On the boulder bridge, because Russell wanted to start learning how to forge weapons and armor, Hephaestus began the first step of teaching.
Identify the material!
This is basic, just like a mathematical formula. Before applying it, you must know what the characters represent.
The reason was that Hephaestus asked a few simple questions about forging, and Russell answered them one by one. After a dozen questions, Hephaestus nodded secretly. He was a layman who was not even an apprentice.
A full bucket of water is stable, and a half bucket of water likes to shake it a few times when nothing happens.
In the eyes of Hephaestus, Russell was like a big empty bucket with only three or five drops of water in it. He obviously couldn't make any sound, but he still liked to shake it hard.
Details are as follows:
"Can you blacksmith?"
"I'm ashamed to say that I made a lot of armor, which is strong and durable."
"what material?"
"If I knew everyone you said, why would I come to you?"
"..."
Hephaestus knew that he couldn't defend himself, so he stopped talking to Ling Jing and dragged the chain again and again, lifting various materials in the magma in the core of the earth to the edge of the bridge.
He took the trouble to describe the advantages and disadvantages of various materials, their applicability, melting points and cooling points, the concentration ratios for making alloys, and the corresponding channels for use.
It was complicated and brain-burning, and Hephaestus was not good at words. He often moved his hammer and stick here and there, talking about whatever came to his mind. As a result, this material science course lasted ten days and ten nights.
Although the teacher is not good at teaching, he has a profound knowledge reserve, rich experience, and strong hands-on ability. He pays more attention to practice than theory. Seeing this, Russell stopped complaining and carefully remembered all his teachings in his mind. .
Apart from the occasional mention of Aphrodite, the two of them were quite happy getting along.
Russell was happy to learn something, Hephaestus was happy to have someone listen to his expertise.
Despite the fact that most otakus are cold and arrogant, and seem to be indifferent to everyone, in fact they are talkative more than anyone else. As long as the conversation topic remains in their professional field, they can talk endlessly without getting tired of it.
"Ordinary people make weapons and armor, either using molds to cool them, or forging them at high temperatures, and constantly hammering out impurities..."
"But for us, it doesn't need to be so troublesome. I am the God of Fire and you are the God of the Sun. We are both good at temperature control. We are far ahead of them in forging from the beginning..."
"Of course, I personally prefer to use a hammer. When you take the trouble to polish a work of art, you will have a sense of accomplishment of creating life with your own hands, or creating a world. The process during this period is very pleasant."
"..."
Russell didn't answer, thinking that if Aphrodite changed her mind, she could put Hephaestus to sleep in one fell swoop, making him forget what a hammer looked like.
"Russell, since you want to build an armor, you must have a general idea and design concept, whether it will be used as a dress or for combat."
"If it's a dress, before forging, you need to hand-draw the design and make a simple finished product to ensure that the material is not wasted, and..."
"If it is used in combat, there are more things that need to be paid attention to during the design process of this armor."
Hephaestus kept talking, but he couldn't interrupt him because what he said made sense.
"The armor should fit your own fighting style. It's like different arms. Focus on practicality. Don't talk to me about using materials to make up for it. When everyone's materials are the same, this will no longer be your advantage. "
"Well……"
Russell scratched his head and talked about his ideal Sun God suit: "First of all, you have to be handsome and impressive. Once you appear on the stage, you will make the opponent feel ashamed and feel that the one you are wearing is rags and you are embarrassed to wear it."
"Secondly, the defense must be strong. It doesn't matter if I get punched, the opponent's hand must be broken."
"Finally, it would be best if you could transform and combine to have three forms."
Hephaestus: (?灁?)
"What's the matter? Is it difficult?"
"Yeah, it's really hard to talk to you."
Hephaestus nodded. After only ten days of getting along with him, the honest man had mastered the skill of making complaints.
"Why, I think it's okay!"
"Shape, defense, and combination changes are basically incompatible. They can be designed, but they cannot be used in actual combat. To put it bluntly, they are useless except for looking good."
"That's not necessarily the case."
Russell said, taking out his golden armor from the portable space, indicating that it was made by himself, and listed its advantages: "Whether it is physical defense ability or elemental resistance, it is very powerful, and it is very handsome and stylish. It's me." His proud work.”
Hephaestus was not in a hurry to refute. He checked it carefully and frowned slightly: "If I'm not mistaken, the material of the armor has been forged more than once. It's very strange...I'm not saying it's not good, in fact. , the forging technique is very clever, and materials that are not suitable for forging armor have been perfectly crafted into a piece of armor."
"How should I put it? How is it done? The forging process is different from all the techniques I know. It's like... it grew naturally!?"
Hephaestus had a question mark on his forehead. He didn't think this armor was made by Russell. If it was true, then Russell didn't need to study here. He was already in his own school.
Russell's face was solemn, and he secretly thought that he was indeed the god of craftsman, and he could see through the reality of the golden armor at a glance.
The material of the golden armor comes from the world of "Pirates of the Caribbean". Russell pulled out Poseidon's golden chariot, which was shattered by Zeus's thunder blow. The fragments have been kept by him ever since.
Later, he used the skill card 'Matrix Forging' to forge the fragments of the chariot into a golden suit using the alchemical method of decomposing matter.
During the battle with Thanos, the golden suit was shattered by the Mind Stone and turned into fragments.
In the end, he went astray and accidentally became the Lord of the Dark Dimension. He reorganized his armor in the Dark Dimension and attached it with dark patterns, which gave him his current appearance.
Hephaestus was right when he evaluated it as a natural creation.
"Hey, there's something weird about the design of this armor."
When Hephaestus inspected the boots of the golden armor, he said in shock: "The soles of your shoes are too thick..."
"Ahem, there's no need to get hung up on the minutiae. You already said it is a naturally occurring creation. Everything must have its own value and meaning."
Russell grabbed the combat boots and said seriously: "Look at this armor, it is perfectly compatible with appearance and defense. This is the key point."
"But it won't deform, and it doesn't have three combined forms."
"I take back what I said before, just two kinds are enough. Can you teach me how to forge it?"
"It's hard!"
Hephaestus shook his head: "The forging principle of this armor is very rare. I haven't figured it out myself. How can I teach you?"
"This won't work, that won't work either. Are you really the God of Forging?"
Russell sighed: "If I had known this would happen, I would have dated Aphrodite or Athena instead of coming to you." Russell thought silently in his heart, fearing to hurt Hephaestus's self-esteem, so he didn't speak out."
Hephaestus immediately blushed when he heard Russell's words and muttered in a low voice: "Why... we must be rigorous about forging. I didn't say no, I just want to study it."
After that, Hephaestus told a few simple techniques, asked Russell to design the armor, and tried to practice from the most basic. He studied the golden armor by himself, hoping to decipher the technical craftsmanship.
It's hard!
Russell was not optimistic about Hephaestus. Even if he was the God of Forging, he would not be able to uncover the secrets of the world's forging products.
He raised his hand to pick up several molten metal liquids from below, mixed them into a ball according to the proportions, and then used electromagnetic force to shape it. After it cooled, it directly formed a long sword with a sharp cold light.
"It's not that difficult!"
Russell murmured and took out the 'Sword of Vulcan' from the portable space. It came from the DC world and was the sword of Wonder Woman Diana. It was forged by Hephaestus, the god of fire in that world.
The two long swords were raised up, and the sword blades collided. The Vulcan sword cut iron like clay, cutting Russell's newly made long sword in half.
Russell didn't speak. He saw Hephaestus concentrating on studying the golden armor, whistling and kicking the broken sword into the magma below, and then raised the Vulcan Sword.
"Hephaestus, come and see, I have created an artifact."
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Hephaestus sneered. He knew very well that Russell had some abilities, but when he saw the Vulcan Sword, he was immediately surprised. He grabbed it and studied it.
"What a brilliant forging technique, it's amazing...it was made by a famous master, where did you steal it from?"
"I don't like hearing this anymore. I obviously forged it myself."
"Impossible, this sword is complicated in craftsmanship, and there are many techniques I haven't even begun to teach you yet..."
Hephaestus glanced at Russell: "At the very least, you need a hammer to increase your persuasiveness."
"some."
Russell took out the one-handed hammer that had been kept in his pocket: "By the way, this hammer was also forged by me, a long time ago."
[Item Card: Opponent (epic one-handed hammer, priced at 6 gold)]
"It's a good hammer, but again, you can't forge it." Hephaestus shook his head again.
Who do you look down on?
Russell snorted coldly and asked the system to activate Hephaestus's two draws.
[Skill Card: God of Forging (Don’t look, you are the founder)]
[Skill Card: God of Forging (Don’t look, you are the founder)]
"I actually didn't draw the character card with the highest probability..."
Russell whispered, and took the golden armor from the sky: "See clearly, I forged a Sun God armor on the spot. Let you know that I pretended to be crazy before, not because I don't understand, but because I am a relatively low-key person."
"Calm down. The craftsmanship of this armor is unknown. It is a unique copy. If you destroy it, there will be no second one."
Hephaestus started to sweat: "The materials of the armor and the dark energy magic lines attached to it are of great research value. You can't mess with it."
"Huh, if I can build one, I can build the second."
Russell contacted the system and used the skill card of the 'God of Forging', and then enchanted the left side of the throne to turn the opponent's one-handed hammer into a white sledgehammer covered with cross inscriptions.
The golden armor disintegrated on its own and was put on Russell one by one. He closed his eyes tightly and the power of the sun in his body began to glow.
The scorching heat dissipated, and the golden armor turned red. The hidden dark energy peeled off and turned into several snakes. After landing, they left far away.
When the armor melted into liquid, Russell narrowed his eyes slightly. The moment he held the handle of the hammer, the tattoo on the sole of his foot became hot.
Today he let Hephaestus know that the Gray Wolf is not just a funny character.
