Chapter 35: The Blacksmith's Contest
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When the news spread that Akalei and Gibson were going to try their blacksmithing skills, the blacksmith shop was even more bustling, and many people seemed to forget the pain caused by the Ka-Blood alliance last night and came to watch with great interest.
Gibson was the old blacksmith in the camp, and everyone had seen his skills, while Akalei, despite the name of the blacksmith shop in the Broken Corner, was a newcomer and had such a young face.
In the blacksmith profession, age determines experience, and experience determines skill, so everyone is almost one-sided in favor of Gibson.
In order to intuitively react to the results of the competition, Modi and Gibson agreed that they would each build a sword and a shield, and then hit the shield with their swords respectively to see who had the best equipment.
To be fair, both sides had to use the same materials, but Modi had no extra materials to prepare, so Gibson had to provide them.
Gibson moved out the black steel, which was known for its toughness and was best suited for crafting weapons.
This kind of steel is refined from gray iron ore, which is not rare, but the refining process is complicated and must take a lot of time and energy, Gibson does not have much inventory, but in order to win, he can't care about being stingy and moves it all out.
Soon, Norton and the other two apprentices in the blacksmith pulled up the bellows, and Akalei and Gibson each stood in front of a large iron pier and began their respective forgings.
"Ding, ding, ding!" Gibson's hammer flew like a fly, striking quickly on a reddish sword embryo, and the crisp sound was continuous.
"Hundred Connected Wrought Iron Method! Master Gibson is going to do his best! ”
There are people in the crowd who know the goods, and they can't help but exclaim, this wrought iron method needs to swing the hammer a hundred times in a row, which is not only a mechanical hammer, but also needs to constantly adjust the strength of the hammer according to the shape and material of the calcined iron embryo, without the slightest deviation and pause, and has extremely high requirements for eye power and arm strength.
Everyone was dazzled, and soon, in the midst of the sparks, dense wavy lines appeared on the sword embryo in Gibson's hand that was about to take shape.
This pattern is called a corrugated pattern in the field of forging, and it greatly increases the strength and toughness of a weapon.
Looking at the other side, the female horn is unhurried, the tapping is slow and heavy, and every "dang" sound makes people's eardrums hurt, making people wonder if she has a deep hatred with the iron embryo, and she has to smash it before stopping.
"Hey! Dimo, you have so much confidence in your entourage? Quentin bumped Modi on the shoulder, he had never seen such a forging method, and he even had some doubts in his heart if the other party was messing around.
The onlookers were also discussing, and doubts came and went.
"Of course!" Modi stared at Akalei and said without thinking.
The female horn looked focused, her muscles tightened, and it didn't take long for her to be sweating profusely, but she was not affected at all, and the comments from the outside world were automatically blocked, and her eyes seemed to be only the iron embryo, and her gaze became more and more fanatical.
This is the Akalei I remember! Modi secretly sighed, the female horn who usually eats hard and does not eat soft in front of him has completely changed at this time, perhaps it is this enthusiasm for forging that has created the future forging master.
"Quentin, looks like your newbie outfit has fallen!" Modi bumped Quentin on the shoulder and said with a smile.
"Huh? What is a newbie outfit? Quentin looked puzzled.
Modi smiled and said nothing, he provoked Gibson to participate in this competition, not only to let Akalei practice his hands and warm up, but also because he took a fancy to Gibson's treasured black steel materials, and wanted to take this opportunity to seek some benefits for Quentin.
"Whew!" By the time the swords and shields of the two had been quenched, most of the time had passed, and this was because the black steel provided by Gibson was a semi-finished product, and the processing was much easier.
Everyone was attentive and looked into the center of the blacksmith shop, and the exciting battle was finally about to begin!
The sword and shield trials were conducted by Gibson's two apprentices, and Modi had no opinion, he had faith in Akalei, and in full view, those two apprentices did not dare to favor their master.
The first thing to be staged was Akalei's sword against Gibson's shield, only to see the sword-wielding apprentice slashing towards the shield-wielding apprentice, and the shield-wielding apprentice raised his shield to meet him, and the two attacked and defended, and quickly fought dozens of times.
"Khooth!" In another fight, the sword-wielding apprentice was about to draw his sword and attack again, but suddenly found that he couldn't draw his sword.
A drop of cold sweat slid down the corner of the shield's apprentice's forehead, and he still maintained the posture of raising the shield, the sword had already broken a small half of the shield from top to bottom, and it was stuck in the center, less than ten centimeters from the door of his head.
"Master Gibson's shield is broken!"
"Unbelievable, they couldn't have taken the wrong sword and shield!"
"How is it possible, didn't you see Gibson's sword in his hand?"
The onlookers were boiling for a moment, and they didn't expect this to be the result.
"I don't need to announce the results of the first game! Master Gibson? Modi stepped forward and easily pulled his sword out of his shield and smiled at Gibson.
"Good sword!" Although Gibson's face was not good-looking, he couldn't help but praise when he saw that the sword was sharp and unscathed.
However, he naturally did not admit defeat so easily, and handed the long sword with the same sword in his hand, and at the same time, the sword with a wavy pattern on the sword body to the apprentice, and said to Modi: "Boy! Don't be too happy, I'll tell you the truth, my Gibson is not really good at building shields, but forging swords! ”
Everyone in the audience came back to their senses at this time, and they couldn't help nodding in agreement, Master Gibson really rarely makes shields, and has always been known for forging sharp and durable weapons, and the long swords he made are praised even by Lord Aya, and he also placed a batch of weapon orders here some time ago.
We haven't decided yet.
The previous shield-wielding apprentice changed into a wave-patterned long sword at this time, and he had confidence in his heart, he danced a few times, and had the illusion of becoming a swordsman, and for a while the sharp wind was howling, the cold light flickered, and everyone in the audience looked at it with awe, and unconsciously took a step or two back, for fear of being blown by the sharp sword.
Gibson was proud in his heart, he felt that he was completely overperforming today, and the forged sword was among the best in all his past works, and the gap with magic equipment was probably no special effects.
The previous sword-wielding apprentice grabbed the round iron shield made by Akalei, and was stunned to find that although the shield was not light, it was too thin, probably less than two millimeters, and he felt weak in his heart, and when he saw another apprentice attacking, he leaned back on his upper body, and held the shield in front of him in fear.
There was a crisp sound, and he only felt the shield in his hand shake, and he saw the apprentice on the opposite side bounce away suddenly, staggering back a few steps, and almost sitting on the ground.
"What is he doing! How did you step back yourself! ”
"He won't be drunk before!"
The crowd burst into laughter.
The sword-wielding apprentice's face was red, he couldn't figure out what was going on, he was obviously attacking! He roared and slashed at the shield with all his might, as if trying to wash away the embarrassment he had just had.
"Bang!"
The sword-wielding apprentice flew out violently, the tiger's mouth was dripping with blood, and the wavy longsword fell to the ground with a clatter, while the shield-wielding apprentice shrank his head and raised his shield to stand still, unharmed.
"This ......" everyone in the onlookers opened their mouths wide.
Gibson pounced, picked up the round shield, stroked the shield and muttered, "Secret Black Steel!" The second refinement of black steel! Is it the rock wrought iron method? No way! Even if it's the Rock Forged Iron method, it's impossible to use Black Steel to create a magical equipment with a reflected damage effect! But this is really magical equipment! ”
The crowd seemed to explode into thunder, and they talked to each other in disbelief, they actually witnessed the birth of a magical equipment!
Modi's side Lena and the little dog people all looked at Akalei, who was speechless, their eyes were full of little stars, and they couldn't imagine that this big sister with horns was so powerful.
"Hey, hey! Don't be stupid, Quentin, this shield is yours! Modi patted the stunned Quentin.
Of course, it is impossible to create magical equipment out of black steel by relying only on the rock wrought iron method, but if it is combined with the [Hammer of the Broken Angle Craftsman], it is different.
【Hammer of the Broken Horn Craftsman】
【Special Items】
[Effect: Attack 10-12, when using its forging equipment, depending on the quality of the material, there is a chance to add a special effect to the equipment]
[Incidental Skill: Craftsman's Glory (Summons a ray of glory to bless the equipment you are about to forge and have a chance to increase its quality by one notch.] The higher the quality of the equipment, the lower the chance of boosting. Limited to one per month. )】
[Durability: 60/60]
[Requirements: Strength 15, Physique 10]
[Note: The dignity of the blacksmith, the glory of the broken horn.] 】