Chapter 37: Trade Fairs

Different shrines have their own characteristics when it comes to holding the Great Prayer Ceremony.

Charles didn't know how the other temples were doing, but today he felt as if he was back at the China-ASEAN Expo.

Not long after all the guests arrived, the ceremony began.

After the Pope gave a speech in the basilica of the Church of the Holy Hammer on the theme of "Looking back on the achievements of the past year and looking forward to the future", Brigitte led the guests to the circular square outside the church.

Here, the temple has prepared a place for each believer to have their own place for the believer to present their fruits to the god of forging.

In the words of someone Cha, it is to provide everyone with a booth with a variety of exhibits in each booth.

Brigitte is like the narrator of the exhibition, leading the guests to explain in front of the booths.

In the first booth, there were two steel plates with a side length of about one meter and a thickness of 6mm, Brigitte introduced to the guests in front of the steel plates: "The one on my left hand side is a new type of armor plate invented at the beginning of this year, which uses the latest processing technology and has a higher hardness than the previous armor plates. ”

Then she pointed to the steel plate on the right and introduced: "This is the latest successful development of a new type of armor plate, and its success has made the Forging Temple make a major breakthrough in the field of armor manufacturing." ”

Many nobles of the Fringen Kingdom had their eyes lit up after listening to Brigitte's explanation, who wouldn't want to have a sturdy armor.

Brigitte continued: "This latest type of armor has not yet been tested, and I would like to invite you to test the armor's defense. ”

The staff of the temple placed two steel plates on a shelf ten meters away, and at the same time placed a long table in front of everyone, on which were placed two rows of crossbows of five specifications each.

Crossbows can shoot crossbow arrows with the same force, and are a common way to test the physical defense of armor.

At Brigitte's invitation, Elizabeth walked to the long table, picked up the two most powerful crossbows with one hand, and at the same time pulled the trigger on the steel plate not far away.

Both bolts hit the upper center of the armor plate at the same time, and then stuck in the armor plate.

The temple staff on the side hurriedly wrote the pull force and firing distance of the crossbow on two signs, and then hung them on the end of the crossbow arrows inserted in the armor plate.

The second guest was Catherine, who held a lower-pull crossbow with Elizabeth in both hands, and then the bolt was inserted in the lower right corner of the previous crossbow arrow.

The next to be invited were three nobles from the Kingdom of Fringen, who did not dare to hold it up, and took crossbows to shoot at the armor plate in two parts.

Finally, the place where the crossbow arrows fired from the five crossbows hit the armor deck formed a barely regular pentagonal shape.

The two armor decks were quickly moved back by the staff, and the guests and the spectators who had just been attracted by the shooting test gathered around the shelves.

On the left, four crossbow arrows were inserted in the new armor plate at the beginning of the year, and where the fifth crossbow arrow hit, only a barely penetrating pit was smashed, and the crossbow arrows could not be fixed on it.

The latest armor on the right has only three crossbow bolts stuck in it, and the other two places are just a pit.

The minds of those who know how to do it immediately opened, and it is naturally difficult to use such a thick armor plate to make full-body armor, but it is still no problem to use it for key defense in vital parts.

It wouldn't be bad if it was made into a big shield, anyway, those tin cans didn't need much mobility, as long as they could resist two more beatings.

Moreover, who knows if the Forging Temple has a thinner specification, even if it is a 4mm thick specification, which is not bad for making a half-body armor.

Many people have made up their minds that they will go to the sales department of the Forging Temple early tomorrow morning to have a good talk.

After this episode, Brigitte continued to take the guests on a tour of the square.

After walking a few steps, the group came to a booth displaying swords.

It is a magic sword that has a demon-breaking effect that breaks magic shields depending on the user's ability.

"This sword is good, can you show it to me?" asked Catherine, who was happy to see the hunter, to the sword's maker.

The smiling dwarf offered his sword in both hands.

Mama Catherine took the long sword and swung it a few times, and then performed a few moves such as one-handed stabbing, curved slashing, and spinning slashing, from which you can see her solid basic swordsmanship skills. Finally, she stabbed Grandma Saint-Angel with her backhand.

(^ω^)づ⎟▬▬►۝ᓀ(⌐_⌐)

After three crisp sounds, the tip of the sword pierced through the three layers of magic shields released by Grandma St. Angel's, and finally stopped in front of the last shield released by her fingertips.

Grandma St. Angel looked at the funny Grandma Catherine speechlessly, and couldn't help but shake her head.

The crowd of onlookers was startled by Catherine's actions at first, and then they burst into laughter when they realized that it was a joke between two old men who were almost half Elizabeth's age combined.

"It's a good sword. Mama Catherine returned the sword to the dwarf.

Several nobles from the Fringen Kingdom wrote a few numbers and signatures on a piece of parchment, and threw the note into a wooden box that resembled a ballot box in the booth.

Charles watched the actions of several of them in confusion, and then Lucy Fillingen, who didn't know when he walked to his side, explained to him: "The exhibits displayed at the great prayer ceremony of the Forge Temple are all sold, and they put their own prices into the boxes, and in the end, whoever pays the highest price will buy the exhibits." ”

Lily Fillingen, who was also on Charles' other side at some point, continued: "Legend has it that the god of forging will bestow divine grace on satisfactory works, and if you can buy works that are blessed by the gods, you will earn them. ”

"Legend?" Charles noticed a word.

"yes. The answer to Charles was Brigitte, the Holy Maiden of the Temple of the Forge not far from him just now, and she said in a tone of slight regret, "Perhaps His Excellency the Great Sage more than three hundred years ago was too outstanding, and his many groundbreaking achievements were recognized by God, and after his death, because no one else could achieve the same achievements as His Excellency the Great Sage, no one has ever received God's gift for so many years." ”

There was no shortage of believers in the God of Forging who heard Brigitte's words, and a faint sigh rang out for a while.

After thanking the three of them as scholars, Charles came to Diana, who looked funny not far behind him.

"Why don't you continue to talk to the two princesses?" asked Diana, "they have put a lot of thought into keeping me away from you. ”

After Charles said "hehe" twice, he told Diana the information he had just heard, and the information about this highly suspected "fellow" was the focus of the two of them.

The devotees of the Forge Temple brought not only weapons, but also many production and household items, and Charles even found a plow similar in height to a zigzag plough at other booths.

As the crowd was visiting the square, a figure from the Chapel of the Holy Hammer flashed into a compartment near the gate where the miscellaneous items were stored.

The figure touched the horns on his head and shook his head, glad that the church was empty and that he had not been discovered.

After taking a hat from the storage ring and putting it on, the figure walked out of the storage room and towards the center of the main hall.