Jones and Anna finally break free from their captives and officially join the unknown bandits. Jones asked Anna curiously, "What did you tell him just now?" He let you in so easily? ”

Anna said proudly: "I said that I am only 14 years old, and when I grow up, I will be better than you!" Ha ha! ”

During the rest of the journey, Jones and Anna also learn the origin of the bandits. As Anna said, they were the Colts west of Edinburgh who had been surviving near what would be future Glasgow. Last summer, however, the peaceful life was destroyed by the brutal King Edwin, who slaughtered his tribe with no effort from 2,000 heavy cavalry. They were all survivors of the tribe, the eldest was the old chief's son named Singra Page, and the cavalry that followed him was his personal guard, and Singla was spared by taking them hunting when the tribe was attacked.

The little leader, Yodel Page, was a tribal warrior who narrowly escaped by an enemy horse when he was knocked unconscious during the attack. They had about 300 tribesmen in their entire ranks, and about 1,200 people like Jones who joined later. This time, Singhella brought out only 400 men, leaving the remaining 800 people in the station. The main purpose of their operation was to grab some daily supplies, personnel and food, which was also the reason for capturing prisoners.

Anna also explained to them the origin of the two of them, descendants of a minor nobleman from the East Saxon city of London. The family was wiped out by the savage King Ridwald, and they were the only two to escape, and the brothers supported each other to beg all the way to this place. Jones' name is Jones Doyle, 18 years old; Her name is George Doyle and she is 14 years old. This also explains very well why Jones doesn't understand their language.

When Yodel heard that they were both fallen from the end of the world, he trusted the two more and more. not only directly promoted Jones to his deputy, but also made Anna Jones's personal bodyguard. Jones and Anna were happy with the assignment. Jones also found time to teach Jodel's men some simple fighting techniques. Within a few days, they were fully integrated into the bandits.

The group walked west for five days before reaching its destination: a town simply fenced off with gravel. Yodel pointed to the town and proudly introduced Jones and Anna, "Look, this is the capital of our Colt Kingdom—Singla City!" ”

Anna looked at the walls that were rotten worse than the outer city of Edinburgh and asked, "Is our kingdom poor?" "The question is simple and crude and straight to the point!

Yodel said embarrassedly: "There is only this city at the moment, but I believe that under the leadership of our great Majesty Singala, we will soon be able to take another city!" ”

This "city" was also robbed! The two, who were originally thinking that they would be able to live a few days in peace, couldn't help but worry about the dark future again. Things in the future, let's talk about the future, and having a place to live in troubled times is the first priority. After getting along all the way, Yodel and Jones were good enough to wear a pair of pants. Let his subordinates clean up a small courtyard next door to their house and give it to Jones and Anna, and give them quilts, clothes, pots, bowls, scoops, basins and other daily necessities.

Anna consciously tidied up her room at home, while Jones went to the town to familiarize herself with the environment. (The name is Singla City, but it is only the size of a small town)

The town also has the benefits of a small town, with all kinds of stalls and shops on both sides of the main road in the town, and there are even two blacksmith shops! Jones felt in his pocket and borrowed a silver coin from Jodel, ready to go in and see if there was a weapon for him. In times of war, weapons are much more important than food!

Pick up an iron sword casually, and look at the rust on it, it's hard to believe that this is a freshly baked weapon! Wave it twice, the weight of about three catties can not be considered light, and the obvious center of gravity leans forward, the balance is extremely poor, and it is quite uncomfortable to wield.

Jones sighed and put the iron sword back in place, picking up another broadsword. It is heavier than a sword and has worse balance. Shaking his head, he put down the big knife and walked out of the shop without saying a word. It seems that if you want a sword that suits you, you can only build it yourself.

Jones walked around town twice and didn't spend the silver coin! I had to lick my face and go to Yodel's house to ask for help. In half-baked local language, he said straight to the point: "Brother Yodel, I want to build a sword that suits me, but I am unfamiliar with life here, and I don't know what to do." ”

Yodel patted his head and said apologetically: "I'm sorry brother, I should have taken you to the warehouse to get your weapons, I just got home and I was a little excited and forgot about it!" Let's go, I'll take you to the arsenal now. ”

Jones didn't expect this unreliable bandit country to have an arsenal, and immediately followed Yodel to get his equipment happily. Yodel took him to one of the most luxurious manors in the town and introduced him: "This is the palace of our king of Singala, and the arsenal is here. You wait, I'll report it. ”

Jones couldn't help but look at this slightly decent manor, and fantasized that there would be a super large arsenal of weapons in it, and there were countless glittering weapons for him to choose from!

In a few moments, Yodel and Singla walked out together. Singhella appreciates this new partner, not only handsome but also very capable of playing, isn't this his ideal general?

Singhella opened his arms and hugged Jones politely and said with a smile: "I know your intentions, let's go, I'll take you to the arsenal, where you can choose from all kinds of weapons!" ”

Jones was so happy that he followed Singhella to the innermost room of the manor, the broken door made Jones's smile stop abruptly, Singla took out the key and opened the big rusty lock on the door, the scene inside made Jones almost cry, there was a pile of weapons in it, but it was not as good as the garbage in the blacksmith's shop!

Singhella looked at the stunned Jones, thinking that he was shocked by his collection, and patted Jones on the shoulder proudly and said, "These are our trophies, you can pick whatever you want!" ”

Jones looked at Singhella with tears in his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, can I take a few more pieces and rebuild them?" ”

Singla was stunned and asked, "Why, are you not satisfied with these?" They're all battle-worn weapons, not the trash in the blacksmith shop outside! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have let him get close to here! ”

Jones immediately denied it: "Your Majesty, it's not that I dislike your collection, but I like to use some unique weapons, so I want to make my own." ”

Jones's interface successfully aroused Singra's curiosity, and Singhella waved his hand: "Pick any weapon in the arsenal!" He also had them go to the east side of the town and "borrow" all the labor and equipment from the slightly larger blacksmith shop. Jones was also unambiguous, and picking and choosing in the arsenal really allowed him to pick out some weapons that could be used. These weapons come in different styles, but they have one thing in common: some of them are rustless! It means that these rustless parts must contain rare elements such as chromium or molybdenum, which are rare elements of stainless steel!

Jones didn't think he could create a stainless steel sword with blind eyes, but as long as the material contains some rare metals, it can greatly improve the toughness and strength of the sword, which is what he really needs!

When the materials were ready, Jones didn't want to delay for a moment, and went straight to the blacksmith shop that had been prepared. Singhella and Yodel followed curiously.

Jones went to the blacksmith's shop, picked up a piece of charcoal, drew circles on the weapons he had brought, and said to the blacksmiths, "Take out all the places where I have drawn circles." ”

The three blacksmiths glanced at Singhella behind Jones and asked no more questions, each beckoning an apprentice to work. In half a day, the part containing rare metals has been removed.

The next step is to smelt them together, and that's a waste of old energy! The temperature of the furnace in the blacksmith's shop was completely unable to dissolve the pieces of iron, so they had to be burned red one by one and hammered into pieces of iron, and then slowly forged together. But it took three days!

Singhella and Yodel only looked at it for a long time before they found it boring, Singhella went back to the palace to work hard for the number of crown princes, and Yodel hurried home to pay the public grain...

Jones looked at the slender strip in his hand, which was one meter and two long, two centimeters wide and one centimeter thick, and was excited, and there was only one last step left to succeed!