The Spark of War

"This scroll contains all the knowledge regarding the forging of County Arms," Krune said after he made everyone sit down, controlling his eyelids from twitching. "Please look through it and ask me if you have any doubts."

He placed the scroll on the large table, revealing it completely, allowing countless diagrams, forging methods, and rows and rows of words to come into view. 

Once everyone in the main hall looked at the scroll, they were shocked before Liu Heng's father muttered, "T-This is… written in code?"

"It is." Krune nodded, saying, "I encrypted them using the humming produced by our hammers. It's something only we can understand. In short, it's the safest way to ensure the contents of this are never leaked. For anyone else, this is just a bunch of garbled letters and erratic scribbles."