"Oh, yes! I don't know your name yet, so it doesn't seem good to call you and me like this..."Beichuan said to the pock-faced man. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Just call me William..."

"Alright! William, it seems a little inappropriate for us to talk about these things on the street, so let's talk about it in another place..."

Kitagawa gestured with his eyes, the man (eh, should be called William now. Following Beichuan's gaze, he saw a lot of pedestrians with different faces and said:

"It's okay, my house is not far ahead, come with me..."

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William's home is in a dilapidated alley in the northeast corner of Tiha, on the border between the outer city and the slums.

The room was a little smaller, and the overall structure looked like a narrow passage, but it was enough for him to strike iron professionally. And there is another advantage to this place - there are some collapsed shanties all around, and no one will come to the door because of the noise of striking iron.

The iron-striking stove was placed next to the doorway, perhaps for convenience. But the thigh-high stove, with some bellows, benches, hand-cranked stones and other bits and pieces next to it, almost stuffed this place...

Now, the orange charcoal fire was still burning in the stove, and it seemed that William had not been idle last night.

On the other side of the stove, several square iron ingots were scattered on the ground, covered with dust that looked like no one had cleaned them up for a long time.

In this country where steel is extremely scarce, these iron ingots are a lot of wealth in the eyes of any civilian, and it seems that this kid is not short of money when he is thrown on the ground like this...

Beichuan thought to himself, and one foot had already stepped into the threshold of William's house.

After the stove at the door, there was a black iron felt, and three hammers of different sizes were leaning against the nearby wall, the largest of which was about the size of Kitagawa's head alone.

Thinking like this, Beichuan subconsciously glanced at William's burly body, and couldn't help but smack his lips -- it's a pity that he has a good body, if he goes to learn swords, I'm afraid that his achievements are not low now, right?

William usually didn't have many friends, and he didn't feel anything when he was alone, but after a group of people suddenly came, he realized that there was not even a place to stay in this house.

"Huh! Let everyone laugh, this was originally the blacksmith shop where my master and I practiced, and I am not a meticulous person, since the master died, this place has not been cleaned up for a long time, it is a little messy, you can only take care of it first..."As he spoke, he quickly cleaned up a few open spaces and found two rough stools and handed them to a few people.

But there are only two stools to look for, and there are four people in Kitagawa's party...

William thought of the depths and suddenly patted his head, and said secretly, "I'm not... Isn't that a problem for Captain Higgs? ’

However, when he saw Kitagawa handing his stool to Leeds and sitting on the floor, he felt that the newly acquainted captain was really not bad, and his style of action was quite chic and approachable, and his evaluation of Kitagawa suddenly rose a lot in his heart.

Perhaps seeing William's embarrassment, Kitagawa joked:

"We are vagabonds on the sea, not those noble nobles, not so delicate..."

"The captain is also funny, but there are fifteen days left before Lin comes to see the sword, and time is pressing! Why don't we start forging the kind of sword you said now..."

"Don't worry, I want to know some information before this, such as what happened after 'Nabal' defeated Tiha." Kitagawa said with a smile.

"Oh! Okay, I'll tell you this..., in fact, although I didn't go to the battlefield during that siege, I saw the entire battlefield clearly in the cellar under the old shop in the master's Beicheng District. I can only say that the specific situation is quite strange, for example, I can easily take out the elite samurai of Iden Yar when I see a rough and mediocre hand who can't hold a sword steadily. The entire battlefield seems to be completely controlled by a wizard who manipulates puppets, and the warriors of Lord Idenjarr are simply cursed, their swords will be cut empty no matter how they attack, and no matter how they dodge, they will always inexplicably hit the tip of the enemy's sword, which is a little unbelievable to say, but it was like that..."

"Are the people of the 'Reverse Shark' pirate group really terrifying?" Kitagawa muttered.

At this moment, Camicia suddenly spoke:

"Actually, if you want me to say, it's possible that other guys did it, because the information I have read about the Reverse Shark can't be strong to this extent even if they have some strength! In other words, if they could have been that strong, Nord would not exist a long time ago! ”

Listening to what Camicia said, Kitagawa nodded in agreement:

"Hmmm! You're right. But on the other hand, no matter how weak the 'reverse shark' is, they still have to know much more than us! So we'll have to be careful, I've already asked Lancet to call Baloo over, so don't let you leak the stuffing, oh! ...”

"But why let him come? Wouldn't it be better to stay on the ship?" asked Liz, confused.

Kitagawa didn't open his mouth but it was Camicia who answered the question: "Because Captain Higgs wants to keep that guy in Balu in sight to prevent him from playing tricks~..."

"I already knew, I don't need you to say it~" said and turned around and walked towards the room inside.

“... What's wrong with this kid today? ”

Camicia touched her chin inexplicably, unable to figure out the key. And William, who saw someone going inside, hurriedly reminded aloud:

"Huh! This young lady, the things inside are very messy, be careful not to fall..."

As a result, as soon as William's words fell, there was a sound of kicking something and a scream from inside.

"Ahh ~”

......

Hearing this, Beichuan hurriedly stood up and ran towards the house...

And Rama, the archer master who was leaning alone on the wall of William's house, shook his head and sighed: "Hi~ Young people now..."

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William lit the fire, and the heat made it impossible to accommodate anyone around the stove.

Liz, who had just kicked the cast corundum ingot, had already been taken by Camicia to the room inside to rest.

It's just that it seems that the relationship between the two is not harmonious...

"It's all your fault!"

"What's my business? You kicked it yourself..."

"It's just your fault..."

“...”

......

Except for the two of them, Rama did not choose to go into the cool house, but stayed outside the house quietly and stayed in the old place just now, looking at the sky, and he didn't know what he was thinking....

"Lord Higgs, when can we start forging..."

"Right now, but now I need to know what ingredients you have here. By the way, what about the sword you forged before? Why don't you have a handful here? ”

From the moment I entered the door, Beichuan found that there didn't seem to be a finished product here, and to be precise, there was no semi-finished product...

"Those! The better ones are sold in the shop for money, and the worse ones are thrown into the furnace...", William bent down and pulled a lever on the stove.