Civilization Guardian Front

The sonorous and powerful words were transmitted through the spell power and pushed outside the blacksmith shop.

These words of his were not only for Asuna alone, but also for those trainee volunteer soldiers who followed.

"In this regard, the distribution of the center of gravity is also very important. The closer the center of gravity is to your weapon, the more dexterous it is to control, and the power will be reduced accordingly. However, no matter how powerful it is, it is useless if it cannot hit the enemy. Time inertia will also affect your balance and closing moves, forming a huge flaw."

"Then there is the length. The advantages brought by the distance are obvious. Armspan plus the length of the weapon is not as good as the enemy. It means losing the upper hand. You must break into the enemy's attack range to have a chance to fight back. As long as the opponent pays attention to keeping the distance, they will be invincible. The risks borne by the two sides are completely different, which is why, regardless of the generals and soldiers on the battlefield, the main weapon is mostly a long-handled weapon, while the sword is the reason for the spare equipment. However, although the long-handled weapon has many advantages, it is inconvenient to carry. And the defect that it cannot be used in a narrow space may not be suitable for our volunteers to use, remember to consider the versatility when choosing, and give priority to adapting to various battlefield environments."

After explaining the three points of weight, center of gravity, and length in detail, Chios raised his hand and tapped the round shield hanging on the wall beside him, saying:

"No matter what weapon you choose, as long as your off-hand is free, it's never a bad idea to buy a shield to save your life. Trust me, you don't want to use your sword to deflect stones or arrows from the enemy."

"Now, go pick the equipment you think is worth entrusting your life to."

"Yes."

When Asuna walked into the depths of the store, Chios turned to look at the blond girl who stood still with a dull expression.

"What's wrong, Lyfa?

"Has Mr. Chios ever learned martial arts?"

"Just a little understanding."

laugh...

The corners of Ren's mouth, who folded his arms, moved slightly, almost letting out a laugh.

These words came from the mouth of Chios, which is no longer self-effacing, but arrogance in disguise.

In terms of skill alone without considering other abilities and attributes, Chios's martial arts can rank among the top five even in an elite-gathered association.

The ultimate skill of reason, but even the executors of Rank?A may not be able to touch the realm.

If this is only a little understanding, then the others are all...

"Anyway, the more things Big Brother Chios knows, the better. The only thing we want to think about is how not to slow Big Brother down. Let's go and see what good things are in the store."

After Ryan finished speaking, he pushed Lyfa's shoulder, who seemed to want to ask more questions, and walked to the inside of the blacksmith shop where more weapon racks were placed.

Chios was left alone in the front room.

when!

After striking the last hammer, the blacksmith with half of his face covered by a gray beard placed the half-finished blade and tools on the anvil.

Taking off his gloves and patting the leather scraps on his palms, he smiled and said to Chios:

"You know a lot for a recruit, young man."

"Because of the environment in which he grew up." There was a slight sigh in Chios' words, as if all that was a thing of the past for him.

"Oh? No wonder I think you look like a nobleman..."

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Zapan asked half-surely:

"It seems that you are the latest batch of people from the northern countries?"

"Yes."

"The curse of the undead, it's terrible..." Zapan couldn't help shivering when he mentioned the reasons for the destruction of many northern countries.

"It happened once in our place, and many villages were abandoned because of this. Even after more than 40 years, there are still not many people who dare to approach those abandoned villages. The villagers of the village, wandering in the villages and towns to this day...God, just imagining that scene, I feel like I'm going to have nightmares."

The information from the blacksmith's mouth surprised Chios.

"Has there ever been an outbreak of the undead curse in this country?"

"About forty years ago, yes, the curse of undead appeared not only in the Theocracy of Aureas, but also in the countries around the Mediterranean Sea..."

The middle-aged blacksmith recalled the past with emotion.

"When I was a child, I saw more and more fleeing villagers pouring into the central capital every day. When I heard the news of the missing or casualties of the guards who went out to patrol, it felt like the end of the world. Fortunately, under the protection of the church campfire power , During the three years when the curse raged, no one in the city became undead."

Having said that, he put his hands on his chest, looked up at the ceiling, and said reverently:

"Everything is blessed by the goddess who weeps for the world."

"Goddesses who weep for the world."

Chios cooperates with a solemn gesture to show respect for the goddess.

Consciousness secretly fell into thinking.

A considerable part of the history of the Mediterranean region is the background written by the Legion to fill in the gaps, but this past is not made up randomly, it must follow the development of the entire world framework and continue to advance, otherwise it will be in harmony with the law of causality Conflicts lead to forcible revision or even erasure.

The history of the outbreak of the undead curse here illustrates an important message:

More than forty years ago, Chuhuo once weakened, and it took three years before someone finally spread the fire.

And the time when the executors of the legion, including himself, intervened should be when the flames faded again.

This means that the last salary king who passed on fire only allowed the era of fire to continue for about 40 years.

Even if this world is heading towards the end step by step, it stands to reason that the soul of a normal salary king should never be so weak.

Could it be that...

Chapter 820 Game Over

Chios vaguely had an answer in his heart.

After thinking about it, he turned his focus back to the current affairs again. He came to the blacksmith's weapon rack where the long sword was placed, and took out one from it.

He weighed it a little in his hand, and accurately obtained the weight of the weapon: 1572 grams.

It's a bit too light for him these days, but the balance is fine.

Flick the cross-section of the sword with your fingers.

Ding!

The steel blade vibrates and makes a crisp sound, without turbid subtle noise mixed in it, indicating that the heat treatment is proper, the metal grain size distribution is proper, the outer edge hardness is higher and the inner toughness is stronger.

It is not easy to achieve this level when medium steel is used as raw material.

The weapons made by craftsmen with a good reputation among the local residents really have a certain quality.

"How much does this sword cost?"

"If ordinary people buy it, I would say 5 silver and 50 copper, but I feel that you are a fairly high-level swordsman, and you will not easily let my work fall into the hands of gangsters or monsters, and turn against our people. Since it is about to drink the blood of its enemies, I will give you a good price, 4 silver and 20 copper!"

Even with a discount, it is still enough to deter the vast majority of trainee volunteer soldiers.

The cost of a weapon like a sword, which is made of a very high proportion of metal, is naturally high, and the longer the blade is made without being too heavy, the more demanding the craftsman's skills are. The higher it is, even experienced blacksmiths may fail to make it, wasting raw materials and time.

Therefore, in the eyes of the knowledgeable Chios, Zapan's price is simply too cheap.

"Okay, buy another saber belt."

Chios decisively handed over [-]% of the remaining money to the blacksmith.

As long as you have absolutely excellent abilities, you don't have to worry about not making money.

After taking over the strong belt, Chios hung up the sheathed sword with a quick movement, and then tied it around his waist.

His true favorite sword [Ragnarok] is quietly lying in the heraldry space right now. However, Chios, who wants to play an ordinary player at this stage, of course cannot come up with exquisite workmanship. Anyone can see it. Get a magic sword of extraordinary quality to use.

Sorry, forgive me once, Feifei, Ruru, Lili...

From the bottom of my heart, I secretly apologize to Sister Sejin.

After the three sisters find out about this matter, the gentle and cold-tempered two may not express anything, but Fei Fei, who is passionate and daring to love and hate, will definitely go crazy.

Chios used the practice sword once when he was learning the eight-leaf sword-style style from Liana instructor.

As a result, for seven consecutive days, Fei Fei either did not endow the "Brave Lover" feature, or did, but continued to display "Qios, you bastard" on the sword body with golden light...

Since then, except for the short period of time when his beloved sword was sent for repair, Chios has basically never touched other swords.

There is no way, Fei Fei who is angry is really hard to coax.

Chios smiled helplessly, shook his head, and was mentally prepared to face the anger of metal lovers in the future, waiting for Asuna, Lyfa, and Ren to choose their weapons.

Unsurprisingly, Asuna chose the rapier in the end.

The length of 42 5/8 inches is better than most one-handed weapons, and the weight of 1301 grams is light and flexible, and it will not be too burdensome to use with Asuna's arm and wrist strength.

It seems that I have found a direct descendant of my Spanish sword technique "Bedadela de Streza"...

Chios then looked towards Lyfa.

A girl who practiced kendo since she was a child picked out a cross guard she was not used to, but at least the main structure was closer to the Kriegmesser, a weapon she was familiar with.

The length and weight are almost the same as Chios's sword, and since single-edged weapons are easier to manufacture than double-edged weapons, the price is slightly cheaper.

As for Ryan, of course she couldn't find her usual scythe here.

With her strength, it doesn't really matter which initial weapon she chooses, so she just pretended to browse the weapon rack carefully and took a straight knife to make do with it.

Except for Lyfa, who had to hold it with both hands in order to use the swordsmanship she had learned, Asuna and Renn both bought a shield following the advice.

After paying the money and reminding the blacksmith shop that there will be a large number of customers, the group of four left the blacksmith shop.

By the time we returned to our hotel, the sun had risen to the zenith.

The lobby on the first floor, which is also a tavern business, has many more guests, among which local residents only account for a small part, and most of them are players who have just become trainee volunteers not long ago.

So many people suddenly came to the shop, which is usually deserted during the day, and the only waitress was so busy that she frequently went in and out of the kitchen and hall, bringing out dishes and delivering them to each table. Even so, the efficiency of food delivery was still not very good. So much so that the proprietress had to come down to help herself.

Although she is middle-aged and has a round body, the proprietress's hands and feet are not slow at all.Seeing her proficient appearance of holding four beer glasses in each hand and walking through the aisle between wine tables with a tray on her arm, it is not difficult to imagine that she had worked as a waitress for a long time when she was young.

Those who can do this kind of work are generally rural girls from suburban families who are not well-off and work in the city to subsidize their families.From a waitress to the owner of a medium-to-large hotel, if the experience in the story is told, I believe it will be a fascinating and inspirational story.

Chios thought to himself.

Stepping into the door, the four of them immediately became the focus of attention.

But not to mention the two executors, Chios and Ren, who have long been accustomed to being watched, even Asuna and Lyfa, who were uncomfortable in the eyes of a large number of people at first, are now being followed by a team of hundreds of people for more than an hour. , and gradually got used to it.

Find an empty table and take a seat, raise your hand to ask the proprietress to order.

While waiting for the food to arrive, they took stock of what little money they had left.

"1 Silver 65 Copper..."

Asuna stared at the only silver coin left on the table in front of her, and the copper coins that seemed to be a lot but were consumed very quickly.

According to the observation of the prices of various commodities in the business district earlier, and then to estimate the purchasing power of the local currency, one copper coin is approximately equal to the value of 65-75 yen.

The exchange ratio of gold, silver and copper coins is 1:100:10000

"In conversion, it's about 12000 yen..."

"so little?"

Lyfa was speechless.

"Yeah." Asuna nodded lightly.

"Fortunately, the prices here are not as high as in Tokyo. If we only have to spend on board and lodging in the future, we should be able to last for two weeks."

"That is to say, we have to accept commissions to make money next week at the latest?"

"It's not like that..."

Ryan answered Lyfa's question:

"Accepting the entrustment does not mean that you will get paid. If you are unlucky, it is not impossible to return without success several times in a row. If you are accidentally injured, you will have to consume bandages and herbs. If it is serious, you will even have to rest for a while, or ask the church priesthood healing."

"Taking into account the factors mentioned above, Ryan feels that after the training of the city guard team is over, he should start accepting commissions to accumulate experience as soon as possible, otherwise when he has no money, one failure will result in Game Over."

Inside the hotel, Xi Yi's warriors, who listened intently to what the girl said, turned pale all of a sudden.

Chapter 820: Teacher, please don't go

The atmosphere in the hotel lobby was a bit gloomy for a while...

The money distributed by the archbishop to the volunteer trainees, after deducting the necessary expenses such as the training of the guards and the purchase of equipment and materials, can save about 2 silver. If you buy the most cost-effective machetes and shields, depending on the craftsman's craftsmanship and materials, you can save more Under 1 silver to 1 silver 50 copper ranging.

No matter how careful you are, as long as there is no income, the money bag that cannot be supplemented will become empty sooner or later.

In the foreseeable, not-too-distant future...

People need money every day of their lives, not only fixed expenses for food and accommodation, but also unexpected expenses for illness and injury.