Chapter 5 Skill Improvement

As noon approached, the system suddenly showed a different prompt:

[You assisted in the work of shoeing horses, and your understanding of the relevant skills has been improved! ]

[You have learned a new skill - shoeing horses]

[Your skill of shoeing horses has been improved, and your experience value has been increased by 1]

Hey! Ryan immediately turned the transparent frame to the second page, which was the blacksmith apprentice's career panel.

In the densely packed skill map, in addition to a lighted hoof trimming icon, at this moment, another icon lit up in the position of the icon above it.

Horseshoeing lv1 (1/100).

This icon is very simple, a horseshoe pattern in the shape of an inverted U, and seven tiny holes can be clearly seen on the horseshoe.

The other icons on the career panel are still obscure.

"Could it be that after a period of serious study, the skills related to the profession can be triggered and lit up, and then you can improve the skill level through continuous practice?"

"At present, it seems to be so!"

The new discovery made Ryan devote himself to the study of horseshoeing. Even the reappearance of the noble girl in the center of the outer fort did not make him look up for a few more times.

During lunch, his best friend George looked at Ryan in a rather strange way and said:

"Ryan, I found that you have changed!"

This immediately startled Ryan. Could it be that as his former friend, the other party has already noticed that something is wrong with him?

George continued:

"Ryan, why do you work like a chicken blood?"

"For the two jobs of repairing donkey hoofs and horseshoeing, you will not stop until you can no longer do it."

Ryan was relieved immediately. It turned out to be this!

In his heart, he thought to himself, "That's because you don't have a golden finger! Otherwise, George, you might be more diligent than me."

"Haha, maybe it's because I suddenly got it! I know the importance of learning a craft." Ryan said with a smile.

"Really?" George looked at Ryan suspiciously.

He always felt that his best friend had changed, but he couldn't tell where it had changed!

However, Ryan said that after knowing the importance of learning a craft, George still agreed.

Although George's family background was not very good, his parents were free people with land and had a stable source of income, so his conditions were much better than Ryan's.

Unlike Ryan's family, his father was a farmer who worked for the manor, and his mother did not have a stable source of income. In addition, there was a younger sister at home.

Therefore, Ryan was more eager to learn a craft than himself, and he understood it very well.

After the servants finished lunch, they took a short rest and continued to follow Bal to learn how to shoe horses.

Horseshoeing can attract the attention of a group of boys at first, but after getting familiar with it, the pseudo-second-generations became a little impatient. After all, their goal is to be a guard, and it doesn't matter whether they learn horseshoeing or not.

Soon, the pseudo-second-generations began to chat about various things.

Every time at this time, it is the time for Ryan to understand the situation outside, so he immediately pricked up his ears and listened.

"Hey, have you heard that it's really not peaceful recently. I heard that a group of brutal pirates have landed." Thick eyebrows opened his mouth and announced a big news.

"Pirates? Although our Shining Gold Town is not far from the sea, it is still a distance, right? What does the pirates' landing have to do with us?" Freckles asked back.

"I don't know. I heard from Billy, the caravan guard who just came to Shining Gold Town to deliver goods, that a group of pirates named Black Sails have landed. They don't seem to dare to attack the county town, but mainly attack nearby towns. I heard that the fishing port town closest to the sea suffered heavy losses, and even the town sheriff was killed." Thick eyebrows continued.

"No way! The town sheriff is usually a quasi-knight? Are pirates so powerful?!" The baker's child asked in amazement.

"Yes, the Black Sail Pirates are very strong! Moreover, I heard that our Sheriff of Goldshire, Mr. Kuzma, will be transferred to Fishing Port Town as the sheriff. In addition, the new sheriff of our town is said to be an adult transferred from the county town."

"It seems to be called Lord Hamilton? I can't remember, it should be this name."

Freckles agreed, and by the way, he revealed a big news, which made Ryan on the side agree. He is indeed a well-informed person.

"Hey! You also heard this news, it seems to be true!" Thick Eyebrows nodded to Freckles.

"By the way, Fishing Port Town seems to be not far from our Goldshire Town, it seems to be only two days away. Do you think the pirates will attack our town?" Freckles continued to ask worriedly.

"Don't worry, the pirates usually retreat after looting at the seaside, and will not go deep, otherwise they will not be called pirates." Thick Eyebrows comforted.

The amount of information heard at once was a bit too much!

Pirates?

The new sheriff?

Ryan was so stunned that he almost lost control of the horse's hoof.

Master Bal asked with concern:

"Ryan, if you are too tired, take a rest first."

Ryan's enthusiasm for learning was very high these two days, and his talent was also very good. Bal saw it and his impression of Ryan was much better. Diligence

can always change the views of people around you about a person inadvertently!

"It's okay, I can hold on for a while."

Ryan shook his head and rejected Bal's kindness.

"Every opportunity to improve skills must be grasped, otherwise it would be a waste of this golden finger."

However, the pirates' affairs still touched Ryan a little.

This world does not seem so stable.

I must seize the time to become stronger!

So, George found that his best friend Ryan seemed to be more enthusiastic about work than yesterday.

After a day, he hardly rested, and kept helping to press the horse's hooves, and then stared at the process of Master Bal nailing the horseshoe.

This kind of enthusiasm for learning is simply incomprehensible!

After two consecutive days of nailing horseshoes, Ryan was now staring at the skill - hoof repair lv1 (99/100) in a trance.

"It seems that I can upgrade the skill of hoof trimming to the next level today."

"I just wonder what will happen after upgrading to level 2?"

Ryan didn't have to wait for long. After he watched Bal trim a horse's hoof until it was extremely smooth,

the long-awaited system prompt finally appeared!

[You assisted in the work of shoeing horses, and the relevant understanding has been improved! ]

[Your skill of hoof trimming has been improved, experience value +1]

[Congratulations, your skill of hoof trimming has been upgraded to level 2]

Looking at hoof trimming level 2 (1/300).

Suddenly, Ryan felt as if he had a different understanding of hoof trimming.

It seemed that there were more fragmented memories in his mind, as if he had been trimming hooves for several months.

When Ryan looked at Bal's hoof trimming again, he felt that he could understand something better.

For example, why did Bal shake his wrist every time he trimmed the hoof to the most curved arc? For example, why did Bal shake his wrist

when he used a shovel to shovel off the excess part of the hoof.

Everything was so natural and came naturally!

He got it!

Ryan had a feeling that although his strength had not increased, he seemed to be able to start trimming hooves.

He could not do the full set of horse shoeing.

But he could try trimming hooves.

Although it seemed a bit unusual for him to bring it up with Master Bal, after all, the fastest boy servant could not trim hooves independently.

But if he wanted to gain more experience, the trick might be to do it himself!

Ryan glanced at the experience bar (22/100) at the bottom right of the words "Blacksmith Apprentice lv1" in the career panel, and thought to himself, what a pity!

At present, it is easy to upgrade skills, but it is much more difficult to upgrade the career level.

He made a preliminary estimate. According to the current progress, it would take at least five days for the blacksmith apprentice to upgrade his career level.

After hesitating for a while, Ryan said, "Master Bal, can I try to fix the hoof? I think I can do it."

Bal looked at Ryan, carefully looked at Ryan's expression, and confirmed that Ryan didn't seem to be joking. He thought of Ryan's efforts in the past few days and nodded:

"Okay, then you give it a try."

Now, all the servants looked at Ryan in surprise, thinking in their minds, "You can do it after just a few days of learning?!"

Even the pseudo-second-generations who were resting on the side stopped chatting at this moment and looked at Ryan, although their goal was not to become the blacksmith apprentice of the manor.

This kind of pretentious behavior on their heads was obviously unbearable!

"What the hell is Ryan doing! Want to show off? Damn, I have to beat him up tonight!" Thick Eyebrows spit out the grass stems in his mouth and cursed.

"To attract Bal's attention, I hate this kind of flattery the most! Fuck! Teach him a good lesson tonight!" Freckles echoed.

(End of this chapter)