Ethan took some time looking inside the door with surprise and curiosity.
He began looking right and left to see that there was nothing except the giant village wall on his right and the village center on his left.
And after several minutes passed he headed toward the stairs and began heading slowly downward.
The walls were a dark black color and in their middle were shining glass crystals scattered in their captivating blue color among the black walls like stars in the dark night sky.
Ethan kept looking toward those lights with intense admiration and fascination while descending slowly downward.
He placed his hand on the lights with curiosity to see that their color had changed from blue to red.
His eyes widened intensely and his fascination with the place increased.
And with every step he took he touched the lights with fascination and happiness while their color changed with every touch.
So that the lights he had touched earlier returned to their original color after a few seconds passed.
Ethan finally reached the end of the stairs to find in front of him a short corridor at the end of which was an opening in the shape of a door leading to another room.
Ethan turned behind him to find all the lights he had pressed returning to their original color gradually in a beautiful captivating sight that made Ethan frozen in his place while looking toward them with great admiration.
After all the lights returned to their nature Ethan returned his gazes toward the corridor and began advancing toward the room slowly until he reached inside it.
Expressions of surprise appeared on his face the moment he saw the place from inside.
It was a room with gray walls and a wooden floor in addition to a huge collection of swords and guns hanging on the walls with a furnace attached to one of the walls in addition to a metal table and a basin full of water and a table and two wooden chairs in the middle.
The old man was sitting on one of those chairs.
He directed his gazes toward the surprised Ethan and said to him with a light laugh: "Hehehe you were late, those lights must have impressed you, come here little one."
Ethan headed toward the old man and sat on the second chair.
And sweat was pouring from his body because of the heat.
The old man looked toward Ethan with a light smile on his face and directed his gaze toward the swords and weapons hanging on one of the walls and said: "What do you think of this place, did you like it?"
Ethan answered him signaling yes with expressions of curiosity visible on his face.
The old man rose slowly from the chair and headed toward the burning furnace and put on the gloves that were placed on the iron table in addition to a giant tongs.
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The old man opened the furnace inserting the tongs inside it to slowly take out a large vessel full of a highly glowing substance with a red-orange color.
Expressions of shock and astonishment appeared on Ethan's features.
So he headed toward the vessel slowly.
The heat and sweat began increasing in his body the closer he got toward the vessel.
The old man headed toward the iron table.
And asked Ethan to open it.
Ethan was surprised by his words but he headed toward the table to notice that it was like a huge metal cube.
He placed his hands on its edges.
And began opening it.
To find it filled with soil from the inside.
And a cavity in the shape of a large column in its middle.
The old man headed toward him and with all skill poured the molten iron onto the mold while the astonished Ethan looked toward the molten iron that kept taking the shape of the mold slowly with a reddish-orange glow reflecting the shine of the molten iron.
Ethan closed his eyes and began rubbing them because of the light and heat.
The old man grabbed the boy's shoulder and began distancing him slowly from the mold and said to him: "Don't look directly toward the molten iron while you're close to it, that will hurt your eyes."
Ethan opened his eyes slowly.
And looked toward the old man with looks of fascination and admiration for what he had done.
The old man noticed Ethan's clear fascination in his eyes.
The old man laughed a light laugh and said to him questioningly: "Do you want to try the matter?"
Ethan shook his head in agreement and enthusiasm began appearing in his features.
The old man went slowly toward one of the wooden boxes and opened it.
It was full of scrap and metal materials from various things.
The old man asked him to carry some of them.
Ethan headed toward the metals and filled his hands with them.
After that the old man directed his hand toward the vessel and asked him to put the metal he carried inside the vessel.
And Ethan headed toward the vessel with sweat pouring from every part of his body heavily and put the metals inside the vessel.
The old man headed toward the tongs and carried them and used them to hold the vessel and place it on top of the table.
Then he began removing his gloves and giving them to Ethan.
Ethan grabbed the gloves and looked toward them with eyes full of fascination and enthusiasm.
He put on the gloves to notice that they were larger than his arm.
The old man looked toward the gloves for seconds and said to him: "Don't worry, this isn't a problem, you can use them even if they're a bit larger than you, now continue."
Ethan carried the tongs with all confidence and tried to hold the vessel using them.
Ethan lifted the vessel with difficulty and began trying slowly to place the vessel inside the furnace but after several moments the vessel fell on the ground and the metals scattered on the ground.
Expressions of surprise appeared on his features because the matter wasn't as easy as he had expected.
The old man headed toward the pieces of metal thrown on the ground and collected them quickly and returned them inside the vessel which he returned on top of the table.
The old man looked toward Ethan with somewhat serious features and said to him: "You're doing that the wrong way boy, hold those tongs and imitate my movements."
Ethan held the tongs and held the vessel with them directing his gazes toward the old man.
The old man spread his legs a little and advanced his right foot ahead of the left and returned the left foot a little backward in order to control his balance and made his hands as if they were holding imaginary tongs.
The boy looked toward the old man and began imitating his movements step by step with all precision and after that he began carrying the vessel like last time but this time it was smoother.
He directed the vessel toward the furnace slowly while advancing toward it slowly.
The closer he got toward the furnace the more the sweat drops poured and the heat increased in his body until he in one motion inserted the vessel inside the furnace and took the tongs out of it slowly.
Ethan dropped the tongs from his sweaty hands and fell to the ground while breathing with difficulty.
The old man advanced toward him and poured some water on him so he returned to refreshment.
Ethan looked toward the old man with expressions full of happiness and achievement.
While the old man kept looking toward Ethan with expressions of fascination and pride clear on his face.
(The End)