Chapter 15: Damien the Bow Maker

After paying the bill and settling the drunkard Harry, Yuan Xing hurried to the "Whaler", a shop specializing in custom-made weapons.

"Whaler" can be regarded as an early entry into the "toucan" shop, at first it was also to make fishing utensils, but in the next few years the Seven Seas War was frequent, and the people of the sea also bought weapons for self-defense, "Whaler" took a fancy to the advantages of making weapons with large profits and many channels, coupled with their own skills in making iron tools, and carried out the transformation in time.

In recent years, it has gained a lot, and it has also reached a higher level in the production of weapons, from the production of general products to medium and high-end customization, specifically for some nobles, fighters and other high-end people.

As a "hunter", of course, you must have a hunting bow at hand, although there was a bit of archery foundation in the past, but the use of some fishing bows, hunting bird short bows and other inaccessible gadgets, just take advantage of today's pocket money, and some materials, but also to luxury one, customize a hunter-level longbow.

"Well, the best of the best, if you have extra materials, I can buy them at a high price, and give away the best wood as the material for you to make the bow, and I can also give you a discount for the labor fee!" "The whaler" is the dwarf craftsman Damian, shaking his beard, and giving Yuan Xing an almost impossible condition to refuse, of course, all this is based on Yuan Xing taking out the leopard python main tendon, in Damian's eyes, there is almost no more suitable material for bowstrings, tough and elastic.

"Damian, the rest of the materials, it is estimated that the only thing to make is to make a slingshot for your son, if you want, I can give it all to you!" Yuan Xing pulled out the remaining small piece of python tendon and put it on the counter, it is not a good idea to refuse this dwarf craftsman in person, when the time comes, this guy will not be able to work, and it will be Yuan Xing who will suffer, you know, this bow will be his Yuan Xing's food guy in the future.

"You know, a python as thick as my thumb is more than a little longer, right?" said Damian, comparing the lengths. Ginger is still old and spicy, and many years of experience in bow-making make Damian see the flaw at a glance, this must have been stripped from a big snake, if it was only this little length, it must be a stunted python!

"Eh, I also wish this guy could grow a little longer, but when I found it in the sea, most of its body had been gnawed by the great white shark, you know, I still snatched it from the shark's mouth~~" As he spoke, Yuan Xing took out a high-grade Fakro tobacco that he had touched from Crewe, and lit it for the dwarf Damian.

"You kid, it's really ten sentences, ten sentences fake, come and raise your hand!" Damian took out a measuring stick and carefully measured Yuan Xing's height, arm span, and chest circumference, in order to design the most suitable bow for Yuan Xing's strength.

"The height is one meter seventy-six, and the arm span ~~~ one meter eighty-one ~~" Damian was surprised, the difference between the height and arm span of ordinary people is estimated to be one or two centimeters, but the difference is five centimeters, which is really a rare situation. "Boy, what a good material to be an archer!"

"Are there any requirements for crafting materials?" asked Damian.

"I want to make the best one for all the materials!" Yuan Xing felt that only by using the materials well could he make the most lethal bow.

"Boy, in bow making, only the most suitable bow for yourself, not the best, only a stunned young man like you would say such layman's words" Damian "poofed" spitting smoke rings, educating Yuan Xing in the tone of an expert.

"Haha, master, let's be more detailed!" Yuan Xing hurriedly lit another one for Damian, the dwarf's lung capacity is very large, this kind of Fakro thin cigarette suitable for nobles and women to smoke in Damian's mouth can not take two puffs, and the cigarette butt is left.

"Hehe" Damian seemed to be very satisfied with Yuan Xing's attitude, and wanted to pry open the dwarf's mouth, Fakro cigarettes and ale were two invincible magic weapons.

"Bow, there is never the best or the worst, only the most suitable for you, everyone's physical fitness is very different, and the habits of using the bow are also different, therefore, only by constantly debugging and getting used to it, can you find the best bow that suits you and can give full play to your strength!" "Damian's words are very reasonable" Just imagine, even if you use the vampire hunter Van Helsing's "Grand Cross", can you become as strong as him? I tell you, no! Not even as strong as you use a short bow, do you know why? Because even if you hold back the, you can't pull it~~~haha~~"

"I see, Damir, what is right for me now?" asked Yuan Xing.

"Your arm span is very long, and your chest muscles are thick, which is good for your strength! As an archer, these two points are very rare!" Damian analyzed as he smoked a cigarette, "Your python tendons are tough and elastic, and it is very rare to have a bowstring that can have these two advantages!"

"But boy, I tell you, sometimes a good can turn into a fatal flaw!" said Damian with a flick of his cigarette ash and a smile in his eyes.

"Huh? Why is that?"

"If I give you a more elastic bow, although the strength of the bow is strengthened, but too much elasticity will make you lose control of the distance, direction, range and other details!" Damien threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, pulled out the bow of various materials on the counter, and bent it over one by one, trying to find the most suitable one for Yuan Xing.

"And I see that your legs are not strong enough, and the lower plate is unstable, so when using the bow and arrow, instability is a big hidden danger, no matter how far the arrow flies? If you can't hit the target, it can only be a waste of effort!" Damian's words, seeing blood for a while, analyzed the whole situation in an orderly manner, making Yuan Xing feel that these two cigarettes are really worth it, it turns out that there is so much attention to archery skills, which can not even be learned in the system, maybe this is the system setting "proficiency" The original intention of each skill is not only based on the memory instilled in you by the system, but more importantly, it is more important to continue to learn and practice in reality in order to discover the doorway!

"Yes, that's it, Sicilian hard teak! this one suits you!" Damien said to Yuan Xing, raising the orange-yellow wood in his hand. Sicilian hard teak wood is hard, waterproof, it is like a stabilizer, although it can not amplify the power of the python tendon rage like sea willow wood and sea bamboo wood, but it makes every shot accurate and effective, reduces the recoil, and greatly improves your own stability and endurance, for example, you can be clear: with other amplified power type materials for the bow body, an arrow can shoot 500 steps, but the accuracy is very poor, you may only be able to shoot 4 arrows in a minute, and you will have a sore back and arm pain after shooting more than 10 arrows, but with a stable material, although an arrow can only shoot 300 steps, but the accuracy is greatly improved, and you can shoot 7 arrows in a minuteIf you can shoot thirty or forty arrows in a row with the right frequency, which one do you choose?"

"The latter!" Yuan Xing blurted out.

Damian thought clearly, explained the mystery in it in a simple and easy to understand, and gave Yuan Xing a good enlightenment lesson.

"Now, you can take out the rest of the python tendons~~" Damian said with a smile, just two Fakro cigarettes, it's not worth his trouble to explain to Yuan Xing for half a day.

"Haha, Damian, it's really yours!" A section of python tendons for a class, Yuan Xing felt that it was worth it, if he picked the rope again, it would be too inauthentic!

As he spoke, Yuan Xing took out a piece of python tendon of the same length, plus the remaining Fakro cigarette, as a token of gratitude.

"Well, rejoice, boy, if anyone says you're a profiteer behind your back, then my fist won't agree!" With that, Damian put all the things on the table into the cloth bag and turned and walked towards the forge room.

"After three hours, you can come and get it," he said as he walked.

"Yes, the material cost and processing cost are also saved, and I have learned so much knowledge, it seems that this python tendon and cigarette are still worth the cost," Yuan Xing thought secretly.

This is more than taking what each business needs, a win-win situation for both parties, but in Yuan Xing's eyes, he still feels that he has "earned", because in the mind of a "profiteer" like him, he can only "earn", but there is no such thing as "loss" and "win-win" These two boring words!