Mercenaries and Adventurers

Zhao Ji held the machete of contestant No. 4 and came to the next corbel. He estimated that the performance of this machete would be much worse than that of the previous one, so Zhao Ji held it with two hands.

After standing still, Zhao Ji slammed down when his aura became intense.

boom! There was a loud noise. The machete hit the beef leg bone, but I didn't expect such a loud noise.

Although it was loud, Zhao Ji saw that in fact, the knife was not good enough.

One more blow, bang! Another stab, bang! Another knife, bang!

After cutting four times, Zhao Ji pushed aside the bone residue and bone marrow scattered on the beef leg bone, and found that the beef leg bone had been split in half.

Fortunately, the remaining half only needs four more knives. Zhao Ji was sure of the result, and immediately slashed down.

boom! boom! boom! boom! Four consecutive knives were cut along the split crack. The last knife completely split the beef leg bone.

Zhao Ji found that as long as it is sharp enough or strong enough machete, it can basically cut off this kind of beef leg bone. But as long as it is not sharp enough, the machete is more likely to hit the beef leg bone, and if the machete is not strong enough, it will be even more embarrassing. For the contestants, the loss of honor and reputation is more important if it is broken at the competition site.

Finally, it was the turn of contestant No. 1's machete work. Many spectators couldn't wait any longer, and they all bet that this simple machete would break after a few cuts. Many people guess that the first cut will break into several pieces.

Zhao Ji also had the same idea. He used the machete twice with his own hands. On the field, he was the person who knew the machete best besides the No. 1 contestant himself.

There was no need for a scabbard anymore, Zhao Ji pulled out the machete of No. 1 contestant from the scabbard directly from the wooden display stand, and then came to the last corbel. Facing the laughing and laughing of the audience, Zhao Ji held up the machete so that the audience could see clearly, then, holding the knife in his right hand, he slashed down.

snap! Ding ling ling ling! Sure enough, as Zhao Ji had expected, he only slashed on a hard bone of the beef leg bone with a knife, and the machete broke directly, and the blade broke into several pieces and fell to the ground with a crisp crashing sound.

Seeing that the machete that was expected to break finally broke, the host said loudly: "Okay! The second round of testing is over. Obviously, everyone has seen the machete that can pass the test with their own eyes. It's very interesting, the three test audiences just selected two qualified machete works."

"This is embarrassing for the three judges, because the last round of testing was conducted by Crow Knight himself. The six machete works, which have never been achieved in previous competitions. Does this mean that It has greatly improved the skills of today's Kendal City craftsmen."

"Wait a minute, Knight Crowe has something to say to me." After speaking, the host put his head next to Knight Crowe, Knight Crowe whispered something to him, and the host nodded.

"Crow Knight said just now that he is very happy to finally test six works in one breath this year. Crow Knight will directly select this year's winning work from these six works through head-to-head operations. Please wait a moment, now Let our church staff take care of the splintered corbel on the playing field."

"Please remember that tomorrow morning, our Artisan God Church will distribute free beef bone soup made from these beef leg bones to everyone in front of the artisan district management office. Remember to come early tomorrow morning to enjoy it, we Not only have the chefs at Wharton’s Belly Tavern specially cook these beef leg bones, but we will also cast blessings in the thick soup. Please remember to drink it tomorrow morning.”

During the time when the host was talking on the wooden platform, Zhao Ji, with the help of the staff, dragged down the half body armor on his body. Like the hunter, he has never worn this kind of armor before, so he needs the help of the staff to put it on and take it off.

When Zhao Ji took off his armor, all the corbel bones on the field were removed one by one by the staff of the church. The unbroken beef leg bone was then directly broken by a big and round chef with a hammer on the sidelines, and the large leg bone was also knocked open, revealing the dense bone marrow inside. It is estimated that that is the chef specially invited by the church, and it looks like a chef who can cook a good meal.

After working for so long, Zhao Ji was a little hungry. Seeing the chef outside the venue directly start making beef bone soup, Zhao Ji now wants to fill his stomach with a bowl of beef bone soup rich in oily aroma.

But the game is more important. After Zhao Ji finished unloading the armor, Zhao Ji saw that no one was chasing him away, so he stayed by the contestant's seat with a shameless face. The view here is much better than on the roof across the street, and it is better to watch the game here.

The six machetes that advanced to the final test are: the work of contestant No. 3, the work of contestant No. 4, the work of contestant No. 5, the work of No. 7 contestant, the work of No. 8 contestant, and the work of No. 12 contestant.

Among them, the works of No. 4 contestant, No. 5 contestant, and No. 8 contestant all have different abrasions and tiny collision gaps on the blade. The work of contestant No. 4 is in better condition. The blade of contestant No. 5 is basically curled and notched. On the work of contestant No. 8, due to the strong dragging of veterans, its edge is basically worn out. .

After the site was cleaned up, church staff moved up two stone platforms from outside the site.

The two stone platforms looked like millstones, they were rolled in from the outside by the staff, and then fell down. There is a hole in the center of the stone platform, which varies in size. The larger one was inserted with a thick iron rod by the church staff.

This iron rod is as thick as a human wrist, more than one meter long, and not light in weight.

An iron fixing frame was inserted into the thinner hole of the other stone platform. After a lot of work, the staff fixed a strong military cavalry shield on this fixing frame.

This cavalry shield is also different from the knight shield. Cavalry, as the name suggests, are soldiers on horseback. As for the knights, they are the noble class with the lowest titles. Unlike the hereditary titles passed down from their ancestors by the upper-ranking nobles, the knights all obtained the titles of force by virtue of their extraordinary fighting power.

Therefore, because of the difference in force, the shields used by the two are actually completely different.

Because the cavalry has to put their whole body equipment on the horse, in order to extend the horse's mobility and load capacity, their equipment is all light equipment. Generally the outer layer is strong steel, while the inner core and frame are made of light weight but strong wood. Of course, this world does not just regard horses as animals that can be domesticated and controlled on a large scale, such as camels, sand snakes, giant dogs, war wolves, man-eating war chickens, monitor lizards, giant sheep, running bulls, war tigers, war lions, etc. etc., all of which can be equipped with cavalry on a large scale.

The shields of the knights are different. Among them, there are those who fight on foot, those who control monsters, and those who fly birds. There is no standard equipment. More weapons and equipment are specially prepared according to their respective combat methods.

But there is one thing, the equipment of the knights is basically thick armor and heavy weapons, because they themselves can use their extraordinary bodies to move these weapons and equipment that exceed the weight of ordinary people.

Now there is a cavalry shield fixed on the stone platform on the field. Its appearance is a standard diamond-shaped shield with a curved lower part. Colored, thus, forming an emblem of nobility on the shield. This shield made Zhao Ji greedy, after all, it was much stronger than the shield he was using now.

The emblem looked familiar, and Zhao Ji glanced at Knight Crowe on the wooden platform, who had the same emblem on the hem of his samurai uniform. It turned out that this shield belonged to Crow Knight. It seemed that he really supported this weapon forging competition.

After everything on the field was ready, the host announced loudly that the final round of testing was about to begin. In this round of testing, Crow Knight will use the remaining six contestants' works to attack iron rods and shields. The result of the comparison is also very simple. In the end, which machete can leave the heaviest and deepest marks, and which machete work will win the competition.

This time, the field of competition was once again shrunk a bit. In this way, the audience can get closer and see more clearly, and the atmosphere of the scene can be more lively.

When everything in the audience was ready, Knight Crowe signaled to the other two judges, then jumped off the wooden platform, flew a few meters in the air, and landed lightly and directly on the ground. Turning around, Klau Knight looked at the six machetes that were still on the wooden display racks, as if he was picking the first machete for testing.

With a laugh, Knight Crowe chose his most curious work.

The machete works of No. 7 contestant.

Knight Crowe stretched out his right hand and held his fingers. The machete on the wooden stand not far away suddenly jumped up and flew straight to his palm.

After grabbing the machete in one hand, Knight Crowe passed the knife to his left hand. Holding the scabbard in his left hand and the soft handle in his right, he pulled out the blade directly.

"Oh, look. Claw Knight chose the work of contestant No. 7. The performance of this machete work has been very good. It also produced special attack effects because of its unique internal structure. Sure enough, Crow Knight is also very good. I like this work." The host introduced on the side.

Knight Crowe glanced at the talkative host, then swung the machete in the air a few times. The first swing was still at the usual speed, and then, after the next few swings, the Crow Knight swung faster and faster. At the fourth swing, the machete chopped the air and made a series of loud air explosions.

Zhao Ji was surprised to see from the sidelines, did this mean the machete was swung at a supersonic speed?

If this hits a person, the person must not be knocked into the sky or directly beaten into two sections.

Fortunately, Knight Crowe was just curious about the performance of this machete, so he swung it so fast on purpose. The veteran looked at the performance of Knight Crowe in the audience, and knew in his heart that Knight Crowe felt the special vibration of the machete when it swung and stopped.

After the simple test, Crow Knight finally let go of his curiosity and started the formal test.

He came to the front of the thick iron pillar, and directly slashed out with his right hand, and the blade was firmly cut on the iron pillar.

Pound high and high!

A strong vibration came from the iron pillar, and the machete was deeply embedded in the iron pillar. Knight Crowe nodded in satisfaction, gripped the handle of the knife vigorously, and pulled the machete out of the iron post.

The damage caused by the machete can only be seen at this time. It turns out that not only the blade is deeply embedded in the iron pillar, but also because of the special internal structure of the machete, it vibrates continuously when chopping. , and the edge is blooming outwards, but the knife mark is like a blooming flower made of iron.

Knight Crowe checked the condition of the edge of the machete in his hand, shook his head, the strength of the edge was still a little insufficient, and the blade just now caused a part of the edge of the machete to be twisted.

Can try again, Crow Knight then came to the fixed cavalry shield. And next to the crack he made on the iron rod ~www.readwn.com~, the staff of the church painted a small seven character with red paint.

Although this cavalry shield is not as strong as the arm-thick iron pillar, it is actually the opposite. The iron pillars are just cast from ordinary iron, without hardness and toughness, but thicker. The cavalry shield is quite different. Its surface is fixed with pieces of hard steel armor. Each nail-sized nail is made of three layers of different materials. Its surface is a layer of high-hardness steel. Although it is very thin, it can resist direct attacks from various weapons without being damaged by large areas destroy. The middle layer is made of a lightweight wood that is light and flexible enough to absorb the impact of objects passing through the outer steel. The last layer of armor is made of soft leather, which can be easily fixed to the main body of the shield through small rivets through the leather.

The main body of the shield is a kind of hard and light wood, which is just right for the weight requirements of cavalry fighting on horseback, that is, light and strong.

Knight Crowe looked at the cavalry shield. In fact, the design of this shield is so complicated that it is obviously not for ordinary cavalry. This is an officer's cavalry shield used by Knight Crowe as the captain of the kingdom's cavalry team when he stepped into the knight class before he became a knight.

And now it is used as a test tool, not because Knight Crowe has no feelings for it, but because this shield has been used for a long time in the early years, plus the repairs and repairs commissioned over the years, the armor on the surface has been replaced little by little. The piece and the main wooden part have become a shield that looks familiar but seems unfamiliar to the user.

Anyway, if it is damaged, the people of the church will be responsible for the cost of repairing it. Therefore, the Crow Knight specifically used it as a final test tool.