The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4699

Certain tools fit certain professionals better. Dunnerholm and the Hammer of Brilliance seemed like a match in heaven in that sense.

The right craftsman held the right tool.

Not only that, but a deeply faithful dwarf finally made contact with the deity he idolized and looked up to all his life!

The combination between the two caused the master blacksmith to develop such a powerful connection with the hammer and Vulcan that they practically began to resonate to a subtle but surprisingly strong degree!

It reminded Ves a lot of the confluence between a mech pilot, a mech and a design spirit!

Dunnerholm looked eager to see what these new changes had wrought. He turned around and approached the statue of Vulcan that he had nearly finished and struck it with a powerful blow from the flat side of the hammer!

The spiritually-infused strike seemed to flip an invisible switch inside the metal statue, causing its spiritual foundation to straighten itself and complete itself in a way that Dunnerholm could never accomplish by himself!

The substantial improvements to the intangible qualities of the totem caused it to develop a considerably stronger and more stable connection to Vulcan.

This allowed the object to strengthen its glow until it came close to matching the capabilities of a genuine totem produced by Ves!

"Remarkable!"

Both Ves and Samandra looked amazed at how Dunnerholm utilized a single hammer strike to fulfill the ambitious goal of the Creation Association!

Ves stepped closer, and so did Samandra. Both of them shifted their attention to the totem that still exhibited a few rough spots but had already reached a much more advanced state than any other totem made in the Creation Association's headquarters!

As Ves reached out with his palm and touched the cool metal surface of the statue that closely mirrored his form in a grander and more ostentatious outfit, he could feel the pure craftsmanship and effort put into this work.

It was not just a metal statue. It was the product that Dunnerholm carefully designed and put together by combining different aspects of his own philosophy and sophisticated methods.

Different from Ves who not only liked to be a little chaotic but also celebrated the birth of life, Rogha Dunnerholm followed a variation of the typical Vulcanite mindset that the best products needed to be heavy, solid and as unbreakable as possible.

This was already apparent from the moment Ves stepped into this private workshop. The statue's contours and design elements veered away from looking delicate and instead conveyed a greater sense of mass and solidness.

The hammer strike completed the work that Dunnerholm really wanted to make but could not do so due to his spiritual deficiency.

For all of the blacksmith's deep and extensive mastery of his craft, he could only fully work the material side of his products. He had never gained the capability to shape and forge their immaterial qualities in the past, and this shortcoming had become a lot more apparent once he joined the Creation Association and received a mission to replicate Ves' totems.

All of that changed now that he gained a tool that largely filled the gap. It was as if Dunnerholm suddenly gained a solution to the problem that he could have never solved unless he was able to deepen and strengthen his faith to a ridiculous degree!

As Ves studied and touched the improved totem from multiple directions, he gained a better and more detailed sense of Dunnerholm as a craftsman.

Although he looked and acted like a stereotypical dwarven blacksmith, he developed his own notions on how to make his products.

The clearest trait that belonged to the dwarf was the interesting integration of harmonics into the man's work.

Ves had already noticed it on a subconscious level when Dunnerholm struck the Hammer of Brilliance against the surface of the totem.

It was not a coincidence that the dwarf chose to strike a particular point with a precise amount of force!

To test whether Ves had made the right conclusion, he reached out and banged the statue on the exact same spot with his fist.

A softer and more dampened sound echoed from the strike, but it was a sound that came across as much more pleasant and musical than normal!

Ves looked at Dunnerholm with a bit of astonishment. "I never expected you to try to turn your heavy and massive objects into musical instruments that can produce beautiful tones. It is hard to tie the two together."

The master blacksmith smirked as if he had encountered this reaction a thousand times before.

"I like the challenge. Besides, there has always been a dichotomy between function and form, utility and frivolity as well as practicality and beauty. Playing with harmonics and imbuing all of my products with a measure of acoustic beauty and harmony is my method of transforming seemingly useless decorations and cosmetic elements into useful and practical additions to an otherwise functional work."

That was an interesting design philosophy and motivation. Ves understood the angle that the dwarven blacksmith was coming from and respected the man for pursuing this odd but challenging design philosophy in his smithing work.

His specialization also happened to complement his current situation.

This was because Rogha Dunnerholm worked on harmonics for such a long time that he was partially able to translate his expertise on acoustic resonance into other, more esoteric forms of resonance!

That was why he was able to achieve the greatest success in reproducing totems out of all of the craftsmen employed by the Creation Association.

It was also how he was able to utilize the Hammer of Brilliance in a new and successful manner at the start!

Inevitably, Dunnerholm asked the question that Ves already anticipated.

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