Looking around the deserted smithy shop, Alicia didn't find any other employees except for the man with the pipe in his mouth, so she asked with her own guess:

"Are you alone in this shop?"

"As you can see. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" The man slowly exhaled a puff of smoke rings and said lazily.

"There are too few people. Alicia muttered.

"Oh, excuse me, are you going to build a palace or a warship? If that's the case, I think you're in the wrong place. The implication of the man's words is that he is enough to deal with a forge house.

Alicia's eyes widened, and it took a while to understand what the man meant, and she was a little angry. Seeing this, Kyeloa waved his sleeve robe to block it, took a step forward himself, and said to the man who was calmly puffing smoke:

"It's not that we don't think your shop is small, it's just that I have a sword here that has been in use for too long and needs to be reforged, so we must find a skilled master. ”

As he spoke, Kyeloa took out the long sword that shone with silver light, and the forges in the shop opposite stopped what they were doing when they saw the sword, and their mouths opened wide in amazement. But the man with the pipe did not have any special expression, and he took the long sword and said lightly:

"Oh~ it's a holy sword. ”

"Some time ago, I still had a magic sword. Kylloa added.

"Oh?" A rare glint of interest appeared in his eyes, and the man began to look up and down at the scarred long sword on the blade.

"So, can you do it?" Alicia asked eagerly when she saw that the man had not reacted for a long time.

"Little girl, I think you've found the right person, I'm better than those guys next to me who only know how to make money but don't treat their works well. Besides, if you use this sword for too long, if you don't have good technology, you may end up with it that you can't use it again. ”

Alicia looked at him with some suspicion, thinking that he was too good at bragging, so he said this, and couldn't help but say:

"You'd better not brag, if you break this sword, I'll pay you for it. ”

"I will pay as much as I want, for it is impossible for me to break a weapon in the hands of Josephine. The forger, who called himself Josephine, spat out a puff of smoke, laid down his pipe, removed the hilt and grip of the sword, took the blade of the sword and turned to the stove, and threw the sword into the furnace without thinking.

"Reforge and repair, a total of 30 gold coins. So saying, Josephine went back to the table, picked up her pipe, and smoked.

"I'd like to find a scabbard for my sword, and I've got an armor-piercing sword here, see how much you can sell. Alicia untied her armor-piercing sword from her belt and put it in front of Josephine's eyes.

"This sword is crudely made, and it's not a valuable commodity. Well, there are some scabbards I made over there, you can pick any one, and this part of the cost will be offset by your armor-piercing sword. ”

Alicia nodded, she couldn't help but glance at the stove, she could feel the temperature of the sword body that had been baked by the flames continued to rise, and Josephine looked calm, was it really okay to leave it like this, but no matter how she said it, she couldn't compare to a professional blacksmith, so she didn't dare to say anything, and immediately went to the counter to the side and picked up the scabbard.

After a glance back and forth, Alicia finally chose a scabbard with a blue and silver background, and when she returned with the scabbard, the long sword in the furnace had been burned a little red.

"Is that sword really okay with that left like that?" Alicia finally asked worriedly.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's sturdy. ”

So everyone waited like this, and the more Alicia waited, the more anxious she became, and as the sword body changed color, her mood became more and more nervous. Just as she was eager for Merus to run over and cast ice magic to cool her weapon, Josephine finally glanced back at the stove, then got up and walked over unhurriedly.

He took out a long pair of tongs and pinched the surface of the sword, which had been in the furnace for a long time and was now completely red, and Josephine placed it on the stone platform and began to pick up the hammer and beat it. The hammer swung rhythmically in the air, Josephine skillfully used the skill to lift the hammer to the highest point, and then adjusted the front sight to make it fall with the help of gravity...... And so on and so forth.

Because the sword had been used for too long, the force and position of each of Josephine's hammers were precisely calculated. If it had been replaced by an ordinary blacksmith, I am afraid that this sword would have been smashed in half a long time ago.

Once the sword had taken shape, Josephine sprinkled a layer of oily substance on both sides of the sword, and then used fire tongs to place the sword directly into the bucket under the stone table. After a long sound, billowing smoke rose from the surface of the water, which showed the high temperature of the sword surface at this time.

Mei Lufa's eyes were full of surprise as she carefully observed the whole process, this should be the first time she had seen someone else forge a sword, so her heart was full of curiosity. In this regard, Alicia was the same, but she was afraid that the sword would be destroyed, so she kept watching Josephine's every move, and this nervousness was the same as watching an acrobatic performance. Kyeloa was much more relaxed than they were, sitting in a wooden chair next to him with his eyes slightly closed.

The process that Josephine is currently undergoing is called "quenching". And in order to prevent this weapon, which has been alive for hundreds of years, from bursting when subjected to severe temperature differences, he has taken some small measures. The oily substance he had applied to the sword was actually the juice of the fire grass, which was his unique secret recipe. Because if you apply this layer to the sword, you can ensure the temperature of the sword body when it is quenched, so that it will not cause such a violent temperature drop.

After completing the quenching process, Josephine picked up the tongs again and took the sword out of the bucket, and the blade that jumped out of the water reflected the silver light, and the shape was more three-dimensional than before. After another beating and polishing of the sword face on the stone platform, the blade began to sharpen, and the shape of the sword surface finally took shape.

"Alright!" After some tossing, Josephine finally finished recasting the sword, and then he reloaded the hilt and grip of the sword that had been removed earlier, and a new long sword appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"Take it and try it, and by the way, see if the scabbard you choose fits. Josephine said as she handed the sword to Alicia.

Alicia took the sword, feeling that the weight of the blade had become heavier. Of course, this is only a psychological effect, the quality of the weapon is still the same as before, only its shape has changed. The edge of the sword was now invisible, and the entire blade was very smooth, and the light reflected in the sunlight was much more dazzling than before. Sliding the sword into the scabbard, it was just right, and Alicia's expression looked very satisfied.

Kelloa, who was sitting on a wooden chair, got up and walked over after the sword was cast, glanced at the rejuvenated weapon in Alicia's hand, and said to Alicia in a voice that Josephine could not hear:

"The holy attribute of this sword will gradually become stronger as you carry it for more time, except for sleeping, you should carry it with you. ”

The moment Alicia drew her sword, the sound of "Groan!" startled Melus beside her. The reforged sword body lost the power of the previous little bit of holy light, and it seemed that with the reforging of the weapon, the attributes of this sword were also cleared. However, from now on, Alicia can slowly infuse her innate attributes into the past and cultivate the weapon into a holy sword.

Alicia paid, and Josephine nodded after a moment's count, and then asked:

"Little girl, you came to forge weapons at this time, do you also want to participate in this year's event?"

Alicia tilted her neck after hearing this, and asked puzzledly:

"What extravaganza?"

"Don't you know?" said Josephine, a little surprised, "it's Tirtin's annual 'Gladiator's Feast'!"

Alicia spread her hands and said, still incomprehensible:

"Is it a banquet?"

"Haha, really, there are still people on the continent of Amphelia who don't know what the 'Gladiator's Feast' is. Josephine said incredulously.

"I'm sorry, I've been in seclusion. Alicia pouted dissatisfiedly, she had spent her years wandering in the west and south of Galbadia, while Tirtyn in the center had never been there and had never heard of it.

"Don't you two know that then?" asked Josephine as he turned to Kyeloa and Meluvia.

Kyeloa chuckled, apparently in the know. Melufa, who also knew something, nodded and said:

"It's the jousting tournament that took place in that arena, right? I've heard it at the Academy of Magic. ”

Although Melua also lived a reclusive life with Kyllloa, when she was in the Academy of Magic, she heard many noble children show off many things they had seen from all over the continent. Alicia has made very few friends in the past eight years, and at most she is a beggar child at the bottom of society, so the most she can do about all kinds of news is when she meets some people gathered together in the streets.

"The little girl is right, you can probably tell you about such a big event if you ask someone on the street. Josephine took a deep breath into the mouthpiece and slowly exhaled the smoke from her nostrils. Seeing him enjoying it so much, Alicia suddenly felt a desire to smoke.

"What kind of martial arts tournament, do you have any money to take?" After Alicia finished speaking, she immediately stuck out her tongue in embarrassment when she saw the expression on Kyllloa's face.

"It's a tournament where warriors from all over the world sign up, then fight against each other, and finally choose a champion, which is held every year in Tirting. Melufa explained what she knew.

"No wonder the streets are so lively, probably that's why. Alicia said with some abruptness, "And when is this competition going to take place?"

"Registration should be closed in these two days, if you are interested, go to the door of the arena, there should be detailed rules and instructions. Josephine had a lazy attitude, but she didn't care much about the game that affected the continent.

"Got it, thank you, then let's go over and have a look. Just as she was about to leave, Alicia suddenly remembered that she seemed to have forgotten something, and her eyes swept over Kelloa and Meleva beside her one by one, and she frowned and said:

"It's strange, why hasn't Talon been back for so long, is he lost?"

Because according to Darlon, as long as he submits the task for his review, he can come back, but the work of forging is done, and he has not yet appeared.

"Is there something delayed?" asked Merufa.

"Let's go out and find out. With that, Alicia explained to Josephine that if she saw the man who looked like Daron, she told him to go and wait at the door of the arena. After that, he walked out of this wide alley lined with several forging houses, and came to the main road.

At this time, at the corner of the wide road around the outer wall of the fighting arena, many people were huddled together in a circle, as if they were watching something lively. In the middle of the circle, there were three strange men standing there with their weapons in their hands and hooligans, and opposite them was a young man with a frowning and a slightly helpless expression, it was Daron.