Chapter 800: Village Defense Battle (18)

He entered the smithy.

Ding Dang and the others were swinging their hammers with all their might.

The clanging rang on without end.

Iron filings flew everywhere, waves of heat rolling through the air.

Ding Dang wiped the sweat from her forehead: "Hm? Tang Ruan, why are you here? Does my lord have instructions?"

Tang Ruan laughed: "Right now I am my lord. You all keep working, don't mind us."

The female craftsmen in Zhao Chi's territory all knew Zhao Chi's ability—he would slip into the three heroines' bodies from time to time.

Ding Dang nodded: "Oh~ got it, hello my lord, tell us anytime if you need anything."

Zhao Chi spoke through Tang Ruan's mouth: "Good, just don't let it affect your work."

After saying that, he took out the newly acquired 20 steel ingots.

20 steel ingots weren't much—not even enough to make a full suit of steel armor.

At most they could make 2 single pieces of steel armor.

Or 5 steel shields, or 10-20 single-handed weapons.

Tang Ruan needed a steel shield.

Although against weak enemies she didn't even need a shield—she could tank hits with her jade skin armor alone.

But Zhao Chi couldn't count on always facing weak enemies.

There was a good chance of running into a strong foe.

He also needed to make 1 steel shield for Qi Yue. Although she wasn't a defense-type heroine, she still fought on the front lines, engaging the enemy at close quarters.

And precisely because she wasn't a defense type, boosting her defense was necessary.

He also had to make 3 steel sabers for Qi Yue, to further increase her killing power.

He also needed to make himself a steel shield, and a steel saber.

With that, all 20 steel ingots were used up.

But there was nothing for Gu Qing…

No matter—she definitely wouldn't mind.

The smithy was indeed sweltering.

Although it was Tang Ruan's body, Zhao Chi could still feel the heat of the flames in sync.

He could see the sweat dripping off Ding Dang and the others drop by drop.

Their temple hair clung to their cheeks.

Their whole bodies were probably sticky too—definitely uncomfortable.

But forging weapons was just like that—you couldn't do without a high-heat furnace.

In this kind of environment, mood really did drop fast.

Ding Dang and the others truly had it rough.

Zhao Chi made up his mind: if there were any tools or methods to improve the working environment, he would buy them for sure.

Zhao Chi had studied smithing at the academy and knew the basics.

But forging steel weapons was clearly far more difficult—those scattered bits of experience he had were useless here.

He could only watch those gray-letter prompts, crafting while referring to them.

He had Tang Ruan put on the Ultra-Efficiency Women's Blouse, boosting work speed by 50% and stamina by 25%.

Then he began crafting!

Steel weapons took a long time to make, and steel shields even longer.

On top of that, Zhao Chi had no smithing skill bonus, nor any related specialty—only the efficient blouse's boost and the Carefree Spring's mood bonus. Crafting was much slower than making fashion items.

Fortunately, Tang Ruan's morale rose as she suffered, which offset the mood drop and could even drag mood back up.

Her work efficiency stayed very steady.

Combined with the fact that there weren't many steel ingots, after 6 Hasten-Work Talismans, all the steel equipment was finished.

4 steel sabers, 3 steel shields.

The stats were far better than the iron versions.

【Name】Steel Saber

【Quality】Standard

【Durability】400

【Attack】48

【Destruction】10

The durability was very high—it would last a long time.

An iron saber would be nearly worn out after one battle.

The edge would chip and roll.

If you forced it into a second battle, and the fighting was intense, the saber could very well just shatter.

At that point you'd be holding just a hilt, at the enemy's mercy.

This steel saber's durability was twice that of an iron saber—easily lasting 3 full battles.

Although chipping and rolling would still happen later on, it was far better than an iron saber.

But more importantly, the attack was stronger.

Both attack and destruction were twice that of an iron saber.

Normally, two cuts would be enough to kill an ordinary person.

If you land a headshot or hit another weak point, a one-hit kill isn't a problem.

Of course, that refers to the case of directly slashing the opponent's body.

If it's on the battlefield, you still need to first wear down the durability of the opponent's armor.

But this steel saber also has 10 points of Destruction stat, which stacks directly onto the damage dealt to equipment.

If you use Chain Dance, three strikes will deal 174 points of durability damage to the enemy.

Regular leather armor with 150 points of durability will be cut straight through.

So when facing an enemy in leather armor, breaking leather armor with a steel saber only takes one Chain Dance technique.