No matter whether they were the sacred artifacts of those powerful figures or the sacred artifact set of the Prophetess, they were either in human hands or had already vanished without a trace.
And in order to keep their secret and prevent others from discovering the dwarves' weakness, they naturally could not explain the reason and ask those powerful figures to lend them their weapons for examination.
Therefore, for the dwarves, seeing a sacred artifact with their own eyes was extremely difficult.
Master Muer had even deliberately forged a replica sacred artifact set and pretended it was out of reverence for the former Great Elder. In truth, he had been hoping to use this method to get humans to let him examine sacred artifacts without realizing it.
Looking at it today, that method had truly succeeded.
And the current outcome was even better than expected: they did not need to travel to the Sacred Alliance at all, and could directly study and examine the sacred artifact within Furnace Fortress.
This way, they could study and learn as much as possible while avoiding the exposure of the dwarves' secret.
"King of the Hills, then I'll go call the Great Elder now, and we can begin our research together!"
"Mm, there's no rush. Don't we have two months? Before we begin the research, I want to meet the young human you mentioned!" The King of the Hills looked at the ring in his hand and spoke thoughtfully.
"King of the Hills, do you intend to ask whether the young human would be willing to transfer this ring to us?" Master Muer saw through the King of the Hills's thoughts at once, a trace of worry and shame appearing on his face.
"Yes. No matter what, this ring is far too important to