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Volume 1: The Year of the Stars Chapter 1: The Hand of Dunwall

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    In the 155th year of the New Calendar, the First World Magic War has just passed two years ago, but people all over the world are continuing to work on the ashes, regardless of whether these efforts will accelerate the arrival of the next war.  Sometimes Hugo would think that maybe the ale he bought for his father when he was young was really worth the money.  He stood on the ruins of his hometown and watched the people he knew well back then rebuild their homes.  "Sir, are you okay?" A child looked at Hugo with some fear.  "Oh, no. I was just passing by." Hugo looked at his fine clothes and tried to look as friendly as possible.  "Since I am revisiting my old place, I think I should take off these clothes." Hugo thought as he looked at the child running away.  16 years ago, the city of Dunwall was filled with the roar of machines. Everything was developing rapidly, and so was the body and mind of 15-year-old Hugo.  Hugo is going to collect his year-end bonus today. Although he has to go through a game, he has not lost in recent years.  Backstage, Hugo looked at himself in the mirror. Even after some combing, there was still a handful of short brown hair that was fighting against the power with his life. There were a few pimples on his delicate face.  Hugo smiled at himself in the mirror, and suddenly felt a little stupid again. He stretched out his hand to touch the pimples on his face in embarrassment.  The loud and rough voice of the dwarf came from the direction of the field: "The person who is about to enter the field next is Hugo da Dunwall, our dearest Hand of Dunwall!! Everything is done in his hands every day.  There are at least five thousand products!" Iron Beard in the audience looked at his brother Bronze Beard who was jumping up and down on the stage and almost rolling. He smiled and wiped the ale foam from his beard, "By God, I am Hugo.  15 years old. I didn't have such skills until I was 120 years old" The old dwarf's voice was full of pride. The two brothers were designers in the factory and close friends of Hugo's father. In the past  Having played the role of Hugo's parents for several years, it was inevitable that he would want to show off.  Hugo¡¯s title of ¡°Hands of Dunwall¡± was not given out, he indeed has the fastest hands in the city.  But it was absolutely impossible to make five thousand products a day, so he just finished it - he just labeled each product "Made at Dunwall Machine Works."  However, the power of example is definitely beyond your imagination. Although it can only deceive outsiders, it is enough to increase the reputation of Dunwall Machinery Factory.  This is also the reason why this useless mechanical assembly competition is held every year despite knowing that Hugo will win.  Bronzebeard burst out laughing when he saw Hugo walking up to the stage: "Hugo, why are you dressed like this?" "This is my dad's best outfit, Uncle Bronzebeard." Hugo smiled shyly.  A little red on top.  Bronzebeard approached Hugo, compared his height, and leaned into his ear and said, "If you don't have any clothes, you can borrow them from me!" Although Bronzebeard lowered his voice, Hugo was still shocked to the point where his ears hurt, and he whispered to Copper with a look of embarrassment on his face.  Bronzebeard said: "Uncle, I originally thought so. But my father wouldn't let me. He said" "What did he say?" Bronzebeard looked confused.  "He said that if you wear dwarf clothes, you will never grow taller" Hugo looked weird.  "Old Hugo, get out of here!" The dwarf suddenly turned red and shouted at the top of his voice.  "Old Hugo was so drunk last night that he probably hasn't gotten up yet~" someone in the audience replied.  "What! Today my son participated in the Goldfinger Competition and he didn't come to see it. He even dared to say bad things about us dwarves to little Hugo. I had to drag him over!" The dwarf said and was about to jump off the stage.  "Bronzebeard, finish the game first, and then we'll go find old Hugo tonight." Tiebeard said.  The brother's words seemed to be very effective. Bronzebeard mumbled a few words and continued to host, "Ahem, the competition is about to start" Hugo was moving his wrist when he suddenly felt a look from the audience.  He raised his head and smiled slyly at Tiexu, thinking: "Who asked dad to use his salary to drink." Tiexu laughed and cursed, made a cheering gesture and continued to drink.  Regarding the Goldfinger Contest, in fact, there were people who started gambling a few years ago. Later, because the winner was always Victor Hugo, it gradually disappeared.  Hugo has only lost once since he was 9 years old in the competition, because when he was 11 years old, the competition was to assemble a magic motorcycle - little Hugo could not handle the heavy parts on the motorcycle at all!  Of course, everyone who didn't bet on Hugo that year made a lot of money.  Hugo pinched his biceps and sighed. He has never relaxed his physical exercise since that time.  In fact, Hugo was too lazy to exercise, but when he thought of those gold coins flying away, he felt itchy with hatred.  But when I was 12 years old, the competition was a magic communicator, when I was 13, it was a magic fan, and when I was 14, it was a vacuum cleaner.  And this year, this year it¡¯s actually a magic desk lamp!  Look at yourselfHe once again felt that it was a waste to exercise his body  Hugo stretched out his hands. His fingers were slender and strong, but his skin seemed a bit rough, and there were a lot of calluses on his palms.  Taking a breath, Hugo clasped his hands a few times. When he heard the whistle to start the game, his hands moved quickly like a butterfly through flowers.  The design concept of the Magic Table Lamp is very simple, just mechanically stimulating the fire element energy block. The only trick to quickly assemble is to put the energy block in during assembly.  This competition was all about hand speed, and Hugo's hand speed After 10 minutes, Hugo got 100 silver coins and looked at the excited dwarf brothers.  Suddenly I felt a little boring.  It's like this every year, why aren't you tired of it yet Hugo thought.  ?Perhaps, they just want to find a reason to drink.  Old Hugo is the biggest drunkard in Dunwall City. It may be inevitable that he can become friends with the dwarf brothers.  Thanks to this, Hugo has learned mechanics from his dwarf brothers since he was a child and developed good skills. From the age of 9, Hugo has been using things he made at home. Of course, the main reason is that the old Hugo spends all his money.  On the ale.  "Old Hugo," Bronzebeard yelled and kicked in the door, "Let's go drink!" Hugo's house is a two-story wooden house located in the workers' area. I heard that Bronzebeard went to the mountains to cut wood and built it himself.  Therefore, Bronzebeard has no psychological burden for wantonly destroying this place.  Not long after, old Hugo moved out with a decadent look on his face. The wine stains from last night could still be seen on his stubbled face.  Old Hugo held the door frame with one hand and ignored Bronzebeard's curses at him, and didn't care where he offended him today.  Old Hugo is a smart man. He is the only human magic mechanical designer in Dunwall City - the dwarves' talent in mechanical design is unmatched by any race.  He served the city lord Dunwall IV like his dwarf brothers and made great contributions to the Dunwall Machinery Factory.  As for how old Hugo became an alcoholic Hugo, we don¡¯t know.  "Anyway, his retirement salary will be enough for him to eat and drink," Hugo thought.  "Little Hugo, I heard that you won the Golden Finger Award again?" A magic car stopped next to Hugo.  Looking into the car window, you can see a slightly serious face, wearing a wig and a top hat.  "Yes, my dear Lord Richard." Hugo bent down and answered.  "If you are willing to come back, old Hugo, I can send little Hugo to the Copernicus Academy for further study. He is more talented than you." After finishing speaking, Richard Dunwall nodded to the dwarf brothers and closed the window.  .  Looking at the car going away, Tiexu frowned: "Old Hugo, this is an opportunity. You can't do it because of yourself" "Civilians have civilian methods," Old Hugo interrupted Tiexu.  There is only one last name difference between me and him. Hugo, do you know why I named you Da Dunwall? " "You have told me countless times, Dad." Hugo spread his hands and looked helpless.  .  In this era, civilians are not worthy of having a surname. In the era of magic revival, people like to add a suffix indicating their place of birth after their name, which is also a trend.  At that time, there existed a great scholar named Leonardo da Vinci. His research fields were extremely broad, involving both magic and machinery. He could be described as a pioneer of modern industry.  "You want me to be like the great scholar Leonardo da Vinci, who can stand out even as a civilian." Hugo has said this thousands of times.  "As long as you remember." Old Hugo stopped talking and walked towards the tavern with his dwarf brother.  "Then I'm going out to the store, dad, goodbye uncles!" Hugo waved to the three people who were walking away and shouted.  Not expecting any response, he ran towards the civilian area, where he always had a lot of business.  "Hey! Hugo, has my iron been repaired?" "Of course! Aunt Lina, you can come and get it in the evening!" Hugo has been repairing home appliances in civilian areas since his ability to tinker with machinery was recognized by everyone.  By the end of the year, we had a medium-sized store.  As soon as you open the store door, you can see parts laid out all over the floor, a bunch of colorful magic energy blocks, and a tall young man sleeping on the ground.  "Locke, when will you pay back the 20 silver coins you owe me?" Hugo stopped Locke's snoring with a kick and began to assemble the magic dry cleaning machine that he had not finished installing last night. He had dismantled the magic dry cleaning machine on a cutting machine.  It was made with an energy activator - by adjusting the range and power of magic energy excitation so that the activated water element only takes away the materials on the clothes without damaging the clothes themselves, and then stimulates the fire element to dry the clothes.  It can be regarded as Hugo¡¯s biggest invention recently.  "Hey, Hugo, you know the recent economic downturn." Locke scratched his short curly hair and smiled helplessly.  "Hugo, what did you do?""What's the use of this thing? You're paying 10 gold coins, and the washing machine only costs 1 gold coin. It's weird if someone buys it." "Locke, how many times have I told you, some nobles are not smart."  "Hugo stopped what he was doing and thought of the fat middle-aged man who kept the word "noble" on his lips all day long. When he thought of him, Hugo felt that his wallet was full. "Wait until I put this in  After polishing things and adding some paint, I went to him.  Hugo thought happily.
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