The Kingdom of Nimitz, located in the southwest of the continent, is a powerful country. The patron saint of the kingdom of Nimitz is not a single one, but has four gods. The main god of the kingdom of Nimitz is the god of fire and light, the eternal sun - Il, and below Il there are three of his servants, the coachman of the Sun Carriage - Alva, the Sun Steed - Nancy, and the Guardian of Light - Roda.

In a world dominated by gods, the number of patron gods of a country can directly or indirectly affect the direction of the country's development. For example, if the patron deity of two nations is the same one, then they are natural allies and do not need to be bound by any regulations, or if a god transmits an oracle through his sacrifice, then the country or a group of people he is guarding will do his best to do so. And the war between the two countries is also very likely to become a divine war, after all, the country guarded by the gods perished, and they will also lose the source of their faith, if the faith is insufficient, let alone further comprehend the law, it is possible that their own divine soul is burned by the law of divine fire.

It can be seen that the Kingdom of Nimitz, which has four gods of the same system at the same time, has an influence that cannot be compared to the Kingdom of Garnier and the Duchy of Griffons to the south. Without counting the relationship between the Duchy of Griffons and the Patron Deity of the Kingdom of Garnier, the two countries tied together are not enough for the Kingdom of Nimitz to chew on.

Having said all that, where is John?

Now John, in a border town in the kingdom of Nimitz, works as a blacksmith.

Here's how it happened. To put it simply, John followed the map into the border, found a dirt road, and followed the dirt road to reach this unnamed border town. Because John was fluent in Nimitz, without the slightest local accent, and the common adventurer's one-handed sword and the animal skin and meat on his back, the guards guarding the city gate regarded John as a traveler from other cities, and after collecting a piece of beast meat as an entry fee, they did not embarrass John and let him into the city.

After John entered the city, he first found a place to dispose of the animal skin and meat he brought, and he didn't care whether he was pitted or not. After that, John found a blacksmith shop to repair some of the adventurer's one-handed swords, which were somewhat damaged, but he didn't have enough money. Therefore, John bought some ore directly from the blacksmith shop, rented an iron furnace and iron felt, and prepared to forge it himself.

In the past, John had learned the techniques of forging and repairing weapons from Andrew, a blacksmith in the Flame Transmission Arena, and had also forged a long sword into a knife using spells as a source of fire in the Dark Rite Arena. In the past infinite reincarnation, John once went mad and was also swallowed by the abyss, but always stood up from the cemetery after the bell rang each time. After that, John began to find a pastime for himself, and learning blacksmithing from André was one of them.

The blacksmith wasn't very surprised by John's request. Although there are not many adventurers who propose to rent a stove to buy ore because they don't have enough money, it is not nothing, but they just hope that John can come up with a certain deposit to prevent John's operation error from causing damage to the iron furnace or other accidents. But John wouldn't have asked for that if he had the money. John then offered to pay off his debts by being an apprentice at a blacksmith shop if something happened.

The repair process was perfect, and it wasn't too easy for John, who was able to forge his own weapons. The reason why he stayed in the blacksmith shop now was because the blacksmith saw that John's skills were very skilled, and the repaired one-handed sword was even better than repairing it himself, so he was ready to let John become a blacksmith in his blacksmith shop, providing materials and food and lodging by himself, and at the same time giving John a certain commission for each weapon according to the difficulty of forging. The blacksmith's idea was simple, there was more than one blacksmith shop in the town, and because of his knowledge of his rivals, the blacksmith felt that John's skills had surpassed his two rivals. If John can make a name for himself as a blacksmith and outpower his opponents, it will be excellent.

This was also a good thing for John. John also understands the truth that a penny is difficult for a hero. In the past, because he didn't have enough souls and didn't want to go out to hunt, John would also sell the extra equipment items in his hand, or the soul blocks he found. Now this world obviously can't be traded with souls, and the use of gold and copper coins is similar to the gold and copper coins used by Lothric and other countries when the flames are burning.

The Nimitz Kingdom did not have a large gold and silver mine in its territory, and it was not enough to rely on a small gold mine and a medium-sized silver mine to meet the domestic demand, so the Nimitz Kingdom adopted the use of copper coins as the main metal currency in circulation. Of course, the currency in circulation is not made by directly smelting copper into a mold, but is made by adding a specific ratio of minerals or other things to it, so as to minimize the possibility of private counterfeiting.

John works here, and the treatment given by the old blacksmith is that after the cost, John accounts for 2 percent of farm tools, 4 percent of weapons, and if John can build shield armor, he can get 5 percent of the profit.

John's craft he learned from Andre when he was bored. It's not just repairing, it's strengthening and qualitative transformation, as long as there are materials, John can also complete it perfectly. In just one day, John had created two weapons, a short sword and a scimitar.

"Short Sword: A common piece of equipment for adventurers, with a variety of uses. Weapon (Mundane)"

"Machete: Designed to enhance slashing, the scimitar is effective at tearing through the target's leather armor, but is less useful against armor. Weapon (Finesse), Attribute: Wound Tear"

John didn't expect that the equipment he had built could also be of a good level. Speaking of which, John didn't know anything about the equipment grading system in this world. Now it seems that it is possible that the quality of a piece of equipment exceeds that of other equipment and has additional attributes, such as the noble rapier that he obtained before should have obtained the blessing of the gods, and the scimitar he created also has similar characteristics.

Although two weapons a day seemed to John to have preserved a large part of his strength, the old blacksmith was still very surprised. In this world, if a blacksmith can make a weapon in five days, instead of just making farm tools, he can already start a blacksmith shop on his own. A blacksmith is generally judged to be able to craft a weapon in two days. As for those who can be called skilled blacksmiths, they can start working at any time to build a piece of equipment that can be blessed by the temple, and the maximum time to build it is not more than ten days. And John was not only able to create two pieces of equipment in good condition in one day, but they were also of excellent quality, and anyone with a discerning eye knew at a glance that if they were to be blessed by the temple, they would be of the highest quality that could withstand the blessing without breaking it.

The old blacksmith's head is getting bigger. I thought it was just a wandering blacksmith with better skills than myself, but I didn't expect the other party's strength to be so strong. In this way, the sharing conditions that I proposed before are no longer applicable. Not only that, but he himself is also ready to solicit, and he can't open this mouth anymore. A blacksmith with such skills is willing to spend a lot of effort to recruit no matter where he goes, and it is not impossible to become a royal blacksmith if he defects to the royal family and obtains a knighthood. What can I get out of it?

The old blacksmith was distressed, and his son, who had been told by himself to go out and buy good wine and meat, came back with something. The old blacksmith simply stopped bothering here, and asked his son to accompany him, and walked to John's courtyard with wine and meat.

The old blacksmith is also considered a rich family, as a border city, there are few people who can create weapons and equipment for adventurers, and adventurers and mercenaries are constantly here, including those who hope to find ore veins in the Aston Mountains, or ancient ruins to become rich overnight, and those who hope to be able to become noble private soldiers by the noble smuggling team, and so on. But no matter which one it is, it can't get rid of a handy weapon. Relying on the skills he learned from his master, the old blacksmith gained a firm foothold here and bought three properties. And John is living in one of them for the time being.

The old blacksmith was entangled in his heart, and when he walked to the door, he didn't come up with anything, so he could only talk first, and take one step at a time.

John was sitting bored in bed when he heard a knock at the door. When he opened the door, he saw the old blacksmith with his son, carrying wine and meat, and asked curiously, "Old Simon, what is the matter with you?"

Old Simon, the old blacksmith, said, "On your first day here, I guess you were still tidying up your housework and didn't have time to eat, so you brought some wine and meat, and by the way saw if there was anything else we could help." ”

John saw that the door was not the place to speak, so he led the two into the room and put the wine and meat on the table. After the three of them were seated, old Simon beckoned John to eat and drink. As an immortal, John had no experience of eating because of hunger, and he only drank a little wine when celebrating with onions, and other than that, he had various medicines, so he had no habit of eating. However, in order to be able to fit into the world, John imitated old Simon and tried to eat a piece of meat.

It feels pretty good. John secretly commented on the feeling in his heart, although it was not a necessary need of his own, John did not reject this behavior.

Old Simon brought meat from the Pig's Head Bar, the largest bar in town, best known for its mead spirits and barbecue. The main customers are also mercenary adventurers who never think about deposits, and the price of food is not cheap. It can be seen that old Simon is also attentive.

When John had finished eating, old Simon said what he meant.