Mercenaries and Adventurers

Kiel looked embarrassed, but decided to listen to the other craftsmen. After all, listening to others' advice means having enough to eat.

Although the edges on both sides of the long sword have not yet been sharpened, the Makote craftsmen are very good at hammering out thin and sharp edges. It seems that with a little sharpening and polishing, it will be a sharp long sword.

In order to show his solemnity, Kil held the sword in his forehand and raised it with both hands. His eyes were not looking at the blessing prayer of the Church of the Sun God on the sword, but at the entire long sword.

The surface of the long sword radiated strong light, which was unbearable for others, but Kil thought it was okay. Although it was in the way, it was not dazzling.

"If you have a spirit, then please restrain your light. If you know me, please do as I say and fight with me, no matter how powerful the enemy is." After finishing speaking in a low voice, Kil looked expectantly. Holding a long sword.

The miraculous thing happened. As the craftsmen said, the long sword that had been shining quickly restrained all the released powers.

"It's done!" The craftsmen clapped to each other and congratulated each other, while the shepherd's hand craftsman handed over the scabbard of the reforged hunting sword: "The sword and the scabbard are combined together, and it is a complete weapon."

"Thank you." Kil thanked him, took the scabbard, and inserted the long sword into the scabbard.

Clang.

With some difficulty, Kil looked at the craftsman.

"It's normal. The long sword has not been sharpened yet, and there is some obstruction on the edge of the sword. Just wait until you sharpen the weapon."

"What about now? You have all the tools here." Kil pointed to a pedal sander in the room.

Unexpectedly, the Makishou craftsman waved his hand: "That thing is not good. It's not that you are not allowed to use it, but that your weapon is not an ordinary steel weapon. It is mixed with magic metal and has an amazing hardness." As he said that, he laughed: " If you use an ordinary stone wheel grinder to grind it, you won't be able to get it right all afternoon. Just wait, I also have a special set of grinders, and I'll sharpen it for you."

After saying that, the makate craftsman returned to the room where the valuables had been stored, and quickly took out a wooden box from the corner of the room.

There was a lot of dust on the wooden box, but he didn't care. A diligent young craftsman came over to wipe it clean.

When he opened the wooden box, Kil was a little disappointed with what was inside. He originally thought it was some kind of wonderful tool, but it turned out to be a stone wheel. But the slight difference is that the color of this stone wheel is black, and when the light shines on it, it reflects many fine reflections.

Without touching it with bare hands, the Mudou craftsman took out his gloves and introduced them to the other craftsmen: "Please note, this thing is a kind of volcanic hard rock. It doesn't look like much. In fact, there are many sharp edges on its surface that are difficult to see with the naked eye. Hard teeth. And this thing is not an ordinary rock, it is much harder than steel."

As he spoke, he took out the black stone wheel from the box. Keir saw that there were many rough wear marks on the edges of the wooden box containing the stone wheel.

A craftsman had previously removed the stone wheel from an ordinary stone wheel grinder.

The mahogany craftsmen directly installed the stone wheel, tinkered with it, and it was installed. He took off his gloves and showed them to others. Just by simply moving the black stone wheel, many of the tough thin lines on the surface of the gloves had been scratched off, leaving a layer of fur on the surface.

It was clear that he was wearing a new pair of gloves just a moment ago.

"You must not touch it directly with your hands, otherwise it will be scratched by its sharp surface wherever you touch it, and the lines on your palms will be shaved off." Craftsman Makote introduced to other craftsmen.

Everyone else nodded in agreement, indicating that they would not be careless.

Gere recalled that in his previous life, the laboratory teachers also taught the students the same earnest instructions, repeatedly indicating that dangerous actions should not be imitated.

Kil took out the long sword from the scabbard and handed it to the shepherd's craftsman.

The other party first checked the place to be polished, then sat on the stone grinder's chair, stepped on the bottom pedal with both feet, and the stone wheel above immediately started to rotate rapidly.

He brought the edge of the long sword that needed to be polished close to the stone wheel, and upon contact, a large number of sparks flew out.

"Don't be nervous, this is a normal phenomenon. The two of them are wrestling. Although your long sword is very tough, my stone grinder is specially designed to deal with it. Haha." The Mu Hand craftsman is very skilled and actually works while , while joking with Keir. Other craftsmen do not have this skill, especially when polishing weapons. If the apprentices are not careful, they will rub their palms and fingers on the rapidly rotating stone grinding wheel.

It can range from a small piece of skin being scraped off, to severe injuries, the fingers may be broken off. very dangerous.

The other craftsmen didn't want to leave, so they sat around the room, dawdling casually. They first extinguished the stove, then took out the unburned coal and took it outside in insulated clay pots for the use of the apprentices outside.

The unused coal and charcoal were put into sacks and moved to the warehouse of the workshop themselves. They inspected and wiped all other forging tools that had been used before.

While polishing the blade, the Makote craftsman commanded and praised the other craftsmen: "That's it. After things are used, they must be sorted and placed in their original places. This is not only a rule, but also a kind of excellence accumulated over a long period of time." The brilliant truth behind the craftsman.”

He went on to say: "Wherever things are placed, they can only be easily found the next time they are used if they are placed in their proper places after use. Occasionally something unexpected will happen during the forging process. When it does, the required tools should be placed where they should be. Only in this way can we find tools as quickly as possible and use them to deal with emergencies.”

A few young craftsmen responded in agreement, while the middle-aged craftsmen shrugged, indicating that it was obvious and there was no need to say more.

After that, the Shepherd's Hand craftsman rambled on about many rules and regulations in forging, which made Kil's mind feel swollen. He wanted to say something to the Shepherd's Hand craftsman: Brother, did you know each other in your previous life? A guy named Tang Seng.

After finally scratching the tip of the sword against the stone mill a few times, the makatsu craftsman stopped moving his feet, and the stone mill gradually stopped.

He took the long sword in his hand and looked at it from different angles. After finding no problems, he smiled with satisfaction: "It's done. Kil, take it and take a look."

Kil took the long sword and first took a look at the edge of the blade, and found that it was not very fine.

Seeing Kil's puzzled expression, the makushite craftsman explained: "There is a limit to stone wheel polishing. Generally speaking, this sharpness is the ultimate sharpness that this big guy can achieve. If you want to be sharper, generally speaking, just It can only be finely polished with a whetstone.”

Seeing that Kil was about to speak, the shepherd's hand stopped Kil. He continued: "I know what you want to say, but I can tell you that you can't do it. Because your long sword is no longer made of ordinary steel. , the whetstone that can be used to polish ordinary weapons cannot be used to polish this long sword. Now it is possible. Even if you use it to chop stones or other weapons, its edge will not be lost at all. It will only leave traces of wear when it collides with materials of the same level of hardness and toughness."

Keir figured it out: "You mean, I can rarely polish it later? Or repair it?"

However, the makatsu craftsmen did not answer Kiel's question. Instead, they used Kiel's question as a test question to test other craftsmen on the spot.

Although the young craftsmen were embarrassed and couldn't answer, the older craftsmen all gave the answer: "There is no need to do grinding and rust prevention, but things that are corrosive to metal still need to be dealt with as soon as possible."

"Very good, then let us go out and see how powerful your long sword is now?" The shepherd's hand craftsman took the lead and walked away first, and Kil quickly followed: "I also have the intention, and I can't wait."

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They hadn't gone far and were still in the weapon forging workshop.

Since it is a place where weapons are forged, there must be a place to test the performance of weapons. After the group of them walked out of the special forging room deep in the workshop, they turned around and arrived at the entrance of the workshop.

There is a wall here dedicated to craftsmen and buyers to test the performance of weapons. There were many thick logs standing beside the wall, leaving many hacking marks on them.

The apprentices all knew what their masters were doing today, so when they came out and came to the place where the weapons were tested, they all spontaneously gathered over to see the shepherd who was the manager of the weapon forging workshop. What kind of weapons did the craftsmen forge today?

Among all the people, Kil was the only one holding a long sword, so everyone knew without guessing that this was what was being forged today.

However, the scabbard of the hunting long sword has a simple appearance. Although the wood on the scabbard looks good at first glance, it still cannot attract the attention of the apprentices.

Kil rubbed the spherical moonlight iron at the end of the sword hilt a little, not knowing what he was thinking. Seeing that everyone had gathered in a circle and made way for him to test, Kiel was not polite. Without saying anything, he directly grasped the hilt of the sword. The green light on the hilt flashed away, and Kiel felt a surge in his arms. Entering a continuous force.

Draw the sword out of its sheath, Qiang!

It was like the roar of a falcon before it pounced, which shocked everyone and surprised them all at the same time.

Because after Kil unsheathed his sword, the sword's blade did not look dim and gray due to the mixture of black iron as before. Instead, it could be clearly seen that it was shrouded in a layer of white light during the day.

Kil raised his eyebrows, not expecting this weapon to be so conspicuous.

But now that it was like this, he had no choice but to accept it.

After a few simple air swings, the sword flashed past and left significant traces of swings in the air.

After Kil stood firm, he stabbed directly. With a pop, the thick tree trunk that Kil was aiming at was directly penetrated deeply by the sword. The tip of the long sword and the middle of the sword body were all penetrated. Kil looked at the shepherd's hand craftsman, who nodded, confirming Kil's idea.

Kil didn't say anything, just stepped back and stabbed again.

Poof, just like before, the sword stabbed into the tree trunk easily. After trying it two more times with the same result, Keel became satisfied.

"How's it going?" Craftsman Mudou crossed his arms and asked confidently.

Keir expressed satisfaction.

Then, Geer tried chopping, slashing, lifting, pointing, spreading, sending, and piercing. Then he held the long sword with both hands, slashed diagonally with one, and chopped the other intact tree trunk into two sections diagonally.

While swinging, Kil concentrated his concentration, and at the moment of swinging, the sword erupted with an unusually bright white light.

He himself felt nothing, but others around him exclaimed in unison, covering their eyes with their hands and talking about white light and what was going on.

After the broken tree trunk fell to the ground, Keir realized the situation of the people around him. Seeing everyone covering their eyes in pain, Kil looked embarrassed and looked at the guy who forged a long sword for him but didn't give him instructions for using it.

Unexpectedly, unlike the people around him, this shepherd's hand craftsman's eyes shone brightly, his movements remained unchanged, and he still crossed his arms. Seeing what happened to Kiel, this guy chuckled and said, "Don't panic, everyone. Everyone's eyes are fine. Don't move around. You can't see and you're walking around blindly. Don't be afraid of getting stuck in a weapon. Or fall into the stove. They all sit on the ground."

After hearing the words of the person in charge of the workshop, the surrounding craftsmen and apprentices calmed down, and everyone sat on the ground.

"What happened just now?"

"Suddenly there was a flash of white light and I lost sight."

"Is it the special function of Geer's new sword? I guess it is."

"Made-sama said it's okay, I guess you'll be able to see it after a while, right?"

The shepherd's hand craftsman approached Kil, and then replied to his men: "Yes, it will be fine after a while. It will have no effect on the eyes. At most, the effect is about the same as staring directly at the sun for a meal."

As he spoke, he took out a well-bound piece of paper from his clothes. and handed it to Keir.

Just when Kil was about to speak, the machinist made a gesture of silence. Kil didn't speak. He simply looked at what was written on the paper and put it into his inner pocket.

Among the complicated patterns printed on the front of the paper are detailed descriptions of the blessing prayer abilities of the Church of the Sun God.

After looking directly at it for a moment, Kil could see that this thing was actually more complicated to use, unlike what he had thought before.

There were no other tests of the long sword. Kil smoothly sheathed the long sword and hung it on the left side of his belt.

He didn't leave either. He followed the craftsman Dai Dai where he was, waiting for the other craftsman apprentices who were suddenly caught by his eyes to return to normal. After they could see each other with both eyes, they curiously looked at the long sword on Kil's waist.

However, Kiel declined all their requests to watch carefully. No one said anything, but they were a little regretful. However, since Kiel was unwilling, there was nothing they could do.

-

After everyone was fine, Kil once again thanked all the craftsmen who participated in the hunting work of reforging the long sword, and apologized to everyone whose eyes were flashed by his weapon, and then he lovingly stroked the long sword all the way. Handle, returned to the hunter stronghold.

At night, he lit an oil lamp in the house and carefully read the instructions on the church's blessing ability that the shepherd's craftsman gave him several times.

Only then did Zhao Ji discover that in addition to the ability to suddenly blind the people around him with a sudden flash of the sword, the long sword that received the blessed metal piece also had other abilities.

For example, when you concentrate on holding the long sword, you can use the long sword that emits a faint white light as a lighting fixture.

If you don't feel tired of holding a weapon all the time.

For example, Kil can identify his trusted companions and will not be attacked by abilities due to the ability to be blinded by flash. As long as Kil pays attention when using his abilities.

Also, under normal circumstances, as long as Kil is holding the long sword, the sword body will emit white light, and all abilities are in a state to be released. Kiel can actively hide his blessing ability, or enter an energy-saving state.

However, after entering the energy-saving state, if you want to wake it up again, you have to take the initiative to wake it up.

In addition to releasing white light to blind enemies, the instructions written by the church also said that the blessing power hidden in the long sword can be output continuously at a high level at one time, but then the long sword must be exposed to sunlight for many days to restore the power of the sun. Or go to the Sun God Church in various places and find the church priests to instill divine power.

Or, if the user himself possesses the power of the Sun God, he can replenish the blessing ability on the long sword with divine power at any time.

In addition, at the end of the explanation, it is said that if all else fails, you can also find a certain number of Sun God believers and quickly hold a simple ceremony during the day to guide the god's power support.

As for how to perform this so-called 'simple' ritual, this description did not include any information. It only said that users can go to the Sun God Church in various places to inquire, but the user's identity must be recognized by the church.

Zhao Ji put the explanation on the table, leaned on the back of the chair and muttered: "After talking for a long time, a guy like me who can't compete with the Sun God Church can only show off his weapons obediently. Only the sun will do. Hmm, the description is full of co-optation and tendentious methods. It seems that the church is not spreading this blessing power in vain."

"Anyone who accepts the use of this kind of weapon, no matter whether they are willing or not, as long as they use the weapon, they will be inseparable from the Church of the Sun God. Bah." Zhao Ji curled his lips in displeasure.

But he was still unhappy, so he still pulled out the long sword from his waist.

Just holding it in his hand, the long sword's blade glowed faintly in the room. Zhao Ji exhaled and blew out the oil lamp, but the sealed room with the door and windows closed did not fall into darkness.

Looking around, and then at the words on the instruction manual on the table, Kil nodded with satisfaction.

His mind moved, and he followed the instructions in his mind and silently recited the words.

Soon, the white light on the long sword converged and disappeared, leaving only the words of the church prayer at the root of the sword that glowed faintly, like fireflies.

The room became dark, but in an instant, the hilt of the sword and the weighted ball at the end of the hilt glowed.

Kil smiled, but he didn't expect these two guys to start to show themselves after the white light on the swords converged.

He changed his sword to another hand and wore a wooden bracelet on his left hand. This thing was a gift from the Church of the God of Agriculture to him. The power of the sword hilt and the wooden bracelet came from the same place, so after changing hands, Kil found that his energy had increased a lot, and the power the sword hilt brought to him changed from a small water pipe to a small stream.

Kil felt that between battles, he could try holding a sword instead, and the recovery speed of his physical strength and energy would be much faster.

As for the moonlight iron, which is similar to a weighted ball, although Kil knows that this thing has magical power, it is not like the blessing metal piece of the Church of the Sun God. It actually has an 'instruction manual' for guidance. Secondly, unlike the blessed wood core used as a sword hilt, it can clearly play its role. As soon as people get started, they will know what benefits and enhancements the thing can bring.

This thing only emits a gleaming light similar to moonlight at night. It is said that it can expel bad luck and evil spirits, but it is difficult for Keir to test it, so he had to put it aside for the time being.

If he encounters something dirty like a living corpse later, he doesn't know whether it will be good or bad luck, he can try this so-called moonlight iron to see if it has any magical power.

There was a lot of excitement under the house, and the sound seemed to be that other old hunters had returned to their base. Kil put away his sword and walked downstairs.

After talking to the other three old hunters who came over for a while, he asked another old hunter who had been training his bow skills recently to explain his training results.

As expected by Kiel, the four old hunters received a notice from Knight Lanisa today, asking all members of the hunting team to come to her house before noon tomorrow to prepare for a meeting to prepare for this year's crusade against the wolves.

Originally, knights did not need to discuss matters with their subordinates. But after all, Lanissa Knight was young, and she herself had failed in dealing with wolves alone in the past few years.

However, since she listened to the advice of her elders - Baron Kendall and Knight Crow, she gathered the best hunters from villages and farms in the county and established a team of hunters specifically to deal with wolves in the northern part of the county.

In the following years, they had many victories. Lanessa Knight dealt with the superior wolf king among the wolves, while a large number of other wild wolves were lured and held back by the hunters. Not only could they kill a large number of wolves every time, but they also allowed Lanessa Knight to compete in a relatively large number of wolves. With less interference, concentrate on dealing with the Wolf King.

As for weekdays, hunters can wander around the villages in the female knight's territory and kill scattered wolves, which not only disrupts the hunting and expansion of wolves, but also limits the range of wolves' activities outside the scope of main human production activities.

Last winter, after gradually becoming familiar with cooperating and discussing various methods to deal with the wolves, their group not only inflicted heavy losses on the Wolf King, but also killed the Wolf King's men in large numbers.

I heard from several veteran hunters that this year is the best opportunity in many years. Wolves reproduce and grow rapidly, and suffered heavy losses last winter. This winter happens to be when their newborn wolves have not yet grown up.

If there is a time in recent years where the possibility of winning is greatest, it must be this year.

Keir nodded, feeling that this should be the case.

However, he has not yet had the experience to fight against a large group of wolves. Although he has fought against wolves and goblins in the southwest of Dorallin Village before, it was a mistake after all. .

Now that he has joined the hunter team and has to cooperate with the hunters who shoot long-range shots, Kil has no confidence in cooperating with them.

However, the hunters are relieved that as long as Kil can be himself, it will be fine. After all, the knights and old hunters value Kil's excellent melee defense and combat abilities. As long as Kil stands on the front line wearing armor and holding a shield, he can be of great help to them.

Keir scratched his head. He didn't expect that his role was so simple. He just had to hold on to it?