The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 18 Crime in the Alley
  Early the next morning, after declining his best friend George's suggestion to go pick up nuts in the woods again, Lane came to the blacksmith shop.

As soon as he walked into the blacksmith shop, he felt a burning sensation. The blacksmith apprentices were still busy working on their own, and the blacksmith Boris Patton was making an iron sword. This immediately made Ren's eyes light up.

When he was about to go up and take a look, Drews, who was pulling the bellows at the side, waved to Renn eagerly: "Renn! Here we come!"

Hearing this impressive name, the blacksmith apprentices who had been concentrating on their work were shocked!
  Suddenly, several strong blacksmith apprentices looked at each other, and they all saw a sense of urgency in each other's eyes.

The expression on his face probably means: "Why is this kid here again! Moreover, this time he came not in the afternoon but in the early morning. Unlucky!!"

Blacksmith Boris took the rare initiative to say hello: "Ren, here you go!"

"Yes, Uncle Boris! Hey, you are forging a long sword today!" Ren pretended to just notice and took two steps forward, intending to observe Boris's forging techniques.

I saw that the length of the scorching sword embryo was obviously longer than that of an ordinary one-handed sword.

"That's right, I'm going to help a friend prepare a sword and a half today!" Boris said simply.

Ren suddenly realized that he knew that the half-handed sword was a kind of sword between a one-handed sword and a two-handed sword.

Compared with the one-handed sword, it has advantages in length and attack power, and is easier to carry than the two-handed sword. The people who use it are usually nobles, bounty hunters or mercenaries. It requires a certain amount of training to use it flexibly.

"By the way, Ren, you were familiar with pulling the bellows last time, so let's continue to help Drus pull the bellows today." Boris didn't let Ren idle, and quickly arranged the work.

"Okay, Uncle Boris!" Although he was still blowing the bellows, Ren agreed readily.

Ren also wanted to learn other things such as melting and forging nails and pots, but it took time to build trust between people.

If Ren had money now, he could certainly speed up this relationship. Maybe he could get Boris, a stingy guy, to start teaching him how to forge a certain iron item today.

But how poor!

Thinking of this, Renn hated Hamilton, the newly appointed Sheriff, with an itch of hatred.

Renn walked to the bellows, and Drews quickly moved away with a look of joy on his face: "Renn, you were very proficient in pulling the bellows last time, so I'll leave it to you."

After saying that, Drews was as nimble as an ape and quickly came to the blacksmith Boris. With an expression eager to learn, he stared at Boris as he crafted a half-hand sword.

Ren smiled. He bet that Drulus wouldn't be around for long before blacksmith Boris would arrange other jobs.

As expected, within five minutes, Boris sent Drust to smelt iron ingots.
  Ren couldn't help but snicker in his heart. Blacksmith Boris was famous for being stingy with his craftsmanship in Goldsmith Town. Without real money, he would definitely not be able to teach you real things in a short time.

Unless you stay in the blacksmith shop long enough!

No longer distracted by observing others, Renn began to focus on the work of blowing the bellows!
  [You have done the bellows work, and your relevant understanding has improved! 】

[Your skill of pulling the bellows is improved, experience value +3]

[You focus on the blower, and the blacksmith apprentice professional experience value +1]

Except for going home for lunch with his family at noon, Renn spent the entire Sunday in the blacksmith shop.

Of course the results are gratifying!

Renn turned the frame to the second page, which is the blacksmith apprentice career panel. The blacksmith apprentice lv3 is halfway through, which means that if everything goes well, he will be promoted to lv4 on Sunday next week.

[Blacksmith Apprentice lv3 (265/500)]

【拉风箱lv3（395/500）】    【修蹄子lv2（295/300）】

[Horseshoe lv1 (56/100)]

It was getting dark, and a slightly tired Ren walked out of the blacksmith shop, preparing to return to the Habsburg Manor.

At the same time, in a remote alley not far from Rennes, evil things were happening!
  In a low house, a thin boy was knocking on the door, planning to go out to buy something. Suddenly, the boy's mouth was covered with a rag!
  Suddenly, the thin boy began to struggle.

"Well!!"

"You bastard! Be honest, you brat!" a deep male voice said!
  The next second, a sharp dagger appeared in front of the boy's eyes with a cold light.

In an instant, the little boy no longer dared to struggle.

After the little boy was immediately tied up with a hemp rope, a piece of coarse cloth was forced into his mouth, and then he was put directly into a large black cloth bag by a pair of strong hands.

After a while, two burly figures carrying black bags quickly disappeared into the alley.

"Boss, why do you think there are so many children up there?"

"Counting this, we have already arrested the eleventh child! I heard that other brothers are also arresting children?"

"Is it possible that the nobles have such a huge demand for prostitutes and girls recently?"

"But, can the nobles look at these street children or children of the poor who are so skinny and smelly?" Scarface seemed to be confused about the reason, and couldn't help turning his head to ask the bearded man next to him in confusion.

"Scarface! Is this something you need to worry about? This is a requirement from above. As long as the money is in place, we will do a good job. Why do we care so much!" Bearded Beard replied to him angrily.

But after thinking about it, I seemed to think that what Scarface said made sense, and added: "It shouldn't be the demand of the nobles in the county. I heard that this seems to be the demand of the Wilderness Brotherhood."

"However, you'd better stop asking about these things in front of outsiders, otherwise I'm afraid you won't even know how you died!"

"Yes! The boss is right!"

"By the way, boss, we've almost searched the north side of Goldsmith Town. I'll check the south side in a few days."

"Be careful. The new Sheriff Hamilton seems to be paying close attention to this matter recently. If you are targeted by him, you will be in trouble!" Beard warned.

"Don't worry! Boss, I always push the snack cart along the street. I can find out which children are suitable targets at a glance!" Scarface assured, patting his chest.

"Boss, if we get the money this time, where should we go to have fun first? The quality of the Orioles in Flash Gold Town is too bad. Why don't we go back to the county town for a few days to avoid the limelight? !" Scarface seemed to have thought of something beautiful, with a mean look on his face.

"Made! Scarface, you will die on a woman's belly sooner or later! But what you said makes sense. After we get the money, we will go back to the county." Bearded Beard thought for a while and agreed with Scarface. suggestion.

"This human skin mask is really uncomfortable to wear, it's too tight! Boss, can you help me get a new one?" the burly man named Scarface complained.

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Ren seemed to hear something moving in the alley nearby, but after stopping to listen for a while, he shook his head and continued walking in the direction of the Habsburg Manor.

What he didn't know was that he had just crossed paths with evil!

(End of this chapter)