Doctor of Science's Journey into Another World

The carriage that Bai Hao was riding in stopped and went on the dirt road in the outer city of Campbell. Most of the stops were because Kalia saw some new and exotic food and snacks, and Bai Hao didn't mind treating this trip as an outing with the two girls.

Most of the population of Campbell County is concentrated in the outer city area, which not only gathers most of Campbell's civilian merchants, but also many foreigners who come from other places to do business. Everywhere you can see orc porters wearing sleeveless shorts, merchants with exquisite and neat clothes, women in corseted long skirts holding vegetable baskets, and civilian mages wearing wizard hats.

The hawkers' cries mixed with the sheriff's shouts, and the air was filled with the fragrance of sweat and food. You would never see such a lively and bustling street scene in the inner city of Campbell.

Along the way, Bai Hao visited several shops where he often purchased materials, and went to the tavern where civilian mages often gathered to chat. Not only did Kalia fill her stomach, but she also forced Xing Lili to buy her some beautiful robes.

The group arrived at the edge of the outer city, which was sparsely populated. There were only a few civilians walking in groups and in a hurry on the dirt road.

The carriage was still moving at that slow speed. After Kalia had eaten and drunk her fill, she soon fell asleep listening to the slow rhythm of the horses' hooves.

Soon, the carriage arrived at the last stop of this journey to the outer city, a somewhat old forge shop. The owner here was a skilled dwarf blacksmith named Cooper.

"Ding-dang--" As the carriage approached, the regular sound of wrought iron hammers became clearer and clearer. The sound of wrought iron and the sound of horse hooves intertwined, adding a bit of vitality to this sparsely populated area on the edge of the city.

The carriage stopped steadily in front of the forge shop, and Kalia, who was sleeping soundly in the carriage, fell towards Bai Hao due to inertia.

Bai Hao gently supported Kalia, shook his head helplessly as he looked at Kalia who had fallen into a deep sleep, and after putting Kalia into a sleeping position again, he got out of the car.

Cooper was a typical Western dwarf with dark skin and thick beard, with a towel around his neck for wiping sweat. At this moment, Cooper, wearing a thin vest, was holding a sledgehammer that was heavier than himself with his strong hands, and rhythmically hitting a piece of red-hot iron, which looked like a sword.

Cooper, who was forging iron, caught a glimpse of Bai Hao getting off the car, but did not stop his work. Cooper asked in a low voice, "Crystal?"

If it were an ordinary noble, he would definitely be angry at Cooper's rude behavior at this time, but Bai Hao had known him since his height was less than Cooper's waist, so he naturally knew that Cooper was like this, and now Cooper was just up to Bai Hao's waist.

"No, I'm here to say goodbye to you this time. I'm going to the Swart Empire in a few days."

Bai Hao stopped before entering the forging shed, because from this position he could almost look at Cooper at eye level instead of looking down at him.

Hearing this, Cooper stopped the iron forging work in his hands, looked up at Bai Hao, and then asked sullenly: "How long?"

"It took about half a year to come back."

Then, Cooper put down the hammer in his hand, quickly recited a few spells, and then opened his mouth and blew gently at the red-hot iron ore. The iron block continued to change back and forth between red and black, and black chips continued to fall off, and finally took the shape of a sword blade.

"Come in." After saying that, Cooper walked straight into his shabby little house.

Cooper is a gold elemental mage of the magician class. Generally speaking, this kind of high-level gold elemental mage does not need to hammer and forge iron ore at all. Many high-level gold elemental magics can complete this step simply and quickly, such as the magic that Cooper just released.

However, Cooper is notoriously eccentric in Campbell County. Even though he can easily complete the hammering with high-level magic, he still often spends a lot of time and energy forging iron using mortal methods.

Bai Hao and Xing Lili followed Cooper into the cabin. Although the cabin was not bare, it was pretty close. There was only a simple bed and a small cabinet, and the bed was filled with wine jars.

Cooper still didn't say anything, but was looking for something in the cabinet. There were a few low stools beside him so Bai Hao and Xing Lili didn't know where to sit, so they just stood.

Not long after, Cooper took out a letter and handed it to Bai Hao, saying slowly: "As I told you before, my brother is in Swart. His craftsmanship is better than mine. You can ask him to forge what you want. However, he will not forge anything for the mage, but you just need to give him this letter and it should be all right."

Saying so many words at once actually made this dwarf, who could pound for hours without feeling tired, breathe slightly. Only Bai Hao could make him say so many words.

After all these years of getting along, this eccentric dwarf blacksmith had long regarded Bai Hao as a friend, and therefore never refused Bai Hao's forging requests.

It's just that Bai Hao often asked him to forge some complex and exquisite objects or bring him some extremely hard materials for smelting. Cooper often felt distressed because he could not complete Bai Hao's forging requests.

Bai Hao took the letter and carefully put it into the inner pocket of his robe. He bowed to Cooper to express his gratitude, then signaled to Xing Lili with his eyes.

Xing Lili was obviously well prepared. Soon she took out a can of sweet and delicious white wine from behind her. Bai Hao had someone specially buy this from some merchants from the Western Regions who came to Campbell County.

As soon as he saw the wine jar, Cooper's originally dull eyes immediately brightened up. Before Xing Lili bent down to hand over the wine jar, Cooper jumped up anxiously and snatched the jar.

Cooper seemed a different person at this moment. He was eagerly unpacking the wine cans while muttering, "Why didn't you tell me earlier that you brought wine? Didn't I tell you to give it to me first if you had any wine? There is nothing more important than white wine. Oh, except for wrought iron."

Bai Hao looked at Cooper, who was sniffling and impatient, and said with a smile: "If you take out the wine as soon as you get off the car, you might have already drunk too much. You have been like this several times before. We have to wait until you wake up before we can talk about things."

Although Cooper has bulging muscles and his hair is not gray, he is actually over 200 years old. He is a true centenarian, but this age is only considered middle-aged among dwarves.

Cooper had already started pouring wine and drinking it. His tone of voice had changed from the usual dullness to a cheerful one: "My brother is such an idiot. He actually likes green wine, which even pigs wouldn't drink, so much. He even laughed at my white wine and said it was horse urine. What a fool..."

Bai Hao knew that Cooper had started talking nonsense and no matter what he said, he would not listen, so he and Xing Lili quietly left.