Abel rubbed his hands on the soil on the ground. There was no anti-slip powder here, so he used soil instead. This was Abel's habit when he was a fitness instructor. His hands would not slip if they had mud on them. His body is still too young now, and he doesn't want to cause a lot of injuries to his body, so he has to start with the details. , pay attention to protecting your body bit by bit in your daily life.
Abel stood in front of the 150-pound iron lock, standing with his legs close to the iron bar in the middle of the lock, grabbing the iron bar with his hands facing each other, and lifting the iron lock from the ground over his head in one continuous motion, with his arms fully extended above his head. .
The entire lifting process was completed in one go, and Master Bentham let out a light sigh. Although he only weighed 150 pounds, Abel's movements were obviously much more relaxed and smooth than Garden's.
The Marshall knight on the other side had a different view. The iron lock Abel lifted started from the feet, then passed through the legs, through the waist and front back, and finally reached the arms. This is somewhat similar to the energy accumulation in knight skills. , Abel was able to use this technique when he lifted the iron lock for the first time, and his understanding of power has reached a very high level.
After throwing down the 150-pound iron lock, Abel stood in front of the 200-pound iron lock. In the same posture, he easily lifted the iron lock.
Then the 250 pounds passed easily. Under the stunned gazes of Master Bentham and Garden, Abel was already standing next to the 300-pound iron lock that Garden had just struggled to lift.
Grasp the iron bar with both hands. This time, the hands are closer than before. Bend your legs and squat, lift the iron lock, put the iron lock on your shoulders through the chest, and then stand; then hold the iron bar with both hands, bend With his arms and lower jaw parallel to the iron bar, he pushed up with his straight arms, and the iron lock was lifted above his head.
"Marshall, where did you find the monster?" Master Bentham came back to his senses as if waking up from a dream and asked Knight Marshall.
"What is a monster? He is a fourth-level apprentice knight. If he can't lift 300 pounds with physical strength, what kind of a fourth-level apprentice knight is he?" Knight Marshall was very unhappy that the master called his adopted son a monster, and directly changed Abel's level Speak up.
"Fourth-level trainee knight, my god, how old are you this year?" Master Bentham asked Abel in surprise.
"I'll be 13 soon." Abel replied softly.
"That's a 12-year-old trainee knight. Who is crazy? Why would he give you such a treasure as your adopted son?" Master Bentham looked at Knight Marshall with some contempt.
"What's wrong with me? I'm also an intermediate knight, okay?" Knight Marshall jumped on his feet and shouted loudly.
"You seem to have just entered the intermediate knight level. Such a genius should be trained by the knight captain. Even if there is a great knight captain, he will accept such a disciple."
"Don't worry about it. Let him learn forging with you. It's okay." Knight Marshall, who has been with Master Bentham for many years, no longer wants to argue with the master. Due to the master's noble status, if it weren't for the irreversible friendship between Knight Marshall and the master, he would also ask If you don't return to the master's territory, the master's one-and-done personality always makes the Marshall Knight feel headache.
"Let him stay, Marshall, are you sure that teaching him by you won't delay his future?" Master Bentham agreed and then added.
This sentence made Knight Marshall say to Abel: "You stay here to study hard with the master during the day, and practice knightly skills in the castle in the morning and evening." Then he left the blacksmith shop in a somewhat dejected manner.
"Garden, you teach Abel some basics first." Master Bentham finished speaking and walked towards his workshop.
"You are so strong." Garden looked at the short Abel with some curiosity and praised him.
"You are also very strong." Abel was trained as a knight, but it can be seen that Gaden is just an ordinary person, so in terms of strength, Gaden is really strong.
"But I'm older than you. I'm 19 years old and you're only 12. And I saw it when you lifted 300 pounds. It was really easy. You should be able to lift heavier chains." Garden said Said with certainty.
"You just didn't use your full strength. If you want to learn, I can teach you how to lift the iron lock like me when I have time."
"Really? Can I really learn that kind of skill?" Garden jumped up with excitement, turned around and said to Abel seriously: "I will teach you the forging skill seriously. As long as I can, I will teach you for you."
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It has been almost a month since I arrived at Harry Castle, and the New Year is coming in three days. Abel has been studying in the blacksmith shop for nearly a month.
Regarding forging technology, Abel also learned all the basic skills from Garden. At this time, he is making his first big sword by himself. He is planning to give this big sword to his elder brother Zach as a New Year's gift. .
Abel clamped the red-hot iron rough piece with iron tongs in one hand, and beat it on the anvil with a 10-pound hammer in the other hand. After beating it dozens of times, the rough piece gradually became cold, and Abel began to hammer it with a 10-pound hammer. Throw the rough billet into the stove and heat it again.
The smelting technology of this era was not high. Abel could understand that the blacksmith's job was to repeatedly beat the heated iron block, and then heat and beat it again after cooling. If the number of repetitions reached 30 times, it meant that the iron tool produced was 30-level. The 100-shot long sword that Knight Marshall showed Abel in the study was made of 100-shot iron.
An ordinary blacksmith can only make a rough blank of 30 to 40 levels at most. As a disciple of Master Bentham, Garden can make a rough piece of 60 levels. In the blacksmith shop, only the master can make a rough piece of 100 levels.
This kind of repeated tempering is not difficult for Abel to understand. He has read the science column and knows that this kind of tempering is just a means of removing carbon from the rough blank. The more times this hammering is performed, the less carbon will be in the rough blank and the better the quality of the rough blank will be.
After nearly a month of repeatedly using a hammer to hit the rough blank, Abel also mastered the skills of using the hammer. With his learning speed, he can accurately grasp the location of the strike, and the rough blank has been hammered by him. It had been 50 times. The rough piece that had been hammered 50 times had to be strengthened with each strike before it could be struck, but Abel's hand was still very stable.
Not far away, Master Bentham looked at Abel silently. Although the master did not teach Abel any knowledge during this period, the master had been paying attention to Abel. Garden had been following the master for five years. It was enough to teach Abel some basic skills.
Watching Abel's movements every time he strikes the rough material, Master Bentham can always feel a strange smoothness. Abel's speed is not fast. There is one second between each strike, which looks very relaxed. But the master knows that most people can hit hundreds of times with a 10-pound hammer, but the number of times required to hit 50 times is different. It does not stop from morning until noon, one blow per second. Keep banging.
Abel's knocking method was figured out by himself after practicing knocking during this period. It is the same as the punch in boxing. According to some people's tests, the heavy punch in boxing is the strongest among all punches. That is because boxing The body is used as a transmission medium for power, not just the power of the arms.
And now Abel's method of hammering rough slabs is like this. He doesn't use much force for each blow. He transfers the force from his feet to his body, and finally reaches his arms, drives the hammer to hit it, and then uses the rebound force of the hammer. , just add a little strength to lift the hammer to the original height, and then start the next cycle. This kind of hammering is actually not very laborious, but this technique is difficult to master, and Abel also discovered that as long as he has the theory According to this, his body can make corresponding actions.
If this kid wasn't a trainee knight, why would he be such a talented blacksmith doing those things of fighting and killing? With Abel's learning ability and current level, as long as he learns in his hands for a few years, he will definitely become The new master blacksmith, Master Bentham, was troubled.
Abel, who had forgotten to eat, finally hammered the rough material into an 80-degree piece at two o'clock in the afternoon. After that, he could no longer hammer the rough material, because even with all his strength, the 80-grade rough stone could no longer be hammered. .