In the next few days, Ryan reduced some of his exercise time and spent his time making iron rod molds.
The materials used to make cooling molten iron molds in this world are completely different from what Ruian remembers in his previous life.
This world uses a tree trunk called fir as its material. Taking advantage of the fact that the temperature of the fir is very low and it can easily absorb heat, the fir is split in half, the shape of the instrument is dug out in the trunk, and then put together to form
It’s time to cool the mold.
Ruian spent a lot of time making the cooling mold for the iron rod because the iron rod was too long. Furthermore, it was really difficult to dig the round groove body, which required a small knife and a small knife to slowly scrape it.
A few days later, Ruian, who had made the cooling mold, forged the iron embryo of the iron rod with the help of Father Moya.
The extremely rough and embarrassing looking stick body, after more than ten days of forging by Ruian, finally formed into a veritable iron rod, although it didn't look very good.
Holding this iron bar weighing forty or fifty kilograms, Ruian couldn't help but feel proud. He wanted to find someone to compete with him immediately to test the power of the iron bar.
When holding the iron bar with one hand, Ryan will feel a little heavy, even if he is very strong. But when he plays with the iron bar, he always holds it with both hands. When he is playing smoothly, he can use his strength.
force, so less effort is used.
"It's such a happy life." Ruian couldn't help but sigh.
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A few months passed quickly, and it has been more than five months since Ryan came into this world.
Ruian was very good at playing with the iron stick, and he looked very majestic. This greatly increased Ruian's confidence, and he wanted to compete with some junior swordsmen. If you add in the process of playing with the stick, he would kick his legs from time to time.
It is extremely powerful to sneak attack on the opponent, making it difficult for people to guard against it.
However, in the past few days, Rui'an has discovered that the number of equipment to be struck is increasing day by day, and the time spent on hammering has gradually increased a lot. This makes Rui'an, who was very leisurely before, a little uncomfortable. After all, the leisurely days he used to have are still the same.
It's very comfortable, and you'll naturally feel uncomfortable if you have to do so much work at once. Ruian is a little worried that there will be more and more work in the future, so much that he won't even have time to exercise.
One day after finishing the ironing, Ruian couldn't help but voice his doubts and asked Moya's father: "Dad, why is the business so good recently? There is a lot more iron to be struck than before."
Hearing Ruian's words, Moya looked at Ruian in surprise, and then said slowly: "Don't you know? In more than a month, the annual mercenary competition will begin. At this time every year,
This is the peak season for mercenaries to buy weapons."
"Ah! I know. I can't remember it at the moment." Ruian pulled out the memory of the mercenary competition from his memory, and then said, "Dad Moya, the workload has increased recently, please give me more
Give me a little more salary."
"Okay, okay." Father Moya looked pained, which made Ryan a little funny.
Speaking of this mercenary competition, it is a major feature of Kata City, a mercenary city.
The Mercenary Competition is organized by the Mercenary Association. As a huge group that specializes in issuing tasks for mercenaries, the Mercenary Association is not satisfied with just collecting task commissions as a means of making money, so the Mercenary Association thought
There are many ways to increase income. For example, the mercenary competition is a money-making method thought up by the mercenary association.
It should be said that the Mercenary Competition can be regarded as a well-promoted event. When it is held every year, there are many mercenaries in the Principality of Pools. Attracted by the huge bonus, they will come to Kata City to participate in the competition. At the same time, Pools
Some nobles, businessmen and civilians from the Principality will also come to Kata City to watch the game.
The influx of people from various cities in the Principality of Purs has allowed the Mercenary Association to make a lot of money. The ticket fees for the sold-out venues and the crazy bets made by the audience are all ways for the Mercenary Association to make money. Of course, in addition to making money,
In addition, the Mercenary Association has become even more famous, and it can be said that it has gained both fame and fortune.
During this period, not only did the mercenary association make a lot of money, but the mercenary competition also boosted business in all walks of life in Kata City.
Ruian opened his memory and found that the rules of the mercenary competition are very simple. As long as you are a registered mercenary of the mercenary association, you can sign up to participate after paying a registration fee of 5 silver coins.
After that, in the game, you can get corresponding bonuses for each game you win. As the game progresses, if you win more games, you will get more bonuses.
Finally, if you get the first place, you can get a bonus of 1,000 gold coins. As for the second place, there is a bonus of 500 gold coins. The third place has a bonus of 300 gold coins. The fourth place has a bonus of 100 gold coins.
, and so on. And so on.
The low threshold for registration and the high bonuses attract countless mercenaries to sign up. Of course, they are basically down-and-out mercenaries, junior and intermediate mercenaries, and a few high-level swordsman mercenaries.
After all, a competition of this level really cannot attract very powerful high-level swordsmen to sign up. Because 1,000 gold coins may be a big fortune for junior and intermediate swordsman mercenaries, but in the eyes of some very powerful high-level swordsmen,
, it’s just equivalent to the reward for a big mission. Furthermore, even if some senior swordsmen with status want to participate in the competition, they can’t afford to lose face and do so. Just imagine, when have you ever seen an adult participate in a youth-level competition?
Although there are many people signing up for the mercenary competition, the number of senior swordsmen is still relatively small. Most of them are junior and intermediate swordsmen, and even a large part are swordsman apprentices who want to try their luck.
For example, Ryan last year shamelessly signed up. As a result, he met an agile level 1 swordsman in the first match. As soon as the match started, Ryan gave the opponent two or three blows to force him to step down.
Ruian lost the registration fee of 5 silver coins in vain, and it was really heartbreaking for a while.
This year's mercenary competition will be held again. If it were Ruian in the past, he would probably never have the courage to sign up. But in Ruian now, earth-shaking changes have taken place. Not only the body but the soul has been replaced by another.
People, and after more than half a year of physical training, there has been a fundamental change in strength.
When Ruian heard the news about the mercenary competition, his heart immediately became excited. In addition, Ruian was really short of money now. When he thought about the bonuses he could get every time he won a game, he couldn't help but
He is full of expectations for the bonus. In addition, Ruian, who has greatly increased his strength, really wants to find a place to test his level of strength. The mercenary competition provides this opportunity for Ruian to test his level.
Therefore, after only thinking for a moment, Ruian made up his mind to sign up for the mercenary competition.
However, Ruian still has some concerns. The mercenaries who signed up for the competition are basically swordsmen of level 1 or above. Considering the level of fighting spirit, Ruian, who does not have fighting spirit, cannot even reach level 1 swordsman.
It's really impossible to compare with them. Of course, if you consider other aspects, Ruian is very confident that he won't be much worse than them. However, Ruian, who has not yet competed with others, can't help but feel a little uneasy.
"It seems that we have to think of some ways to increase our chances of winning." Ruian is still more concerned about winning or losing. After all, winning or losing is related to the bonus.
"What method should we use? I really can't think of any good method in this world in my memory. It seems that I can only think of some methods from the memory of my previous life."
"What are my current strengths?" Ruian naturally adopted the summary method from his previous life.
"My body is strong, my strength is strong, and after this period of training, my speed is also relatively fast."
"In terms of martial arts, I just know a little bit of leg skills and a set of stick skills. These are not found in this world. If it is unexpected, it is estimated that mercenaries at the junior swordsman level will be unable to withstand it. If it is an intermediate swordsman or above, it will be difficult to say.
.”
"In terms of weapons, there is only this iron rod. It weighs forty or fifty kilograms. It is heavier than the epee weighing thirty or forty kilograms in this world. It should be very powerful. If you hit it with one stick, who knows?
It’s hard to fight with them. There are no other weapons or protective gear.”
"It seems that we need to think of ways to deal with weapons and protective gear." Ryan finally concluded.