froze momentarily no way I just tapped
it lightly is this statue really that
fragile the cracks in the Statue
continued to expand and soon it began to
crumble like shards of pottery before
long a bearded face appeared before them
it was a bald dwarf with an
exceptionally thick beard standing only
about 1.2 M tall appearing quite aged H
the petrification spell has been lifted
who has awake me the dwarf suddenly
spoke leaving the five speechless in
astonishment why ichio who had
anticipated this smiled and stepped
forward you must be the master hobit
correct hobit paused for a moment I
Haven te even introduced myself yet
human lad how do you know me icho smiled
I saw your likeness in the statue on the
zeroth floor of the seal Tower the forge
Master hobit must be you hobit stroked
his beard indeed human lad you you
possess some knowledge seeing that hobit
was in a good mood icho pondered for a
moment before finally asking a question
that had always intrigued him in his
past life if the Calamity is so
terrifying why not simply eradicate it
instead of sealing it within the tower
faced with this sudden inquiry Hobbit's
expression sharpened you actually know
of these matters who told you icho
replied I merely overheard it by chance
hobit surveyed the group do you think we
didn't T want to if the Calamity could
be slain would we have sealed them here
if the Calamity could be killed we would
not have referred to them as calamities
human elody whyo nodded I have one more
question if we were to break the seal of
the seal Tower would you stop us hobit
crossed his arms it seems you know quite
a bit human lad I have no desire to stop
you if you wish to break the seal then
do so what happens in this world has
long ceased to concern me so it was do
yo finally resolved the doubts that had
lingered for two lives however Fong Z
and the others looked at him with
strange Expressions why was he behaving
so oddly it was as if he had known the
developments all along and was not
surprised by any of this and what did he
mean by sealing and stopping what was
that all about a Hy icho cleared his
throat I don't have any particular
Hobbies I just enjoy delving into the
background stories of games I read about
this from the statue I'm not sure what
it means never mind an IT of little
consequence after all it's just the
background story of the game Fong
pondered for a moment the forgem hobit
I've seen that statue I thought it was
merely a background prop Fong approached
hobit you must be the master here the
equipment outside should have been
crafted by you correct the descriptions
of those items all mentioned that they
were created by hobit Hobbit nodded
slightly indeed you wish for my
assistance in forging weapons Fong
replied is that possible Hobbit chuckled
of course but I expect payment and
you'll need to provide your own
materials after all you took my
treasures without my permission Fong
suggested how about you accompany us out
of here there are monsters lurking
before Fong could finish Hobbit
interjected spare me your concerns I
have no intention of leaving the outside
world offers me no refuge this place is
my home if I had wanted to leave I would
have done so long ago without your
prompting should you desire My
assistance in crafting equipment bring
your materials and coin otherwise
refrain from wandering in here uninvited
consider those Treasures a gift and now
be gone seeing Hobbit's irritable
demeanor Fong chose not to press further
very well we shall rely on your
expertise as Fong Z and his companions
prepared to depart icho scrutinized
Hobbit something felt a Miss Hobbit was
not merely capable of aiding players in
crafting equipment he also possessed
knowledge of the advanced Paths of three
different schools why had he not