Chapter 418: Foundry District

This place is the same as Ji Ran's memory in the original world, but it is many times larger.

In the center, there is a huge magma furnace, and around it are large and small forge shops...... The magma is channeled into these shops in various ways, and is used as fuel to melt the ore to refine the metal.

Of course, the temperature of magma doesn't necessarily melt all ore, but the dwarven alchemists have developed a variety of catalysts that can solve this problem.

Of course, turning metal into weapons and armor is also inseparable from the help of those magma......

In addition to the huge magma furnace in the middle, which is hundreds of meters in diameter, there are many smaller magma furnaces scattered around...... After all, that one magma furnace alone can't meet the needs of the blacksmiths in Ironforge...... You know, at least tens of thousands of blacksmiths rely on this craft to make a living.

The number of blacksmiths in Ironforge is the second largest after miners......

And the technical support provided to these blacksmiths is naturally the alchemist. In fact, mining is also supported by alchemists, who have developed a variety of things that can extract minerals from rocks......

For example, it can turn a large rock into a powder with a bang.

Fortunately, the magic and martial arts in this world are quite developed, and that powder cannot be turned into a powerful weapon at all...... But even so, the dwarven convoy will carry this powder-based long-range weapon with them...... Hunting or something is fine, but for professionals, it doesn't hurt that much.

Ji Ran and the others took a big turn in this foundry area and saw the scene of this place in full swing - in a sense, this word can be regarded as a true description and not an exaggeration - in this foundry area. I really can see flames everywhere......

This also makes this place so hot. So. Although it is in the middle of the snow-capped Dragonspine Mountains. Most of the dwarves working in this foundry area were also stripped naked, wielding sledgehammers in their hands bare-chested.

The casting skills of the dwarves are completely different from those of humans, and they are even more different from what Ji Ran has seen in the game before. Of course, Ji Ran didn't have the idea of stealing the teacher...... He wouldn't be able to learn that stuff even if he taught it. But it doesn't hurt to learn from it.

The dwarves' practice of forging metal, most of which is steel, is really in response to an idiom in Ji Ran's heart - tempered by a thousand tempers.

A piece of steel doesn't know how much it has to be tempered to be considered perfect...... There are many other materials and steps to be added to it...... Otherwise, although the dwarves may not know the term metal fatigue, they must understand the truth.

The steel forged by the dwarves is incredibly hard and quite tough. Weapons and armor forged from this steel. The strength is indeed higher than those made by humans...... It's no wonder that the weapons and armor produced by the dwarves have a high reputation throughout the continent.

The dwarves are also not afraid of others watching their forging process, because you can see the process, but the technique cannot be learned. Moreover, those things that are added to the steel are definitely their unique secret recipes, and they are passed on to their children or not...... Anyway, human beings don't want to leave.

Without these key things, it would be a dream to learn how to forge tough steel.

Ji Ran is not envious of this, he has many methods to make steel harder and tougher, but his methods are also not suitable for teaching others...... Because that requires the tempering of the heart. Moreover, the strength of the steel made is high. But it's still just low-grade material......

Now he has long since broken away from the use of low-level materials.

However, that didn't stop him from appreciating the movements of the dwarven blacksmiths. Speaking from the heart. Their forging movements are indeed full of power, and people are excited to see it.

"Hey, what are you looking at here? Want to ask Master Mogg to help you craft weapons? Line up in the back! Suddenly, a human came to Ji Ran's face.

That's right, a human being. In fact, in the past two days, everyone has seen a lot of humans in Ironforge Castle...... Some are caravan members, and some are adventurers exploring the Dragonspine Mountains. It's just a nod to greet each other, and although it can be regarded as meeting a fellow clan on dwarven territory, this thing is really nothing to be surprised about......

In this dwarven casting area, there are also many humans staying here. Some of them simply came to visit like Ji Ran, and some of them had the idea of asking these dwarven blacksmiths to help them forge weapons and armor.

In fact, the weapons and armor forged by the dwarven blacksmiths are quite famous throughout the continent, and many countries will use the weapons and armor produced by the dwarves to arm their most powerful troops...... Therefore, even ordinary weapons and armor that have no magical effect are still in short supply in the human world.

Some of the better quality dwarven weapons are even better than the lower-grade magic weapons...... Of course, the value is definitely not comparable. However, some adventurers prefer to use weapons that are more reliable than those that are of lower quality, and that may run wild at any time with magical energy.

In addition, most of the magical weapons and armor flowing from the dwarven area are also made of the works of these blacksmiths.

Except for Ji Ran, in fact, there are very few alchemists who will directly make an alchemy product from the material stage...... They will use some ready-made weapons, armor, jewelry, etc., and add various material formations to them to create magical effects...... For example, when the Alchemy Contest was first held, the other players basically did this.

Otherwise, how could they be able to catch up with Ji Ran's refining speed......

If you get a weapon of high enough quality from these blacksmiths, you can ask the alchemists to help you refine a magic weapon...... This is the path taken by many adventurers. If you have a good relationship with the blacksmith and alchemist, you can save a lot of money, and you can also make the magic items you can get in your hands higher.

Therefore, it is only natural that human adventurers are squatting here to guard those blacksmiths.

The human adventurer was a young man, and looking at Ji Ran's expression was like looking at a competitor...... Of course, this is also the reason why Ji Ran wore that cloak. Moreover, he also put his gold-level greatsword in the backpack space...... In this way, he does look like he came to the blacksmith to ask for a work...... What's more, that Mogg seems to be a fairly famous blacksmith.

"I didn't want Master Mogg to help me craft weapons, I just came to see them." Ji Ran wasn't angry at the young adventurer's impolite behavior, anyway, he didn't have any conflict with him, so why bother.

The adventurer looked at Ji Ran with some confusion and looked him up and down: "Didn't you ask Master Mogg to build a weapon?" So what are you doing standing here for a long time? Learn the blacksmithing techniques of Master Mogg? Don't waste your efforts, Master Mogg's techniques are top-notch even among the dwarves, and you can't learn them at all......"

The young adventurer seemed to believe that Ji Ran was not a competitor, and kindly reminded Ji Ran. But before he could finish speaking, another person suddenly walked next to him.

"Ha, Ilson, you're asking Master Mogg to help you craft a weapon? Don't dream, a little adventurer like you, who has no money, no family background, and can't get something that Master Mogg is interested in, why should Master Mogg help you build something? Hahaha, don't waste your efforts, hurry up and get away, find a little blacksmith or something to help you get a sword, let you go back and cut two hares or something! ”

Another young adventurer, dressed as a fellow, led a group of people to the side of the blacksmith house where Ji Ran was standing.

It is said to be a blacksmith house, but in fact this house has no roof at all...... Even the surrounding walls are mutilated, as if they were merely fenced in with something to prove that this is a private place. In the middle, a dwarf is wielding a hammer to hit the iron in his hand with the help of lava flowing from a channel.

He seemed to turn a deaf ear to the dispute between the two humans around him, and immersed all his mind in the iron in front of him.

"Dunis...... Don't think that if you have money, no one will dare to mess with you! Master Mogg forging things doesn't depend on whether you have money or not! In fact, Master Mogg has promised me that he will help me forge a weapon whenever I have time! It's up to you to get out! ”

The young adventurer, known as Ilson, blushed. Adventurers of his age care are the most concerned about face. Being so ridiculed by that Dunis, he didn't pull out his sword and duel directly with the other party, which was already quite restrained......

Of course, this also has to do with the big bunch of round-shouldered guys behind Dunis.

"Haha, have time? Then you just wait...... What Master Mogg forged now, must belong to me! What's wrong with being rich? You can do a lot of things with money, for example, get the weapons forged by Master Mogg before you do! You are so poor, even if you are lucky enough to move Master Mogg, don't want to be lucky like this all the time...... And that guy, where to go, where to go, it's an eyesore here, do you know? ”

That Dunis raised his head and looked at Ji Ran very arrogantly.

Ji Ran was also very helpless. Les, they've slipped somewhere else...... Because there is indeed only one person who is interested in casting...... None of the others were interested in this direction, so they were more interested in the shops selling finished weapons and armor in the distance.

And Ji Ran is now wearing standard adventurer equipment, and the cloak he wears can also hide his strength, making others look like a down-and-out adventurer at a glance...... It can't be helped, the clothes he wears now haven't been washed much, and the novelty of the style can't hide the fact that it's dirty......

Although as long as you clean it casually, you can make the windbreaker as clean as new, but Ji Ran feels that there is no need for adventurers who often drill around in the wild.

So, because of this dress, I was looked down upon? (To be continued......)