As soon as the competition started Daedalus pulled out a large lump of living metal where after putting it in the forge breathed fire onto the metal. If Daedalus wasn't so focused he would have seen that all the dwarves around him had gone wide eyed. But Daedalus was busy heating the living metal so he didn't pay any mind to anything else.
It wasn't long later that the living metal was finished being melted down so Daedalus quickly got to work. First he took out a mold and poured the molten metal inside. When it was semi solid Daedalus used his mana to pull it out of the mold and began the real work.
First he hammered off any impurities that where left over from his flames cleansing. Then he began the tedious effort of forging out the blade of the spear. As a matter of fact dwarf that he had challenged was even close to that point as even though they had powerful earthen flames it just couldn't match Daedalus'.
After about an hour of forging out the point and making sure that it was sharp enough Daedalus worked on the decorative markings on the spear. As it was his spear it had to be the best in both use and looks.
As the competition was supposed to last until the end of the day, Daedalus had a lot of time to make it look nice. So by the time the judges called for stopping Daedalus was just sitting there praising his own work while glaring at each of the dwarves.
After a while everyone had handed their weapons off to the judges and waited as they judged them. About thirty minutes later the judges returned and said "Daedalus wins."
The other dwarves had long expected this and as they had signed the contract for the competition they all immediately went about finding the best metals they knew about. Luckily for them Daedalus had added a small clause stating "You must get a hold of the best metal you know of, as long as you can buy it at a price you can afford without crippling your livelihood."
Unfortunately a few hadn't read this part and would spend the rest of their lives trying to get enough money for the current strongest metal Adamantite. Daedalus of course waited for the smarter lot to come back and within a few days he had a large amount of different ores and metals. To his suprise the dwarf that he had fought at the start had returned with a surprisingly large lump of Adamantite and apologising for his actions.
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As he had received his spoils Daedalus decided to move on while saying "Just send my spoils to the Elven royal palace when you get them."
After that Daedalus had continued on his way to reach the dwarven capital. Though as he got closer Daedalus was only getting more excited to see what the architecture and craftsmanship awaited him in the capital.
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Over the course of two weeks Daedalus took his time reaching the capital. Along the way Daedalus was surprised to find that the tunnel he was travelling through was becoming wider and much more beautiful.
Long enough in and Daedalus could see that the architecture was an enormous story. So Daedalus spent his time during the journey either cultivating or walking and analysing the statues and other well made parts of the massive story.
At the very end of the tunnel Daedalus knew what the story was about. In front of him was a cliff on the side of one of the mountains that formed a basin. At the center of the basin was a massive city. The city was utterly indescribable and Daedalus stood there for almost a day simply admiring the beauty.
As he looked at the city Daedalus couldn't help but lament his own arrogance. He was an amazing artisan and craftsman, however he was far from his goal at being the best, even on this planet. Daedalus wouldn't know until the future that this happened to be the moment everything changed, be it better or worse.
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Daedalus had eventually decided to set up camp for the night as he was still awed by the skill of those that built the city. As he did so, setting up camp, Daedalus observed the basin itself and found that there was a ring of clear blue water surrounding the city. The water was moving to the right and Daedalus could see in the distance an enormous waterfall. Surrounding the city and even in some places within the city Daedalus could see massive pine trees.
After making his observation Daedalus couldn't help but think about how nicely all of the colours contrasted. There where beautiful light and dark greens as well as the dark brown almost black trees and the aqua blue of the water. These contrasted the gray stones of the city and made a beautiful scenery that Daedalus just couldn't get enough of.
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Early the next morning Daedalus awoke from his cultivation and packed up before heading towards the entrance to the city. Along the way there was a short walk through the pine forest and Daedalus took his time simply to enjoy the scenery once more.
Sadly before long Daedalus had reached the gate where the guards seeing the insignia on his chest let him in while bowing. Daedalus nodded to them and just felt glad that they hadn't caused him trouble like most other guards, maybe it was a sign of change.
A couple hours later Daedalus could be seen walking through an enormous market place. The sounds of hammering and other crafting related sounds saturated the area but not in a bad way, at least to Daedalus. The atmosphere was also warm and peaceful so he decided to look around for a while before going to meet the emperor.
So for a couple hours Daedalus simply walked around, occasionally he would buy something and interact with a few shopkeepers. As it seemed Daedalus had become quite popular many people had noticed his insignia. And seeing as the insignia was of an allied races royal family many had already somewhat learned who he was.
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