Mercenaries and Adventurers

In the arena, all contestants are speeding up their forging. Many fast-handed blacksmiths have already swung the hammers in their hands very fast, bang, bang, bang used continuous forging to shape the blades of their respective knife blanks.

Among them, the number one player moves the fastest. After rotating his iron materials, he intensively forged the oddly shaped knife blanks. He wanted to take advantage of the high temperature of the knife blanks every time to forge more. In this way, he estimates that he can save one or two hours of going back to the high-temperature forge to reheat.

He has discovered that in such a highly competitive game, the game strategy chosen by player No. 3 this time is the most effective. As long as you are the fastest, you can use the best and latest tools that the church has to offer in the game and get some other small advantages.

The first opportunity to select raw materials, the best forging table and forging tools, use the furnace for heating without interference, and the first to use quenching oil that has not been used by others. Now, the No. 3 contestant is even one step ahead of the other contestants, using various woodworking tools alone to process the wooden materials of the handle and scabbard.

Player No. 1 wants to keep up with the dominant rhythm of player No. 3. Even if he cannot become the first player with an advantage, he also wants to get the second lead in the next game. Because he knew that oil quenching was the best quenching method for the knife embryo in his hand. Quenching with water is still too dangerous for a blade made by rotary forging, his experience told him so.

Thinking of this, he even swung the hammer in his hand vigorously.

However, he didn't notice that the knife embryo on the iron felt had gradually stopped emitting high-temperature red light, and he himself was still vigorously swinging the hammer to hit his knife embryo.

Clang! Jingle bells!

When the hammer was swung hard again to hit the knife blank, the knife blank finally couldn't bear the blow, and the lowered temperature made its forgeability lower, and it gradually became harder.

The knife embryo was broken into two sections directly from the place where it was hit by the hammer, and a few small pieces fell directly on the ground, making a crisp sound as it bounced.

Contestant No. 1 was stunned, and the other contestants also temporarily stopped their work and looked in the direction of the sound.

All the players in the live competition are professionals in the industry, and everyone can tell what happened just now by just listening to the voice! But, how could it be that the No. 1 contestant was not an apprentice blacksmith, how could such a serious mistake happen?

"Ah! Contestant No. 1 made a major mistake!" The host hurriedly jumped off the wooden platform and quickly walked to the side of No. 1 contestant: "How could it be! Everyone, the knife embryo of No. 1 contestant was completely smashed by the hammer. Broken in half!"

Hearing the host's close observation and judgment, the people watching the game were surprised and started talking.

"Father!" "Honey!" The family of No. 1 contestant was also watching the game nearby. When they heard the host's words, they supported their family's pride.

Contestant No. 1 faintly heard the shouts of his family members in shock, turned around mechanically, and looked in the direction of his family members.

After seeing his family members anxiously looking at him, it was as if the soul of this strong man had returned to his body.

In fact, as an excellent craftsman, when his eyes saw the knife embryo breaking and his ears heard the sound of breaking, he immediately understood what happened without thinking. Immediately afterwards, he subconsciously understood that he had messed up the game himself, and he was finished!

The huge impact of facts and expectations made him lose all thinking ability for a while, and he waited until the family's call came. With his eyes wide open, his body trembled, and he slowly squatted down under the watchful eyes of hundreds of people.

His head was buried in the space between his legs, and his hands were tightly covered in his sweaty hair. It was not known whether it was tears or drops of sweat dripping from the shadow of his buried head to the ground.

Those unknown liquids quickly accumulated a small puddle, soaking the ground under his head.

His family managed to squeeze into the edge of the playing field, but the church had previously erected a 1.3-meter-high wooden fence around the edge of the playing field. The fence was quite strong, and the family members of No. 1 player did not dare to climb over it in the celebration held by the church, so they had to lean on the fence and call No. 1 player's name, hoping that he would recover.

Zhao Ji looked at the situation in the arena below and shook his head on the opposite roof. Although he didn't know what factors caused the No. 1 player to make such a major mistake in the forging process. But he knew that since the organizer of the competition, the Church of the God of Craftsman, hadn't announced that the No. 1 contestant was disqualified, he still had the possibility to continue the competition.

Of course, it's just possible. In the case of other players who are very good, there is basically no possibility for him. However, you can't lose the competitive spirit of the game because of this!

Even if there is no such thing as competitive spirit here, at least he has to show the dignity of a blacksmith, pick up the hammer again, and try his best to forge at least the simplest work. The lost dignity must be regained no matter what.

Seeing the No. 1 player in the arena below, Zhao Ji for some reason remembered a scene from a classic movie in his previous life.

Hey, I don't know why, the longer I stay in this world, the more blurred all the experiences of the previous life seem to be. Only after seeing specific images and words can he clearly recall the events of his previous life.

On the wooden platform, the Bordeaux shepherd gave the host a look, and the host, who is an apprentice of the shepherd, nodded to express his understanding. He came to the No. 1 player and asked in a low voice to the No. 1 player: "How is it? Can you continue the game?"

"Continue the game? Is it possible?" The trembling and low voice of contestant No. 1 came out, and the host could barely hear what he said.

"It's still in the game time. The game doesn't stipulate that you are disqualified for the current situation. This kind of situation has happened before, and there are also players who reversed the trend and won in the next game. How about it? Continue to compete?"

Contestant No. 1 still squatted on the ground without saying anything.

The other players didn't make any moves at this time, and the current situation was something they had never experienced before. One or two veteran players who had occasionally participated in previous competitions shook their heads, not knowing what to say. After all, although this kind of situation has happened in their previous games, they have never seen the situation where the knife embryo is completely broken into two sections, and it is more of a small fragmentation situation. Of course, even a small fragmentation can be regarded as a very serious mistake during the forging process, and other cases where there are cracks and the blade is not straight can be regarded as normal.

While all the players were waiting to see how the church would handle the situation of player No. 1, there was a burst of sound of saws cutting wood from the arena. Even under the noisy voices of the people watching the game, there was still a burst of voices that could not be covered.

The contestants turned their attention to the place where the sound came from. It turned out that contestant No. 3 had already started to continue the competition.

He progressed the fastest in the game, but at this time he continued the game first. Such a move brought the other players back to their senses. Clenching the hammer in his hand, he continued to forge one by one.

The Bordeaux shepherd on the wooden platform laughed. It seemed that none of the contestants were frightened by the situation of contestant No. 1. He looked at contestant No. 3, rolled his eyes, and spoke to the other two judges: "The number three player is indeed very good. First of all, understand what the primary goal is on the field!"

"What is it?" Mr. Grimm is a smart person. He has a complete understanding of the situation at the scene. As soon as the shepherd of Bordeaux opened his mouth, he could guess what the other party was going to do, so he followed the other party's words.

"The primary goal on the field is to complete a piece of work! No matter what the final work is, at least there must be a work completed. This is the respect for myself and all the audience who come to watch the game."

"Crow Cavaliers may remember that there have been such major mistakes in the game in previous years."

"That's right, I remember the game five years ago. If I remember correctly, it's the current No. 3 player, right?" Crow Knight said.

"Ah, yes, yes. It seems that after No. 3 became a blacksmith, he first won the agricultural competition, then won the daily necessities competition the next year, and then came to challenge the weapon competition. Then At that time, everyone in the artisan district said that he was one of the rare blacksmiths who could win three church celebration competitions at the same time. As a result, he did not expect that he would appear in the same competition as the current No. 1 player in the competition five years ago Case."

"I remember the hilt and blade of his longsword somehow broke off," Knight Crowe added.

"Ah, yes, because the materials were not selected well, he didn't expect that the materials he chose were inferior materials with uneven purity. After all, he was delayed in the design and drawing in order to draw a perfect new-style long sword. It’s been too long. He was the last player to choose the material. The good materials have been transferred by the previous players. He chose an iron block that looked good, but he didn’t expect that it was actually the one I specially selected. A small test, it is a test to test the ability of the players to identify materials."

"At that time, he realized that the delay was too long, so he took the inferior iron block without looking carefully. How could it be left at the end when other players picked and picked materials? Right? So later, with a The hard forging completely shattered the root of the hilt and the blade."

"What happened in the end?" Mr. Grimm asked. He had already seen that the No. 1 player in the field had stood up at this moment, and was looking straight at the No. 3 player who was busy making the handle.

"He was depressed for a while, and I went to ask him if he wanted to compete, and he told me directly that his pride made him sure to win."

"A very proud person, I can't tell from the number three player now." Mr. Grimm said.

"Haha, put the sword body and the broken hilt root in the stove to reheat, and fight again. Although he didn't win the championship because of the strength of the connection between the hilt and the sword body in the end, everyone remembered him. Am I right? Player Satro?" Bordeaux shepherd finally asked player No. 3.

Contestant No. 3 just glanced at the wooden platform, and simply replied: "Yes." He continued to modify the handle of the oak machete in his hand with a knife.

Contestant No. 1 wiped his face, walked to the clay pot where the light salt water was placed, raised the pot, took a few gulps of water, and then poured some on his head. Without saying a word, he returned to his forging table, picked up the hammer in his right hand, did not turn around to look at his family, but stretched out his thumb with his left hand, and silently reached the direction of his family behind him.

Seeing that the No. 1 contestant had regained his strength, the public applauded and loudly encouraged him to complete the work of this year's competition. He could make mistakes, but he must persist in completing it, because this is the proud character of the Kendall people.

Zhao Ji also laughed on the opposite roof, why does the scene below look so much like a hot-blooded scene in a comic? It's just that seeing it with his own eyes this time, Zhao Ji still felt a little emotional, what would his inner feelings be like if this kind of thing happened to him? Just thinking about it, Zhao Ji didn't feel very good. It's better not to have this kind of thing happen, and he felt that it was better to live with a thick skin than to be proud again. Not so tiring.

Contestant No. 1 withdrew his left hand, picked up the cold blade fragments, stacked them together, and carefully put them back into the stove. Then personally pull the handle of the blower, blow the air through the bellows into the stove, and arouse more violent high temperature to come out.

He wants to start all over again, although there is not enough time for him to play, but this time, he can simply hit a machete. As for why the breakage occurred, he decided to wait until the game was over and return to the workshop to test it out slowly. In fact, he already has a little idea in his mind, but he still needs to verify it again after the end.

All the contestants speeded up, but this time everyone became careful, after all, they had almost made the knife embryos, and it would be too bad to be finished at this time.

A few quick players have already forged their blade blanks, and now they go to heat the blade blanks first, and then intensely quench them.

However, there is only one quenching oil tank, who comes first?

Everyone stared unkindly at the other contestants who came to this process. From their eyes, everyone could see that they all wanted to grab the right to use the quenching oil tank first. After all, the more you use it, the less oil in the oil tank will be used. , and there will be more impurities. No one wants to use it in the back row. As for quenching with water, it is not impossible, but if you have the opportunity to use oil quenching, why not fight for it?