Chapter 286: Sword in the Stone
In such a fight, Shen Hao couldn't even move his hands and feet. When he threw down a large pile of wounded who had fallen to the ground and wailed, Shi Shiran left the station of the Seventh Brigade, Colt had just arrived with fifteen brothers from his team.
Garnier, who had withdrawn first, was talking to them strangely about something, and immediately shut up when he saw him coming. Shen Hao saw that they were all looking at him with a ghostly look, and couldn't help but smile dumbly: "What are you all doing here, go back to your camp, and arrange for a few people to go to the infirmary to take care of Duke by the way." β
The group of people who originally ignored their orders did not hesitate to respond this time, and they didn't need Shen Hao to urge them anymore, and quickly lined up and left the scene. Looking at their even somewhat flustered backs, Shen Hao smiled and shook his head.
In order to defend his subordinates, he fought with others, such behavior is actually a bit reckless and naΓ―ve. However, Shen Hao didn't feel that there was anything wrong, in order to establish a certain prestige in front of his subordinates, the idea was only secondary, occasionally bullying the weak, and it could be regarded as a little soothing for himself who had been aggrieved since he entered this world; By the way, you can also feel the approximate strength of the so-called strongest infantry in Erathia.
But more importantly, this military city itself is a little tired of staying, and there are still many things to do at the moment, and the demon is still hiding in the shadows, and his lost companion has not found any clues. This time, the Nightmare Realm was surprisingly vast, and Shen Hao even suspected that the entire human world was included in it. If that were the case, it would be a needle in a haystack to find a lost companion before the Nightmare slaughter began. But even if you look for a needle in a haystack, you have to let go of it, and you don't allow yourself to waste time in this boring city.
Leaving the station of the Seventh Brigade, Shen Hao did not choose to return to his barracks. There was still some time before the curfew, and he strolled to the shopping street not far from the barracks.
The business district is located between the inner city and the outer city, and there are many shops and all kinds of quirky goods. However, today's time is not early, and the place where Shen Hao is going is a blacksmith shop located in the south of the city.
Since Gangdelon was a military city, the blacksmiths here were not mainly based on agricultural tools and tools like the blacksmiths in other cities of the empire, and almost all of the weapons and armor produced in the blacksmiths here were all kinds of weapons and armor, although the army distributed its own standard equipment, but it was not forbidden for the soldiers to buy other weapons themselves. After all, the materials and craftsmanship of mass-produced equipment are at best mid-to-high, and the blacksmith shop in Gangdelong has the best craftsmen in the country, and their equipment tailored to someone is naturally superior. Of course, this is only if you can afford to pay enough commissions.
The blacksmith shop, called Logan's Hammer, occupies an entire three-story building and is the largest on the street. Such a dwarven name is nothing more than a touch of dwarven craftsmen, and the weapons from the hands of these natural master blacksmiths are almost synonymous with fine products.
However, as soon as you enter the door, you can indeed see a dwarven craftsman with a group of human men with big shoulders and round waists forging finished weapons on the iron, and the sound of "clanging" and "hulahula" bellows are connected.
"Look at the quality of these weapons!" The owner of the shop, Logan, was not a dwarf, and this middle-aged human uncle had the air of a philistine that was indispensable to every businessman, chattering to Shen Hao as he introduced the dazzling array of goods on the finished shelves on one side of the store, "Look at this tomahawk!" It can easily slice the head of an adult bipedal wyvern in half! Look at the armor again, how nice it is...... Oh, you're not satisfied? Luo Gan's eyes were vicious, and he could see at a glance that Shen Hao's noncommittal attitude towards these things.
"Then take a look at this two-handed greatsword! Look at its blade, wow, how sharp it is! It's perfect for adults! Boss Rogge struggled to pull out a cross-handed greatsword from the shelf, and a row of serrated teeth on the blade of the sword shone sharply.
"I heard that you are one of the best blacksmith shops in the city, so you came here without a choice......" Shen Hao took the two-handed big sword with one hand, but his eyebrows frowned slightly, and he threw the big sword aside casually, and said very casually: "So you have to bring me some good goods, instead of using some garbage to perfunctory." This sword, axe, and armor don't even have a cloud pattern on the surface, and the reflection is not restrained, isn't it made of good steel? And this is the ...... It's a toy for little kids. β
"Of course, of course, if you need a better option, please come with me." Boss Logan didn't let Shen Hao expose his plans to be shoddy, and led him to the second floor of the store with a smile.
On the second floor, the space suddenly seemed much larger. Without the distractions of the blacksmiths and apprentices, the environment was much quieter. The entire second floor is a huge exhibition hall, with rows and rows of wooden shelves filled with all kinds of weapons and armor. Although Erathia's standard weapons are only a few simple styles, in fact, folk rangers, or warriors who use certain special martial arts will also choose some unique weapons and equipment for themselves, so the "Logan's Hammer" for all customers will also create some non-standard weapons and equipment. At least in this exhibition hall, Shen Hao found no less than twenty weapons that he couldn't name.
Compared to the tattered goods on the first floor, the weapons here are obviously a notch higher, and even the weapons and equipment issued by the army are slightly inferior to the collection here. Of course, this does not refer to the difference in materials, after all, military equipment will not cut corners in the selection of materials, but in terms of craftsmanship, there is still a certain gap between individual construction and collective assembly line processing.
Shen Hao, under the courteous introduction of Boss Logan, selected the weapons that he would use one by one. However, the results are still not particularly satisfactory. The standard weapon configuration of the crusaders is a shield and a sword, and the shield can choose a stronger and heavier shape, but the main hand sword is not easy to use other weapons instead, if you use other weapons of extra long size, it is easy to affect the surrounding companions when forming a battle array, and even affect the harmony of the operation of the entire battle array.
However, the ordinary one-handed knight's sword always seemed too light in Shen Hao's hands, even if it was replaced with a flail or a wolf's tooth hammer of the same size, not only could Shen Hao not be able to exert his own strength to the fullest, but he was even worried that the weapon would be broken if he used a little too much force in battle.
"Is there anything better? It's best to have a heavier portion, but not too much in size. Shen Hao frowned and asked Boss Logan on the side.
"This ...... Or, guest, come with me to the boutique warehouse on the third floor to have a look, but the things there are a little more expensive......" Luo Gen hesitated, judging from Shen Hao's dress, it seems that he is just a junior officer, and he does not have any aristocratic ornaments on his body, so his net worth will not be too rich, but since it is the other party's request, as a businessman, he naturally has to try his best to meet it.
The weapons on the third floor are all individually loaded in wooden boxes, arranged on twelve elaborate weapon racks. Logan took a few steps ahead and gave two orders to a waiter on the side, the waiter nodded and left, and after a while, two strong men with upper bodies walked over carrying a long metal box, and the metal box was placed at Shen Hao's feet, making a muffled sound, shaking up a puff of smoke and dust, which seemed to be not light.
"You see, this is a weapon ordered by a ranger warrior who passed through here, and he boasted about Haikou at the time, and let us forge as heavy as possible, and the price doesn't matter. We saw that he paid a one-time deposit of eighty percent, and used the hardest and heaviest Starfall Essence Gold and Iron for him, but we waited for more than a year and didn't see this person to come back to pick up the goods, which made us lose a lot of money......" Boss Logan said as he opened the metal box, revealing a pitch-black, more than four-foot-long mace.
"You see, the material of this thing is absolutely top-notch, but the weight is a bit excessive, conservatively estimated to be at least about two thousand pounds. Ordinary people can't ...... it at all" Boss Logan's next words choked in his throat, because he saw Shen Hao leaning into the box with one hand and gently picking up the mace, looking at his comfortable appearance, Rogan even wondered if his clerk had taken the wrong goods.
Shen Hao took it in his hand and gently checked it, this thing from top to bottom, presenting a smooth spindle shape, adhering to the consistent building characteristics of dwarf craftsmen, practical and well-proportioned, a few golden stars like natural moire decorated with black rod body, a hideous wolf tooth short thorn is extremely sharp, like the fangs of a fierce beast. This mace, which was made entirely of Starfall Essence Gold and Iron, flickered in the sun, leaping with indestructible power and strength.
The corners of Shen Hao's mouth curved into an arc, and the boss of Logan on the side suddenly became excited when he saw that there was a play, this thing is really expensive, but in fact, the wronged boss had already paid eighty percent of the price of the goods last time, and their store did not lose money, but it could not be sold in the warehouse for a year, after all, it was also an unforgivable waste.
"Look, this treasure is suitable for a warrior like you, and it's not expensive, only a thousand gold coins, and if you like, I can also give you a full body armor that is guaranteed to be more durable than the army's distribution......"
Boss Logan still wanted to continue to sell, but Shen Hao's next sentence made him hold back all his words.
"It's still too light, isn't there a heavier guy than this?"
"It doesn't get any heavier than that." Boss Logan said deflated. If he hadn't seen Shen Hao squeeze the mace in his hand as easily as a wooden stick, he would have wondered if the other party had deliberately found fault. "Alas, I actually met such a monster today......" Boss Logan muttered to himself.
"What's that?" Shen Hao suddenly asked.
Boss Logan closed the metal box and looked up in the direction Shen Hao was pointing. It was a sword, in fact, just a sword-shaped ornament. It sits in the middle of the third floor of the boutique shop, and below it is a gray-brown rock, above which is a crudely shaped sword, the blade of which is sunk into the rock, leaving only a hilt and an inch or so of the blade.
"It's called 'Sword in the Stone', but it's not actually a sword, it's just a ...... Well, it should be regarded as a handicraft, its hilt is one with the stone underneath, inseparable, we just put it here as a decoration. Boss Logan smiled and explained.
"Oh, really?" Shen Hao walked over, held the hilt of the sword on it with his hand, shook it slightly, and then shrugged his shoulders and said, "Sure enough, it's one." But this statue is very imposing, I want to put it in my bedroom, I wonder if Boss Logan is willing to sell it? β