Chapter 98: Losing the First Battle?
Kester is the prince of the Wing Clan, although he has been exposed to a lot of high-level equipment, but such a thing as forging equipment by himself naturally has nothing to do with him, he nodded as if he didn't understand: "Okay, then I'll try it first." "With the famous teacher Iron Hammer patrolling around, he is not afraid that his lack of experience will ruin the materials at hand.
Kester took the oversized hammer from the hammer and began his first journey of blacksmithing.
The hammer had instilled a lot of messy forging knowledge into Kester, and Kester's brain turned for a long time, but he still chose the most untechnical and most suitable method for novices - enduring the heat of the furnace and forging directly.
For some masters who are proficient in blacksmithing, it is entirely possible to use a method similar to that of an alchemist to carry out their work, as long as they have sufficient experience in controlling the heat, the pain of high temperature can be completely avoided. But Kester has a talent for forging that even amazes the hammer, but he has no experience, and this path can only be taken one step at a time.
Fortunately, forging is not as good as alchemy, and the slightest mistake in the alchemist's work may be wasted, but the forger's error tolerance rate is slightly higher, and it is precisely because of this that the hammer dares to let Kester build his own light armor.
Among other things, the high temperature had already heated the purified thick soil sand to show signs of melting, and Kester knew that this was the best time to hammer down. He picked up the large hammer and smashed it down, striking it against the thick sand in the furnace.
The hammer fell, and sparks flowed into it, but Kester was unmoved, he knew that it was caused by the impurities in the thick sand that were spilled out by his knock and burned by the high temperature. As he struck, sparks kept coming out, and the volume of the thick earth sand in the furnace became smaller and smaller. Since the hammer had also refined thick soil sand before, Kester's refining process did not last long. Slowly, there were fewer sparks, but the thick sand was slowly showing signs of coalescing.
"Cast the embryo!" Hammer shouted.
Kester's heart sank, the forger's casting needs the cooperation of fighting magic or divine power to do it, otherwise it is easy to deviate, this is the first time he has carried out this kind of operation, and he can't help but feel a little apprehensive in his heart.
Nervous and worried, Kester's movements are still relatively quick. He quickly replaced the small hammer, and then quickly smashed the half-liquefied thick earth sand into the shape of armor with his hands and feet. Don't look at him on the surface as if he moves quickly, every hammer actually requires precise calculations. From time to time, Hammer pointed out a sentence or two, correcting Kester's small mistakes. Fortunately, none of the small mistakes were fatal, and the big ones were carefully avoided by Kester. When the general shape of the light armor took shape, Kester couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
"Don't let up, the next step is to set the shape!" Seeing that Kester's eyebrows seemed to be much more relaxed, Hammer struck him.
Keith nodded, he naturally did not forget, the finalization is to completely fix the shape of the light armor shell of the previous cast, and the most important step is the design of the magic core inlay.
Whether the magic core can be inlaid or not is the biggest point that distinguishes a blacksmith from a blacksmith. A good forging work can often be inlaid with multiple magic cores and exert their original magic power. Most of the finished products forged by junior forgers are generally standard armor or weapons, and the regular-sized magic core can be replaced by the inlay mouth to replace the original magic core. But in fact, the clever blacksmiths never create standard equipment, each of their creations is unique, and even their magic cores cannot be replaced, but can only use the self-healing ability of the magic core to slowly re-replenish energy. When energy is replenished, no matter how advanced the armor design is, it no longer has the effect of using its internal magic. At first glance, this may seem a little surprising: isn't it true that high-end equipment is not as useful as low-level equipment when used? Of course not! Take the well-known historical hero Siddle's sword to destroy demons, for example, there are more than thirty demon cores embedded in the sword, and none of them are lower than the heavenly rank! Therefore, even if you just let the magic core recover on its own, there is a circuit that can be replaced, after all, Siddle is not always able to call all the magic cores on the entire sword.
Keith fixed his mind, he looked at the magic core placed aside, and used his fighting energy to manipulate the amethyst carving knife that had been prepared a long time ago. Although amethyst is not the top hardness, the price is quite expensive, and the heat resistance is not rare, but when used as a forging carving knife, its cost performance is the highest among all known elements. Kester shielded his palms from being burned by the heat from the carving knife with his fighting spirit, and he watched as he felt the force of the carving knife as it fell.
Thick earth sand is a kind of soil attribute forging material with high affinity, and Kester doesn't need to worry too much about the unstable structure of the magic core inlay because of the lack of carving skills, which will ruin the half-finished armor. While carving the most basic lines, he carefully controlled the strength, and soon, a simple pattern was carved out. This is a basic mana drain transformation pattern, and it is a must for almost every blacksmith. But even such a concise texture took a lot of Kester's effort. When the last stroke fell, he only felt dizzy, and this feeling was more mentally exhausted than the excessive use of Douqi.
"It seems that I am still too young, after all, forging is not so easy." Kester bit his tongue and calmed down, he knew that although he had succeeded most of the time, he still couldn't take it lightly. A few simple incantations came out of his mouth, and a faint trace of divine power slowly seeped into the lines just now from the amethyst carving knife. With the infiltration of divine power, a faint brilliance flashed on the lines, and gradually disappeared.
"Looks like it's going to work!" Kester was slightly excited in his heart, and he was about to embed the magic core into the pattern, when suddenly, a slight cracking sound came from the armor.
"Quickly use Dou Qi or Divine Power to stabilize the structure of thick soil and sand!" Hammer saw Kester's predicament and let out a loud sigh. Although the thick soil and sand are relatively stable, looking at this posture, it is obvious that the word "stable" is only relative.
"I... How can I be stable? "Kester was at a loss.
"It's not good, damn it, it turns out that the fire temperature is unstable, Xiaoye, run, thick soil and sand will also explode!" Hammer sensed the problem with the smelting furnace and couldn't help but feel anxious. If he was controlling the process of seal carving, he would naturally have a way to solve it, but it was a newcomer like Kester who was in charge, and such an accident would be enough to cause a tragedy.
Seeing that cracks began to appear, Kester was also anxious: "Is my first work going to be destroyed in my mother's womb?" No, I can't just throw in the towel! ”