Axon was capable of sussing out the Shields properties, but he was not above allowing someone the opportunity to practice craft in front of him, he might be able to learn from it. He handed the shield over for the spell and watched intently as Connor cast it. 

OC: So that's 56gp 2 sp and 5 cp each then

Amazingly, the journey back is quite uneventful, even a slight surprise to see the horses still tied down outside the ruined mansion. The club is a hefty thing, as its crude form was just a slag of the obsidian. Away from the shelter of the demons and fiends, Connor can safely examine the shield. 

[Revealed in spoiler]

Axon be careful with this shield once you attune to it  it will protect better protect you from ranged attacks but at a price anyone shooting or throwing anything near you will be compelled to throw it at  you against their wishes

During the trip back, Hari is boisterous and cheerful, continuing to work on her dirge and telling more stories of the Dhakaani Empire and its heroes, often augmented with solos from her horn.

"Interesting" Axon said as the shield was explained to him, "I wonder if this was made for one of the undead of the Karnathi army. I don't know why anyone else would want to attract projectiles at themselves"

The sun is setting into the harbor as the party comes back to the port town. As the party hands their horses back, the stable master tells the party they can find Clara speaking with the town's head chief. She should be at the chief's lodging.

Axon immediately heads towards the Chiefs lodging and heads in that direction. It was time to finish this, he needed some downtime to outfit himself and he had a few designs he wanted to get worked up before heading out on the next task.

Hari follows Axon, also eager to finish this job and have some time to process everything she's learned.

Connor joins his comrsdes

Rusty is ready to complete this mission and repair the damage he has sustained. He pulls up close to Axom. 
Axom you are artificer experienced with repairing our kind. Upon receipt of payment could you look at replacing some of my crude “ipgrades” I have sustained. Replace some of this low grade metal with proper material? 

The party easily finds their client as they enter the large lodging. It seems to be a resting/announcement area which is now being used as a meeting between Clara and a large Orc. They go over a map of the local area and Clara grins as she sees you all.

"As you can see, chief, my hunch was right. Just look at the hunk of obsidian they're lugging about. Can't really argue that the risks ain't worth this kind of payout."

The chieftain is silent for a moment before giving a grunt. He starts to talk in Orcish as Clara responds in Orcish as well. The chief gives one last nod as Clara beams at him and walks off. Clara heads to you all.

"Good timing, all. Chief was trying to weigh out the risks versus the rewards earlier and you all just brought in a huge pro."

Hari nods at Clara, focusing more on watching the orc leave, curiosity in her eyes.

"It was not without difficulty" Axon added, "Many of us were injured in the process. There were many fiends"

Not to rain on your parade but a big con is what we haven't brought: on le of our number was slain in pursuit of this obsidian

"That's what I was negotiating about. With the obsidian we can gather from there, we can make better weapons, armor, and fortifications to prevent fiends from killing more of my house. And with it, we can establish goods to trade for more resources here, something we need here. The soil here ain't ideal for farming or raising livestock, hell, even if we did, the fiends would take or slaughter whatever animals we had out."

Clara explains. The orc chief talks to a young half orc in a blacksmith's smock. The half orc gives a nod and jogs out of the lodging.

"With what you brought back, you all basically guarantee that there's definitely more than enough to accomplish both goals. The chief wanted to be sure that reward is worth the risk and you all proved it. So he'll be assembling a bit of a house force to establish an outpost there and then develop the place to be a mine. I'm sorry for your loss, but you all knew the risks. Fiends and demons don't take prisoners, and you don't want to be one when they do. I can probably talk the chief into naming the outpost after your friend. And I can talk to next of kin, if you all want. But regardless, you all did a wonderful job."

Hari listens, despite not really understanding what Clara means by a House. But she understands trade, preparations, and the habits of fiends, well enough. She gives Clara a nod. "It was good to kill some fiends, even if they weren't daelkyr."

"So again, sorry for your loss, but are you all ready to receive your reward then? My friend can take you all back to Sharn once we settle up here."

"Yes," Hari says simply.

"I am ready to return, I have much work, and I can't do that here" Axon says plainly as he works on a small device with his tools.

"Yes. Let us have it"