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Chapter 25 025. Forging and Mining!

After returning home, Mercer's daily life returned to normal.

Plain and simple.

But it also makes people feel very fulfilled.

The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is go for a morning run.

After warming up thoroughly, go home to wash up and have breakfast.

Then start learning.

after lunch,
Or go out hunting and take Xiong Bao out for a snack.

Or go out with Kuleha to treat a disease, or do something.
In a blink of an eye,
In May of the Haiyuan calendar year 1504, Moses had entered a new age.

This day, early morning.

[Merit Points +1]

Merit Points: [1615]

"My merit points have exceeded one thousand."

After closing the light curtain panel, Messer looked at the small town that appeared before him.

Oster Town

A steel town on Drum Island.

It is the smelting town of this country.

From the weapons for the king's army to the production of household kitchen utensils throughout the country, all are produced here.

"Okay, come back to the blacksmith shop."

Located in the northeast corner of the town.

A two-story brick and stone bungalow.

The door of the house was half-open.

As soon as I got here, gusts of hot wind blew across my cheeks.

From far away, you can hear the rhythmic sound of blacksmithing.

The chimney on the roof spewed out thick smoke from the coal.

He opened the door and walked in.

As soon as you enter the door, you can see a bearded, shirtless man waving a hammer and hitting a red-hot iron block on a chopping board.

With continuous hammering, an iron mold shaped like a kitchen knife was knocked out.

The owner of this shop has good skills, but he is stubborn and only accepts orders to make farm tools and kitchen utensils.

There is no mention of military-style weapons at all.

Therefore, even if one has good skills, one can only open a shop in a corner of the town.

The burly man glanced at Messer who had entered the room and said calmly, "Your knife is on the dining table. Go get it yourself. Just leave the balance on the table."

"And don't look around. I won't pass on my blacksmithing skills to anyone else."

Messi looked at him with empty eyes, "Uncle Otto, which eye of yours saw me stealing your skills? I didn't even touch your hammer.

Besides, you are an old bachelor who doesn’t even have a wife, let alone a son. You can’t pass on the inheritance even if you want to.”

Ott's eyes twitched, and the corner of his mouth curled up: "So, you want to be my son?"

He looked at Messer and laughed, "You know what, you look pretty fair and tender. If you really want to call me dad, I will teach you."

Now it was Messer's turn to have his eyes twitch.

Not to mention, the two people's Yin and Yang levels are really comparable.

As expected, she was recommended by Kuleha a few months ago.

Messer walked over to the scratched table and looked at the five scalpels and a flat-angle machete placed on it.

The scalpel is cast in one piece.

Like a palm-sized naginata.

Silver-white grip and blade.

Excellent workmanship.

Mercer picked up one and scratched the table with the blade, easily leaving a mark.

Nodding with satisfaction, Messer tested each of the swords.

With each stroke, a mark was scratched on the table surface.

Otto's mouth twitched as he watched.

"One hundred baileys for each table. If you scratch it again, you have to pay for it."

Upon hearing this, Messier immediately stopped what he was doing.

Speechless smile.

"Stingy. Your table is just like that anyway."

"Oh, by the way, Uncle Otto, the iron mine you mentioned last time is dry. There's not much iron ore in it. It's been abandoned for a long time."

Upon hearing this, Otto gave a strange smile and burst into laughter.

"He looks smart, but he's actually a complete idiot."

"Iron ore is a controlled substance. How could there be iron ore in a mine without guards? It's good enough that you can pick up some scraps.

After all, the last time you asked about a mine, it was one that no one was looking after."

“Although the old king is a good person, he is not stupid. He wants a lot of iron ore. Unless you become a miner and use the cheap ore as wages, or spend your own money to buy it.

Or maybe.”

When Mercer heard this, his eyes lit up and he glanced at Ott. "Uncle, do you know if there are any undiscovered iron ore veins on the island?"

A gleam of brilliance flashed in his eyes, and Ott looked at Messer calmly and said calmly: "As for the mineral vein, you can find out by just asking around.

After all, miners are very rare, and after mining, there are a lot of harmful gases inside the mines, so no rich people would go there.

As for undiscovered mineral veins, this requires professional exploration technology. If a new discovery is made, it can be reported to the King's General Staff, and there will be a Bailey reward."

"Three kilometers south of the town, there's a mine not far from the foot of the Magnetic Drum Mountain.

I heard the iron content of the ore is quite high.”

A hint of surprise flashed in Messier's eyes, but since he got what he wanted, he didn't say anything else.

Place one thousand Baileys on the table.

"The money and goods are settled, so I'll be leaving first. Uncle, you can continue to forge iron."

He inserted the scalpel into the special knife bag at his waist, and also inserted the machete into the wooden scabbard given by Ultra for free.

He turned around and walked out of the blacksmith shop.

Otto in the room looked thoughtful and puzzled. "I don't know what all the ore is used for. Hey, who cares? It's none of my business."

“But this little brat from the witch’s house has quite a sharp eye. Every time he comes to spy on me while I’m working, I feel like I’ve been stripped naked.

Strange thing. "

Then he continued to work on the iron.

There are several orders to be delivered today.

After leaving the blacksmith shop, the corners of Messer's mouth curled up. "It's up to you whether you want to teach me or not, but whether I learn or not is my business."

"And there are abandoned mines. Are they really all mined out? Hey, that's not necessarily true!"

I was thinking about the operation and force of Ultra's body muscles when he was forging iron.

Xiong Bao, who was waiting at the door, also came over at this time. Mercer said with a smile, "Let's go to another blacksmith shop."

Then he went to other blacksmith shops in the town to pick up goods, whether it was a hammer, a strange iron helmet, or a fat half-body armor.

Every time, Mercer would stay in the blacksmith shop for a while and chat with the boss or the apprentice.

The ability to observe and hear things calmly perceived their movements.

Constantly comparing and confirming in my mind.

Mercer left the town with a satisfied look on his face. There were many iron products on the wooden cart pulled by Xiong Bao.

After finding a deserted place, Bear Face looked at Messiah happily.

"Eat."

The next moment, with a cry of "Ah", Xiong Bao turned around and climbed onto the cart, grabbed the iron helmet, opened his mouth wide and bit it.

Click click click!

After eating the helmet, he ate the hammer and half-body armor.

He ate up a whole cart of ironware.

After a while, Xiong Bao burped with a satisfied look on his face. As for whether he was full or not, only Xiong Bao himself knew.

Moses looked at him and said, "Come on, show me what you can do."

Xiong Bao's eyes sparkled with excitement.

The next second, changes began to happen on my body.

People stand up.

A black iron helmet appeared on his head.

Only the black ears and the front face are exposed.

A half-body armor appeared on his body, protecting only his chest, abdomen and back.

The right claw turned into a pumpkin hammer.

Mercer's eyes became bright and he immediately pounced on Xiong Bao, touching and knocking him all over.

Ding-ding-ding-ding!

With the power of the Swallow-Swallow Fruit, the protective gear and weapons eaten by Xiong Bao were as if they had originally grown on his body.

An unusual combination.

Very handsome.

Fighting Armored Bear. Seeing what Meser did, Xiong Bao put away his hammer and sat on the ground with a curious look on his face, rubbing and tapping himself with his claws.

After playing for a while, Bao Xiong ate the wooden cart.

"Let's go to the mine we went to before."

Xiong Bao nodded.

Get on all fours.

Mercer sat astride the back of Xiong Bao, who also knew the way and ran out with his head down.

Taking advantage of the free time, Messer took out a scalpel and played with it in his hand.

"Identification"

[E-grade scalpel (refined): an excellent knife that has been tempered through countless trials and tribulations, of superb quality.]

It can only be said to be an ordinary weapon, not a famous sword, and has no special effects.

The lowest grade of famous sword is the "Kai Dao".

"According to Otto, the scalpel is considered the highest quality under the 'Quick Knife' category. In other words, if nothing unexpected happens, the quality of the 'Quick Knife' should be D-grade."

"However, Ultra's skills are limited, and I can't create a product of the quality of a "sharp sword", which is a bit of a pity."

"The same goes for the machete, which is a bit like a weapon. It's also an E-grade refined iron tool."

The retina projected a light screen panel, looking at the "Gift Ability" column.

【forging】

The gray gift of forging had not materialized. A thought flashed through Moser's eyes:

"Should we manifest the Gift of Forging? 'Famous Sword' should also be an item with legendary properties."

"The moment it was born, there should have been a gathering of merit. After all, regardless of whether a famous sword is famous or not, as long as it exists, it will inevitably possess that characteristic."

Certain in my heart.

The [1615] merit points accumulated from birth to now were instantly consumed by a full thousand merit points.

The next moment, a flood of information appeared in Moses' mind.

Many pure forging techniques appeared in my mind, including the refining ratios of various materials, and my hands felt like they had been tempered by thousands of hammers.

What is Forging?
Repeated beating and shaping?
No.

Forging is a science.

An art.

A technology that creates "life".

All things have spirits. We should clearly analyze the veins and textures in the materials, forge and integrate these textures, sort out and gather the spirituality of the materials, and give form to the tools and inspire them.

Mercer calmed his mind and absorbed the pure forging memories that emerged in his consciousness.

And compare it with the skills he had secretly learned in various blacksmith shops during this period.

After a long time, Messier, who was sitting on Xiong Bao's back, opened his eyes.

"I see. I should have realized this earlier. The true manifestation of the gift doesn't come out of thin air, but is based on the deduction and expansion of what one possesses."

Just like a tree, if it wants to grow into a towering giant, it must first have "seeds" for it to take root and sprout.

Extracting gifts from one's own history and experiences is a means of cultivating "tree seeds."

It is a mutualistic relationship between "chicken" and "egg".

shook his head,

Stop thinking about these overly complicated things. Put these distracting thoughts out of your mind.

Moses opened the gift ability column with his mind.

Look at your new gift.

[D-level gift: Forging]

[Blessing Effect: Clarify the veins within the material, forge and gather spirituality, and give form to the tool.]

[Enci's Comment: What makes a masterpiece? The instrument has spirit.]

With a wink, Messer grinned.

"As expected, the D-rank "Forging" gift can forge spiritual tools, and spiritual tools are generally at the level of famous swords.

In other words, I am qualified to forge a "sharp sword."

"Then we need to get more iron ore."

"Hey!"

At this time, Xiong Bao stopped, and Messier came back to his senses and looked at the surrounding environment.

There are collapsed wooden buildings everywhere. Although covered with snow, you can still see that this was originally a mining site.

At this moment, the place where Mercer and Xiong Bao were located was the entrance of a collapsed abandoned cave.

Looking from the entrance of the cave, there is a gentle slope supported by wood leading to the underground, which is dark.

Mercer jumped off Xiong Bao's back and went down the cave first.

A dark tunnel.

The length, width and height are about two meters each.

The way forward.

After walking a hundred meters, Moses took out a torch from a corner and lit it with a lighter.

Bear!
The flames rise.

I could also see the surroundings clearly. There were small rusty stones scattered on the ground.

Iron ore.

After hearing Otto tell the location of the nearest mine, Messer also knew where the nearest iron mine was.

It is not far from this abandoned mine, about one kilometer away.

The mines in this abandoned mine are interconnected.

However, with his observation Haki, Messier will not lose his direction.

Mercer and Xiong Bao traveled deep into the mine.

A state of harmony between man and nature.

Able to sense the frequency breathing fluctuations of all things.

In Moses's view, everything in the world has its own unique breath and frequency.

There is soil for every kind of soil.

There are different kinds of stones.

There are mines everywhere.

Just like every human being has one head supported by two shoulders, everyone's aura is different.

Similarly, the smell emitted by minerals is different from that of ordinary stones and soil.

Finally, a dead end appeared in front of Messier and Xiong Bao.

Torches lit the place.

It is far away from the main road of the mine and there is no wood support here.

There are also few traces of mining.

Moses could clearly see that the wall of the cave in front of him was just an ordinary stone.

There is not a trace of iron ore.

But in Messier's perception, if there is any iron ore in this abandoned mine, it is only here.

Because, Messier sensed the same breathing frequency as iron ore from here.

Putting his hand on Xiong Bao's head, Messer said proudly:
"Go ahead and eat it."

"Hey?"

Hearing Xiong Bao's confusion, Mercer smiled and said, "It doesn't matter what you eat, you know? Pandas are called iron-eating beasts, so Xiong Bao, you are born to eat iron.

I've discovered that there's definitely iron ore behind this stubborn stone, and I'll leave the task of refining it into high-purity iron nuggets to you."

"Woo~" Xiong Baoxiong's face showed a human expression, and he turned to look at Messier.

Mercer looked at Xiong Bao, showing his white teeth, and gave Xiong Bao a thumbs up.

"come on!!!"

"Ow."

no way.

Xiong Bao walked to the wall of the cave, opened his big mouth and bit it.

Click!

Click!

Click!

Its mouth became bigger than that of Messiah, and it gnawed a big hole in the cave wall effortlessly.

Messi followed Xiong Bao and moved forward.

Until five meters later.

Moses held up a torch and looked closer, and what came into view were reddish-brown and black minerals, as well as cloudy white crystals.

"It turns out to be a poor mine. It contains hematite, black iron, and quartz. But it's nothing. With Xiong Bao here, there's nothing to worry about."

"Eat it, but don't digest this iron ore yet. Use your ability to refine and purify it. Then I'll see what kind of quality you can produce."

"Hey!"

After Xiong Bao nodded, he continued to work in full swing.

Click, click, click!

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