I JUST WANT A PEACEFUL LIFE

"Hahaha… It's alive!!" exclaimed Kusibella and Bornja energetically.

Various metallic sounds are heard from the tower as it gets roasted by all the fire in the surroundings. After half an hour, a part of the metallic wall opened and released a flare of fire. *BUSSHH*

Through the opening, everyone could see the inside is covered by a red molten color. One could imagine the high temperature inside the tower. *Bang* A moment later, the opening suddenly closed at a fast speed. *Bang* *Bang* Another opening appears at another part of the tower before closing.

"It seems ready. Let's start moving the material!!" ordered Angus.

With Angus' order, Kusibella and Bornja touch the metallic tower from the outside. As they touch the burning tower, the engraved rune slowly moves according to their intention. The random opening also becomes controllable.

Taking this opportunity, Brigida and Lilith slowly throw a few chests full of material inside the tower. Because of the high temperature, they couldn't even get inside the tower, even with a thick mana barrier.

On the other hand, Jayna is leisurely receiving the thrown chest from the inside without minding the heat. Not even her clothes burned by the hot temperature inside. Seeing everything is almost ready, Angus also ready himself to enter the tower.

"Are you sure you don't need any more help?" asked Nabe from the side.

"Just send those ruby hammers when I need it and keep the whole area intact," said Angus.

"Fine." said Nabe casually.

Entering the tower through the opening, Angus finds various smithing tools of unknown metallic material. The only missing thing is the furnace. Unlike the usual forging tools, this massive metallic tower is actually the furnace.

In other words, the crafter will also get roasted while smithing the material. It is a smithing tool tailored only for the dwarves and those with high fire resistance.

If other people without good fire resistance enter the tower casually, they may get burned to ash in a few moments. Fortunately, this will not be a problem for Angus and Jayna. The latter even merged with the embodiment of fire, the phoenix.

As for Angus, he has high fire mastery and [Hellfire] ancient power helping him withstand the heat. Moreover, the blessing he got from the Firelord ancient king long ago also gave him a high resistance towards fire and heat.

Apparently, they still underestimate this blessing from those ancient kings. They finally realize how powerful and useful their blessing is even without the ancient power. All these blessings grow along with them as they become more powerful.

After organizing the tools and chest materials, Angus removed his clothes before closing his eyes. [Body Art - Pump Up] Instantly, Angus's body bulges and is full of muscle. His body size and height also increase significantly.

Now, he looks like a bodybuilder or gym enthusiast. Along with the increase in size, Angus's breath is also getting rougher. It is as if every breath compensates for losing stamina and energy.

Angus grabbed the nearby special-made ruby without wasting more time and hit the anvil before him. *CLANG* A burst of fire and sparks flew everywhere as Angus broke the ruby hammer with a single strike.

Observing his striking performance, "Good enough. Jayna, increase the heat!!" said Angus with a hoarse voice.

Hearing this, Jayna immediately took a few Absolute Red marbles from the nearby chest before crushing it in her delicate hand effortlessly. Along with the destroyed marble, a thick fire elemental flared up and increased the surrounding temperature.

At the same time, Jayna controls the released fire elemental to avoid any disturbance. Fortunately, all this Absolute Red marble was created by Angus and Jayna. Hence, the fire elemental inside is more controllable for them.

As the heat increases, Angus removes a few raw ore materials from the nearby chest. Despite the intense heat, these raw ore are still intact, with a slight molten sign all over it. He puts them on the hard anvil and holds another ruby hammer from a nearby chest.

A thick fire elemental gathered on the ruby hammer before Angus hit the material. *BANG* an intense fire explosion occurred as the ruby hammer broke. Yet, the raw metallic ore is still intact but showing more molten parts. Without delay, he repeated the same process. *BANG*

Each time Angus hits the raw ore, he always breaks the ruby hammer. Normally, it is a very inefficient hammer method and may lead to uneven hammer strength. However, Angus didn't have any other choice.

He couldn't find any strong hammer capable of withstanding his [Flame Strike] combined with [Hellfire] ancient power and his own body force. Furthermore, he didn't need to worry about the precision and hammer strength since he could fully control it.

Angus initially intended to use his hand to strike down the materials. After Nabe suggests using her specially-made ruby hammer, Angus changes it. Instead, Nabe needs to keep supplying the ruby hammer from the outside.

After a significant amount of hammering, the raw ore melts and turns into molten liquid. Seeing this scene, Angus knows it is a crucial moment.

"Silvia!!" called Angus.

"Yes, Master." replied Silvia.

The little high elf appeared in the air nearby, oblivious to the surrounding heat, before moving her hand and controlling the liquified material. She sends the liquid hovering above their head using a precise control movement.

With the tall metallic tower structure, one of the hottest parts besides the burning ground below is their high ceiling area. The heat will always travel from below to above. It is a common physics. Angus uses physics to cooperate with his smithing method.

The elf mineral pool method not only needs heat but also a cooling system. This is also the primary complex system besides balancing the elemental inside. By using the traveling heat to the air and Silvia's control, Angus created an airborne mineral pool specialized for fire elementals.

Since it is in the air with air movement, they also have a cooling system to prevent overheating. Combined with various modifications Angus made prepared, Silvia only needed to control the heat and liquid movement.

As long as she maintains the balance to a certain degree within Angus' calculation, the artificial mineral pool will stay intact. Furthermore, the traveling heat and fire elementals will also enhance the liquid material over time.

*CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG* With the success of the first liquefied material, Angus continued hammering the following materials. The enhanced red ground shook and slowly crumbled apart as he kept hammering down the material.

Seeing this, Nabe immediately reacts to maintain the whole ground. Various small runes dimly lit as she imbues the entire ground with mana.

'Madness!! Is he trying to break the whole area?!!' complained Nabe inwardly.

The force Angus produces each time he hammers down the material is enough to break a small city. Since it is a concentrated impact, it may even break any reinforced and enchanted fortress wall. One could imagine how powerful Angus' force is.

This force and shake is so powerful that it can be felt until the ruined Glass Fortress is a few dozen kilometers away.

"Huh?! What is happening?" asked the nearby soldier.

Soon, people slowly notice the tremor and hard banging sound in the distance. They gather around and look at the source in confusion. Some even speculated that the Gram Wave is back. Fortunately, Duke Jacob and his subordinate immediately handled the situation.

'What a strong impact… Luckily, we are far from the civilian area or cities.' thought Duke Jacob.

While Angus is busy forging Jayna's sword, Duke Jacob and the others do not stay idle. They have a lot of tasks to do while evacuating the whole Everwhite. Duke Jacob also had an important task of transporting all the functional equipment and supplies inside the Glass Fortress.

Since it is a critical mission that can't be done by anyone, Duke Jacob needs to handle this task personally. As for Duchess Amberblaze and the other commanders, they are tasked to evacuate the civilians or anyone still trying to resist.

Because of the strict law and order in the Everwhite, most civilians followed the command without too much trouble. However, it is a different case for some retired guardians or the arrogant Respected Ones' family members.

Most of them keep spouting about their rights and compensation. However, all of them immediately shut their mouths when the sword pointed at their neck. Some bold ones even get beheaded by Duchess Amberblaze on the spot.

During the evacuation, Duchess Amberblaze even finds a lot of corruption in their system. With the rate of corruption in Everwhite, if the Guardian is not destroyed now, it will only take a few years at most.

Most of the Respected Ones and their family embezzled a lot of money and made many stupid laws to force any young man to join the Guardian while protecting their family. With such terrible laws, only older generations live in the city.

The Guardian may have more army for a while. Then, they will collapse since there is no more fresh blood to keep with the whole population. The Guardian is not just a military organization but is in a similar situation to the Black Fortress in the Heart Kingdom.

It has a very high rate of casualties. In other words, most of the army may end up dead without even leaving their descendants. Therefore, the whole Everwhite will face many problems sooner or later.