Mercenaries and Adventurers

Zhao Ji felt that the host was very good at fighting, and the players in the competition field had an intuitive feeling. The No. 12 contestant was nervously selecting suitable forging materials at this time. Hearing the host's fire, he could clearly feel the eyes of other contestants and the faint pressure of confrontation. The tense situation forced him to hastily select a few raw materials in front of him, and he hurriedly chose an unused forging table closest to him.

The judges on the wooden platform couldn't help shaking their heads when they saw this. It seemed that although this contestant had some talent, he was still too easily influenced in the tense competition.

At this time, all the contestants have completed the blueprint design stage, and they all gathered in the raw material pile to select the raw materials that they think they can use. At this time, contestant No. 3 was already heating his material with a high-temperature furnace.

He felt a little disgusted that the people hired by the church were too slow to pull the blower. After letting them go, he did it himself, wheezing and pulling the human blower.

The howling air was boosted by the blower, and it was blown into the stove full of coal.

While pulling the blower, the contestant nervously observed how his iron block was heated, and waited until another contestant put his own iron block into the stove. Contestant No. 3 immediately put down the tie rod in his hand and let the competition staff take over. He picked up the fully heated iron block with iron tongs and returned to his forging table. Hold the iron tongs firmly with your hand to fix the strength between the iron tongs and the iron block. Contestant No. 3 raised the hammer with his right hand and smashed down a powerful hammer.

when! when! when!

After hearing the first sound of the hammer, the audience shouted excitedly.

The host said: "Listen! The game has entered the next stage, and player No. 3 is still very ahead. He has already started hammering the iron for the first time. Then I will ask the Bordeaux shepherd, under normal circumstances How long does it take for an ordinary knife blank to be forged?"

The shepherd of Bordeaux touched his beard and replied calmly: "Generally speaking, it depends on the size of the iron material and the requirements of the specific work. If it is just a simple machete, from my experience, It requires three times of heating and then forging."

"After all, the machete is actually a very simple tool. There are no complicated forging skills. Even if an apprentice blacksmith is to forge it, as long as there is a craftsman watching from the side, it can generally be forged. Of course, if you really want to It is actually possible to use forging skills in the forging process of machetes, it depends on whether any contestants have done so."

Mr. Grimm, another judge on the side, followed up with a sentence: "I really look forward to some contestants who can use their excellent forging skills to make a simple weapon like a machete different."

Crow Knight also said: "I also think it is possible, excellent skills can get the evaluation that excellent skills deserve."

"Okay, it seems that our judges are looking forward to our contestants using different forging skills to give their respective works extra points, but please note that only those who have completed forging have the right to score. If If the work is not completed within the time limit, no matter how good the unfinished work is, there is no chance of winning. Please pay attention to this point.” The host reminded the contestants.

At this point, each player has completed the selection of forging materials, and has selected their own forging table and tools. Of course, the fast-handed players chose a good forging table and good tools, while the slow-moving players had to use the unsuitable forging table and old tools left by others.

This can't be blamed on anyone, the game itself has a little competition mechanism like this. This is to greatly promote the game rhythm of each player. When the weapon forging competition was first held, the church gave every contestant the same competition equipment. At that time, there was no competition among the contestants. Apart from the competition in the works, there is no other fierce competition. There was even chatter between each other during the races, and after widespread criticism, the officiant Bordeaux shepherds made incremental improvements. For this reason, the Bordeaux shepherd also went to other good places organized by the Church of the God of Craftsman to study and travel, and learned the appropriate places from the excellent celebration competitions in other places.

Today, the weapon forging competition has overwhelmed the other two forging competitions, and it is already the third most popular celebration in Kendall City, which has a strong craftsman atmosphere.

And this year's low profile of the Church of the Sun God made the celebrations of the Church of the Craftsman's God automatically rise to the second place among the most popular events. The pastor of Bordeaux is still very happy about this, except that he is uneasy about why the Church of the Sun God keeps a low profile.

Of course, that is not something that an old shepherd like him can worry about. For him, organizing the annual weapon forging competition is the best expression of faith in the great craftsman god. Attract more people to like forging and believe in the great God of Craftsman. This is the destiny that the **** told him decades ago.

In this regard, he devoted decades of his time and energy to this competition, and how many times he gave up the promotion of the church position, just because after the promotion, he would not be able to personally lead the weapon forging competition.

All contestants gathered by the stove, staring at their own iron materials, in case other players would secretly replace their own materials, after all, they are all heated iron blocks, and in the stove, they all look exactly the same .

At the same time, no one wanted to push and pull the blower of the stove. No one wanted to do anything to help others, so only one person arranged by the church was pushing and pulling the blower.

The Bordeaux shepherd shook his head, but he couldn't say much. After all, this is also an element of confrontation that the game needs. All contestants may be friends and partners with each other in private, but he needs them to compete fiercely on the field and use their own methods to compete for victory.

Every contestant stared at the heating of their iron material, and when they felt that the iron material was heated and glowed, and the material became soft, they all hurriedly took out the iron material, and swung the hammer on their forging table to beat the iron material fiercely.

The sound of hammers beating on the scene of the game became one, clanging one after another.

It was like a rainstorm of metal falling into the earth, stirring up a clash of iron and iron.

At this time, the pros and cons of each player's forging table and tools can be clearly displayed. Some contestants who have useful tools can give full play to their own abilities, flattening and rounding the heated iron material on the iron tongs at will. Some contestants with poor tools could only re-clamp the fallen iron material again and again. This funny scene aroused the laughter of the crowd.

Zhao Ji, who sat cross-legged on the roof and watched, realized why the previous contestant had to be one step ahead of the others. It turned out that it was to get the best forging table and auxiliary tools first.

At this time, Bordeaux shepherd pointed to the forging operation of No. 5 contestant and said: "Everyone, please look at the skills of No. 5 contestant. Ah, he is repeatedly folding and forging his iron embryo."

Mr. Grimm asked aloud: "Excuse me, Mushou, what is the use of this repeatedly folded and forged iron blank? I don't know much about it."

"Oh, Mr. Grimm. It's like this. The iron embryos were originally made of ordinary iron poured with molten iron. On the whole, you can regard it as a whole. But the operation of the fifth player made the iron embryos pull Long, then folded and covered, and then pressed together with a hammer. In simple terms, the original one iron embryo became two iron embryos covered together after being operated by him in this way."

"I don't quite understand. What is the use of this? I think the public is also eager to know about it. Can you give us some pointers? Of course, if it is a blacksmith technology that needs to be kept secret, you don't need to explain it."

"Haha, no. This is not a technology that needs to be kept secret. Basically, blacksmiths who are well trained can master this simple forging technique. Let me explain the principle to you. Everyone thinks that the quality of the whole mass of iron is good. , or is the quality of the iron forged together from several pieces of iron good?"

When the people heard the question, they quarreled with each other around the arena. Even many blacksmiths who were competing on the field slowed down their work and thought about this problem. Many of them just know they should, but basically none of them know why.

The people were divided into two halves. Many people thought it must be a piece of iron, after all, it was a solid piece. But some people think that since the old shepherd can ask this question, it must be the latter, even if they can't explain why several pieces of forged iron are stronger than a whole mass of iron.

Zhao Ji knew the answer, but he didn't say it, he just watched and played, hehe.

In the end, the host, who is a trainee shepherd of the God of Craftsman Church, took the initiative to solve the answer: "Let me tell you! It is the quality of the iron that is forged together from several pieces of iron."

"Why?"

"how come?"

"Impossible. After the poured molten iron cools, it is obviously so strong. Several pieces of iron knocked together, how are they connected together? Obviously, it is not as good as a piece of iron."

"That's right, of course, the adults of the church will not deceive us, what are we arguing about here, the pastor of Bordeaux will definitely answer our questions."

The Bordeaux shepherd looked left and right, Knight Crowe seemed to know the reason and acted indifferent. Although Mr. Grimm has a large collection of weapons, he doesn't seem to understand the principle of forging weapons. At this time, he is looking at the Bordeaux shepherd with piercing eyes, expecting the other party to give him an answer.

Clearing his throat, the shepherd of Bordeaux glanced at his apprentice, the trainee shepherd who was the host, and said: "The great **** told us that what looks like a solid mass of metal is actually invisible to the naked eye. In our tiny observations, they are actually connected one by one. How are they connected? It’s like holding hands between people. Everyone should be able to understand this statement.”

Everyone present did not make a sound. It was obviously a fierce competition, but it was extremely quiet at this time, and they were all listening to the Bordeaux shepherd's answer.

"And a whole group of iron blocks poured out of molten iron is like a loose group of people. Haha, it's just like everyone is now. Look at the people around each other, do you know the people next to you? ? Would you like to hold hands with each other, shoulder to shoulder?"

The people looked at each other with distasteful faces. It seems that not many people are willing to hold hands and shoulder to shoulder with unfamiliar strangers.

Unless it's next to a lady! Men are free.

"Hahahaha, usually we use a hammer to hit the hot iron material. In addition to changing the shape of the iron material, we can also beat the metal stronger. For example, it seems that there are a group of burly people around you. Soldiers, they squeezed everyone's space outside the crowd. Could the squeezed people have to lean shoulder to shoulder? Of course, it seems that it is not enough for everyone to hold hands."

What the old shepherd said made the people laugh. Indeed, if that was the case, they would inevitably lean on each other. But if you want to hold hands, unless the other party is still a lady! It's better for men to be exempted, it's all for the old men, who would hold another person's hand.

"The iron material is stretched, then folded and forged. It can be compared to dividing the people gathered together into two parts. One part cultivates the land, and the other picks iron for forging. In this way, although the two Partially, but for each other, you give me food, and I give you tools. Everyone can live a good life and connect more closely with each other."

When the Bordeaux shepherd said this, some quick-response people had figured it out.

The old shepherd continued: "The hammer for forging iron still represents another soldier. They are squeezing everyone's space outside. At this time, although everyone is divided into two types of jobs and two types of people, but They will still be close together. Unlike before, the two different jobs and identities keep everyone from being alienated, because there are foreign soldiers squeezing outside. So everyone may occasionally appear side by side at this time , hand in hand."

Without giving the public more time to digest, the old shepherd continued: "If the two layers of iron are forged together, then stretched, folded and forged again, it is like separating everyone from working in two identities. Divide into four again. Repeat this, and finally, although everyone has different jobs and identities, because of external forging, everyone is closely connected, shoulder to shoulder, arm in arm. Different occupations and identities make We are both different and need each other, resulting in a burst of will and unity."

After a pause, the old shepherd finally said: "In the end, the hammer can no longer forge and squeeze us, because we are already closely united with each other. Compared with the hammer, we are stronger the one!"

The crowd was silent for a while, and then burst into successive cheers and applause. Everyone understands this truth, everyone is united, and no one can hit them again. The blacksmiths also figured it out, so most of the contestants changed their original pursuit of simple and fast forging techniques, and showed their housekeeping skills one after another. Although the competition is important, it is a good show~www .readwn.com~ Prestige is also very important. The competition is not only a competition with other players, but also a competition with oneself. In such an important celebration, isn't it the real stage that every blacksmith dreams of?

They not only have to show their abilities, but also surpass their original selves in order to defeat other players with the same idea around them.

Looking at each other, everyone has determined their own will.

Only contestant No. 3, his movement is the fastest, at this time his machete has been forged into shape. He understood the truth and significance of what the old shepherd said, but for him who had participated in many weapon forging competitions, winning this time was the most important point. For this reason, in order to avoid the interference of his relatives, he sent his wife and children back to his wife's natal home, and told his father-in-law clearly that they must not come to encourage him, and he dared not pay any attention to the competition.

He has already failed many times in the competition, and he, who has always been confident, cannot tolerate himself failing again.

This time, he must win. He has fully considered all the plans and procedures. He understood that in the competition, first of all, he had to complete a qualified work, and at the same time, other places that would lower the evaluation of the judges could not appear, and he had been defeated by this point several times before. Finally, there must be a special design or bonus points. He also considered this.

This time, he will definitely win, there is no possibility that he will not win. In his opinion, it's not impossible for other people to use various forging techniques like that, but maybe other people didn't consider it? This is not in front of their own iron furnace, nor are they using their familiar forging tables and tools.

Can they forge qualified works in good condition? hehe. He didn't think that would be the case.