159 CLIX. I Deserved That

The blacksmith took a huge boulder from the ground and placed it ahead of the entrance, without making the slightest effort.

Then he took another and placed it on the first: as if by magic, the two rocks joined, forming a single large stone pillar.

Within minutes, the door had been rebuilt, thanks to Weland's divine powers.

The three friends looked into each other's eyes, their faces astonished.

"Oh! I almost forgot! The name!" said Vegard, turning to dag, who looked at him as he lay on the ground.

"Uhm?" he asked, not understanding what Vegard was referring to.

"Every single creation of mine must have a name. What's the name of the axe?" he continued.

Dag closed his eyes, caught in exhaustion, and quickly thought back to everything that had happened a few hours earlier underground.

"Giantbane… it will be called 'the Giantbane'" he said, with a thread of a voice.