"Uh, of course I want to win." Without a doubt, Montos replied immediately. "But to be honest, I'm a little unconfident."
"Unconfident?" Li Huailin felt a headache coming on. According to the current situation, if Montos did not become Saint Montos, he would probably fail the mission. "What's going on? Is the opponent very strong?"
"Of course. All the forging experts from the Upper and Lower Realms are here. There will definitely be a lot of experts." Montos sighed slightly.
"Huh? Wait, the Upper and Lower Realms? You're saying that people from the Mortal World can participate in this competition too? "Li Huailin asked in surprise.
"Uh … Yes." Montos nodded.
Li Huailin was slightly taken aback, but Saint Gaius, who knew the situation, immediately explained the situation to Li Huailin.
First of all, Li Huailin had misunderstood something. Li Huailin thought that the winner of this competition would directly inherit the Deity Position of the God of Fire. In fact, this was not right. This competition was only to determine the Deity Position of the God of Forging. Based on Li Huailin's current feeling, the God of Forging seemed to have dissected the Deity Position of the God of Fire. Didn't they say that the Deity Position of the God of Fire included a lot of other sub-occupations? The current situation seemed to be that all the sub-occupations were dissected and bought. The Deity Position of the God of Forging that Montos was currently fighting for was just one of them.
Li Huailin felt that this was a bit too much. This was simply a feudal system. There were many benefits to dissecting a Deity Position into several parts. And according to Saint Gaius, the Deity Position of the God of Forging was not a high-level Deity Position.
Secondly, Saint Gaius also mentioned a very important point, which was why so many craftsmen participated in this competition. It was because the prizes of this competition were really good. In addition to the Deity Position, the person who won first place would also obtain the forging skills passed down by the former God of Forging. This was simply priceless to the craftsmen.
"The forging techniques passed down by the former God of Forging?" When Li Huailin heard this, he immediately thought of the Fire God's forging technique. It seemed that not only the Fire God's divine position was split, but also the forging technique. However, this was definitely good news for Li Huailin, because what he needed now was this knowledge.
Currently, Li Huailin was looking for a way to break the seal on Eopham. This seal was created by the Fire God, so Li Huailin wanted to find the Fire God. Now, the Fire God was probably dead, so his position was split. Li Huailin had some doubts as well. Even if Montos had inherited the Fire God's Godly Position, would he know anything about the seal? Now that he heard this, Li Huailin understood. It turned out that the person who inherited the Fire God's divine position could obtain the inheritance of the Fire God's forging technique. In that case, he should know about the previous seal of the Fire God's forging technique.
However, there was a problem. Since the person who won could obtain the knowledge of the Fire God's forging technique, why did the mission require Li Huailin to look for Saint Montos? Couldn't they just look for the winner of this competition? Li Huailin really didn't quite understand, but after thinking about it, Li Huailin felt that it was better to let Montos win the championship. After all, this was indeed written in the mission. If he didn't care and let someone else win the championship, he would be in trouble if he couldn't complete the mission.
Hence, Li Huailin also asked about the detailed rules of the competition. First of all, this competition was divided into two steps. The first step was the registration round, which was already over. The registration round was actually very simple. Everyone had the opportunity to participate, whether they were from the upper realm or the lower realm. Moreover, the registration round was also very easy to pass. As long as one could submit a decent product, the registration would basically be considered successful.
By the way, the registration period had ended a month ago. The next month was for the contestants to prepare. After that, the finals would be held three days later. The finals was also very simple. Everyone would gather together and forge an item on the spot. In the end, the most impressive blacksmith would be chosen to obtain the God's position of the God of Forging.
Of course, Symontos had already passed the registration round. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a situation like this. However, there were also more than 13700 people who passed the registration round. In other words, there would be more than 13700 opponents. Moreover, this competition only awarded first place. There was no consolation prize for the rest of the contestants. Montos wasn't confident that he would stand out from more than 13700 people.
"More than 13700 people?" Li Huailin felt a headache. "So many opponents …"
"It's mainly because people from the lower realm are also qualified to participate in this competition. Therefore, there are more people signing up," Montos said.
"In other words, people from the lower realm make up the majority?" Li Huailin asked.
"Yes. Actually, I heard that there are more than 1.7 million people signing up for the registration round. Those who can pass the registration round are already very impressive blacksmiths. The opponents this time aren't weak, "Montos said.
"Uh … The scale of this competition isn't small at all." He didn't expect 1.7 million people to sign up for the registration round. Less than 1% of them passed. Come to think of it, those who could enter the finals were really quite impressive. Of course, it was mainly because Li Huailin didn't know anything about forging. Therefore, he didn't care about the situation here and didn't know that there was such a big event.
"How's your forging skills?" Li Huailin thought about it and asked, "Where do you think you stand among these people?"
"Me? According to my judgment, although there are some people from the lower realm who are stronger in forging, they are generally not as good as us. Therefore, I think that my main opponents are the people here … "Montos said.
Li Huailin roughly understood what Montos meant. It seemed that Montos' forging skills were not bad. However, there was no way to guarantee that he would win. First, Li Huailin started to think of dirty tricks. The first thing he thought of was to kill all the other participants. That way, there would be no need to choose. Montos would definitely be the first.
However, after thinking about it, this method didn't seem to work. Firstly, it would not work on the people from the upper realm. The people signing up were probably the Servants of the Gods. Although they weren't considered Celestials, killing them would be equivalent to starting a war. Of course, Li Huailin didn't want to start a war yet.
Then, should he kill all the participants from the lower realm to reduce the number of participants? Li Huailin thought that it wouldn't work. This was mainly because it was within his control. However, the server had been merged, and there were participants from other continents. Li Huailin really couldn't interfere. Of course, if there was time, Li Huailin wouldn't mind trying. However, the finals would start in three days. There was no time.
After thinking about it, the only way was to increase Montos' chances of winning. After thinking about it, Li Huailin asked, "Montos, is there any way to increase your forging skills in a short period of time?"
"You really want to help me?" Montos was stunned. "Why?"
Montos didn't even know who Li Huailin was. Now that someone suddenly appeared out of nowhere and wanted to help him win the competition, Montos would find it strange no matter how stupid he was.
"Actually, I really need your help with something. However, this will have to wait until you inherit the God of Fire's forging skills. Therefore, I want to help you obtain the God of Forging's position." Li Huailin didn't hide anything.
"Err … I see." Montos nodded. This was a reasonable reason. After thinking about it, he said, "Alright, I also want to win the competition. If you can help me, I will repay you."
"Then tell me how to improve." Li Huailin didn't know anything about forging, so he asked directly.
"To be honest, it's almost impossible to improve my forging skills quickly at my level. Apart from accumulating every day, the most likely thing is to encounter some special opportunities," Montos said after thinking about it.
"Special opportunities?" Li Huailin asked. "For example …?"
"For example, suddenly finding a forging skill that I've never encountered before. You know, forging skills used to be divided into many schools. Nowadays, forging skills are all based on mutual reference. It can be said that it's a combination of the strengths of each school. However, if there's a new forging skill that I've never seen before, of course, I'll be able to get a lot of inspiration. It should be the most obvious improvement to one's forging skills," Montos said. "However, there are very few forging skills that I haven't seen before, and I might not be able to encounter one … Oh yes, if you want to help me, you should help me collect some special materials. After all, the forging materials for this competition are prepared by myself. Although I've prepared some and asked others to prepare some for me, the more the better. The more precious the materials, the better …"
"Wait, wait …" Li Huailin suddenly interrupted. "I can think of a way to find the materials for you. Let's talk about the new forging skill. You said that as long as it's a forging skill that you haven't seen before, it can improve your forging skills?"
"Yes, if it's a new forging skill, there must be many things that I can learn from. I feel that if I can find it, it will definitely help me a lot." Montos nodded.
"A forging skill that I've never seen before? Will the finished product work?" Li Huailin suddenly asked.
"Finished product? You mean equipment forged with a forging skill that I've never seen before? Of course, it'll work. If I see what it is, I'll be able to understand it. However … "Before Montos could finish his sentence, he saw Li Huailin take off his helmet and pass it to Montos.
"See if you've seen this before."
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