Chapter 51: The Blacksmith's Shop
William led the white horse to stroll in the goddess's fairy palace, the fairy palace of another world is like an independent small world, with forests, palaces and cities.
In the city of Asgard, a strange atmosphere permeated the entire city, and the powerhouses from the other world Annon and the human world also appeared in the city.
Humans from other worlds come for the same purpose as people from Britain and even countries outside of Britain.
Tournaments.
Legend has it that King Arthur, the eternal king of Britain, will hold a grand jousting tournament in the fairy palace of the goddess Eliu, and the victor will not only become King Arthur's successor, but also possess King Arthur's holy sword.
King Arthur's holy sword is the sword of kingship, and having it means having the kingship of Britain, for the people of the world where magic exists in the world and miracles will be realized at any time, whoever can have the sword of the king, who becomes the king of Britain is the destiny of heaven, no less than God himself stamped a king (king) on his head.
If it were the British nobility, they could even claim sovereignty over England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, challenging the current British monarchy.
The beautiful star will be the winning wife, and the state, power, status, glory, and beauty seem to be within reach.
All you need to do is win the tournament.
Of course, it's not easy.
Tournaments may sound like a modern-day no-frills tournament, but for knights, tournaments are nothing more than a war, a war in which they need to risk their lives to win.
Tournaments do not bring as much merit as participation in wars and crusades, but they do bring glory to those who participate.
Glory is the life of a knight, participating in the tournament can not only win glory for yourself, but also be able to show your martial arts and bravery, the favor of noblewomen, the importance of the monarch, the spread of fame, this is the best way to get ahead.
Maces, battle axes, iron rods, spears, and swords are all legal weapons that can be used in jousting tournaments, and apart from the fight between two people, it is not surprising that even knights and knights form thousands of legions to charge and slash each other.
Especially when the knights on both sides of the tournament represent different princes and different countries, this is a real war.
According to Hans's recollections, Baron Andag often settled personal disputes with other lords at jousting tournaments in the Counts of Thorn.
In history, there is no shortage of red-eyed killings in jousting tournaments, and the hatred between knights and knights spreads throughout the territory, eventually causing major wars between princes and princes.
All in all, the martial arts tournament is to risk your life, and there is never a point to stop, so the most important point of the martial arts tournament is to protect yourself.
Protecting yourself is of paramount importance to the knights.
The so-called knight is not a knight with a horse and a gun, and charging on the battlefield requires a suit of armor armed to the teeth, head, chest, lower body and thighs, the whole person is like the modern Iron Man, as long as the power of the holy seal is played properly, it is a medieval rampaging tank.
Therefore, even the second-order Prince Liam had to make a knight's armor armed to the teeth for himself, and only in this way could he have a better chance of winning in the arena of the martial arts tournament.
King Arthur did not personally announce the rules of the tournament, so no one knew what the rules would be used to determine the winner.
If you encounter a large-scale knight legion battle, let alone Liam, even if the evil dragon comes, in the face of thousands of knights straddle the war horse and charge with spears in hand, they have to retreat at this moment.
So William led the white horse and made a suit of armor for his master, Liam, to go to the blacksmith near Asgard.
"Your Royal Highness, forging an armor is much more troublesome than crafting a weapon at hand, and the tournament is about to start, even if you start building it now, it's too late."
William himself was a small blacksmith, and he knew that even a master like his father, William Sr., would take a lot of effort to make a suitable sword, and a well-made armor armed to the teeth could not be built in a day or two, and it would be impossible to build it without spending two or three months, and even a modern set of medieval armor would not be able to be solved in a day or two.
A knight's armor is worth as much as one or two knights' manors, in other words, a knight's armor is exchanged for an equivalent amount of gold, which is enough to buy a knight's identity, so knight's armor is often also an heirloom of the knight's family.
"It doesn't matter, Master Cross is proficient in magic and can summon fire spirits to create for him, he is a master among masters, not an ordinary blacksmith can be compared."
Liam explained lightly, not at all worried about whether the knight's armor would be ready for a while.
When William heard Liam's explanation, he stopped talking.
Since you have said that there is magic, you can summon fire spirits to help forge this matter, then it is useless for William to say more, the productivity of the medieval world is quite backward, but the medieval world of fairy tales has the existence of magic, so it can't be generalized, magic is something that can't be explained by common sense.
The location of the blacksmith shop is located in the bustling city center of Asgard, the further you go, the more you see the knights on the road, and even the existence of non-humans, King Arthur held a jousting tournament, since there is no requirement that the participants in the jousting tournament must be knights and knight attendants to participate, then free people and non-human beings can also participate, so the demand for high-quality armor has increased all of a sudden.
William lamented in his heart that a poor knight like him probably couldn't afford to buy knight's armor.
"Duarmed's heart was in great pain, this upright and brave knight, the unequaled warrior, was in a predicament, on the one hand, his own monarch, and on the other hand, his beloved princess, for a hero, he had to fulfill his duty of loyalty to the monarch, but for his own glory he must also be responsible for the noblewoman he loved."
In the distance, stories of the bards were heard, and knights, nobles, and even noblewomen in the distance stopped their steps and covered their faces with handkerchiefs to listen to the bard's tales.
William's body shook and vaguely felt that the voice was somewhat familiar, and he led the white horse and suddenly realized something, and the bard began to tell again, "Finally, at the request of the future queen, the noblewoman, Dualmed eloped with her, and the king, who was abandoned by his fiancée, was furious, and pursued with a large army, even if he fled into the forest, he could not be forgiven. ”
"It's Mr. Green." William looked at the middle-aged man who was telling the story on the street, and exclaimed his name, and Mr. Green seemed to see William too, and took off his hat with his hand to greet William, smiling.
"I'm sorry everyone, but today's story is over, please come back tomorrow for the rest of the story."
Mr. Green bent down to greet the crowd, and the mesmerized guests, with regret and reluctance on their faces, threw one coin after another into Mr. Green's hat, and finally left in reluctance.
"Mr. Green, why are you here?" William couldn't help but ask.
"It was God's arrangement, William, it was God who brought us together." Mr. Green said with a smile, then looked at Liam on the white horse and nodded, "Your Highness Liam, long time no see." ”