Chapter 85: Appraisal (7)

Everyone looked at York who was dancing together, and saw that the latter's excitement was overflowing, and Franner couldn't help but ask York, "May I ask Master York, what is this weapon made of? Is there anything special about it?"

York nodded, motioned for everyone to sit down, and then shook his head with his hands behind his back and said, "I'll start with the materials of this two-handed giant sword. The first metal that humans extracted from natural ores was copper, and the weapons it made were far stronger and sharper than those primitive stone weapons. However, the copper itself is not hard enough after all, and it was later discovered that adding some tin to the copper can make the copper harder, because after adding tin, the original yellow color of the copper becomes blue-green, so this kind of copper mixed with tin is called bronze. ”

"Later, people slowly learned to smelt iron from natural ores, and this gray iron metal was harder than bronze, and the weapons made were sharper, so people slowly abandoned the use of bronze in favor of full-scale iron. But even today, the orcs in the north can only smelt bronze, and their level of iron smelting is simply useless......"

Lille suddenly interjected, "Does it have anything to do with this sword whether orcs smelt iron or not?"

York's face flushed, he knew that what he was talking just now was off-topic, so he continued the topic just now and said: "About four hundred years ago, there was a kingdom in the south of the continent, their king died in a foreign war, and the main force was lost, but who knew that the king's 12-year-old prince actually took his personal guards to the battlefield, a miraculous raid, a miraculous victory, this little prince won the victory, reversing the fate of the principality's demise. Later, the little prince went on a crusade to the east and west, and swept through many surrounding countries with his personal guards, and established a powerful empire. The prince claimed to be a descendant of Alexander's mighty empire hundreds of years earlier, which had fallen apart after centuries of glory and was rebuilt decades later, but it didn't last long. This prince claimed that the empire he had built was a continuation of that empire, that is, Alexander's Third Reich. ”

"Alexander's Third Reich armies had few rivals wherever they went, not only because their warriors were unusually brave and good at fighting, but also because their craftsmen discovered a new smelting technique, using the extremely hot magical flames generated by the magic array, to melt and purify a large amount of iron, and the refined metal is the steel we commonly use today. Weapons made of steel were sharper, harder, and lighter than iron weapons, and after a large number of armies, Alexander's Third Reich defeated more than a dozen surrounding countries, and that prince, later Alexander the Emperor, entered the most glorious moment of his life. ”

"This weapon you brought, from its texture, decoration and other details, I just checked a lot of information, I can be sure that it was produced in the era of Alexander's empire, you see this sword has six blooming lilies carved on the handle......"

Everyone looked in the direction of York's finger, and sure enough, they saw a few six-petaled lilies. Lille pursed his lips and said, "It's just an ordinary lily, and even our magic hands often make decorations with this pattern, how dare you say for sure?"

York carefully pointed a thin iron needle at the lily petals on the handle of the sword and said, "The lily pattern made by the magic hand and even most of the other people is an ordinary six-petal lily pattern, and the six petals of this lily are upturned, which is exactly the same as the lilies we often see. But if you look closely at this one, he only has three petals that are upturned, and the other three are rolled down, unlike ordinary lilies. ”

The crowd looked carefully at the place where York was talking about, and sure enough, Ryan asked, "That's also called a lily, is there any difference between this style and the normal style?"

York smirked, "Of course there is a difference. The real name of this lily is called the Golden Lily, also known as the Sword Lily, and it was the national flower of this Alexander's empire. At that time, only the king of Alexander could use this pattern on the entire continent, and there was once a kingdom where the little prince embroidered this pattern on his own clothes, which caused a war, and then that kingdom was destroyed by Alexander's empire. ”

Seeing that everyone accepted his point of view, York continued: "So this is a weapon from Alexander's Third Reich about 400 years ago, and the material used in it is refined Andrew steel, and it is said that the craftsmen of Alexander's Empire at that time could refine less than one part of Andrew steel from a hundred parts of pure steel, this kind of steel named after the emperor of the empire, and the weapons it made have terrible lethality, which can cut through the strongest armor of the time, and even cut off the burning flames!" This is also the reason why this sword is extremely sharp. Moreover, it has a special decorative pattern, which is enough to confirm that this two-handed greatsword is the sword of the only king of Alexander's empire back then, King Andrew. Since this is the case, it is normal for this sword to be sharp, after all, it is using the power of an empire to forge a sword. I deduced that the reason why this sword had such a fierce murderous aura was because of the battle of the king of Alexander, and the greatsword was stained with so much blood that it became so terrifying. ”

Ryan nodded secretly in his heart, what this Master of York said was too right, but the only small thing that was not said, that is, this two-handed giant sword is not just stained with blood, God knows if the Alexander monarch also took it with him when performing the ceremony, and for hundreds of years, this sword has also accompanied Alexander in the tomb to receive a steady stream of energy from the blood pool, I am afraid that it is no longer an ordinary weapon, but has become a powerful magic weapon.

York looked at this two-handed giant sword with satisfaction, and said happily: "This kind of finished product made of Andrew steel is extremely rare, today I not only saw the finished product, but also saw the weapon used by King Andrew, and it really deserves its name, no wonder some people say that Andrew steel is the strongest raw material that human beings can get in that era." ”

"The strongest raw material?" Ryan suddenly had a question in his heart when he heard this, and he said, "Then why are most magic items made of Mithril?"

"Hahahaha. York smiled, looked at Ryan and said, "Whether it's copper, bronze, iron, steel, or even Andrew steel, these metals all have one thing in common, and that is their rejection of magic. The items they make can't be enchanted at all, so how can they be made into magical items?"

Ryan's face flushed slightly, he didn't know anything about this knowledge, but York obviously also found that Ryan didn't understand this aspect very well, so he explained in detail: "The biggest characteristic of Mithril is the fusion of magic, and no matter what kind of metal it is, even if it rejects magic, as long as it fuses Mithril, it will no longer reject magic, and the metal after fusing Mithril has not lost its other original characteristics, such as being strong and hard, etc." Therefore, when crafting magic items, some Mithril is added to the raw materials so that they can be enchanted. Other properties that can be crafted into an item, such as how hard it is when crafted into a weapon, sharpness, etc., depend on the ingredients used. ”

Ryan listened to York's explanation and immediately understood, and said: "That is to say, after copper is fused with Mithril, the magic items made are similar to the items made by Andrew Steel after fusing Mithril with Andrew Steel in terms of magic effect, but for example, a weapon made of Andrew Steel can easily cut off a weapon made of copper?"

York smiled and nodded, complimenting Ryan and saying, "That's right, that's it." As long as the mages who add mana to them are of the same strength, the magic effect of the two finished pieces will be about the same. But in reality, you basically can't see the use of Mithril to fuse copper, the value of Mithril can far exceed copper and iron and other metals, basically the price of a Mithril is a thousand times the same amount of iron! ”

Ryan, Alendo, and Flanner nodded together, something they hadn't thought of before. York said with regret and expectation: "If I could mix Mithril with Andrew steel, I wonder how far the weapon would be made?" Andrew steel is extremely hard, and the weapon made is extremely sharp, and it just let out a groan and cut off the mallet in my hand. After fusing Mithril, a large number of magic arrays can be added to enhance the effect. Oh, the god of wisdom is above, if you use Master Victor's magic matrix to stack it, what kind of monster will it make? Maybe only gods can make something like that, right? Wouldn't that be an artifact?"

The idea, though sounding good, was obviously unrealistic, and York gave up after a few casual remarks. Ryan then took out another thing, which was the purple magic robe. York saw Ryan take out another item and was immediately full of anticipation. Ryan said, "Master York, you don't have to pay attention to the history of this magic robe, just take a closer look at what the magic circle on it is for." ”

York took the magic robe, unfolded it and laid it flat on the table, and the purple magic robe suddenly appeared in front of everyone again. York's face suddenly burst with excitement, his hands had even begun to tremble, Ryan looked at him a little worriedly, this poor York master, tonight is not less excited, from the magic scroll to Andrew steel to this magic robe, but don't have anything.

Master York covered his heart with his hand and said with a slight cry, "Oh my God, my God. God of wisdom, have you finally remembered me, your devotee, tonight? Why would you put such a thing in front of me? God, I have finally seen this legendary thing!"