Initially, Wain wanted to kill the monsters in the vige, but when he saw the dagger and the furnace, he had a crazy idea. This was also greatly influenced by the monster''s behavior.


    At first, Wain could not believe that the monster offered him the dagger as a price for his life. Moreover, these monsters understood what Wain was talking about.


    "Do you know what cksmithing is?" Wain asked.


    They understood him, but that did not mean they knew all the words people used in their speech.


    To Wain''s surprise, the monsters nodded affirmatively. Moreover, it was obvious that they were d when Wain asked them about it.


    Wain nodded and decided to take another look at the dagger. He opened the description of the weapon.


    [Simple Dagger (Primary Chronicle, Common Rating)


    This dagger was forged by the fire goblins that live deep underground in thevands. These creatures are rather weak inbat, having difficulty learning the martial arts, but they are excellent craftsmen.


    Most fire goblins prefer to engage in cksmithing, and they are often very sessful at it. But, they are limited by their habitat, where they could rarely find anything useful]


    "So you are called Fire Goblins?" Wain asked, puzzled.


    The goblins nodded in response. They were already slowly ceasing to be afraid of Wain, as he no longer emitted a creepy aura and did not behave aggressively towards them.


    "I see... so you''re all cksmiths, right?" Wain rified.


    The fire goblins nodded again.


    For most people, this situation would be insane. Many people despised monsters and wanted to destroy them. It made sense considering what happened to humanity after the apocalypse began. However, Wain had no such prejudices.


    He didn''t care if it was a monster or a human. As long as the creature was useful to him and had no hostile intentions, Wain was willing tomunicate and consider a possible alliance.


    Right now, the biggest problem for Wain was not that he wasmunicating with monsters but that the goblins couldn''t give him a meaningful response. All they were capable of was nods and iprehensible shouts.


    "Is there any way you canmunicate with me besides nodding your head? Can you write?"


    The goblins nodded again. The goblin who fought Wain took a stick in his hand and wrote a few words on the ground. However...


    Wain frowned and sighed regretfully. He couldn''t read what the goblin had written, for he didn''t understand thenguage and what the symbols meant.


    ''Maybe I should learn the goblin''snguage ofmunication.'' Wain pondered.


    ''Okay, cancetion. How I shouldmunicate with you will be figured outter. Follow me." Said Wain and headed for the ovens.


    Next to the furnaces were also the anvils and the necessary tools. It looked like a real forge.


    "I have a proposition for you. I want you to dig something out in front of me right now. If I am satisfied with the result, you wille upstairs with me. There you''ll find tools far better than here, as well as countless materials and ores waiting for you." Said Wain.


    From the description of the dagger, Wain realized that the fire goblins liked to do cksmithing, and moreover, there were usually few materials in their habitat.


    He also realized this from looking at the dirty lumps of ore next to the furnaces and the awkward, impractical tools at the anvils. So Wain decided to offer them such a bargain.


    ''For any cksmith, arge variety of ores and materials is a most cherished desire.'' Wain thought, and he was absolutely right.


    When Wain offered the fire goblins this deal, they immediately got to work. Of course, not all thirty goblins acted at once. They chose a few of them who had the most outstanding skills in cksmithing.


    ''Damn, life really is unpredictable. I would never have thought that my descent into the crevasse would end with me befriending goblins. By the way, why do they live here? Does it have something to do with Imps?


    Did the goblins cooperate with them or work for them? Unfortunately, I''m not likely to get the answers to those questions...'' Wain thought as he watched the goblins work.


    Not only were they excellent cksmiths, but they also worked skillfully as a team. One prepared the tools. A second was working on the hilt for future weapons.


    A third monitored the temperature of the furnace. The fourth threw the ore into the vat and, with the fifth, stuck it into the furnace.


    They acted as one well-coordinated mechanism. After a while, when the ore had melted, the goblins poured the liquid metal into a specially prepared mold.


    When the moment was right, the mold was lowered into the water. Then came the most important moment when the cksmith gave the red-hot piece of metal the desired shape.


    The water did not wholly cool the liquid metal, only to the extent that it was given some form for further work.


    After a while, the contented fire goblins presented Wain with the weapon they had made. It was a medium length de with a rectangr de sharpened on one side.


    ''Such a weapon is indeed much more difficult to create than some kind of sword or axe. What''s more, they made it all from poor quality ore and not in the best conditions for it. Their skills are impressive. What''s more, they''re monsters, and that''s a huge plus.'' Thought Wain examining the de.


    Monsters, like humans, had abilities, and monsters could also evolve and be stronger. However, unlike humans, monsters didn''t necessarily need to kill other creatures to be stronger.


    Monsters could absorb Soul Essence from their environment, and they did it instinctively and reflexively. It was as natural for them as it is for humans to breathe or walk on two legs.


    ''Even now, each of the fire goblins isparable in skill to a human who has awakened a cksmith''s Common Rating Soul, maybe even higher. Moreover, this is only the beginning. These monsters will evolve and be much more useful in the future.'' Thought Wain and handed the de back to the goblins.


    He didn''t need this weapon. He wanted to test their abilities and see how they worked and their methods.


    ''Good, I am pleased with your work. You honestly exceeded all my expectations. This meeting is destined to happen, I guess..." Proimed Wain and turned around.


    He looked at the monster behind him, but as he stared intently at the monster, Wain realized that it was not a living creature.


    ''So it''s some kind of mechanism?'' Wain thought to himself.


    "Hey, can you make sure that no more firees out of this machine? Otherwise, the ce where the various ores are might burn up." Said Wain.


    The fire goblins nodded and headed towards this strange mechanism. They quickly turned off the mechanism. At that moment, the fire stoppeding out of the pipes, and Wain''s mission to save the bridge was aplished.


    ''But, why were they turning that mechanism on?'' Wain wondered, and he saw behind the mechanism a small tank ofva at that moment.


    Into this tank led a pipe emanating from the mechanism, and theva gradually became more and more. But, Wain found this situation strange. Because theva was yellow, like honey, not orange-red, and the tank was not metal but wooden.


    Wain didn''t understand how wood could withstand the temperatures of theva, so he went there to check it out.