Section 2 How Steel is Made

"Is this Master Khulenk?" Harry asked, hurrying in his heart.

"It's the old man, but you were talking about the old man, didn't you?" said Kulenk, with an arrogant look.

"Am I wrong? Your weapon shop is hanging the sign of the Hulinkk weapon shop, but none of the goods in the store are your works, isn't this deceiving customers?" Harry asked with a look of reasonableness when he saw that the other party was dismissive.

"You ......" the talents in the forging world withered, even if they were extremely talented children, under the influence of the mainland's strong and respectful atmosphere, they might not be willing to engage in forging, but turned to cultivating warriors. Therefore, there are not many excellent forging masters on the mainland, and most of the famous forging masters have a high vision, so they can often reluctantly pick one when they are very old in order to inherit their skills. As a forging master, he is definitely not willing to create ordinary weapons, but these weapons are the most in demand, so this is generally left to the apprentice to do, first, to exercise his skills, and secondly, to meet the market demand. Masters use their prestige to help their apprentices make a reputation, which is the default unspoken rule in the forging world, so the shop is full of apprentices' works, and people who come to buy weapons generally know that it is the first time that Harry has made a fuss with a plaque.

After all, the best weapons are not something that a fledgling young man can fight by luck. Kulinke came to accept apprentices, although he was not too satisfied, but fortunately, the apprentice's talent was not bad, and he was also diligent, so he had high hopes for Hulink. Hulinker hadn't done much to build weapons himself over the years, he wasn't a prominent magnate or a peerless master, and he was willing to try it himself unless the materials provided by the other party were promising to build an artifact. Usually, Hulianke mainly does some research and experiments in forging, after all, there are still many problems in forging technology that have not been solved.

However, although there are unspoken rules in the forging world, he didn't refute what Harry said for a while, and immediately flicked his backhand, turned around and wanted to leave: "Ignorant child!

"Sincerely come to buy weapons, is this how you treat customers?" Harry protested dissatisfiedly, he didn't mean to come here to make trouble, but this Hulink's attitude is a little arrogant, even if you are the number one blacksmith in the world, you can't spare me as a god, Harry thought.

"The weapon is in this shop, if you like it, please pay for it, if you are not satisfied, please find another place. "Kulenk doesn't want to entangle with Harry, no matter the strength and power of the guests who come to him, who is not polite, how can Harry be so rude.

"But I want to buy a great spear, and you don't have it in the store. Seeing that the other party was soft and hard, Harry simply put out his purpose.

"Hahaha! The best spear, do you think that thing is a stone on the ground, and you can buy it if you want to?"

"Don't you claim to have built weapons that are never ordinary, are you in vain?" Harry said deliberately.

"Yes, the old man has been fighting since he was 60 years old, and all the weapons he has fought are the best, and at the age of 83, he created an artifact, which is the pride of the old man's life!"

"Dare to ask Master Gui Geng?" asked Harry.

"Hmph, the old man is 151 years old this year. ”

"So you haven't produced another artifact in nearly 70 years?" Harry sneered.

"You...... I'm so angry!" Kulenk has always been angry because he didn't create a second artifact, and there are also rumors among his peers that Oberline's Soul Splitting Sword is due to his good luck, so the old Kulenk has been studying how to perfectly integrate krypton into the iron, and strive to make a second artifact.

"Don't speculate, send off!" Hulenk issued an eviction order.

"Of course I'll leave without the weapon I want, but before I leave, I'd like to ask the Master, what quality weapon can you make with iron ore alone?"

"Without hard metal, pure iron weapons are too soft and easy to deform, so they can only be made into low-grade weapons. This is something that the old man can control. Perhaps because Harry had asked about the blacksmith, Khulenk explained it to him.

"Would you believe me if I said that pure iron could make high-quality weapons?" asked Harry, leisurely. As Harry expected, the continent's blacksmiths didn't know how to make steel, and the metals they forged relied on matching alloys to determine the hardness and flexibility of their weapons.

"This can't be!" Hurenk vetoed Harry, his years of forging experience had taught him that pure iron with insufficient hardness could not be used to create a good weapon alone.

"Bet with me?" Harry also had some knowledge of the grade of weapons, and high-grade weapons were those with good hardness and flexibility, and they didn't need to be too advanced. A steel sword with excellent texture can meet this condition.

"Why don't you dare! The old man has been immersed in forging for more than a hundred years, are you still afraid that you will not be a ghost? I don't believe you can make high-quality weapons out of pure iron and one metal!"

"Okay, if you lose, you'll have to promise to build a ...... for us No, two weapons, and the materials have to be up to you. Originally, Harry wanted Kulinker to help Kiru with a gun, but on second thought, he also wanted a weapon, although the design was still in the process of being conceived, but it might as well win first. As the leading blacksmith in the mainland, there should be no problem in handing it over to him.

"Do you know how much the two weapons that the old man personally built are worth? Can you make a corresponding bet? The materials are not a problem, I have some here. Even if it was krypton, two years ago someone brought a piece of extremely high krypton gold ore, he only asked for a weapon, and gave the rest to the old man as a reward. If your bet is only gold, I'm not interested. "Kulinker seems to want to see Harry make a fool of himself, and he is sure that he is a level 6 mage* master, and there must be no treasure that is too rare.

"Of course, my bet will only be worth more than your two weapons!"

"What! Fire Spirit Stone of such purity! This ...... This ......" As soon as the fire spirit ball was taken out, Hu Lianke's face changed, you know, the furnace forged on the continent is based on the fire spirit stone to make high-temperature smelting metal, the more high-quality fire spirit stone can be made, the higher the temperature at which Harry's hand can be made, this one in Harry's hand is undoubtedly the best in the fire spirit stone, if possible, it is not a lie to be afraid that the krypton will be completely melted.

"Okay! I'll make this bet!" "Hulenk became excited for a while, how to create high temperatures has always been the main goal of his research in recent years, if he has this fire spirit ball, then he is sure to further melt krypton, generally speaking, the degree of melting kryptonite also determines the quality of the weapon.

"Then it's decided!If you lose, Master Kulink, then that piece of kryptonite will become the material for our weapons!" Harry added, he didn't expect the Fire Spirit Ball to be so attractive to Kulink, in the spirit of not suffering a loss, he simply knocked him hard, and finally gave Hulinkk a sweet date: "But even if I win, I can still lend you the Fire Spirit Ball to help me build a weapon." ”

"No problem!" "No problem!" Hu Lianke thinks that he will not suffer a loss in this bet, no matter whether he wins or loses, he can use the fire spirit ball to build a weapon, for him, gold coins are no longer the object of pursuit, if he can create a second artifact, he will have no regrets. As for whether the weapon was kept for himself or exported, it did not damage his reputation.

"I'm a layman for blacksmithing, so I still need professional help, and I'm only in charge of commanding. "Harry wasn't going to strike the iron himself.

"You don't even know how to forge, and you make this bet with me so easily?" "Jack, you can help him later, if he really has the ability, you can be considered to have learned." ”

"Yes, Teacher!" Jack was curious to see how Harry could craft a top-notch weapon using only pure iron.

"Hehe, I'll show you how steel is made!" said Harry confidently.

"Steel!?" The three people next to him were inexplicable, what is this?

First of all, Harry asked Jack to get a sufficient amount of pure iron, and I don't know how the blacksmith of this continent refined the iron ore into pure iron, Harry pressed it hard, and this piece of pure iron actually appeared gravure marks, and it was soft enough.

Then, open the furnace to melt iron, iron is the most common and basic material for making weapons, so it is not difficult for the blacksmith to completely melt the iron, if it is a rare ore, the melting point is high. Soon, the piece of pure iron was turned into molten iron in the furnace.

Harry picked up a few pieces of charred charcoal from the furnace, measured the proportions, and threw them into the molten iron. Harry observed that even the most modest steel was a little better than the mid-grade weapons that Kiru had pointed out.

"What are you doing!" Jack exclaimed in a huff of anger before he could stop him, thinking Harry was making trouble.

"Please, you're an assistant, just do your own thing, what's wrong with me. Harry didn't bother to pay attention to him.

"Hmph, it's so easy to refine pure iron, you can't do it in vain. "Hulianke is also inexplicable, this continent forging mainly relies on alloy technology, but steelmaking is an unprecedented attempt.

"Alright, let's pour the molten iron into the sword mold. Then just type it your way. Harry commanded, and although he was confident, he was still a little apprehensive.

"That's good?" Jack couldn't understand, how could there be such an easy top-grade weapon.

"That's it!"

"Do as he says, anyway, if he loses, the fire spirit ball will be mine, whatever he wants. "Hurenk wanted to see what the hell Harry was doing.

Jack had no choice but to do so, and soon, after cooling and tempering, a quaint steel sword appeared in front of everyone's eyes.