Volume 3 The Shadow of Uxir Chapter 181 The Forge Competition
The next day, the Emile awoke at the Stuart mansion, because he had attended a banquet held by Anthony the previous night, and had drunk several glasses of wine, and his mind was still groggy.
However, at the thought of having to do something for Frazi, he still returned here that night, after all, even if he was pretentious, he couldn't be too embarrassed to give the head of the family.
However, he did not expect that his actions would still cause the Stuart family to be dissatisfied.
Just last night, the rest of the family also learned of the arrival of the emir, although they were a little resistant to him as an uninvited guest, but the reason why they were willing to stay in the family was because they had a sense of family honor, no matter what happened, they would put the family first, and naturally they had high hopes for the emir.
But what they didn't expect was that they didn't mind the arrival of the emir anymore, and even thought about holding a welcome party for him, but the emir didn't give face at all, and instead went to a banquet at an unknown nobleman's house, which was too much.
So, when the emir staggered to the hall of the mansion and wanted to greet the head of the house, he found all the members of the family gathered together, and Frazi sat in his chair with a slight frown, and Ernst was next to him, also with a solemn expression.
However, the two of them were not disappointed by the Emir's actions, rather, they didn't care about it at all, but now they couldn't calm the anger of the other clansmen.
"Ouch, our Great Blacksmith is up, how's it going? Did you sleep well last night? A clansman said in a strange way.
"Hmph, if you come back drunk, can you sleep well? Really, do you think we're a hotel? ”
"Mr. Ernst says he is skilled in blacksmithing, and I think he may have been deceived by this boy's sweet words."
If it was just a general complaint, Ernst could have endured it, but this sentence was a bit excessive, but before Ernst could speak, Frazi said with a serious face.
"Don't go too far, are you questioning Ernst's loyalty to the family? Just a few sweet words to please him and ask him to recommend me a piece of crap? ”
"Oh, my lord, I didn't say that this kid was a waste, but you have to let him prove it to us, otherwise...... We're not going to accept this kind of begging. ”
However, as soon as the man finished speaking, Frazi slapped the table hard, startling everyone present.
"Tsk, when did I raise you snarky guys, if this spreads, others will not be able to laugh off their big teeth, and they will be big nobles, no different from scoundrels in the market."
Then, the whole hall became silent, and the scene fell into embarrassment for a while.
"The ......" was silent for a while, and the emir spoke, "Vrazi...... My lord, since they don't believe me, I might as well show them it, and you only accepted me after listening to Mr. Ernst's words, maybe after seeing my true strength, you won't be able to get into your eyes at all, what do you think? ”
"Tsk, do you see, this is the demeanor of a real Stuart family, you guys with developed limbs and simple minds don't deserve to stay here, it's really in my eyes."
As soon as Frazi finished speaking, Ernst looked at him with a subtle expression, and after realizing that the atmosphere was not right, he also realized that he had spoken too much.
Then, an older clansman stepped forward, and he looked very gentle.
"Your Excellency, your words are so sad, but...... In any case, we all hope that the family can be revitalized, so even if you hurt us deeply, we will not leave, but since this young man said that he is willing to show it, then follow his wishes, otherwise it will be really difficult for him to gain a foothold in the family. ”
Frazi finally stopped hearing the strange voice of yin and yang, and it was enough to show affection, he had to choose to compromise.
At this moment, Ernst leaned into Frazi's ear and said something, and he suddenly smiled meaningfully, and then looked at the emile.
"Then you can show it, but you'll have to wait until the afternoon, now go to the forge and help me get started."
When the other clansmen heard this, they were immediately displeased.
"Eh, wait, my lord, don't be perfunctory to us like this."
"Tsk, there's no end," Frazzi was impatient, "I've always been a man of my word for so many years, don't you know me?" That's really not worthy of being my people. ”
"Hehe, the head of the family is angry, let's just wait patiently." The older man stood up again.
It was evident that he was trying to avoid the quarrels between his clan and Frazi.
So, having said that, there was no reason for the clansmen to continue persecuting Frazi, and they began their busy day again.
In order to ensure the supply of weapons to the Imperial Army, the Stuart family has sent a large number of forges to the barracks, so not many people remain in the family.
Since the beginning of the knight's competition, the family has received a large number of orders, most of which are knights who participate in the competition, in order to better play their strength, they will change a new weapon every time they participate in a competition, and the quality of the knight's weapons far exceeds the requirements of the army, which makes the remaining forgers of the family feel pressure, and finally even Frazi, who is a great nobleman, has to go out in person.
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After a busy time, it was finally afternoon.
The clansmen came to the hall of the mansion with a tacit understanding, and in order to see the true strength of the emir, they were even willing to risk the order overtime, after all, if the emir's strength was really not good, maybe they would be forced to drive out the pressure of Vrazzi, and this is what they like to see.
At this time, Frazi sat in a chair, his eyes leisurely closed, his fingers tapping rhythmically on the table.
Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but discuss, they all suspected that this was deliberately delaying time, and the head of the family really wanted to protect the emir, and some people even speculated that the emir might be the illegitimate son of the head of the family.
In this way, time passed minute by minute, but Frazi was not in a hurry at all.
Until the door of the mansion was suddenly pushed open, and a maid in charge of receiving guests walked in, followed by a familiar face.
After everyone saw the person who came, they immediately remained silent, and at the same time showed a look of disdain, at this time they were unanimous to the outside world.
Because the one who came was the guy who had been harassing them these days, the youngest son of Duke Raymond, Languet Raymond.
"Oh? Why is there such a big battle today, are you here to welcome me? ”
Languet looked around, and couldn't help but show a happy expression, and then when he saw Frazi sitting on the highest place, he became even more excited.
He hurriedly saluted and respectfully explained his intentions.
"Great, I finally saw you, do you remember me? I am the son of Duke Raymond, the most powerful nobleman in the royal capital, you should have seen me last time you visited my house, to be honest, I am also quite proficient in forging, maybe the technology is not under you, so I came here this time to get your recommendation, to be a president of the forging association or something, of course, if you think my qualifications are not enough, it doesn't matter, I can also accept as vice president, so what do you think? ”
The people present were stunned after hearing this, and they didn't recover for a long time, so the whole hall fell into an awkward atmosphere.
Everyone thinks that this kid is obviously begging for help, but he has such an arrogant attitude, it is too arrogant, Frazi is a big nobleman like his father, but it seems that in his eyes, their master is just a small forger, who can be called at will.
Thus, the hatred of the tribe was transferred from the emir to Langot.
At this time, Frazi coughed lightly, and then said.
"I do remember you, Langot, right? Since it's your request, I naturally have to give you face, however, I can't be the master of the position of the president of the Forge Association, after all, the current president's skills are indeed among the best in the entire empire, I can't just let people give way, as for the position of the vice president, I can help, no, I have already learned about your arrival from Ernst, so I discussed it with the current vice president in advance, the other party is old, and he already has the idea of abdicating to make way for Xian, but there is still a condition, You have to surpass his apprentice in forging skills, how? Are you okay with that? ”
Langott was silent for a moment, then laughed.
"This is easy to say, I know that you are just going through the form, after all, my forging skills are ranked among the kings, and it is more than enough to deal with an unknown person, so have you brought the other party here?"
"Of course, this is the one." Frazi smiled and pointed at the emir.
"Oh?"
Langott looked at Emir in a little surprise, and then smiled even brighter, and he felt that he was now stable.
"Without further ado, let's get started, we'll have to get to work later."
Next, the group moved to the forge workshop, where Langot and Emile stood at their respective workbenches, and with Ernst's order, the game officially began.
The rules are simple, the goal is to forge the most ordinary longsword, with a time limit of two hours, to see who forges the better quality in the end.
Of course, it is impossible to forge a sword in two hours, and the quality of the weapon can only be sacrificed in order to achieve completion, unless the Emir uses dragon breath or crystal hammer to help, but this is obviously not the case, and Ernst is to test how to strike a balance between completion and quality, after all, this is the basic ability of a professional blacksmith.
So, under the watchful eyes of everyone, time passed quickly, and the game was over, and the two of them basically forged the prototype of the long sword.
Within two hours, the iron sheet underwent high-temperature calcination and countless beatings, but in such a short time, the impurities are likely not to be removed, and if quenched at this time, the iron sheet is likely to crack.
However, Ernst wanted to see the effect of quenching, he used two pliers to pick up the iron pieces of iron of the two people, and then quickly inserted them into the bucket, with two sharp sounds, the temperature of the surface of the iron sheet dropped rapidly, and finally the quenching was successful, and unexpectedly, the two pieces of iron did not crack.
Needless to say, Emir does have the level of a professional forger, but Langot's performance has to impress Ernst, I didn't expect this guy to really have two hits.
Just as he couldn't tell the difference between victory and defeat and was about to test his flexibility, Frazzi interrupted him.
"Wait, you're on your left hand, right? Show it to me. ”
Ernst wondered, could it be that the head of the family had seen something? But he obviously didn't find anything.
When Frazi looked closer, with hundreds of years of experience in blacksmithing, he immediately saw that this piece of iron did not look like two hours of forging, but more like the result of a professional forger's hard work for a whole day.
Even Frazi himself can't do this, is this Languet really a forging genius?
But if that's the case, he should be ranked first among the royal capital forging masters, and it can be seen from this guy's personality that he is not the kind of person who will deliberately hide his strength.
Puzzled, he used his magic perception to give it a try, only to find that two of the people present were able to use magic, one was the Emir and the other was Langot.
While there's nothing wrong with being able to do magic, it's a problem if you cheat with magic.
So, Frazi took the piece of iron forged by the emir again, and looked at it carefully, and it was indeed in line with the level of two hours of production, and it was clear that the emir did not use magic to move his hands and feet.
In this way, Grant is very suspicious, and Frazi has to fall into thinking about how to expose the other party's tricks.