Inside the blue palace where Queen Elisif of Solitude reside.....

Queen Elisif: hooh they said that? If they manage to make 100 equipments then we should employ them in our direct command.. Don't you think General?

Tulius: hmmm according to the reports they arrived only recently on a metal carriage powered by a refractor shard.. According to the record of the gate guards, and I wouldn't trust them so fast my Queen they could be enemies waiting to infiltrate us.

Queen Elisif: huhuhu so stiff as always General but still you do have a point,regardless of their achievement I still want to make purchase in all blacksmiths within solitude the other kingdoms have been moving suspiciously.

Tulius: already!? Isn't it too fast my Queen , why would they make such hasty move in the middle of a war with the elves?

Queen Elisif: hmmmm I don't know myself even the spies have vague answers something about a giant object appearing suddenly in the middle of the battlefield between the human alliance and elves.

Tulius: whatever it is we must increase our weapons cache and increase the training of the conscripts, leave everything to me my Queen I shall have everything prepared.

The Queen noded in acknowledgement went to her chamber.

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Menchie: so what's your bad news?

Hilda and Menchie stare nervously at Jason waiting for the news.

Jason: well.... The good news is I've got everything that is even relatively useful to us from the mammoth tank, the bad news is there are still some gryphons patrolling around that forest I'm afraid that the elves are still searching for us quite intently too if I might add.......I propose we stay here and make connections to higher places.

Hilda: hmm that seems like a good idea.... Oooh! The guy just now..... He was a messenger from the Queen she's taking 100 orders of any kinds of military equipment from all blacksmiths apparently, they gave us 1 month to turn them over but Menchie said it would take only by the end of the week...

Menchie: oi oi don't you get it if we can finish the order our reputation would skyrocket and chances of landing a contract with the Queen will be higher.

Jason: I assume you already started forging them?

Menchie: he he who do you think you're talking to huh!? Of course I already have the drone do it.... But its late now by tommorow morning maybe 20 swords would be done I'll handle the sharpening and the details.

Hilda: what about you jason what will you be doing tomorrow?

Jason: I'll be touring the inner city maybe I will find something interesting.

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Elf Queen: hmm this wounds don't make sense it seems like there are metal shards inside them... What magic could force these small objects to kill our armored trolls with ease.

Elf Healer: indeed my Queen there have been no traces of magic so it would have to be a physical phenomenon.

Elf Queen: don't be ridiculous even slings won't do that much damage and the beastmen who are probably capable of doing that said it to be impossible.. The beastmen are allied to the elves and they are too skilled to do friendly fire of this magnitude, it would have something to do with the humans that appeared in the battlefield...... By the way haven't we found them yet!?

Elf soldier: no my Queen, the mercenaries we sent we annihilated.

The Elf Queen is furious as her human enemies mysterious force capable of killing an armored troll in seconds according to reliable witnesses.. When a troll's regeneration is so feared by the enemies that most of the time weapons got stuck inside the troll.

It was an unbelievable feat to kill these creatures without fire magic.. The troll's only weakness.

She cannot let herself leave the humans unchecked if they are capable of such power.... Soon a great shadow will encroach upon the continent and the flames of war will be only be fiercer.

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*clang* *clang* *clang* the sound of the drones doing the heavy labour of a blacksmith, jason wakes up from the noise of the hammer and decided to go down for breakfast it was 5 a.m. he was the only one awake that time when e decided to check the progress of the weapons.....when suddenly.

Jason: M-Menchieeeee!!!!!!!!

Jason with a flustered voice shouted with all his might, Menchie and Hilda ran downstairs with assult rifles in hand

Hilda: jason what's going on where are the enemies!!!

Jason: there are no enemies!! MENCHIE WHAT THE HELL ARE THESE DRONES DOING!?

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Menchie: what do you mean? They're forging swords what else!?

Jason: AND MAY I ASK HOW YOU PROGRAMED THEM TO FORGE A SWORS!?!?

Menchie: don't they heat the iron ingot to melting point and hammer it till it becomes a sword!?

Jason: yes that would be the best way to make the most brittle sword in the world!!! What the hell Menchie I thought you got this how can you blunder up like this!?

Menchie: w- what are talking about... How do you forge a weapon then?

Jason: *sigh* unbelievable!!! Before you shape the ingot into a weapon it must have a solid core first otherwise it would be weak.... For example tungsten as core because it's solid nature is perfect for being a core and cover it with Damascus steel on the outside after this you must quench the seering blade in cold water to lock up the molecules and harden the weapon.

Menchie: eeeehh!!!! I didn't know forging weapons is that complicated

Jason: it is more complicated I just gave you the rundown!!

Hilda: a- anyway how many days till the deadline!?

Menchie: 3 days left.......

Jason could only make a facepalm after realizing this fiasco, this contract with the Queen will not only catapult their plans but also increase the Queens favor with them losing this chance is too much of a loss it is indeed one of those once in a lifetime chance.

Jason: *sigh* OK now that you know how to make a proper sword I trust you can make better ones next time!? As in NOW!..... I will go out and procure more metals for forging.

With that Menchie and Hilda ran down to the forge and adjust the drones to correct the forging process

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Somewhere,.... inside temple old men with a long robes covering their heads with a hood

??????: hmmm I sense great imbalance my brothers could the time be upon us?

???????: maybe so brother but isn't it too early... If you're correct then we the greybeards would be dragged in this war and won't be able to maintain our neutrality.

??? *sigh* I fear this day might come brothers but we have prepared for this... The time of the reckoning is upon us and we must choose sides

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*clang* *clang *clang* *clang* *clang* Menchie and Hilda drenched in sweat in their blacksmith outfit they have been working double time and are in panick to meet the deadline while jason is tasked to gather metals of any kind to be melted and reforged into a weapon

Jason: damn it I'm supposed to be touring the city by now why am I working on my rest day... Huh!?

Jason stopped as he noticed a group of heavily armed men entering a hollow tree

Jason: heeeeh so that must be an underground base I would never have guessed.. Now time to let out some steam

Jason ordered the drones to charge straight at the bandits hideout only to find himself surrounded by hundreds of heavily armed soldiers

Jason: oooooohh shiieet!!!! I might have bitten more than I can chew this time... Drones rapid fire mode give them all you got!!!

The soldiers charged at the drones and tried to slash them with swords and steb them with spears but to no avail as their attacks only slid past or bounced of the drones metal frame

The drones retaliated with rapid fire gunshots streaming like waterfalls pierced through numerous soldiers unfortunate enough to be in a single file

While Jason opted to a more sublte tactic, Jason used his prostethic legs and kick the shit out is the enemies each of his kicks were fast but heavy at the same time anyone hit has their bones broken those that manage to block his kicks were send 2 meters away

When the enemies were too much to handle only Jason would use his Uzi and spay the surrounding enemies around him even with armor the soldiers would drop dead

When the number of enemies became manageable he ordered the drones to conserve ammo and go for a melee each punch of the drones would go through the armored bodies of the enemy those who saw this trembled in fear and tried to run away only to get shot in the back

After 1 hour of fighting in close quarters and chasing stragglers it is finally over and ordered the drones to gather all weapons and armors including all valuable within the hide out.

Jason: whew the girls are not gonna believe this!!! Oooooh man how lucky can I get, with this things will get smoother. I don't know who these guys are but a 1 foot size refractor is fucking worth it!!! Maybe I'll disguise it as a refractor shard heheheHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.