At this moment, the curtain of the carriage opened, and a figure flashed out of the carriage. It was Knight Marshall holding a big sword. The servant who rushed in front had already reached the coachman and was about to slash at the coachman. Knight Marshall's The big sword flashed a white fighting spirit, splitting the servant from head to toe, as well as the horse under him, into two pieces. The blood seemed to explode, spraying out several meters away, and several servants following behind were killed. I was stunned by the rain of blood.
They were stunned, but Knight Marshall was not stunned. The knight jumped from the carriage and slashed a servant's neck with his sword in the air. The servant didn't even have time to react, and his head flew out, flipped in the air and landed on the ground. In front of Joshua's horse.
Joshua was stunned by the sight before him, his body became weak for a while, and he fell off his horse.
In this moment, 5 of the other 10 servants were killed by the Marshall knight. The other 5 were no longer on their horses, and their swords had been thrown to the ground. The opponent was a formal knight who used fighting spirit. This made They all lay on the ground shivering. The strength of the knight was a memory deep in the bones of ordinary people like them.
Abel was also frightened by the attack process of the Marshall Knight. It was violent, direct, and quick. This was the impression that the Marshall Knight gave him. This was very different from the usual knight who always smiled.
"You... you are a knight. I am the eldest son of Lord Joel. I request the treatment of a noble prisoner of war." Joshua said to Knight Marshall with some stuttering.
The treatment of noble prisoners of war was a unique way of dealing with captured nobles in this era.
First of all, according to the rules of chivalry, if the knight behaves honorably in the face of the enemy, the knight's victory or defeat is not that important. Therefore, being captured is not a shameful thing for a knight as long as he has fought bravely.
Secondly, most of the knights were people with economic and political status. After they were captured, the condition for their release was a ransom. For example, if a superior lord is captured, a subordinate knight has the obligation to take himself as a hostage and pay a ransom.
In the end, there were frequent battles and the outcome was easy to lose. Who can guarantee that he will not be captured next time? Therefore, be kind to the captives and release them on condition of ransom.
Knight Marshall looked mockingly at the trainee knight in front of him who was slumped on the ground without fighting, and considered whether to deal with him according to the treatment of a noble prisoner of war.
"Joshua?" At this time, Abel jumped down from the carriage and saw Joshua on the ground. He really didn't expect that just because of a little contradiction, this nobleman would bring people to attack him.
"Do you know him?" Knight Marshall vaguely knew the reason for the attack, but even if there was a conflict in the city and then led people to attack and kill the other party, the knight rarely heard about it. However, the knight still handed over the disposal power to Abel. This was also a good opportunity to develop Abel’s abilities, so he went on to say, “Abel, you make up your mind on this matter.”
Abel didn't care about Joshua's life or death, but taking Joshua's life would do him no good. It would be better to get more benefits. I guess Knight Marshall wouldn't mind having too many gold coins.
"Then take it back to the castle, Joshua, and you will enjoy the treatment of a noble prisoner of war."
Hearing Abel's treatment, Knight Marshall showed a satisfied smile. Abel did not choose to pay the ransom for the sake of his own hatred, but chose to pay the ransom in favor of the development of the castle.
Abel's idea is actually very simple. Joshua's strength is too poor and it is impossible to be his opponent. If Joshua is a formal knight, then he will choose the treatment of noble prisoners of war. Dead enemies are the best. enemy.
The next step was Abel's. He took off the belts of the five servants and tied their hands behind their backs.
Except for the unlucky horse that was cut in two by the sword of Knight Marshall, the other 11 horses were lined up in a row with the help of the coachman. The prisoner was thrown on the saddle, and he himself rode on the fire horse. The red war horse followed behind.
Joshua was placed on the first horse, and Abel also took out his belt. Although his hands were not tied, as long as Joshua dared to run, his pants would fall down. Then again, as long as Joshua Shua is not stupid as a pig, he will never run away in front of a formal knight.
Only now did Joshua know that he was attacking the owner of Harry Castle, and that Abel, whom he called the little blacksmith, was the heir to Harry Castle. At this moment, Joshua's idea was that the first thing he wanted to do after returning was to kill that man. The servant who was responsible for watching over Abel was hacked to death.
After returning to Harry Castle, Abel handed the captives to the steward Lindsay, and then the steward Lindsay came to talk to the other party's steward about the handover of the captives and the payment of the ransom. As nobles, they would not interfere with these matters, so The ransom paid is based on Joshua's identity and the consequences of his crimes. Everything will be left to the stewards themselves to negotiate.
Abel returned to his original life, doing morning exercises every morning, going to the blacksmith shop for forging after breakfast, returning to the castle in the evening to practice the Knight's Breathing Technique, and then resting.
In this way, a month passed step by step. In this month, Abel forged 5 hundred-practice long swords, but they all used the techniques of this world, and did not use special carburizing and quenching methods. The production was quite satisfactory. Master Bentham was very happy. No matter how good your secret technique is, the foundation is the most important. Abel's behavior of attaching importance to the foundation was praised by Master Bentham.
This morning, Master Bentham stopped Abel: "Abel, come with me."
Master Bentham's room is in the back of the master's dedicated workshop. Entering the room, the master took out a huge and heavy book from an iron box in the corner and put it on the table. He said to Abel: "My The teacher was Master Robin, the dwarf forging master. That year, humans and dwarves reached an agreement to jointly fight against the orcs. Because of my forging talent, I was sent to the dwarves to learn forging. "
As if recalling what happened at that time, Master Bentham's eyes were a little blurry. He recounted what happened back then in an almost muttered way:
"Those were the most beautiful days. I could learn new knowledge every day. The forging technology of the dwarves has become a unique forging technology through the dwarves' natural forging talent and tens of thousands of years of exploration. Legend has it that the most powerful dwarf god The craftsman once helped the gods to forge artifacts, and Teacher Robin could not only forge ordinary weapons, but also forge magic weapons. When I saw magic weapons for the first time, I told myself that that is what I want to learn. The goal of my life. Teacher Robin taught me many things without reservation. When I learned this knowledge, I asked Teacher Robin to learn magic weapons, but Teacher Robin told me that I did not forge. The talent of magic weapons.”
Speaking of this, Master Bentham looked a little excited. He continued: "After the study, the teacher gave me the last hope, which is this magic weapon forging book."
"After I came back, I looked around for the reason why I couldn't forge magic weapons. Finally, I found that only mental power can trigger the formation diagram in the forging process of magic weapons. And the owners of mental power basically become wizards. How can anyone learn to forge? , until I met you.”
Hearing the word wizard, Abel's heart skipped a beat. Hadn't he been looking for news about wizards? This was the first time he had clearly heard news about magic
"I am already old, and I will never have the chance to build a magic weapon in this life, but you are my student, and I hope you can build a magic weapon." Master Bentham's eyes were full of prayer.
"Master, I will try my best." Abel nodded seriously.
Master Bentham held the huge and thick magic weapon forging book and handed it into Abel's hands with an almost pious attitude.
Abel took the book and it was very heavy in his hand. Just like in the legend, although the dwarves were very short, they always thought that they were descendants of giants, so everything about them was as huge as possible.
And this book is the perfect embodiment of this tradition. When you open the page, the content in the book is also very straightforward. On the first page, there is a fire-attribute magic weapon. The front and back sides of a sword are drawn in the middle, with strange runes on it. There is a groove on the hilt, which says to install the fire magic stone. The last row says the function of the fire attribute weapon. The configuration of the fire rune magic potion can provide fire damage to the weapon.
The second page is about ice magic weapons. It also draws the front and back sides of a sword, with strange runes and grooves. It just requires the installation of water magic stones. The last row says the functions of ice magic weapons, ice runes. The configuration of magic potion can provide weapons with slowdown and ice damage.
The third page is for electric magic weapons, and the fourth page is for poison magic weapons.
This book only has four pages in total. Abel complained about the dwarf who produced this book. The four pages of content turned into such a bulky book. However, seeing Master Bentham’s pious look, he did not dare to show it. .