface permanently "

the king took a sec to make sure we were following along so far before continuing " when that happened they also decided to keep this a secret from the other races even some of there own kind to keep panic at a minimum so for the last two thousand years we have been fighting a secret war against these creatures we call the dark swarm "

Elise and I looked at each not sure what to say " why tell us this I assume you need our help for something " I asked the king " yes you see a couple months ago the swarm has gotten a lot more aggressively killing a lot of our wardens destroying most of our fortresses make us low on man power to make the situation worse I have gotten word that the dark swarm seem to be gathering outside one of our main strongholds if they manage to destroy it and make it to the surface it will be a disaster not just for my people but everyone I need you too stop them with everything you have I have seen your strength I believe you can stop them"

We stayed quiet as we went over everything in our heads Elise looked at me and whispered " what do you think my love" I stayed in thought a little bit " I don't see a issue with helping even more so if we get something out of it" I whispered back

nodding she gave me a quick kiss " do what you want I'll be by your side " smiling I looked at the Dwarven king " so basically you want me to defend the fortress and if I can put a stop to what's making these dark swarm aggressive " the king nodded " yes that all "

" ok I can that but...and I don't like saying this but what's in it for me if I do this " the king stared at me for a minute I thought he was mad but he eventually said something " I'll officially make you a noble I'll also give you some land of your own with anything you guys could need you'll have the full backing of the Dwarven royal family "

I looked at Elise for input " it's your decision my love " I struggled a little to decide ' it doesn't sound bad and I wouldn't mind having a place I can truly call my own plus it should be safer that goes double if the royal family is backing us ' thinking to this point I decided to accept " ok you have a deal sir "