Chapter 988: 974. Gift
Chapter 988 974. Gift
Suldak discovered that there was actually a blacksmith shop in this camp, but the facilities in the blacksmith shop were really rudimentary.
In addition to the stove and wooden box bellows built with refractory stones, there is only an iron ingot next to it. The hammer on the iron ingot has been hammered countless times, and the outline is piled up like a short and thick king oyster mushroom.
A Mediterranean blacksmith in leather pants was sitting on a chair to rest, and the fire was also pressed by the mud and did not burn completely.
Some broken knives and swords were hanging in the rain-shielding pavilion of the blacksmith shop. Occasionally, a gust of wind would blow over, and suddenly there would be a series of clanging sounds in the shed.
Suldak leaned over and saw an old blacksmith with a flushed face lying on a wicker chair and snoring loudly. Due to years of being smoked by charcoal fire, his skin was reddish, and even his few beards and hairs were curly. with.
Suldak coughed lightly.
The old blacksmith suddenly woke up from his sleep, stood up immediately, picked up the wooden bowl at hand and walked towards the pavilion, saying as he walked:
"Did you have dinner... Have you had dinner? Well, what's the matter with you? If the weapon is damaged, hang it in the pavilion over there. It will take about two weeks to repair it..."
The old blacksmith rubbed his cheeks vigorously, then took a serious look at Suldak, and looked at him suspiciously.
The blacksmith picked up the water glass on the small square table, took a sip of water, and picked up the hammer in his hand. His eyes fell on Suldak's waist, and he saw that the saber on his waist was a broad sword. The pattern made the old blacksmith frown frequently, and finally said: "If you are going to repair this kind of magic weapon, I can't do it here!"
"I don't need to repair weapons, can I take a look here?"
Suldak walked up to the old blacksmith and asked.
"certainly!"
Seeing that Suldak didn't need to repair the weapon, the old blacksmith sat back on the wicker chair.
Suldak walked into the pavilion full of weapons over there, and found that there were ordinary weapons hanging in the pavilion, some of which seemed to have obvious joint marks, and the craftsmanship was extremely rough
A stack of forged steel knives is actually fixed with two layers of iron riveting, even if the weapon is connected...
Suldak was very speechless... It might as well not be connected, the broken blade is much easier to use than this kind of connection method of clad steel.
"There is no way, the blade is too short and it will be a disadvantage on the battlefield," the old blacksmith seemed to be able to understand the thoughts in Suldak's heart, walked up from behind, and explained to Suldak.
"There should be a furnace here." Although Suldak is not a blacksmith, he owns a copper mine and knows a little about it.
The old blacksmith let out a short voice from his nose: "Huh! Don't talk about the furnace, even if there is a hard enough cutting board, it can make me feel better..."
Before he could continue to say anything, Edgar interrupted his voice, and Edgar came over and said with a smile on his face: "Old Jon, I really plan to bring you back this time, but Natakar The chopping block in the blacksmith shop in Lai Town cannot be carried by a horse at all, and the carriage cannot enter our place..."
The old blacksmith didn't listen to Edgar's explanation at all, and shouted directly:
"Go, go, stop telling me so many excuses. What about the stove, even if there is no stove, the wind box with the wind magic circle, okay, okay, you didn't get any of these, just bring me back a few bags of coke. Okay! My furnace is not hot enough for this kind of Damascus steel, so I can't melt it at all..."
"Ha, I really brought this back for you."
Edgar said something very proudly.
Then let a few soldiers carry the outer sacks in, and untie a sack, revealing some dark gray coke inside.
The old blacksmith was overjoyed, ignored Edgar, and immediately turned on the fire, and piled a handful of coke on it...
Then the little apprentice who was playing outside alone was called in, and the two pulled the bellows and began to heat up the stove.
Edgar followed Suldak and said to him with a flattering expression:
"The conditions in the camp are almost like this, but this time we captured the town of Takale, and many things can be shipped back soon, and the situation here can be somewhat improved."
Suldak walked out of the blacksmith shop noncommittally.
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Everyone in the camp eats in the cafeteria. It is said that the cafeteria is just a shelter built for the rain.
Dinner was not bad. There was fish soup that the children caught in the river during the day, and there was jam made from boiled berries and mashed berries that the women just came back from. Each of them had a root of an unknown plant.
The adult’s arms are so thick, it tastes a little waxy and astringent, each person sends a piece of it, topped with some berry sauce, it’s sour, not too unpalatable.
There are three canopies of this kind, and it can be seen that the rebel soldiers are basically sitting in the same area, some officers are sitting in an area with women, and another group of women and children are sitting in an area.
The rebel fighters were the largest group in the camp. The awning was very large, and there were rows of wooden tables and chairs inside.
There are fewer officers with women, so the pavilion for shelter from the rain is also smaller. Everyone eats the same food, and the officers do not have extra meat. Suldak feels that the only advantage these officers have in the cafeteria is, That is, they don't need to clean the dishes after eating.
The rest of the women, the elderly, and children huddled together to eat in a pergola. According to the information Samira investigated, many of the children in the camp were orphans picked up from the battlefield by the rebel army after a certain war.
Lost their family members. If these children still stay in the small town, they may become homeless if they don’t starve to death.
These children have experienced war, and their parents are not around, so they are very sensible.
Seeing that the children were doing well in the camp, in Suldak's heart, his impression of Edgar was much better.
In fact, Edgar held a special dinner for the magician Avid and his followers, but Suldak said that this kind of reception dinner is enough for the magician Avid, and he would rather Taste the big pot of rice in the camp.
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After dinner, a group of children don’t want to go back to the wooden house to sleep early, so everyone will sit in the glade.
The energetic rebel fighters said some provocative words to each other, and those who refused to accept would stand up and compete in wrestling. There were basically no rules for this kind of fighting, the only thing was that weapons were not allowed, and armor was not allowed to be worn. If you admit defeat, you must stop.
There is hope in the eyes of the children. They always like to worship the strong, and they will cheer for the strong when they fight.
The eyes of the rebel fighters were full of lingering hatred. They just wanted to vent their anger, and they didn't even care about winning or losing, but they were very measured in their actions.
Life here is a bit primitive, but generally good.
With the river, Siya's life is very comfortable. She spends more time in the river than on the shore. Identity has always been a secret to these rebels.
Samira's ability in hunting not only impressed the children with harpoons by the river, but also shocked some hunting teams in the camp. She went hunting with the hunting team and met Flock of birds, those birds are a kind of green-feathered chickadee, many people call them bull-eyes because of their small size.
Samila chased the group of bull eyes over two hills in a row, and the small **** shot down actually made the ogre full.
The kind of small **** are peeled off the skin, and then remove the internal organs, just sprinkle a handful of salt to marinate it, and then fry it crispy with animal fat...
The magician Avid continued to live his happy life in this camp. The only trouble was that his injuries seemed to heal more slowly, and he also secretly asked Suldak to bless him. body', which is said to allow him to win a war.
Suldak lived in the camp for three days, and he planned to go to the rear of the rebel army with Magician Avid to investigate.
The night before he left, when everyone was eating dinner, he walked into the awning where the children were eating, and pulled out two large wooden boxes wrapped in straw rope from the magic pocket. The fat taste is very strong.
"Although I don't know if I will join you in the future, I would like to give you a small gift before parting..."
Under the eager eyes of a group of children, Suldak cut the straw ropes and pried off the lid of the wooden box. Inside were a pair of skinning knives wrapped in oiled paper.
Suldak distributed these small knives to each child, and said: "Whether you need to peel or cut meat in the wild, it is a good choice. The only taboo is that you can't always take them to the fire. Otherwise they get less sharp very quickly..."
The magician Avid really doesn't understand why Suldak puts these things in the magic pocket, and it's still a whole box of stock...
In addition, what surprised Avid was that Suldak's magic pockets were bottomless, and he didn't know how many things he took out along the way. Although he knew that Suldak had several magic pockets, as a space Avid, a magician. Still think it's incredible.
In fact, Suldak also prepared a few boxes of sentry swords. These things were worthless in the blacksmith shop in Bena City. He was worried that Avid would find out the clues, so he didn't take them out in the end...
(end of this chapter)