The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 62 Barbarian and Shield Maiden
  The county seat is the headquarters of the Earl Habs family, and Claire's brothers should also be in the county seat.

It's obviously not the right time to go to the county town to find a high-end blacksmith shop.

Renn immediately gave up the idea of ​​going to the county town. The most important thing for him at the moment was to upgrade the blacksmith professional level.

Just listen to Ren turn his head and say to Boris: "Uncle Boris, today I want to learn how to polish weapons."

"Okay, come on!" Boris agreed without hesitation. Anyway, Ren paid the tuition, and it didn't matter which one he learned first, quenching or polishing.

Ever since he got this stainless steel sword, Ren had thought about polishing the weapon first and then quenching it later.

Because if a weapon wants to be kept in good condition, maintenance is very important, and polishing is a very important part of weapon maintenance.

Soon, Boris took Ren to the open space behind the blacksmith shop.

I saw several whetstones of different sizes randomly placed inside.

"These are whetstones used for sharpening knives. As for why they are called whetstones? Renn, take a guess." Boris said with a smile, pointing to a big stone about the height of an ordinary person's thigh.

The top surface of the stone presents a subtle concave arc due to repeated polishing.

"Could it be related to oil?" Renn thought for a moment and pondered.

I saw Boris picking up a one-handed sword that needed to be polished next to him, sitting on the wooden bench in front of the whetstone, and seemed to be preparing to demonstrate it to Ren.

"Basically correct, because this kind of whetstone needs to drip a little oil on the surface before use, so it is called an oil stone." Boris revealed the answer.

At this time, he picked up a palm-sized iron pot, poured a little oil on the top of the whetstone, and scraped it a few times with the blade of a sword to spread it evenly.

"The main purpose of applying a little oil is to reduce friction."

"Hoho!"

Boris held the hilt of the sword in his right hand, and with his other hand, he pressed his fingers on the sword's spine and began to polish it.

"After polishing, the sword blade or metal scraps on the blade will remain on the oil. You can wipe it clean with a rag, which is very convenient." Boris explained while demonstrating.

The whole set of moves is not difficult.

Ren watched it very carefully, and after Boris finished demonstrating it, he immediately started trying it out.

After a while, Ren found the trick, and the system prompt appeared:
  [You have polished your weapons and your related understanding has improved! 】

[You have learned a new skill - weapon polishing]

[Your skill weapon polishing has been improved, and your experience value +1]

[You focus on polishing weapons for ten minutes, and the blacksmith professional experience value +1]

At the bottom of the blacksmith panel, in addition to the original icons such as trimming donkey hooves, nailing horseshoes, and pulling bellows, there is a brand new icon.

This new icon is located above icons such as donkey hoof repair. It is a long whetstone with a dagger on it. It looks like a scene of a weapon being polished, which is vivid.

Another very important point is that Ren discovered that weapon polishing provides more blacksmith professional experience than 'ore identification'.

One hour can provide Ren with about 5 points of professional experience.

This couldn't help but make Renne overjoyed!

The reason seems to be that weapon polishing requires very fine eyesight, strong hand strength, and constant concentration.

It just so happens that Renne's physical, strength, mental and other attributes have made great progress recently.

Therefore, although polishing weapons is very tiring, Renn can still persevere for a long time.

One piece.
  两件
  Therefore, Ren, who was obsessed with improving the blacksmith's professional level, hardly took any rest and polished the weapons all morning.

He cleared out less than half of the weapons that needed to be polished in the open space. Even the kitchen knife was not spared by Ren!
  As noon approached, Ren wiped away the large beads of sweat on his forehead, exhaled a long breath, and then stopped what he was doing.

After looking at the panel, the blacksmith professional level at this time has successfully reached blacksmith lv1 (76/100).

This gives Ren a sense of pleasure that as long as he works hard, he will be rewarded!

As for Renn's work efficiency, Boris smiled from ear to ear when he saw it!
  "Ren, you really don't want to consider working here as a helper? You can pay more!"

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Declining blacksmith Boris's invitation again, Renn got up and went home.

Not long after Ren walked out of the blacksmith shop, there was a sudden heavy sound of horse hooves on the main road of the town behind him.

The slightly heavy sound of horse hooves immediately attracted the attention of the small town residents on the main road, and they all turned their heads to look.

Ren 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 few people slowed down significantly, so Renn could clearly see the faces of these people.

The leader was a strong man with a beard. Although he was riding an unusually tall black horse, his feet were only twenty or thirty centimeters from the ground. He looked like an adult riding a pony.

Renn knew that it was because the other party was too tall, which gave people this illusion.

This made Renn a little stunned!

This height is probably more than two meters and three meters!
  The opponent was wearing a horned helmet and thick leather armor with sharp spikes on the surface of the leather armor.

Except for important positions such as the shoulders and torso, the hands and feet are almost exposed, seemingly to maintain flexibility during combat.

The muscles in his arms are bulging, and the muscles in his thighs are even more frightening. They look like raised rocks. You can tell at a glance that he is a brave and powerful warrior.

The most eye-catching thing is the huge single-edged ax hung on both sides of the horse, one on the left and one on the left.

As the other party approached, the residents of the town gave way and looked at this group of people with a slight awe.

And Renne just happened to be able to further see some details of the other party.

The crescent-shaped ax surface was almost as wide as the door panel at its widest point, and then narrowed on the front and back sides. The ax body alone was about one meter long, and the round metal ax handle was almost half a meter long.

This is a heavy and sharp heavy weapon - the 'Moon Blade Battle Ax'!
  Encountering such an overweight 'giant man' with heavy double axes, no wonder that even though he is as strong as a black war horse, it is very difficult to carry him at this moment.

The black horse's breath was blowing wildly, and in this slightly cold late autumn, two pillars of air could be clearly seen rising from time to time.

The next few people were all dressed in a wild style similar to the first 'Big Man'. They were all strong, burly and tough.

Huh! No, the last one is actually a girl about eighteen or nineteen years old!

Although he is dressed in the same style, his figure is much smaller.

The girl was riding a horse at the moment, but Renne could still roughly estimate that the other person was between 1.7 and 1.8 meters tall.

It's definitely a lot 'petite'.

Behind him was an extremely exaggerated round shield, with a diameter of more than one meter, making the 'petite' girl even more petite.

The shield seemed to be made of some kind of thick wood. The central area was inlaid with a raised iron plate the size of a palm, and it was surrounded by a narrow iron sheet that acted as a tight hoop.

There is also a long-handled battle ax placed on the side of the horse, but it is obviously two grades smaller than the ax of the 'Juhan', and the ax blade is not in the shape of a crescent moon, but in the style of an ordinary logging ax.

This is actually an extremely rare female shield fighter?
  This made Ren En surprised, and he also looked at the other party a few more times.

(End of this chapter)