"Mum! I’m heading out for a bit," Godfrey said as he walked out of his room and toward the exit.
"To where?!" Valentina’s voice rang out.
"Elder Orion’s forge. I won’t take long," he replied.
"Alright."
***
Some minutes later, Godfrey was led into a massive hall. It had an elevated platform about a hundred feet away, and on this platform stood an extremely long table covered with metallic objects.
There was a large round window on the wall behind the platform, from which sunlight permeated the hall.
The moment Godfrey entered, he spotted Orion behind the table. He still had a scarf tied over his head, and he caressed his weighty, pure white beard while speaking with a young, fair woman who seemed to be his assistant.
She didn’t look like someone who worked in the forge. She probably handled paperwork.
However, there was something more captivating than Orion and the young woman, and it was the four-armed, gorilla-like beast with snow-white fur. It wore a thick leather apron, and an opening in its abdomen glowed like a furnace.
The summon had a scarf tied around its head and was rummaging through the pile of objects on the table.
At the sight of Godfrey, everyone paused whatever they were doing and diverted their attention toward him.
"Still in your suit," Orion chuckled.
Godfrey scratched the back of his head, realizing he had forgotten he was still wearing it.
"Bring it," Orion said to his summon.
The beast pushed aside the items on the table, revealing a hammer lying at the bottom of the pile.
It was over ten feet tall, with a massive hammerhead and a sharp, axe-like edge on the other side, though it looked quite dull and plain.
"I made this from a few rare materials and according to your requirements," Orion stated.
"It’s also exceptionally heavy."
"Good. So my summon needs to lay hands on it to assimilate with it, right?" Godfrey asked as he made his way to the top of the platform.
Orion responded with a nod.
’Come out,’ Godfrey said inwardly.
A portal opened, and Mountain emerged with heavy steps. He stretched out his gauntleted hands and wrapped his fingers around the haft.
The insignia of the golden sun on his armour glowed brightly as golden light swirled around the hammer, starting from the bottom of the haft.
A reinforced counterweight pommel made of gold appeared at the end of the haft. Its shape was faceted and flared, like a crowned knob.
Runes burst to life along the length of the haft as gold swallowed the hammerhead and the axe, increasing their size and engraving the insignia of the golden sun between them.
Small spikes grew out of the hammer.
Mountain’s size increased from eight feet to twelve feet as he swung the hammer onto his shoulder. The once-dark eyeholes in his helmet now glowed with fierce golden light, and a large image of the golden sun engraved itself onto his great helm.
His aura rippled outward, and his grunt sounded as deep as something echoing from the depths of a cave.
"That aura... your summon has evolved," Orion squinted.
"That’s much faster. It usually takes a long time for others to fully assimilate with your crafts, and most of them don’t even evolve. It almost seems like we’re staring at a stored future state, one that requires that hammer to access," Orion’s assistant speculated, her eyes glowing with interest.

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