DEATH… AND ME

didn ’t ask any further.
As a metallurgist, he would know what to do when he gets it.
He even had some ideas on his mind on how to use this so-called spiritual iron.

”Very well, at first, I will also need coal and limestone. ”

”Limestone? ”

Seeing Juri and Alanda ’s puzzled face, Rean could only sigh.

’As expected, with another language, other names come with it.
It was good that they had iron and coal before, so I learned how they were called here. ’

As mentioned before, the language of this world is different, so even iron and coal were called different.
Sure enough, limestone would have a different name.
Rean pondered a bit and then explained how limestones looked like.

Juri and Alanda looked at each other with surprised faces.

”Is this thing good? ”

Rean immediately nodded.

”The metal I wish to create here first needs a lot of limestones.
It is essential for the entire process. ”

Alanda then pointed at another mountain not too far away from the Tribe.
It is even part of the Tribe ’s territory as well.

”Well, there are loads of it there, but since we never had any use for it, we never bothered collecting any. ”

Rean couldn ’t help but laugh out loud.
They had iron, and coal was easy to produce, but limestones were what he was most concerned about.

”Great! You guys simply have no idea that that stone will be a mine of gold for you.
But that also brings us to another problem, and a gigantic one at that. ”

Juri nodded.
He immediately understood what Rean meant.

”Secrecy.
If this new metal that you create is really that strong, we would be a Tribe holding a treasure that we cannot protect.
It might even bring calamity to us. ”

Rean nodded.

”So far, all the weapons and armors I saw our and the other tribes using didn ’t have this type of metal.
I guess it is safe to say that no one knows about it yet.
First, I need to try my hand on it and see the results.
If it turns out to be practical, I will stop immediately.
After all, before going ahead with this plan, our Tribe will need a backer and not just any backer.
It has to be someone capable of protecting our Tribe even against a force like Hanoi Tribe. ”

Juri started to massage the space between his eyes.
He couldn ’t help but feel a headache coming.
Juri doesn ’t think that Rean is lying since it wouldn ’t bring him anything good.
By this point, Juri totally believes that Rean and Roan are definitely not kids, at least not in mind.

Alanda couldn ’t help but comment.

”The Nari Tribe will be far from enough to do something.
In that case, we only have one option, the city lord ’s protection.
However, they will absolutely ask for the formula to create this metal that you are talking about.
Once they get it, there won ’t be much of a meaning to protect us anymore. ”

Juri shook his head.

”No, there is one more option that would allow us to keep the secret while getting good enough protection. ”

Alanda and Rean immediately looked at him.

”The Zafa Bank. ”