14. Forging
"Ah, Uncle Holf—" Rebecca stepped up to him, and took out a piece of paper from her bosom, which was a letter from the village chief, "that is the guest I brought today, and the village chief has something to ask you..."
"What do you want to do, old fellow, you didn't want to let him fuse the magic of summoning vines with my forging skills last time," Horff took the letter and opened it, and looked at it carefully.
"Well, Mr. Village Chief said that magic can't be passed on, so don't take it too seriously, Uncle Holf." Rebecca smiled wryly.
Holf didn't say much about this, and he understood why.
"Tsk," Holf crumpled the letter into a ball and threw it into the fire, the heat instantly turning it into fluttering white ash, "Okay, since it's a guest from outside the village, it's not difficult to let you pick some raw materials for free." ”
Horf's rough hand pointed to a corner of the room, where there were three parts of ore, mixed ore, gray-black variegated iron ore, and amethyst-like magic ore, and the barrels and chests next to the ore were filled with refined iron ingots and magic energy stones, "See, guest, you go pick a few yourself, although I don't know what the old guy said about "luggage", but you can also use it to hold things, and said let me give some appropriately, I don't think you can take much with it?" ”
With that, Horf recovered from his frowning doubts and continued to tap the half-finished iron sword in his hand.
"Boss, can I use the tools in your house?" Before going, Xia Zuo asked.
"Of course, I also have an anvil beside me, which my son usually uses when he strikes iron together, and you can use both the furnace fire and the grinding stone." Looking up and down, I don't think Xia Zuo's figure looks like a blacksmith.
After the other party agreed, Rebecca bowed to Horf on behalf of Xia Zuo to express her gratitude.
Xia Zuo first went to the barrel to take a look, after all, there were finished materials there, and as the distance approached, above the iron bar and magic energy stone, their respective information popped up, "Iron ingot, quality 67%" "Purple magic energy stone, quality 49%"... There is not much fluctuation around here.
The quality of iron does not refer to purity, after all, pure iron is softer than carbon-containing iron, that is, steel, in reality, and if the purity is high, it is not suitable for directly building weapons. The quality here simply refers to the quality of the material after it is forged into weapons and armor, Xia Zuo scratched his cheek, if the game world has also become a reality, then the quality he sees now should be a reflection of comprehensive data.
Facing them, Xia Zuo sighed and shook his head, after all, when he was playing the game, the quality of the iron ingots or magic energy stones forged was above 80%, of course, that was after the proficiency was very high.
None of these seem to be very motivated to take advantage of them right now.
Xia Zuo's sigh reached Holf's ears, and the latter's sound of striking iron paused for half a beat, how could he feel looked down upon by outsiders because he was also an honorary craftsman in the village.
"Are you going to do something with these iron ingots and magic stones? Your Excellency Xia Zuo. Rebecca asked beside him, "If you want to build tools, you can ask Uncle Holf, he is very good at these, there are very famous blacksmiths in the village and outside the village, although the materials you get are free, but if you plead, you should also be able to get some weapons and armor from Uncle Holf for free, right?" ”
Hearing the compliment from the discussion next to him, Holf pursed his lips in satisfaction.
"Not first." Xia Zuo decisively refused. He didn't have long standing in front of the barrel before heading to the corner where the ore had been piled up.
This caused Horf to be slightly displeased, and the corners of his mouth immediately pressed, and he concentrated on striking iron, intending to turn a deaf ear to their conversation next, even if he asked to make his own weapon, he would not do it himself.
Xia Zuo faced the ore, the pile in the middle was unsorted raw ore, and it was full of miscellaneous information as far as the eye could see, and the two next to it looked much clearer, not "Iron ore, quality 80%", "Purple magic ore, quality 70%"... Roughly floats around here.
From mining to smelting, the quality of the 100-point system will gradually decrease, so the quality of iron and magic stone is lower than that of raw ore, and the quality can be guaranteed to the greatest extent in order to get a better finished product.
own proficiency ...... Xia Zuo opened the character attribute interface, and Lv1's self has not touched a hammer, fishing rod, bow and arrow yet...... The level of life skills is naturally zero, and he unconsciously lowered his head.
It should be okay, even if the life skill is 0, there is some luck in it, but the higher the level, the higher the high-quality output rate, and the lower the level, it just takes more chances.
Let's test whether the forging system can be used first, Xia Zuo returned, picked up two iron ingots (quality 67% and 69%), which is the material required for a one-handed sword, and walked towards the idle anvil. On the way, he also passed by the shelves where the goods were placed, and there were long swords, short swords, shields, armor, etc., and the quality of them fluctuated at about 50%, so it seems that the blacksmith's forging level is relatively stable.
After a while, Xia Zuo put the iron ingot on the anvil and laid it down, and there was a clanging sound. This caught Horf's attention, and even if he didn't intend to pay attention to them, he couldn't stand the overly "layman's" behavior.
"Do it yourself? Guest. ”
Xia Zuo nodded.
"Haha, two iron ingots, what are you going to do? It's going to be time-consuming, and you might not be able to finish it by night. ”
Is it time-consuming? Xia Zuo tilted his head, playing the game was all forged in the blink of an eye... By the way, this is the reality, maybe it's not that easy, Xia Zuo doesn't expect much.
"But since you have decided to do it, then you should follow the normal process," Holfe tilted his chin in the direction of the furnace, "put the iron ingot into the sand cup, put it into the furnace with tongs, step on the bellows to inflate the furnace, melt the iron ingots on the fire, and then pour the molten iron into the mold, there are ready-made ones on the mold floor, choose your own, and then wait for the molten iron to solidify, slowly adjust and polish the sword taken out of the mold..."
This sounds like a realistic step, but Xia Zuo didn't do it immediately, because a familiar icon appeared in front of his eyes, and when he came to the anvil with the iron ingot, it had already appeared-"forging", "strengthening", and "enchanting", and the furnace in the game was just a necessary decoration, and standing in front of the anvil could complete those three processes, without having to move around.
When building a home, it is not enough to just place an anvil, you must have a matching stove, and three options will appear......
Xia Zuo blinked his left eye at "Forging", and then a 25-square-grid pop-up window appeared in front of him.
The general process is to read the forging drawings, put the materials according to the arrangement on the forging drawings, and then click the OK button below.
Xia Zuo has played many times, and he is very familiar with the one-handed sword, which is just a super simple up and down arrangement, and he doesn't need to look at the drawings at all. And those epic weapons with complex arrangements are another matter, Xia Zuo can't think of it at all, he knew that he was going to cross into the game, so he desperately memorized them......
"What are you going to do? Your Excellency Xia Zuo, instead of spending an afternoon, it would be better to ask Uncle Holf to provide you with the finished product, right? ”
Before the focused Xia Zuo could pay attention to Rebecca's words, he saw two randomly sorted anvils on the forging interface, and it seemed that as long as the small icon of the iron ingot appeared in the nearby range.
Next, you need to drag the object, just like long pressing the mouse to drag, you can drag it with your left eye closed. Xia Zuo sorted the two pieces of iron up and down, and then clicked below to confirm.
Each product corresponds to a fixed order, and nothing else will come out...... I hope so, this is not a virtual world, how will the finished product come out?
Something magical happened, the window closed immediately after the confirmation, and the two ironclad lights on the anvil flashed with dazzling light, and when they were seen again in the next moment, they had been replaced by a one-handed sword that Xia Zuo was familiar with.
Rebecca covered her mouth, and the squint-eyed Horf was stunned, gasping in shock, speechless for a while.