Mercenaries and Adventurers

The veteran went directly to another test place, where the machete of contestant No. 8 was placed, and he pulled the machete out of the scabbard. The veteran raised his hands high, bent his body slightly, and made a gesture of accumulating strength.

The audience also cheered him up off the court, and everyone watched his next performance.

The veteran looked up at the machete held above his head, thought for a while, and decided to use another method to chop off the beef leg bone. When he and the hunter chopped the beef leg bones just now, they always chopped straight up and down. This method used the blade of the machete to penetrate and cut. But the hard corbel bone is a very difficult bone to crack, so it's not impossible to fight hard like this, but he is old after all, and the strength of his arms after retiring is not as strong as when he was young.

Perhaps a smarter method could better break the beef leg bone in front of him.

Unlike other weapons, the machete is shaped more for chopping and cutting, but less emphasis is placed on stabbing at the tip. Before, they were slashing and slashing. Perhaps, he could make more use of the cutting ability of the upper machete to break the beef leg bone faster.

With a general idea in mind, the veteran took a deep breath and chopped down the machete that had been held high after accumulating power.

This chop is a little different, he is not the same as before, he used the front half of the machete to chop the beef leg bone traditionally. This time, he used the machete near the handle to chop on the beef leg bone.

boom! When the knife goes down, the bone dregs splash. After all, it was a knife that the veteran had accumulated for a long time. Although he used the lower part of the blade to attack the corbel bone and did not use enough mechanical torque to make the most effective knife, the veteran did it specially.

After slashing with the knife, he did not raise the knife directly as before. Instead, he held the handle of the knife tightly with both hands and pulled the machete backward. While pulling the machete, the veteran took the opportunity to press down on the machete fiercely, trying his best to make the blade of the machete rub against the beef leg bone.

Accompanied by a short and thick rubbing sound from Gragra, the veteran pulled the machete out of the calf bone.

After smoking, the veteran put his head close to the beef leg bone to observe. Hey, works great, great. The veteran found that on the basis of the knife marks from the first slash, the destructive effect on the cow's leg bone caused by the machete dragging just now was no worse than the direct slashing.

In fact, it is best to send them a hand saw, which can cut off the beef leg bone in two or three strokes.

Since the effect is good, then come again. As long as a few judges on the stage think it's not a foul.

In the off stage, the veteran continued to chop the beef leg bone with the machete, and specially borrowed when dragging the knife, let the machete blade violently rub the beef leg bone to speed up the cutting of the beef leg bone.

The three judges on the stage all discovered the intention of the old soldier's action, but they had different opinions on this. Knight Crowe felt that it was inappropriate. Since it was to test the strength of the machete, it should be done simply by chopping the beef leg bone with the machete. It should not be done this way.

Mr. Grim felt that there was no problem. After all, there was no rule in the test rules of the competition that people could not do this. Besides, participating in the competition test itself has no benefits to be gained. The audience came to participate in the competition test with enthusiasm, and it is already very good to find ways to improve the performance of the contestants.

The Bordeaux shepherd did not comment.

He was a little confused. The veterans on the field took advantage of the loopholes in the game, but it cannot be absolutely said that they were wrong. After all, the rules of the game itself are very crude and simple, and the final judgment and interpretation of the game rests with the three judges. . As long as they don't say no, then it's fine for the contestants and test audience to do whatever they want.

But the fundamental purpose of the Bordeaux shepherd is actually not here. He organizes weapon forging competitions, the ultimate purpose of which is to gather popularity for his god. It doesn't really matter whether the game is fair or perfect, the most important thing is to be good-looking and lively. Let every audience who watched relish every year's competition, so as to maintain enough goodwill towards the God of Craftsman and the Church.

After all, their church is not as capable of doing things as the Saturnalia Church, and the church's belief foundation is too short of the population. In the entire Kendall County, more than 70% of the people are farming, so the Saturnalia Church can have enough faith foundation to hold grand ceremonies every year to strengthen their faith.

Their Church of the God of Craftsmanship is not good. After all, all the craftsmen, apprentices and their families together are less than 20% of the population of the Saturnalia Church. Not to mention that there are other small and medium-sized churches in the city that share many of their populations.

Those who have money and accumulated wealth will prefer to attend the God of Wealth Church. People with simple and direct minds will prefer the Church of the Sun God. After all, all the light and heat on the earth basically come from the sun in the sky, and the church naturally has a promotional advantage. People with status and power will prefer to curry favor with the god of nobility, eager to use their strength to climb up the ladder of power. People who are good at using their hands rather than their mouths will prefer the Church of the God of War. Not to mention the scattered beliefs of smaller gods in the pantheon.

After weighing for a while, the pastor of Bordeaux still decided that as long as the audience likes it, that is what their church should fight for. There is no need and should not grab what the audience doesn't like.

Of course, this decision must be at odds with Knight Crowe's opinion. Therefore, the shepherd of Bordeaux whispered to Knight Crowe, tactfully persuading his friend.

"I know your opinion, but this veteran's behavior is actually quite skillful."

"Um?"

"His method is not a violation of the rules of the game. Looking at it from another perspective, he can actually be regarded as displaying his fighting wisdom."

"Battle wisdom?" Knight Crowe liked all things related to battle, and his attention was attracted by this 'battle wisdom'.

"Yes, combat wisdom. If you were in his situation, what would you do? To bring into the opponent's situation, don't say that I chopped off the cow's leg bone and wooden frame with one knife, you have to Bring in the opponent's situation." The Bordeaux shepherd stopped Crow Knight's words in advance.

"I could have chopped off that cow's leg bone with a single knife. I know what you mean, um, bring in the other party's words. The veteran's physical strength is actually not as good as the other two young people. The reason why his movements are fancy is to use his exquisite martial arts skills to cover up the fact that his physical fitness has declined after retirement."

Mr. Grimm heard what Knight Crowe said, and he finally understood that in the eyes of Knight Crowe, the veteran's previous exquisite martial arts was a hidden meaning, and he completely failed to see it.

"After several rounds of tests, the other two are fine, but his strength is a little weak. I guess, there should be some hidden wounds on his body, that's for sure. How could he not be injured after serving in the army for decades? If you don’t have enough physical strength, you really should think of a way to solve it.”

Knight Crowe was silent for a while: "Well, his mind is still good. It seems that he has a lot of combat experience. If I were him, I should also find a way."

The Bordeaux shepherd was waiting for his words. Since Crow Knight himself felt that there was nothing wrong with the veterans on the field, there was nothing wrong with it. The three judges all got unanimous opinions. If they didn't express their opinions in public, they had already given their opinions secretly.

Under the stage, the veteran finally used this method to break the beef leg bone at the seventh cut. Although some viewers felt that it was inappropriate for the veteran to do this, since the judges didn't say anything, there was no problem.

The audience likes to see the situation where the beef leg bone is broken by the machete. They cheered for it again, not only for the veteran himself, but also for the machete work of No. 8 contestant. More people just simply like this kind of competition Just a little bit of damage.

For the vast majority of spectators watching the weapon forging competition, fierce competition, dramatic competition accidents, screams and howls of grief and anger, and shouts of excitement for promotion and victory, these are the things they like to see.

The veteran finally breathed a sigh of relief. He put all three machetes back on the wooden display stand, and began to take off his armor. He removed the armor very quickly, and just as the church staff wanted to go up to help, the veteran took off the helmet and breastplate without help. It seems that he must have used armor frequently in the past to be able to remove it so skillfully.

Zhao Ji patted the helmet on his head, finally it was his turn to play.

For the test, he had already figured it out, but in fact, he was still too nervous before. Just now he figured it out, what does the test result have to do with him? It wasn't that he was participating in the forging competition, he was just randomly selected by the big shots to help.

As long as he does his best, no one else will find anything about him. As for whether the tested machete work can pass the test, that is something that forging players should worry about.

After calming down, Zhao Ji finally let go of the burden in his heart, and he saw the performance of the other two just now. There was no need to fight so hard, the two of them were still affected by the atmosphere of the scene.

Shrugging, Zhao Ji picked up the work of No. 3 contestant and walked to the field. When shrugging his shoulders, Zhao Jicai realized that the action of shrugging his shoulders while wearing the armor was so strenuous. The original simple action can only be done by lifting the entire armor on his body with the muscles of his shoulders.

The third contestant's work should pass this test, Zhao Ji thought to himself. When he came to an unused corbel test bench, Zhao Ji pulled out his machete, as if a sea beast had suddenly bared its fangs.

No need for both hands anymore, Zhao Ji held the scabbard of the machete in his left hand, and raised the machete with his right hand to chop down.

boom! Striking down with all his strength, the seemingly ordinary blade was deeply embedded in the beef leg bone, without much bone slag splashing.

Zhao Ji looked at the machete blade clamped by the bone, and slowly lifted it upwards. How did this machete do it?

This question is not only Zhao Ji's question, but also everyone's question. I also didn't see the No. 3 player using a special forging method. He just forged this machete quickly with an ordinary method, but the performance of this machete is so outstanding. Not only the strength test of this corbel bone, but also the previous tests are basically the best performance.

This machete has no weakness at all. Other machetes may have their strengths and weaknesses, but the machete forged by No. 3 player is perfect. How did you do it?

Regarding this, contestant No. 3 stood among the contestants. He folded his arms and watched the performance of his work confidently. He has been preparing for the weapon forging competition for a long time. He made rough predictions from the topics selected in previous years, tried many times to forge in the limit time, judged and selected various strategies, and performed perfectly technically.

Everything is for winning today, he is a genius, he used to be. Until a mistake in the weapon forging competition a few years ago led to failure.

After that, he discovered that he was not a genius, he surpassed a genius, because a genius might have an upper limit, but he didn't. As long as he wants to, he can create better works.

Today's self is stronger than yesterday. Tomorrow's self is better than today's.

He is getting stronger day by day. After winning the weapon forging competition, he has already made up his mind. Next, he will deepen his technical scope into extraordinary weapons. Traditional weapon forging methods and materials can no longer allow him to get more Quickly improved. He will step into a higher world and get more space to play.

After winning the competition, he asked the shepherd of Bordeaux to recommend him to study with the forging master in the provincial capital.

boom! The second cut was beyond Zhao Ji's expectation. After this cut, Zhao Ji found that if he had put on more strength just now, he could break the beef leg bone with two cuts. What a sharp machete, maybe not just sharp.

Different from the machetes tested by the other two people before, this machete basically cut the beef leg bone into two with one cut.

In the third cut, Zhao Ji didn't use much force, and the whole corbel bone broke with a snap.

The cheers from the audience were still good, but Zhao Ji didn't care anymore. He held the machete in front of him and looked at it. There was no curl on the blade, only a slight twist of the edge.

Pick up the beef leg bone and look at it. The fractures of the beef leg bone are neat, and the bone fracture is neat, as if it is natural. The bone marrow in the middle of the bone is neat and tidy, and even blood slowly seeps out of the bone marrow.

Zhao Ji handed the beef leg bone to the host who came to watch, and the host also exclaimed. Zhao Ji then pointed the edge of the machete to the host, which aroused the host's admiration.

Regardless of how the host explained his findings to the audience, Zhao Ji returned to the wooden booth, put down the scabbard of contestant No. 3, and then took the machete of contestant No. 4.

In fact, he prefers the machete of player No. 4, and hopes that it will perform well. After all, the next performance has nothing to do with him, Zhao Ji, and more depends on the situation of these machetes themselves.