The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 34 Blacksmith Apprentice
Through several days of contact, William, who can be called "old and cunning", learned from the elf girl that Sunderland and others misunderstood him through side-stepping.A high-ranking dragon walking in the mundane world?This is a bit of a joke, but I have no obligation to explain this wonderful misunderstanding.

However, William did not deliberately pretend or cover up this misunderstanding. Coupled with several days of probing, the female consul seemed to have doubts about his identity.Chen Jinyang obviously felt that Sunderland's attitude towards him had become a little cold these two days, and on the pretext that it would be more appropriate for the elf to teach Elven language, he overturned his previous agreement to teach Misha, which made him angry And speechless and hard to refute.

In the past 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, the moon elf girl Elf, who has always been in a weak position in front of William, suddenly felt like "turning over and singing as a serf", and her airs began to shake. "Please! Please! Hohohoho—!" The elf girl with her little tail almost up to the sky proudly circled Misha'er, staring at the little girl's red hair with a pair of bright eyes. Cole's Horn shines on.

"I don't want it! Mi Sha'er won't beg you!" The little girl with her hands on her head pursed her lips and showed no sign of weakness.

"Come and beg me! As long as you are willing to give me this helmet! I will teach you Elven language! Hehehe!"

"No! I don't want to learn Elvish from you! Damn long ears! Don't think of my baby! The 'Crown of Victory and Glory' (renamed again!?) will never fall on green eyes In the hands of the elves!" The little girl was not tempted by the elves at all, and she put on the posture of the protagonist in the knight's story who would never give in to the evil forces.

"Annoyed little one! Who do you say has long ears and green eyes? Can you give me a helmet?" The little elf who was a little bit annoyed began to prepare for a violent snatch.

"I won't give it to you!" The little girl who was determined to defend her "treasure" to the death quickly dodged away, and the daily routine battle for the corner of Cole started again.

William shook his head and walked out of the house helplessly. In view of the hostility of the two little guys, it seems that the previous plan to learn the mainstream culture of this world has been temporarily aborted.But now there is still a more urgent problem to be solved, and that is the problem of food. At the beginning, because of concerns, he resolutely rejected the super huge sum of tens of thousands of gold coins from the Huber family. Now William can be said to be penniless, especially It's just that the female consul didn't come to take advantage of the big head to take care of the idle food these two days. The family plus an elf idler can only rely on the food kept in the space bag to survive.

William and Alos found the old Seru who they knew best in Mirabar, and asked him to help sell all the accumulated skins except the winter wolf skins. There were dozens of animal skins, big and small, and the total price was only six or seven gold coins. , but the two bottles of strong acid and one bottle of hot glue that were once evaluated as worthless by El Lago were sold for more than 20 gold coins, which really surprised someone.

Someone wants to ask what is the value of twenty gold coins?Let us put it this way, the price of a chicken is equal to two pounds of wheat, and the same as a pound of hard bread, requires two copper coins.And one gold coin is equal to ten silver coins and one thousand copper coins, which means that twenty gold coins can buy ten thousand chickens, or twenty thousand pounds of wheat, or ten thousand pounds of hard bread, which is extremely important to farmers A cow is only three or five gold coins.From this we can see the huge value of El Lago's huge sum of money at the beginning, and at the same time, we can also see the potential strength of the Harbell family that is not inferior to ordinary small kingdoms.

Of course, the three-level currency system of gold, silver, and copper here is only suitable for implementation in a few alliance forces in the Northland, and many towns or states that are not within the scope of the alliance do not recognize it.

Sitting in the lobby of the wrought iron inn, drinking thick soup, William felt a heart-wrenching feeling when he thought of the huge sum of money he rejected at the beginning. Why was he so impulsive at the beginning, even if he left a small change!At least you don't have to worry about filling your stomach like you do now.Look at the four guys who are following along!Oh!Add an old Seru who came to eat, and see how greedy these gluttons eat, this is the best golden baked bread, a silver coin can only buy two pounds.He really couldn't bear the heart, and let a few little guys eat cheap black bread that was hard and rough, comparable to a stone, mixed with a lot of wheat bran and sawdust, which was hard to swallow.

The "housewife" who wants to cry but has no tears can only turn his grief into appetite, and transform into a "gluttonous monster" crazier than everyone else, devouring the meals on the table more vigorously.

What is more painful than supporting a big belly man is that there are two big stomach kings to support. In order to avoid sitting on the mountain, William had to find a way to earn money to support his family.As a mining center, Mirabar has three types: merchants, miners, and blacksmiths. Based on the advice of old Seru and his own considerations, William decided to find a job as a blacksmith first, and then make plans.

Mirabar is a famous city of blacksmiths, but what is strange is that many of the blacksmith shops that should have been busy are now mostly in a state of silence.

William followed the old Seru into a slightly noisy shop. The shop had no name, but a pair of craftsman's hammers hung outside. A stout one-eyed dwarf with a black-gray beard coiled behind his back was holding a hammer, sweating profusely. Busy on the workbench, he ignored the entry of the two humans, and continued to beat the red metal block on the anvil monotonously.

The temperature inside the blacksmith's shop was much hotter than outside because of the high temperature of the fire. Old Seru approached the dwarf and shouted: "Master Singers! Are you okay?"

With his only grey-brown left eye, the one-eyed dwarf with a fierce face glanced at William who was standing behind, and said casually with a buzzing voice: "Oh! It's little Seru! Do you need anything? If it's okay, Don't bother me!"

Old Seru looked back at William with some embarrassment, pointed at him and said to Singers: "Master! This is a good boy in my village! William! He hopes to find an apprenticeship with you."

"Apprentice? Hahaha!" Singers glared at the only remaining one eye, and said with a sarcasm, "There are human beings willing to come to me, a blind dwarf, as an apprentice? Could it be that the dwarf has started to grow a beard?" The one-eyed dwarf put down With the work in hand, he jumped onto the stage, trying to occupy a superior position to look down on the coming people, but William's tall figure still made the dwarf's movements useless, and the young human was still half a head taller than the dwarf standing on the workbench.

This dwarf with an extremely fierce appearance and an extremely stocky body can vaguely see his bad attitude towards life from his weather-beaten and rough face.Singers McCluf lost an eye, but made no attempt to fill the empty socket, but merely covered it with an eyepatch; half his beard was gone, replaced by a With a large scar, one can tell at a glance that he has suffered extremely serious trauma before.

"Ha ha! Beardless little guy! You should go to those bombastic metallurgists and alchemists! Instead of coming to me as an apprentice in my rock-hard dwarven smithy. Ignorant humans! Go to your experts! Here You are not welcome!" The one-eyed dwarf refused harshly, looking up and staring at William made him very uncomfortable.

Although I don't know why this dwarf is hostile to humans, it doesn't prevent William from flattering: "Everyone here says that the one-eyed dwarf Singers is the best blacksmith in Mirabar! Of course I want to find the best dwarf. Be an apprentice!"

At this time, no one noticed that the old Seru who had led the way had slipped away quietly.

One-eyed Singers was very useful to William's flattery, but he still blew his beard and stared and said: "Slippery little guy! A nice word is as useless as a dwarf's beard! Humph——The metal's solidity and softness are so fused that no one can use it!" So far? It's just absurd talk! If the magic that strengthens metal is not a secret guarded by Dumathoin, then they absolutely cannot exist! Not a single bearded dwarf among them dares to claim to be more powerful than a dwarf. Understand metal! There is no funnier joke in the world!" For the dwarf's chattering and complaining vent, William could only respond with a wry smile, half understanding.

"Lord Marquis actually believes the nonsense of those fake experts! He would rather pursue a non-existent alchemy formula than increase the scale of production by increasing manpower to mine new veins! Lost beast kicked his head! The Council of 'Yaoshi' also Listen to these silly deceptions! The useless Agranther! Bah! This guy who has abandoned the tradition of the dwarves and Dumathoin! It seems that more than 100 years of leisure have completely forgotten the teachings of Dumathoin!"

William, who had been enduring the bombardment of the dwarven language, had to interrupt his complaints and asked loudly, "Master Singers! May I be an apprentice here?"

The eyes of the one-eyed dwarf who was indulging in complaints flashed brightly, and he said with some unfinished thoughts: "Damn it! Oh! Since you were introduced by the little Seru! Let's work here for a while! Go! Get the iron out first. Move to the next room! Idiot Erastus! What a bunch of fools! They are being played around! Even the dumbest dwarves are smarter than them!"

William picked up the wrought iron box next to the iron felt. The box was very heavy, but William could still resist it. He jumped off the platform, and the one-eyed dwarf with his mouth wide open went down the stairs on the other side and walked into the room floor. One floor below, there was another blacksmith's workshop, but no one was working in it.

"He is a good guy with a lot of strength! From tomorrow onwards, you will follow me to dig ore below, remember to bring your lighting tools! I don't want you to get lost in the dark mine on the first day!" After putting down the box , Singers told William who was about to leave.

Walking out of the one-eyed dwarf's blacksmith's shop, Old Seru was waiting for William to come out not far away. He said to William a little embarrassedly: "Although Old Singers has a weird temper, he is really good at blacksmithing! William! Although I don't know Why have you changed so much, but please take care of Alos and Misha! I will be returning to the village tomorrow!"

William bowed in gratitude and said, "Thank you, Mr. Seru, for taking care of our brothers and sisters in the past! If there is anything William can use in the future, just ask!"

Originally, it was quite inappropriate for a young man to say this, but William said it very forcefully, because he was really grateful for the kindness Seru had shown to their brothers and sisters in the past.

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