Chapter 34 Side Hustle Advancement Rewards

After the hammer was dropped, Ethan also clearly felt that his mana was flowing through the blue iron hammer in his hand to the slightly dented iron ingot. The blue arc was actually absorbed by the iron ingot after touching it, and after three or five hammers, the iron ingot was already slightly red.

"Here, turn over." Anna on the side instructed.

Ethan held the tongs in his left hand and the hammer in his right, and after a hundred and ten "clanging" sounds, the iron ingot had been gradually smelted into a bar.

When the "Zizi" iron bar was placed in the sink next to it, a large stream of steam immediately rose, indicating that it had a good temperature.

After cooling for a while, Ethan placed the iron bar on the anvil and took a closer look.

"Forge successfully, get the item [Iron Bar], experience +2"

【Iron Bar】

material

Quality: Coarse

Description: Iron bars forged from pig iron have higher hardness and toughness than ordinary iron bars, and can be used to process arrows and chain mail.

Value: 1 gold

"Poof" Anna couldn't help but laugh as she looked at the twisted, unevenly thick iron bars on the anvil.

Even an apprentice as a helper would not have made such a bad thing.

"Hmm...... It's good that you've been able to do this for the first time. Anna reassured.

However, Ethan didn't seem to care, he played with the iron bar in his hand with great interest, and with a little force in his hand, the iron bar was only slightly curved, and the toughness was much better than that of ordinary iron bars.

After seeing the description of the system in front of him, Ethan tried to put it into his backpack, but he didn't expect the iron bar in front of him to disappear with a "whoosh", and when he opened the backpack again, he found that it was lying safely next to the "Xiao Huandan" grid.

"No matter how many times I watch it, I still think it's incredible, you system warriors are amazing." Seeing Ethan disappear the iron bar out of thin air as if by magic, Anna sighed.

"It seems that the secret of the backpack has something to do with the energy of 'mana'." Ethan guessed to himself when he saw that the iron ingots would be able to be stored in his backpack after being infused with mana.

"Hmm...... Then there's the iron. Anna picked up a piece of scrap iron of the right size from a nearby bucket and placed it on the anvil.

"Gollum~" Anna's stomach made a protest sound, but the owner of the voice didn't seem to care, and continued to pick and choose in the bucket after putting down the iron.

Three more pieces of iron of the right size were found, and Anna stood aside to instruct Ethan's movements.

"Gollum"

"You'd better go eat first!" Ethan stopped what he was doing and said to Anna.

"It's okay, I'm used to it, it's okay if you don't eat a meal and a half." Annajan raised her hand and said nonchalantly.

In Anna's world, those cold steel, fiery engines, and complex electronics and circuits are her life's pursuits, and as for eating, he thinks that it is just to sustain life.

At this point, Ethan and Anna have the same degree of fanaticism for their pursuits.

Ethan didn't speak, looking at Anna fixedly.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and finally ended with Anna's compromise: "Okay, you wait." ”

Anna walked briskly out of the workshop and pulled out a tube of nutrient solution in the oil-stained storage box. "Goo Tong Goo" a few times, and a tube of nutrient solution that is difficult to swallow was swallowed by Anna in three or two bites.

In the fourth workshop of "Bell ~ Bell ~", without any guidance, Ethan beats the irregular iron block on the anvil according to the shape of the iron ingot in his impression.

Refining this material into iron ingots is actually more difficult than forging iron ingots into other shapes, because the iron is irregular, and most people will smelt the material by hand before softening it before processing it. However, the System Warrior's Enchanted Hammer was able to process the iron directly, so this process was skipped. The unheated iron is cold and hard, and the shape is irregular, which makes it difficult to buckle it with pliers.

"Quicksand." With a bottle of mana potion in his mouth, Ethan silently turned on the quicksand technique, attaching gravity to the iron tongs, which were able to firmly absorb the iron, and the forging became smooth again.

Forging can also increase skill proficiency at the same time, killing two birds with one stone.

30 seconds is not much, but it is enough for Ethan to heat the iron to a reddened state.

"Huh!?" As soon as Anna returned from a quick lunch, she saw Ethan forging without guidance, and there was no incident where the pieces of iron were smashed and flying.

"It's weird." Anna stood behind Ethan, looking curiously at the iron block on the anvil, wondering why she was so obedient and obedient in Ethan's hands?

These materials are usually removed from some centuries-old antiques. Most of them come from the ruins of the wilderness, and some are from old machinery. These old parts are dissolved into irregular balls and then smelted and purified at any time as a spare material.

The mana of the system warrior can not only heat the iron, but also remove the impurities in the iron, and after tempering again and again, a palm-sized piece of material is refined into a fist-sized square iron brick.

"Whew~" Ethan let out a sigh of relief and waved his slightly sore arm. Forging such an iron ingot was much more difficult than forging an iron bar just now, and the hammer alone was twice as many times as the former.

"Forge successfully, obtain item [Iron Ingot Full of Impurities], experience +7"

【Iron ingots full of impurities】

material

Quality: Coarse

Uses: It can be used to forge short swords, daggers, armor pieces, etc., and is not recommended to be used to strengthen equipment.

Value: 1 gold

Throwing the ingot into the finished bucket on the side, Ethan noticed that the Crafting Proficiency of the Smith Apprentice had increased by 1%, and that the Off-Handle class would be promoted to the Forge Apprentice and receive a bonus of 1 Strength Attribute.

"1 Strength Attribute!" Seeing that the reward was in front of him, Ethan took out the mana potion from his backpack to replenish the lost mana like a red-eyed two-headed cow, and then swung the hammer to continue hammering the next piece of material in the material bucket.

And Anna on the side also gave guidance from time to time, correcting Ethan's wrong movements, and seeing that Ethan's finished product was better than the last one every time, she couldn't help but sigh "This kid learns so fast."

After the iron block is smelted, the iron ingot is forged into a dagger.

Forging a dagger is much more difficult than forging an iron ingot, and this time Ethan couldn't do it on his own, so he had to ask his teacher Anna and follow the steps to beat the iron ingot into the shape he wanted.

This time it took a lot more time than before, hundreds of thrashing to make a crooked and unseemly knife, but the experience and proficiency gained were also much more.