'This cunning fellow, so he's heard.' Lance thought to himself. Then again, it wasn't particularly a secret, so Lance wasn't surprised in any way.
After the pleasantries, the demon lord invited Lance in where they could sit and discuss, after all, Lance never paid such visits just to say hi.
The demon lord soon understood Lance's purpose for visiting, and it turned out to be as always. He simply wished to see how the demons were doing and how development was coming along.
It was a relatively quick process, perhaps the only surprising aspect of it being the weapons being forged.
In this world, there was a particular material referred to as dark steel. As the name implied, it was a completely black material that never loses its natural dark colour even after processing, and is several times tougher than steel. It was a signature weapon for the demon race's elites.
After being able to recover access to the mine, they could now keep crafting with this material.
