Chapter 144: Invincible Power (Two chapters in one)
The next morning, after Ryan woke up, the first thing he did was to think about whether his response to the Iron Maiden Doll attack last night was appropriate.
My ancestors in the previous life had a famous saying: "I reflect on myself three times a day. "
Although the content of the reflection is different, the principle is the same.
"First of all, the reason why I am stronger than last time is that this time I have an additional means of fighting the enemy, the hammer technique."
"So, after grasping the key of the enemy's resonance frequency, I can quickly use the super strong shock force of the heavy hammer to cause strong damage to enemies with super strong defenses like the Iron Maiden Doll!"
Ryan's eyes flickered, and he kept thinking.
"However, the shortcoming is still obvious, that is, the means by which I can deal with the enemy are still limited to physical attacks."
"No, to be precise, it is short-range physical attacks."
"Because neither the greatsword nor the sledgehammer has escaped this limitation."
"Of course, this is limited by the profession of Knight (Supernatural) itself. At most, it is to practice a throwing skill or improve the archery skill to gain long-range physical attack capabilities."
"But in this supernatural world, this is still far from enough!"
"The next step is to find as many means of dealing with the enemy as possible, such as further studying the only witchcraft I have mastered so far, 'Burning Touch', and collecting as much witchcraft as possible."
"Another question is about the origin of the Iron Virgin Doll that appeared last night."
"According to what Hamilton said, it seems that he intends to classify it as a mysterious event."
"But considering that the other party almost directly attacked my house, it doesn't seem like an accidental mysterious event. In terms of remoteness, Anna's house is closer to the outside of the town than my house. It doesn't make sense for the enemy to skip Anna's house and attack my house directly."
"In addition, the human skin hanging on the inner wall of the Iron Virgin Doll always feels related to the Black Flame Church. For example, the human skin armor on the apostle."
Ryan was very suspicious of this.
"However, if the Black Flame Cult is targeting me, then the safety of my family is very problematic."
Thinking of this problem, Ryan immediately went out and came to the town administration hall, and found the captain of the night watch, the short Matteo, who was still busy because of the attack.
"Adjutant!" Seeing Ryan coming over, Matteo greeted him with a smile.
Although he was tired for most of the night, Matteo was in a very good spirit. Maybe because the night watchmen were used to the reversal of day and night for a long time, they were not tired after a busy night.
Ryan also smiled and nodded to this acquaintance, saying: "Matteo, do you know where there are vacant houses near the town administration hall?"
Just now, Ryan was considering whether it would be better to move.
First, the original house was severely damaged due to the attack of the Iron Virgin Doll. The second and most important reason was safety. Therefore, Ryan planned to buy a house near the administrative hall of Shining Gold Town.
In this way, at least it would be much safer.
After all, the area near the administrative hall is already the safest area in Shining Gold Town.
"Huh? Adjutant, are you moving?" Matteo asked curiously.
"Well! The attack last night caused serious damage to the house. In addition, I think the location of my home is still a bit remote and may not be safe. I plan to buy a ready-made house in the center of the town."
After listening, Matteo nodded and said:
"What a coincidence, sir! After the last cult attack, there are several houses in the center of the town that have been uninhabited. Some of them are because the family members died in the church attack, so the houses are empty." "
Some are the only survivors in the family. Considering safety issues, they are listed for sale and plan to move to the county town." Matteo explained.
Sure enough, Matteo must be more familiar with these trivial matters than Hamilton, which is why Ryan did not look for Hamilton, but for the captain of the night watch, Matteo.
The county town is obviously not suitable for Ryan's family to go now. After all, Ryan's current position is the deputy sheriff of the town of Shining Gold.
"Well, Matteo, then you can help me find a ready-made house that can be moved in directly, and the area should be larger. The total price should not exceed three hundred imperial gold coins." Ryan thought for a while and said.
"Three hundred gold? Don't worry, sir, this price can almost buy the best house in Shining Gold." Matteo patted his chest and promised.
"Then I will go to see a few vacant houses later, sir, and I will report to you later."
"Well, Matteo, if you find a suitable house, you can go to the blacksmith shop in Borris to find me."
"Okay, sir!"
After finishing this matter, Ryan turned back home.
After arriving home, Ryan discussed the move with his parents.
"Ryan, if we move to the center of the town, it would be a good thing, but it would cost a lot of money to buy a house in the center of the town, right?" Mother Emma frowned and said.
"Mom, you and dad don't have to worry about the money. I have already arranged it."
"But Ryan, your income as a night watchman shouldn't be that high, right? Your money..." Mother Emma seemed to have thought of something and looked at Ryan with a slightly serious face.
"Mom, where are you thinking about? These are my spoils of war and mission rewards. You should still remember the scene when I killed the cultists." Ryan looked at his mother Emma with a little helplessness and said.
Mother Emma was stunned when she heard it, and seemed to recall the scene at that time, and nodded.
"Ryan, your mother and I will listen to your arrangements on this matter!" Father Old Ryan listened for a long time and said this sentence, but it was also a final decision.
"Brother, when are we moving?" Sister Mint asked curiously.
For children, moving to a new home is actually a happy thing as long as the family is together.
"I've asked Matteo to look for it. If everything goes well, we can move out this afternoon. Father, mother, pack up your things in the morning. I'm going to the blacksmith shop later."
"We'll move when I come back." Ryan said, caressing his sister Mint's head lovingly.
"Yeah, then I'll pick the winter rapeseed with Anna later. It's a pity that they haven't grown up yet." Mint remembered the winter rapeseed that she and Anna had planted in the yard before, and was obviously reluctant to leave.
After discussing with his family, Ryan went to the second floor and mentioned the move to Anna and Lagre, and the two girls readily agreed.
For Anna, being with Ryan was naturally a good thing, and she had no reason to object.
And Lagre
didn't have a house in the town of Shining Gold, so naturally she could only follow Ryan or Anna.
After contacting about the move, Ryan called Lagre to go to the blacksmith shop in Borris, and he was holding a large bag of metal shell fragments from the Iron Virgin Doll.
That is what Lagre said, the very rare material - hardened adamantium.
However, just after the two took two steps, Lagre stopped Ryan and frowned, saying: "Ryan, I may have overlooked a problem, and this problem may not be easy to solve."
"This hardened adamantium is difficult to smelt, and the temperature required is very high. If it is the blacksmith shop in the small town last time, I don't think I can smelt it."
"Huh?" Ryan raised his eyebrows.
This is really a problem.
But the next second, a flash of inspiration flashed through Ryan's mind.
"Maybe I have a solution."
"I'll try it later. If it doesn't work, there is another place with a blast furnace. We can go there then." Ryan said with a smile.
Lagre glanced at Ryan and didn't question anything. Instead, he nodded with trust.
It seems that the words of people with strong strength are more credible.
Soon, the two came to the blacksmith shop. As soon
as he entered the blacksmith shop, Ryan found that there were several fewer blacksmith apprentices who had not come to Borris for a while.
Seeing Ryan coming in, Boris smiled happily, but when he saw Lagre behind Ryan, his face changed and he said,
"Ryan, long time no see! You are not here to borrow my blacksmith shop again today, are you?"
"Uncle Boris, you guessed right. I am going to disturb you again today." Ryan said with a smile.
Boris smiled bitterly and turned to the blacksmith apprentices and shouted, "You little bastards, you should thank Ryan. You can rest again today. Let's go!"
After driving the blacksmith apprentices away, Boris walked to Ryan and whispered, "Ryan, I heard that there is a new deputy sheriff in the town. He is said to look very similar to you. Have you heard about this?"
Hearing what Boris said, Lagre on the side couldn't help but laugh.
"This. Uncle Boris, it's not someone else, it's me!" Ryan said slightly embarrassedly.
"Hmm? Is it you?" Borris looked at Ryan suspiciously, patted Ryan on the shoulder, and said:
"Don't joke with uncle, but it's a good thing that you have this ambition!"
Ryan was stunned and shook his head helplessly.
At this time, Borris seemed to have thought of something, closed the door of the blacksmith shop, and hung a sign saying "Closed for Business".
Then, he turned back to look at Ryan and said eagerly: "By the way, what do you want to forge today? I can help."
After saying that, he frequently glanced at Lagre beside Ryan.
"This... Uncle Borris, I'm afraid you can't watch the forging today." Ryan glanced at Lagre and said.
"Hmm? Well!" Borris saw Lagre who didn't speak on the side, thinking it was because of the other party, so he said with a little regret.
However, when Ryan handed Borris a small bag of gold coins, he smiled again.
After Borris left, Lagre and Ryan were the only ones left in the blacksmith shop.
"Ryan, you just said there is a way to smelt this?" Lagre pointed to the large bag of hardened adamantium fragments and asked curiously.
Ryan nodded.
"Well, then you are responsible for smelting, I will go to make a clay mold for a two-handed war hammer."
"Well, I'll try it first."
"By the way, Ryan, what style of war hammer do you want?" As if she remembered something, Lagre, who had just taken a step, turned around again and asked.
"What styles of hammers are there generally?"
Ryan suddenly thought that he didn't need to build it according to the style of the previous bronze war hammer this time. The bronze war hammer he had before had both sides of the hammer head flat, and mainly relied on huge impact force to attack the enemy with shock damage.
"Generally speaking, knights use morning star hammers or spiked war hammers more often." Lagre thought for a while and said.
"Morning star hammer?" Ryan couldn't think of this style of hammer in his mind at once.
However, he still knew about the spiked war hammer, which had a flat bottom on one side and spikes on the other side. The spiked head was specially used to break armor.
"Well, the hammer head is round, and the surface is equipped with multiple metal spikes, which is a bit like a mace." La Grey made a simple gesture.
This quickly made Ryan understand!
Ryan thought about it.
He had the hammer technique 'Earth-splitting Hammer', but it was obviously not very suitable to use the Morning Star Hammer to perform it.
In comparison, a pointed hammer with a flat head on one side is the most suitable.
The pointed head can use the rotation force of the secret technique 'Rising Dragon Hammer' to strengthen the armor-breaking!
And the flat head can use the secret technique 'Earth-splitting Hammer' to further deepen the shock damage!
"Lagre, let's use the spiked hammer." Ryan decided.
"Hmm!"
Just as Lagre turned to leave again, she was stopped by Ryan.
"Wait!" Ryan suddenly thought of something.
He picked up the charcoal pencil beside him and quickly drew a few strokes on the parchment roll.
Then, Ryan handed the parchment roll to Lagre and said, "Can this kind of hammer be made? It can be regarded as a variation of the spiked hammer."
"The flat side of the hammer head remains unchanged, and the pointed side is similar to the Morning Star Hammer, with multiple spikes installed." Ryan explained.
"No problem, no problem, that's it." Lagre glanced at Ryan with a strange look.
"Don't you think that the hammer head of this shape looks like a boar's head?"
"There are so many spikes at the tip, which look like the bristles on the top of a boar's head."
Lagre seriously doubted Ryan's aesthetics.
Hehe!
It seems that my sketching skills are still good.
Yes, this is the classic pig-headed hammer! Ryan thought.
"Well, pig-headed hammer, very vivid! The perfect combination of the morning star hammer and the spiked war hammer, isn't it?"
"But I have a better name here, the invincible force! What do you think?" Ryan said with a smile.
"Invincible force, you...Okay, as long as you are happy! Then I will go to the mold." Lagre rolled her beautiful eyes at Ryan and said helplessly.
At least, she couldn't understand Ryan's aesthetics and this name.
While Lagre was making the clay mold for the warhammer, Ryan put the hardened adamantium fragments into the blazing blacksmith's furnace.
But obviously, it was impossible to smelt the hardened adamantium fragments with the blacksmith's furnace, which was very difficult to smelt ordinary iron ore.
Even if Ryan pulled the blower up, it was useless.
Ryan's idea was naturally not this.
He focused his attention on the wizard apprentice (supernormal) panel and added a skill point to the sorcery "burning touch".
Although the two remaining skill points were originally reserved for improving the limit value to deal with strong enemies.
But Ryan considered that once the warhammer was successfully forged, his blacksmith professional level would most likely be upgraded.
In this way, the remaining skill points after the upgrade can be restored to two points again, and it will not affect it. Of
course, the main purpose of adding points is to verify Ryan's previous guess, that is, the power of the sorcery "burning touch", in addition to being linked to mental power, is it related to the skill level?
With this little skill point invested, Ryan's mind suddenly had a lot of fragmented memories of practicing the witchcraft "Scorching Touch".
It was as if Ryan had been practicing the witchcraft "Scorching Touch" day and night for months.
Soon, Ryan found that he seemed to be able to omit the pronunciation of several syllables for the original spell.
In other words, the speed of chanting the spell became faster!
Ryan came to his senses and focused his attention on the icon of the witchcraft "Scorching Touch" again, only to see that the line of small words below the icon quietly changed. Scorching
Touch lv2 (5/300) Scorching
Touch lv2 Effect: Consume a certain amount of mental power, use a specific witchcraft model to attract the surrounding fire energy particles, and cause high temperature damage within a certain range in front of the host's palm.
(Note: The casting time is 2.4 seconds, and the power is proportional to the duration and the host's mental power. The closer the contact distance, the greater the power. The current effective killing distance: 0~0.5 meters.)
Huh?
Ryan keenly noticed the change in the system's description.
The casting time was shortened from 3 seconds to 2.4 seconds, a reduction of nearly 20%. This should be due to the compression of the spell syllables.
However, what Ryan was most concerned about, the statement about power, seemed to have not changed.
This made Ryan a little depressed.
It seems that the power of witchcraft still depends on mental power, and the proficiency affects the speed of casting witchcraft.
After careful consideration, Ryan thought it was quite reasonable.
Because the witchcraft model is fixed, how could the power of witchcraft increase with the improvement of proficiency when the mental power consumed remains unchanged?
If it could, then there would be a first-level wizard apprentice who had just started with mental power, and through long-term practice, he would be able to cast a very powerful witchcraft, which is obviously impossible.
Of course, there may be other ways to increase the power of witchcraft.
But for now, it seems that the only way Ryan can do is to improve mental power to increase the power of witchcraft.
Sure enough, for wizards or wizard apprentices, mental power is the foundation!
However, adding points can increase the speed of casting witchcraft, which is very valuable in practical combat.
What does a half-second faster witchcraft mean in actual combat?
This is self-evident!
After thinking about it, Ryan decided to first verify whether the witchcraft "Scorching Touch" can be used with the blacksmith's furnace to smelt and harden the refined gold.
Ryan raised his hands and held them in the air about 30 centimeters away from the blacksmith's furnace. Then, he chanted a spell softly.
This time, the time he cast the spell was obviously much faster than before. After just over two seconds, a red light suddenly appeared on Ryan's palm.
Ryan could clearly feel that the free flame energy particles around him were quickly gathering in front of his palm.
Suddenly, the flames of the furnace, which was already burning fiercely, suddenly jumped up!
Obviously, the furnace temperature was rapidly increasing due to the blessing of Ryan's spell "Scorching Touch"!
It works!
Ryan was delighted!
Since "Scorching Touch" is a guided spell, maintaining a stable guide can continuously gather the free flame energy particles around.
Soon, the temperature in the blacksmith's furnace reached more than two thousand degrees.
The hardened adamantium fragments also gradually became brighter and softer from the initial red, and then, like a candle, began to melt.
So, when Lagre came in with two clay molds, she saw a shocking scene in front of her.
However, at this time, Ryan had already finished casting the witchcraft "Scorching Touch", so Lagre did not see the scene of Ryan casting witchcraft.
Of course, this was also intentional by Ryan.
It is better to keep the fact that he knows witchcraft secret for the time being.
"Ryan, you"
Lagre came to his senses and immediately placed the prepared clay mold under the outlet of the blacksmith's furnace.
When the smelted liquid adamantium slowly flowed into the clay mold, Lagre covered it and waited for it to slowly solidify and cool.
Ryan also took the time to glance at the system prompt:
[You have carried out the smelting of hardened adamantium, and the relevant comprehension has been improved! ]
[You have comprehended a new skill - smelting hardened adamantium]
[Your skill smelting hardened adamantium has been improved, and the experience value is +76]
[You focus on smelting hardened adamantium, and the blacksmith professional experience value is +48]
Sure enough, the experience reward is generous!
Not long after, Lagre dismantled the clay blank, and a rough hardened adamantium war hammer came out of the furnace.
However, the spikes on the pointed side of the hammer head need to be reinstalled.
At this moment, the pointed side is full of holes, while the flat side only needs a little polishing to be completed.
And these 20 to 30 cm long metal spikes, La Gelei has also cooled in another clay mold.
I saw La Gelei began to put metal gaskets on the metal spikes and insert them into the holes of the hammer head, and then put them back into the blacksmith furnace for integrated smelting.
Next, there are some follow-up fine work.
For example, polishing, adding patterns to the hammer handle, increasing the friction when holding the handle, etc.
Generally speaking, if the user of the warhammer is below the extraordinary, then the combination of wooden handle and metal hammer head is often used, which is light enough for ordinary people to use.
As for the warhammer used by the knight (extraordinary), it is naturally an integrated metal handle and metal hammer head. Although it increases the weight, it mainly improves the durability and strength of the weapon.
[You have forged a two-handed warhammer, and your relevant comprehension has improved! ]
[You have learned a new skill - two-handed warhammer forging]
[Your skill two-handed warhammer forging has been improved, experience value +1]
[You focus on two-handed warhammer forging, blacksmith professional experience value +2]
[Congratulations, your blacksmith professional level has been upgraded! ]
Looking at the blacksmith professional level that has not been upgraded for a long time, which has been upgraded to blacksmith lv4 (0/1000), Ryan couldn't help but smile.
The remaining attribute points and the remaining skill points have also both returned to the state of two points.
At this time, a familiar voice came from outside the blacksmith shop.
"Mr. Adjutant, are you there?"
It was Matteo outside the door.
Thank you for the strong support of all the readers, which allowed Donkey Hoof to successfully obtain the fine product.
(`) Heart!
Thank you for the reward of 100 starting coins from the rookie!
(End of this chapter)
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