Chapter 62 Barbarians and Shieldmaiden
The County City is the headquarters of the Earl of Habsburg's family. Claire's brothers should also be in the County City.
It is obviously not the right time to go to the County City to find a high-level blacksmith shop.
Ryan immediately gave up the idea of going to the County City. At present, it is most important for him to improve his blacksmith professional level.
Ryan turned to Boris and said, "Uncle Boris, I want to learn weapon polishing today."
"Okay, come on!" Boris agreed without hesitation. Anyway, Ryan paid the tuition fee, so it didn't matter which one he learned
first, quenching or polishing. Since he had this fine steel sword, Ryan had decided to learn weapon polishing first, and quenching later.
Because if a weapon wants to keep it in a better state, maintenance is very important, and polishing is a very important part of weapon maintenance.
Soon, Boris took Ryan to the open space behind the blacksmith shop.
There were several whetstones of different sizes placed randomly inside.
"These are all oilstones for sharpening knives. As for why they are called oilstones, Ryan, guess what they are." Borris said with a smile, pointing to a large stone that was about the height of an ordinary person's thigh.
The top of the stone had a slight concave arc due to repeated polishing.
"Could it be related to oil?" Ryan thought for a moment and pondered.
Borris picked up a one-handed sword that needed to be polished beside him, sat on the wooden bench in front of the oilstone, and seemed to be ready to demonstrate it to Ryan.
"Basically correct, because this kind of whetstone needs to drip a little oil on the surface before use, so it is called an oilstone." Borris revealed the answer.
At this time, he picked up a palm-sized iron pot, poured a little oil on the top of the oilstone, and scraped it a few times with the blade of the sword to spread it evenly.
"The main purpose of applying a little oil is to reduce friction."
"Huhuhu!"
Borris held the hilt of the sword with his right hand, and with his other hand, he pressed his fingers on the spine of the sword and began to polish it.
"After grinding, the metal debris of the sword or knife blade will remain on the oil. It can be wiped clean with a rag. It's very convenient." Borris explained while demonstrating.
The whole set of movements is not difficult.
Ryan watched very carefully. After Borris finished the demonstration, he immediately started to try it.
After a while, Ryan found the trick, and the system prompt appeared:
[You have performed weapon grinding, and the relevant understanding has improved! ]
[You have learned a new skill - weapon grinding]
[Your skill weapon grinding has been improved, experience value +1]
[You focus on weapon grinding for ten minutes, blacksmith professional experience value +1]
I saw that at the bottom of the blacksmith panel, in addition to the original icons such as donkey hoof repair, horse shoe nailing and bellows, there was a new icon.
This new icon is located above the donkey hoof repair and other icons. It is a long strip of whetstone with a dagger on it. It looks like a scene of weapon grinding, which is vivid.
Another important point is that Ryan found that weapon polishing provides more blacksmith professional experience than 'ore identification'.
One hour can provide Ryan with about 5 professional experience points.
This made Ryan overjoyed!
The reason seems to be that weapon polishing requires very subtle eyesight, strong hand strength and constant concentration.
Coincidentally, Ryan's physical fitness, strength and spirit have made great progress recently.
Therefore, although polishing weapons is very tiring, Ryan can still persist for a long time.
One piece.
Two pieces
So, Ryan, who was obsessed with improving the blacksmith professional level, polished weapons for a whole morning without any rest.
He directly cleared out a small half of the weapons that needed to be polished in the open space.
Even the kitchen knife was not spared by Ryan!
Near noon, Ryan wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, exhaled a long breath, and then stopped working.
Looking at the panel, the blacksmith's professional level at this time has also successfully reached the blacksmith level 1 (76/100).
This makes Ryan feel that as long as he works hard, he will get something!
And Ryan's work efficiency makes Borris laugh from ear to ear!
"Ryan, don't you really consider coming here to help? You can pay more!"
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After declining the invitation of the blacksmith Borris again, Ryan got up and went home.
Not long after Ryan walked out of the blacksmith shop, a slightly heavy sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the main road of the town behind him.
This slightly heavy sound of horse hooves immediately attracted the attention of the residents on the main road, and they all turned their heads to look.
Ryan was no exception. He also turned around and saw a group of five people riding tall war horses coming from the north.
After entering the town, the speed of the group slowed down significantly, so Ryan could see their appearance clearly.
The leader was a strong man with a beard. Although he was riding on an unusually tall black warhorse, his feet were only 20 to 30 centimeters from the ground, making him look like an adult riding on a pony.
Ryan knew that it was because the other party was too tall that he gave people this illusion.
This made Ryan a little surprised!
This height must be more than 2.3 meters!
The other party wore a horn helmet and a thick leather armor with sharp spikes on the surface of the leather armor.
Except for important parts such as shoulders and torso, his hands and feet were almost exposed, as if to maintain flexibility during combat.
The muscles on his arms bulged, and the muscles on his thighs were even more terrifying. The pieces looked like protruding rocks. At first glance, it was obvious that he was a brave and powerful warrior.
The most conspicuous thing was the huge single-edged axes hanging on both sides of the horse, one on each side.
As the other party approached, the residents of the town avoided them one after another, looking at the group with a little awe.
Ryan was able to see some details of the other party.
The crescent-shaped axe blade was almost as wide as the door panel at its widest point, and then narrowed towards the front and back. The axe body alone was about one meter long, and the round metal axe handle was almost half a meter long.
This was a heavy and sharp weapon - the 'Moon Blade Battle Axe'!
Encountering such an overweight 'giant' and heavy double axes, no wonder even a strong black warhorse was struggling to carry it.
The black horse was breathing wildly, and in this slightly cold late autumn, two air columns could be clearly seen rising from time to time.
The people behind were also dressed in a wild style similar to the first 'giant', and they were all strong, burly, and sturdy.
Hey! No, the last one was actually a girl about 18 or 19 years old!
Although she was dressed in the same way, her figure was much smaller.
The girl was riding on a horse at the moment, but Ryan could still roughly estimate that the other party was between 1.7 and 1.8 meters tall.
It was indeed much smaller.
Behind her was an extremely exaggerated round shield, with a diameter of more than one meter, which made the "petite" girl look even smaller.
The shield seemed to be made of some kind of thick wood, with a palm-sized raised iron plate inlaid in the center, and a narrow circle of iron sheets wrapped around it, acting as a tight hoop.
There was also a long-handled battle axe on the side of the horse, but it was obviously two levels smaller than the "giant's" axe, and the axe blade was not crescent-shaped, but the style of an ordinary woodcutting axe.
Is this actually an extremely rare female shield warrior?
This made Ryan wonder, and he also looked at her a few more times.
(End of this chapter)
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