Russell recreated the Sun God suit, suspended it in mid-air, and studied it with Hephaestus.
To be honest, if he had to do it again, Russell would not have the confidence to succeed in forging, and would like to learn from professionals and try to see if he can gain anything.
"It's perfect! Russell, how did you come up with the idea?"
"It's a long story..."
Russell did not hide the situation at that time. He talked about it and told Hephaestus all the insights he had gained.
Just as he once promised Hephaestus, if someone stood in front of him and asked for the inheritance of knowledge, he would never hesitate to keep it secretly.
Of course, this is just for Hephaestus, it would probably be too much for anyone else.
Hephaestus nodded repeatedly when he heard this. While communicating with Russell, he tried to activate the authority of the 'Vulcan' to create his own suit.
The effect was average. For some reason, he failed to achieve anything after several attempts. He couldn't help but cast a look of aggrievedness at Russell.
"Don't look at me like that, I've said everything I need to say... don't look at it, I'm going to vomit."
Russell was so horrified that he was stared at by a two-meter-tall, thick-haired man with big shining eyes and pouted.
"Maybe this is the so-called luck!"
Hephaestus sighed, envious of Russell, and sad that he didn't have enough opportunities.
"luck……"
Russell flattened his lips and declined to comment. He changed the subject and said, "We continue to teach and learn. There are still many things I don't understand about forging."
The more you learn, the more you don’t know.
He received a master-level evaluation purely because of his strong practical ability, but there are many gaps in theoretical knowledge and he still needs a wave of recharging.
Hephaestus is the god of forging. Russell thought that there would be a large mission, and there would be an experience bonus for upgrading.
"Russell, stop making fun of me."
Hephaestus looked ashamed: "Looking at your forging skills, I know that your skills have reached the peak. I can't teach you anything even if I want to."
That's your craft, I don't have it.
Russell sighed inwardly, with a low-key expression on his face: "Nothing, the previous time was just luck and does not represent my real level. Besides, it is a pleasure to communicate with you, and I want to learn more."
"No problem, just think of it as a thank you gift for telling me your thoughts."
Hephaestus stopped talking. He took out the forging materials from the magma and forged large and small objects again and again. He either did it himself and told his experience or let Russell practice it while he pointed out the mistakes.
There were almost no mistakes. Russell was already a master. He had very keen intuition in forging. Although he did not understand the principle, he followed the feeling of the hammer and never missed every critical step.
The two of them just taught and learned, and another seven or eight days passed quickly.
Hephaestus is worthy of the title of God of Forging, not only because of his authority, but also because he is extremely talented and loves forging, and has learned countless techniques through exploration.
Russell studied humbly, squeezing Hephaestus dry while absorbing the knowledge he imparted like Spongebob.
"Don't worry, I'll just attack you. I promise that I will never flirt with Aphrodite when I return to the mountain."
"You promised not to mention her again. Also, you promised before."
"I'm serious this time!"
Dang~~~
Hephaestus brought down his hammer, but he didn't grasp the strength well, and flattened the shield embryo in front of him, then reshaped it with a speechless expression.
…
Hephaestus had a huge reserve of knowledge in blacksmithing, and it would take him who knows how many years to learn it all. Even if Russell had a master-level rating, he would only specialize in weapons and armor.
The rest, such as metal ornaments, temples, and mountains, he lacked interest in. He simply learned some superficial knowledge and stopped studying in depth.
"You still want to learn pottery?"
"Yes, just pinch the mud."
"That's not called pinching mud..."
With a long face, Hephaestus took Russell out of the forging room and headed to his other workshop.
In addition to blacksmithing, he also knew a little bit about carpentry, sculpture, pottery, etc. The best proof was the hollowed-out workshops in the main hall inside the mountain.
"Let me tell you first, apart from blacksmithing, I only know a little bit about other art fields. You can't learn the essence from me."
Hephaestus sighed: "In comparison, Prometheus is proficient in everything. Athena's painting, sculpture, gardening, pottery, etc. are no worse than me."
"Then why did you shape Pandora out of clay and not Athena?"
"Is this why you want to learn pottery?" Hephaestus suddenly realized.
"No, if I really want to make it by myself, I have many ways. I just have a fascination with plastic sculptures and want to make some gadgets for viewing."
Russell couldn't forget the figures. There were still several empty walls in the house, and he wanted to fill them up with some wives.
"Whatever you say, I'll just teach you."
Hephaestus shook his head. Russell really wanted to pinch Pandora out, but he couldn't control it.
Besides, in his opinion, Russell had a way to get a woman, so there was no need to make a fake one out of mud.
As the two of them were talking, they came to the workshop where Hephaestus made pottery. They saw the door open and there was constant movement inside.
"Oops, someone actually sneaked in!"
Hephaestus looked shocked, wondering which little thief was so bold and reckless as to dare to break into his palace.
He rushed in quickly, with a few targets in mind, the most likely being Hermes. He came and went like the wind, and was proficient in picking doors and sliding locks. It was not difficult to break into his palace with many mechanisms.
Hephaestus didn't like Hermes for various reasons. The most important one was that Hermes was having an affair with his wife.
"Hey, why is it you?"
Hephaestus walked into the hall and looked at Ai'e, whose face was covered with mud. He immediately made a sound of surprise and looked back to Russell for the answer.
When Russell turned on his telepathy, he knew it was Ai'e. The reason why he didn't say anything was because he was a little embarrassed.
Two big men were studying blacksmithing and threw a beautiful woman in a corner. They ignored her for nearly twenty days and left her to fend for herself. They even forgot that such a person was there.
If word gets out, Russell can't afford to lose this person.
Ai'e: (???)
Ai'e didn't say anything, just looked at the two gay guys, feeling full of grievances and not knowing who to talk to.
Ever since she was brought into the Vulcan Palace by Russell, she has become a transparent person. No one cares about her. Fortunately, a third-rate god is also a god. If she were an ordinary person, she would have died of dirt.
During this period, Ai'e also thought about leaving, but the stone door of the main hall was extremely strong. Without Hephaestus' permission, she could not leave at all.
She wanted to go to the forging room to find someone, but she couldn't bear the high temperature when Vulcan and Sun God were forging iron, so she stood at the door and shouted, but they both ignored her.
Feeling very disappointed, and thinking that I still don't have a piece of iron, I began to amuse myself and study the works of art in the hall.
After spending four or five days, she suddenly discovered a studio. Hephaestus was very knowledgeable about gardening. As the 'goddess of gardening', she started browsing the collections on the bookshelf.
After that, she came to this pottery studio and started her self-study career according to Hephaestus's notes.
That's where the mud on my face comes from.
"Ai'e, I didn't expect that you also like to squeeze mud. Why didn't you tell me earlier? I would have brought you here if I had told you earlier." Russell said it, letting the embarrassment go away like the past.
"It's not clay making, it's pottery." Hephaestus reminded.
"Yes, it's pottery. It's all Ai'e's fault. She often said that before, and I couldn't change it."
"..."
Ai'e put down the clay in her hand. Russell took two steps forward, grabbed the handicrafts on the table, and said in wonder: "Not bad, I can't tell you are quite clever. This bow is really beautiful, but the strings are a little tight." many."
"Russell, that's the harp." Hephaestus reminded.
"Of course I know this is a harp. If you are single, don't talk. I'm here to make Ai'e happy!"
"is that so?"
"That's right, every time I say that, the goddesses laugh till their branches tremble, and then they fall into my arms laughing."
"I see."
Hephaestus nodded and silently noted it, indicating that he had learned it.
Ao rolled her eyes when she heard this and didn't want to talk to Russell. She apologized to Hephaestus and hoped that he would not blame her for breaking into the studio without permission.
Hephaestus didn't mind. Apart from Russell's face, he himself had a certain fondness for people who liked art.
"By the way, you didn't go into my storage room, did you?"
Suddenly, Hephaestus thought of something and cautiously asked Ai'e.
"No."
Ai'e shook her head, the storage room was filled with all kinds of clay dolls, in addition to Athena, there were also Athena, and Athena.
Not a single Aphrodite.
The shelves were packed tightly with Athena, and they were all wiped spotless. Not only would she not talk nonsense about this kind of thing, she would also pretend she didn't see it.
"It's fine if you don't have it. It's actually nothing. I made little gadgets when I was young. I wasn't very skilled at that time, so it was just a joke, hahaha..."
Hephaestus explained a few words. Seeing that Russell was starting to become suspicious, Hephaestus secretly said that he would be wrong if he said too much. He coughed lightly and said, "It just so happens that you are both interested in pottery, so I will teach you together."
"God of Fire, can I do it too?" Ai'e was quite flattered.
"Just call me Hephaestus. To be honest, I don't know yet. What is your priesthood on the sacred mountain?"
"The sacred mountain that Russell and I went to together is now the goddess of gardening."
"gardening!?"
Hephaestus looked surprised and his voice was a little louder.
"What's wrong? Is something wrong?"
"No, it's nothing, it's fine..."
Hephaestus looked at Russell with a complicated expression and said sourly: "It seems that Athena has a really good relationship with you. If I remember correctly, 'gardening' is her authority."
Ai'e looked at Russell in surprise when she heard this. As far as she knew, Russell and Athena had a normal relationship.
"Hey, hey, keep a low profile. Athena and I don't plan to make this kind of thing public."
Smelling the fragrance of lemons in the air, Russell smiled and waved his hands, temporarily suppressing the doubts in his heart.
…
Learning pottery is not as troublesome as forging, at least for Russell, because he only learned kneading and related painting and sculpture. After learning the theoretical knowledge, he started practical operations.
Without the blessing of cards, this process would be extremely boring and long, but he was very motivated and never complained.
In contrast, Ai'e is ingenious and has a positive attitude towards learning, and has been repeatedly used as a positive teaching material by Hephaestus.
There was no self-consciousness about the negative teaching materials. After studying for three days, I returned to the forging room.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang————
A row of square iron boxes with a length, width and height of more than one meter were arranged neatly. Russell looked solemn and started the last forging of this trip.
"Russell, what do you want to forge?"
Hephaestus looked at the thirteen boxes in front of him, thoughtfully.
"Twelve pieces of armor, I named them holy clothes, for the messengers of the Sun God to spread light."
"Twelve! But there are thirteen boxes here?"
"That's right, it's because of the number twelve that there are thirteen holy garments."
"Can you say it again? I didn't hear it clearly."
Hephaestus looked confused, he couldn't solve this problem.
"Don't think about it if you can't figure it out. I want to do the forging at the same time, so I need your help."
Russell's secret passage is rare and strange, just like there are five of the four heavenly kings, there are thirteen sets of holy clothes in the twelve zodiac signs, which is very reasonable and logical.
Besides, is Ophiuchus just a decoration?
(End of chapter)
