Chapter 23. Irish Town (5) Quenching, hot forging, inlaying, setting

     During work, the psychic ability was successfully upgraded to level 2, which was another surprise.

     After forging, drawing, cutting, quenching and other process groups, Ye Mo went to the engraving, setting and setting process groups.

     Among them, carving is the most basic and important process. 

     99% of weapons or tools are made without carving, while inlaying and setting are also two important auxiliary processes.

     The engraving work of junior craftsmen is not to rely on psychic abilities to operate directly on the stone like Ye Mo did when she applied for the job. They have many auxiliary tools, including black crystal sand, grinders, rotary engraving machines, drills, etc.

     And the engraving methods are different.

     For example, a goblin craftsman fixed a semi-finished steel product in the middle of the rotary engraving machine, and hung a round steel pot above it. There was a hole in the bottom of the pot, and the pot was filled with black crystal sand and a certain proportion of water.

     As the rotary engraving machine rotates, water drops mixed with black crystal sand drip down drop by drop onto the semi-finished product, rubbing and softening the steel material, thus quickly completing the rough engraving with a sharp knife.

     And so on.

     Ye Mo was amazed.

     Some of the techniques are similar to the ancient weapon manufacturing techniques found by archaeologists on Earth. From this, we can speculate how the ancients successfully made the magical cold weapons excavated from the tomb.

     Ye Mo was fortunate to see Master Ian personally working. Unlike other goblin craftsmen, as a senior craftsman, his tools are the simplest, just a series of black crystal knives.

     Raw materials of different materials are like obedient children in his hands. Lifelike patterns are carved out one by one. It looks simple and fast, but you will know how difficult it is when you actually operate it.

     Ye Mo hurriedly asked for advice humbly.

     Master Ian gave intentional instructions and talked about a lot of knowledge points about engraving, including the meaning of different graphics, the pits hidden in the patterns, and the skills of using black crystal sharp knives. These knowledge points are in that notebook.

     But no matter what skills you have, the most important thing is proficiency.

     The biggest difference between ordinary craftsmen and senior craftsmen is that they rely too much on external forces and are not refined enough.

     Each senior craftsman may have carved more than hundreds of millions of times just to learn how to carve circles, to make the circles round, smooth, and like they have souls.

     The road to becoming a king is never easy.

     Under the guidance of Master Ian, Ye Mo’s carving skills have improved qualitatively. At least she will no longer almost exhaust her mental power when carving a small stone seal.

     At least eight should be carved.

   【Survivor Ye Mo has broken through the critical point of mental value, mental attribute +1.】 

     Moreover, the craft of carving is really suitable for training basic manipulation skills, and it is also easier to break through the mental critical value.

     Master Ian praised:

     “Maria, you are really a genius at this job!”

     Ye Mo corrected in her heart:

     ‘… No, no, no, compared to the goblin craftsmen, I have benefited more from psychic powers..’

     And she has studied mechanics for twenty years!

 

……

 

  Apart from the basic process of engraving, setting and inlaying sound simple.

     But just to talk about inlay, there are dozens or hundreds of types, including clamping, carding, enveloping, wall inlaying, track inlaying, nailing, etc.

     Different materials need different methods, and each method has different rules and techniques. This is something that can only be summarized by personal operation.

     Ye Mo didn’t have enough time.

     After experimenting with nail setting and external embedding, we directly jumped to the most critical, magical and incredible process of all – magic array processing.

     Magic array processing is not necessarily the last step of all processes. For example, if a special gem is inlaid on a sword, both the sword and the gem need magic array processing, and the last step is the auxiliary inlay process.

     In the magic processing area, there are the largest number of magic beast crystal cores – more than a hundred primary magic beast crystal cores and two intermediate magic beast crystal cores. They appear in fixed positions in an orderly manner to form a basic magic array disk.

     Goblin craftsmen do not have the magic power of magicians, and they must rely on magic beast crystal cores to make magic weapons.

     Goblin craftsmen can make anything, including space rings and magic wands, but the former requires high-level magic beast crystal cores, while the latter requires all-series magic beast crystal cores.

     If the alchemist does not have magic power, how can they compare with the master goblin craftsman!

     Everyone thinks that goblin craftsmen are one level weaker than alchemists. In fact, looking at the ring craftsmanship on the master’s hand, you can see that the goblin craftsman suffers from the lack of magic talent.

     Master Ian seems to have a bad impression of alchemists and complains about many of their bad aspects.

     Ye Mo also got a first-level fire magic beast crystal in her hand, which is only the size of a fingernail, a little hot to the touch, and a very beautiful fiery red color, no worse than the beautiful rubies on Earth.

     Oh, by the way, the magic beast crystal that has exhausted its magic power will generally not be crushed, but just become ordinary stones, and can also be sold as gem jewelry. Ordinary goblins have this skill.

     Ye Mo used her mental power to probe the fire-type magic beast crystal in her hand. A burning sensation came over her. She retracted her mental power reflexively. Seeing that there was no danger, she carefully probed again.

     It is more difficult to wrap a fire-type magic beast crystal than an ordinary object. Although it is so small, it consumes a lot of mental power. She immediately retracted it as soon as she felt the energy in the crystal.

     Now is not a good time to explore.

     Ye Mo returned the fire-type magic beast crystal to Master Ian and watched him work quietly.

     In the magic processing area, in addition to magic crystals, there are six different solvents, which are packed in stone barrels.

     Three of the solvents are different concentrations of a common plant solvent called clover, which is weakly acidic. The remaining three are different concentrations of a mineral solvent called purple marrow, which is weakly alkaline.

     These two plants and minerals basically exist on the entire Celtic continent. They are very common, but they are the only two solvents that can depict magic arrays. They are indispensable in the work of craftsmen and alchemists. Ye Mo speculated from the perspective of an outsider that these two things might be related to the magic elements existing on the mainland, and have the special ability to dissolve the “magic factor”.

     It is precisely because the magic on the mainland can be seen everywhere that they are everywhere.

     Master Ian soaked the semi-finished products in solvents of different concentrations and types according to the characteristics of the final formed weapons or equipment, and then made them in the middle of the basic magic array.

     The semi-finished products were suspended in the air, and the different patterns on them absorbed the colorful magic around them bit by bit.

     Some absorbed quickly, some absorbed slowly, some absorbed purely, and some absorbed messily.

     Basically, it can be summarized as, the purer the magic power absorbed, the faster the magic power is absorbed, and the more magic power is absorbed, the more powerful the final product will be.

     “It’s amazing!”

     Ye Mo saw clearly that the carved patterns were the different magic arrays in the legend.

     Compared with the previous series of tedious processes, magic processing is the most critical, the simplest and the least demanding of high skills. The difficulty lies in the previous more than 20 processes.

     “Maria, when you can make a sharp treasure head or a pair of wind-accelerated leather boots by yourself, it means that you are already a junior craftsman.” 

     Master Ian said: “But you are more than that. The swords you carve are much stronger than those of ordinary junior craftsmen.” 

     “Nothing can make me happier than this.” Watching the swords he participated in making come out of the array plate, it was like a product he designed flowing into the market step by step. 

     At this time, Ye Mo felt very accomplished. 

 

… 

 

     In the remaining 30 hours, Ye Mo maintained 100% enthusiasm to complete his work. Like a brick, she moved wherever there was a need until all the junior, intermediate and advanced weapons in Ian’s workshop were completed. 

     “La! La La La, La La La La…” 

     In the workshop, a group of goblins sang songs, and some even put down their tools and danced happily to celebrate the success of their work and the joy of harvest. 

     The painting suddenly changed to a musical movie.

     Ye Mo was very reserved.

     At least she was forced by Aunt Goblin to hold her hand and spin around, and twisted her hips a few times while singing loudly.

     Well, more than twice.

     Anyway, no one knows.

     In short, after two or three days of working together, the Goblin’s afro, wrinkled face, copper bell eyes, sharp teeth, and short legs all became cute in Ye Mo’s eyes.

     After the celebration, a group of Goblins lined up to receive their wages, and their wages were 1 gold coin.

     Master Ian gave Ye Mo a very high reward, 3 gold coins, which would be 300 silver coins, which could buy 300×100 chestnut fruits.

     To reward her for her exceptional engraving on the sword and her two ‘inspirational’ ideas for inlay devices.

     Ye Mo left 2 gold coins, and exchanged 1 gold coin for 99 silver coins and 100 copper coins with other goblins.

     She was also a person with money.

     All coins were round coins, the same size as coins. Copper coins were made of copper, with plants engraved on them. Silver coins were beautiful silver-white, with different patterns of mid-level monsters engraved on them.

     Gold coins were engraved with high-level monsters. And crystal coins were engraved with legendary dragons.

     Master Ian invited Ye Mo to work for him for a long time, but because of the main task of killing monsters, Ye Mo had to refuse.

     Other goblins were very puzzled. If it were them, they would definitely accept it very happily and excitedly.

     Ye Mo even rejected Master Ian’s suggestion of giving in to temporary workers. The main problem was her time, which she couldn’t even guarantee.

     “What a stubborn little guy.”

     Master Ian was not angry when he could not force her to do it. Instead, he packed a dagger he forged himself and the remaining three bottles of advanced magic awakening potions in the workshop and gave it to Ye Mo.

     “If you regret it, you are welcome to work in Ian’s workshop at any time.”

     “If there is a chance next time–“

     Ye Mo’s mind leaped, and she suddenly thought of the next time when the brother Tang Seng faced the King of the Kingdom of Women in the 1983 version of the TV series Journey to the West.

     It’s just that in Journey to the West, it was love, and in the dungeon world, it was pure friendship between master and apprentice.

     “…”

     The example is not very appropriate.