Naren naturally knew that this broken sword was his father's treasure. He had even heard his father bragging about this sword no less than a hundred times since he was a child. However, he never expected that Liu Yifei would actually tell the story about this sword today.
The origin of the sword was extraordinary, and Naren couldn't help but admire Liu Yifei very much, but he was also a little surprised that he didn't expect that the stories his father had boasted about him before were actually true.
If Naren was surprised and surprised, Immo was really shocked!
[This boy, can he tell the difference in that sword in just such a short time? Moreover, he actually recognizes that the mark on the hilt of the sword is the remnants of enchantment? 】
[This... is this kid really capable, or is he just a fool? 】
The father and son were thinking a lot in their minds, but Liu Yifei was already carefully inspecting the "injuries" of the two one-handed swords like a master craftsman.
These two one-handed swords are typical imitation one-handed swords. The overall appearance and parameters are similar to the standard one-handed swords in the army. They only differ in a few details such as balance, weight hammer selection, and hilt wood selection.
There are slight differences depending on the different blacksmith shops. It is a very common product on the market and is generally used by various types of mercenaries, adventurers and other unofficial warriors.
The one-handed sword with many damaged blades had clear stains on the handle, and even black blood stains could be seen on the end of the sword where the balance hammer met. It could be seen that its owner had not spent too much time.
You put a lot of thought into maintaining it, but you don’t pay that much attention when you want to use it.
Liu Yifei held the tail of the sword between his left index finger and middle finger, and then gently tapped the tip of the sword with a small copper hammer, feeling the slight tremor between his fingers.
"What are you doing?"
Naren looked curious. After all, he was the small owner of the "Mars and Seed" blacksmith shop. Even if his blacksmithing skills were not very good, he had grown up watching his father forge, so he always had good eyesight. But
He had never seen his father behave like this when making or repairing weapons, especially Liu Yifei's serious look, which immediately piqued his interest.
"This is called 'listening to the vibration', and it is a relatively simple method of judging the internal cracks of a weapon with a relatively regular shape, such as a one-handed sword."
"Inside...what?"
An uncommon word popped out of Liu Yifei's mouth, and it seemed to be related to the craft of blacksmithing. Not to mention the little boss Naren, even Imo, who had been blacksmithing for more than ten years, had never heard of that term.
Suddenly, he couldn't help but become interested, and he watched Liu Yifei's every move more seriously.
"Internal cracks! It means small cracks inside the object that are difficult to observe with ordinary means~"
Liu Yifei didn't care about Boss Yimo who was stealing from him behind him. He still listened to the shock and explained:
“When forging ironware, especially military weapons, traditional craftsmanship involves repeatedly forging metal ingots and rough blanks to remove impurities and slightly improve the quality of the finished product.
This behavior will make the object being struck more dense in the process...which means firmer and stronger. In other words, it is the process of reducing or even eliminating the cracks within the object.
But some cracks are too small, and even the forging process itself will continue to create some cracks, so this situation is inevitable after all.
This is also a major reason why some appliances break uncontrollably as soon as they are formed and cooled.
Even if it is finally formed, if you don't pay attention during subsequent use, the existing cracks will gradually become larger, eventually causing the weapon's quality to continue to decline.
Even if it looks intact on the outside, it may suddenly become shattered after a violent collision! This situation is actually not uncommon, and it is also a major reason for defeat or even death in battle.
If you look at this sword, the wounds all over its body are of different shades of color. You can roughly determine that it has gone through more than one battle to become what it is, and there are stains remaining on the hilt, blade, etc.
Therefore, I judge that the owner of this sword did not care much when using it, and even did not maintain it for a long time.
Generally speaking, this kind of situation is the easiest to amplify the cracks inside the object, so the most direct possibility is that when we go back to the furnace for repair, the whole sword will be broken into pieces like glass with just one hammer, or even if it is barely repaired,
You can never guess when it will suddenly break.
So I have to use the vibration method to confirm whether the cracks inside it are too big to be repaired. Otherwise, if I hit it with a hammer and the sword breaks, wouldn’t I have to sell myself and come back to pay compensation to your father?
sword?"
After saying this, Liu Yifei had basically determined the specific situation of the two swords. However, as soon as he stood up and turned around, he saw the two bosses behind him, one big and one small, looking at him with ghostly expressions on their faces, and almost killed him.
Startled.
"What's your expression?"
"Um...Geralt, have you ever studied systematically under a master blacksmith?" It was Imo who asked the question this time, because he obviously understood what Liu Yifei was talking about just now, but he
The more I listen to it, the more surprised I am!
What Liu Yifei said, let alone his son Naren, even though he had been working as a blacksmith for more than ten years, he had never heard someone explain the relevant knowledge so clearly and methodically, and he couldn't help but feel enlightened! He had encountered a few of them before.
A similar situation made him very confused, and in the end he had to pay money to settle the matter. Now the truth has come to light, it turned out that it was all the "internal cracks" that were to blame!
With such profound and incisive knowledge, Imo would not believe that Geralt was a blacksmith apprentice anyway... Even if he was, he would only be the apprentice of those master blacksmiths! They are definitely not the same kind of existence as the apprentices under him.
~
Hearing Yimo's question, Liu Yifei couldn't help but be startled, and then finally realized what he had done... What he just subconsciously said was a bit too much!
In the campaign mode, players rarely see the specific attributes of "foreign objects". This is also one of the manifestations of the campaign mode's pursuit of high fidelity. If everything has clear and clear digital indicators, then this reality is inevitable.
It's too fake~
In fact, what Liu Yifei said before can be summed up in the words of players, that is, "the upper limit of item durability is reduced"!
Materials have their own quality, and through the craftsmanship of the manufacturer, they will eventually be reflected in the "upper limit of durability" of the finished product. The better the material used and the better the craftsmanship of the maker, the "upper limit of durability" of the same finished product.
"The higher it is, the other attributes of the item will even be slightly improved.
On the contrary, if the materials used during manufacturing are all inferior, or the manufacturer's workmanship is rough, or the user does not pay attention to maintenance for a long time during use, etc., it will cause the upper limit of the durability of the item to decrease until it is completely broken.
In the campaign mode, players cannot see the specific attributes of items, so in the future, smart players gradually figured out some crude methods to judge the material of items. The "hearing vibration" Liu Yifei just used is one of them.
A few years later, this became a very common technique. Even in the campaign mode, many NPCs learned a lot of new knowledge from players and completed bilateral exchanges of wisdom.
But for the current period, for an ordinary blacksmith in an ordinary town like Imo who is hammering some farm tools, Liu Yifei's skills are quite unpredictable. It feels like watching those mysterious spell casters raise their hands.
The feeling of a fireball or a light ball is almost the same~
If the Geralt in front of him didn't look so young, almost the same age as his own unlucky one, Imo would have even wanted to call him Master.
"I learned all this knowledge from people during my journey when I was traveling with the caravan. I can't even remember who I learned it from, but it's pretty useful anyway... By the way, this
This sword is basically useless. Unless it is completely remade, it will be destroyed within a few hammer blows. In my opinion, it should be discarded. I will try to repair it this time."
Leaving aside the origin of his knowledge, Liu Yifei pointed at the one-handed sword with its tip broken off and said.
In fact, by now Imo has basically believed that Liu Yifei has real abilities... I even believe that his blacksmithing skills are better than his own! It doesn't matter whether there is any test or not.
But Liu Yifei persisted on his own!
If he wants to make money by blacksmithing, firstly, Liu Yifei has the advantage of being familiar with this business; secondly, he can also prepare for the transition to forging equipment for himself in the future; thirdly, in the process of blacksmithing, he can continue to exercise his strength and physique.
I have a little pocket money to buy food rations.
So this was Liu Yifei's "killing two birds with one stone" exercise plan from the beginning. Which round would he cancel if Imo said it was cancelled?
Ignoring Yimo's suggestion to cancel the assessment, Liu Yifei put on the thick leather apron used by blacksmiths and started busy around the furnace.
Instruct another apprentice to heat and burn the furnace, then select appropriate iron ingots to smelt, select grinding tools, trim the details, pour molten iron, put in the broken sword, control the shape, forge, repeatedly heat, and then forge again, and then another
Secondary processing of series grinding and polishing...
The technique changed from being unfamiliar at the beginning to becoming more and more familiar. The more Liu Yifei devoted himself to it, the more he was able to recall the memories of forging items hundreds of times. The feel became better and better. In less than an hour and a half, he had a completely new look.
The one-handed sword appeared in front of a room full of people.
In terms of time, Yimo has little advantage over Liu Yifei. The main reason is that many things were too unfamiliar at the beginning, which wasted a lot of time.
In terms of the quality of the finished product... I haven't gone through any specific tests yet, but it looks pretty good just by looking at it. Anyway, Imo can't see any obvious problems.
"This... Dad, what do you think? Has Geralt passed the test?" Naren asked impatiently, as if he was the one taking the test.
"Hmph! You're not up to par. If you were one-third as good as this guy, I would hand over this store to you right now!" Immo glared at his silly son in displeasure, and then looked at him again.
After looking at the repaired one-handed sword, he turned to Liu Yifei and said, "I am willing to admit defeat. From today on, you will officially become an employee of our store. We will discuss the specific details..."
Next, Liu Yifei had a discussion with Yi Mo, and Liu Yifei had to sigh that no one who dared to open the door to do business was easy to deal with~
This Imogen Sledgehammer looks like a rough guy, and he is really not an economical lamp when it comes to picking up money. Little Naren was right when he said that he is a tough guy...
Finally, he has completed all the mission objectives today. Seeing that there is not much time left in the game, and his physical strength is almost exhausted, Liu Yifei no longer intends to stay in the blacksmith shop, but also wants to wander around the town of Wicks.
Or go to the Sanler family's tavern to have a look? That boy dares to arrange things behind his back, so I'll give him a good look next time...
With this in mind, Liu Yifei staggered out of the "Spark and Seed" blacksmith shop, but he didn't know that the discussion about him by the father and son behind him had just begun.
"Silly boy, do you think he has tidied up the entire first class in one day?" Yimo looked at Liu Yifei's retreating back and said to Naren who was standing beside him.
"No! I heard that Geralt is very fierce! When the instructor gives an order, he will not hesitate to execute it. That guy Sanle just yelled a little when he was punished, and Geralt hit him with a punch.
I heard that the unlucky Sanler was vomited and even vomited out his breakfast, which scared me to death~" Naren couldn't help but shrink his neck as he spoke, as if he could feel Sanler's pain at that time.
"You silly boy, otherwise, I'll think of a way to transfer you to the first class, right? Don't you usually have a good relationship with Sanle?"
"Ah??? Dad, what are you thinking!!!" Naren was so shocked that he almost jumped up after hearing his father's words.
"Geralt is as ferocious as a ghost. He has beaten up several thorns in the class. Why should I try to move forward at this time? Besides, don't you always warn me not to associate with Sanle?"
?Why do you remember it now? Dad, do you think I am so stupid?!"
Seeing her son's unsatisfactory appearance, Imoo couldn't help but feel itchy hands again, and subconsciously wanted to hit him with a cleave.
But this time, Naren was already prepared. He ducked in and continued with a playful smile: "Oh! I remembered, daddy, I haven't put your baby back yet. If someone takes it away,
It’s a huge loss, I’ll put it away now~”
Before he finished speaking, the person had already disappeared.
Faced with his son's sneaky and playful appearance, Imoo helplessly touched his bald head, feeling a little anxious.
However, when he thought of the way Geralt was focused when he was explaining knowledge and working on blacksmithing, he couldn't help but feel a little touched in his heart.
Or, will the first shift be very different this time?
[Forget it, let’s find a chance to put that silly boy into the first class~]
Naren didn't know that his fate had been decided so hastily...
