It was a joke to say that a cannon could demolish a wall. But since this building was built by a saint, Xiao Chen naturally had the confidence to demolish it. Nothing could stop him from going to the innermost part to get the Forging Tower. It was just that Farrell's persistence was worth waiting for.
A quarter of an hour later, Farrell and his eldest son had drawn a rough sketch and asked Musia and three other dwarf forgers to make a key blank. They were verifying the appropriate size of each tooth of the key.
"I figured it out!" Farrell's youngest son shouted. He looked up at the time and said, "These lock cylinders overlap every ten minutes. So far, we have only four chances to insert the key!"
"Don't panic. Since there are four chances, the next two are left for you to check. We will try to insert the key on the third time," said Farrell.
Luo Ling, who was watching from the side, nodded to Xiao Chen, indicating that their calculation was correct.
"It's okay. Farrell seems to have known what was going on. He is a great blacksmith who has been trained by us for five years. It would be strange if he couldn't handle such a situation."
Twenty minutes in, Farrell confirmed the final artwork.
After 35 minutes, they had created the key. To prevent the teeth from hitting the lock core, each tooth was a little thin, and the key looked a little rough. But time waits for no one, so Musia simply processed the surface and handed the key to Farrell.
Farrell came to the keyhole, but did not rush to insert the key. Instead, he waited for a few minutes, observed the lock core overlap, and then prepared to unlock it when it overlapped next time.
He spread his legs, held the key in both hands, and a faint fighting spirit ignited in his body. He put the key in front of the lock hole and kept this posture. At the moment when the lock core turned to this position again, Farrell shouted loudly and then directly inserted the key to the bottom.
Seeing that the key could be inserted all the way in, the people around him breathed a sigh of relief. Farrell also breathed a sigh of relief. He grasped the key handle again and slowly turned the key. A crisp click sounded from the lock core.
The key turned a circle, and a pre-recorded voice sounded at the side: "Well done, test takers. Congratulations on successfully solving the first level. The door will now open, please proceed to the second level."
Although most of Farrell's forgers were quite old, they still cheered. They seemed to have established some tacit understanding in their first collaboration.
The stone gate on the side opened to both sides with a rumble, revealing the canyon behind the gate. From a distance, you can see the second checkpoint erected two or three hundred meters away.
The huge team continued to arrive at the second level.
The voice continued to speak out the requirements for the second level: "... Please use the materials given in the tool area to make a short sword. Do not use fighting spirit or magic, just use the sword itself to cut off the stick in the stone chamber."
Farrell first went to the stone chamber to take a look at the stick, then looked at the metal block provided in the tool area, and said: "This is soft gold, a very soft magical metal. Generally, no one uses it to make weapons, so they are not afraid of the soft gold weapons we have on hand. However, if the heat treatment process of the Tower of China is used, the hardness of this weapon should be greatly improved. This stick should be a kind of stratified rock, and it should not be a problem to make the metal sword harder than it."
Lascano said, "Do we need to add some steel to the soft gold, or we can make a core with steel. This way the hardness will be guaranteed. It is a bit difficult to break stone with soft gold."
Xiao Chen had been observing the two forgers from the Fire Crystal Family intentionally or unintentionally. When he saw them talking, he said, "If this is the case, you might be judged as a failure. Do you think the saints didn't leave anything to supervise your work? Look at the magic arrays painted on the ceiling and walls of the small stone room. I have roughly interpreted them. One set is used to monitor the material of the metal sword, and the other is used to monitor magic power and fighting spirit. I'm afraid it is to prevent the swordsman from using his own ability to split the stone stick?"
"Leave it to me. We can also work on the shape of the sword. The same material with different structures will have completely different strengths." Farrell walked to the tool area first. "The saints set the questions according to the craftsmanship level thousands of years ago. It would be ridiculous if I couldn't make this sword with the knowledge I learned in the Tower of China."
Sure enough, Farrell used his accumulated knowledge and forged a sword in just half an hour. The sword was short, but the back of the sword was thick, with only one blade, more like an axe than a sword. It was a joke to use it for fighting, but it was perfect for chopping a stick.
He raised his sword and swung it down, and the stone stick broke with a sound.
After passing the two levels, Xiao Chen did not rush forward, but let everyone take a break and have lunch. Although the challenge time of several blacksmiths was less than two hours, it really consumed a lot of energy and physical strength.
In the afternoon, the team of blacksmiths led by Farrell was in excellent condition and became more and more courageous as the battle went on.
The third level requires you to make small shapes on a metal plate with many special shapes dug out, and fill them in to make the metal plate flat.
Farrell took out a cutting machine from the Tower of China and made these small accessories in no time. After being carefully polished by several other blacksmiths, it took 40 minutes to complete the process.
The fourth level requires you to find out what parts are missing from a broken golem, then make the parts to repair the golem and make it move.
Farrell, who had studied the Holy-level Golem of the Tower of Forge, abandoned the crude idea of the dwarves in making golems. He redesigned the power system of the entire golem according to the more advanced concept of the Tower of China, and used some accessories he brought with him. It only took half an hour to get the golem working again.
The last level is to enchant the shield to resist pre-set attacks.
Farrell used a magic circle developed by Lorenzo and others based on the heritage of the Tower of Talisman.
Both the defensive effect and energy efficiency are far stronger than the enchantments passed down among the dwarves. The magic etching pen used by Farrell is also much faster than the traditional enchantment pen. It only took twenty minutes to complete the most difficult level.
By this time, the other great blacksmiths looked at Farel with admiration.
Lascano said: "I know very well now that it is impossible for me to pass this trial with my own strength. If I am lucky enough to receive the inheritance, I really have to thank you."
Musia said: "A lot of what we learn should come from the inheritance that the great blacksmiths got from here in the past, right? But compared with Master Farrell, it is really far behind. I think maybe Master Farrell's technology will be more valuable than what we get here." (To be continued)