The competition officially began, but the crowd was not in full swing right away. In actuality, there were not many blacksmiths who made a move right away. Most of the blacksmiths were still standing on the spot, either thinking about something or observing something. Those who made a move were probably those who wanted to smith something for a long time.
Li Huailin looked at Nero's side, and there was indeed no movement there. This guy named Rutney was weighing the unknown ore in his hand, and Nero seemed to be preparing the smelting furnace at the side.
"How long is the competition?" Only then did Li Huailin think of asking Montos how long the competition would last. He had never asked that question before.
"Submit your work within two hours," Montos replied.
"F * ck, only two hours?" Li Huailin was stunned. "Hey, hey, isn't it very urgent?"
"…" Montos did not answer. He just continued to choose the ores and materials at hand.
"Alright." Li Huailin nodded. Although it sounded like time was tight, there were so many people around who did not make a move. It should not be very urgent. He had seen Montos forge the thermos flask before, and it only took a few minutes. It seemed that forging something did not take a long time for these blacksmiths. The main thing was to forge something that they were satisfied with.
Although that was what he said, Li Huailin immediately encountered a rather awkward problem. He actually had nothing to do. Now, Montos was still thinking about the topic, and he could not help much. Now, he could only stand there in a daze. This was really a little awkward.
It seemed that even Montos felt a little awkward standing like this. Hence, Montos stood up and said to Li Huailin, "Anyway, start the furnace first and melt these materials. As for whether to use them or not, we'll talk about it later."
"Start the furnace?" Li Huailin looked at the smelting furnace at the side. "Uh … Big Brother, I don't know how."
"No way. You don't even know how to start the furnace?" Montos was stunned. He looked at Li Huailin with a look that said, "I don't know why you have the courage to come here."
"Just tell me what to do and I'll try," Li Huailin said.
"What else can we do? Light it up and pump it," Montos said as he pointed at the hand-pulled blower.
"Hey, there's such a primitive thing," Li Huailin said.
"This is the best. Do you think those magic-driven blowers can forge anything good? Look, everyone here is using this kind of manual blower, "Montaus said.
Indeed, Montos was right. Everyone around him was using a manual blower. It seemed like there was no problem with the Master Craftsmen's choice. The blacksmiths that Li Huailin had seen in the main city were indeed using magic-driven blowers. They didn't need people to pull them, so it was very convenient. However, it seemed that even the Master Blacksmiths didn't bother to use them. It might be equivalent to the feeling of pure hand-made and machine-made in the real world. Although machine-made was useful, it was still a standard thing, and hand-made was considered to be more high-end.
Li Huailin didn't know much about forging, but he still knew how to light a fire and pump the bellows. It just so happened that he had nothing to do, so he decided to try it out. After finding a flint, Li Huailin lit a fire and added fuel. He walked to the bellows and prepared to pump it. Then, something unexpected happened.
Just as Li Huailin pulled out the bellows and pushed it inside, the entire furnace suddenly spewed out a fierce flame. In an instant, the flame rushed out of the furnace and directly sprayed onto the preparation table where the materials were stacked. Among the materials that Montos had sorted out, one of them seemed to have a strong reaction to the flames. When the flames sprayed onto the table, the table suddenly emitted a strong red light. Before Li Huailin could react, he suddenly heard a "boom".
A huge wave of air swept past Li Huailin's body. When he opened his eyes again, Li Huailin saw that the preparation table had disappeared, and there was a black hole left on the ground. Li Huailin looked at the hole in a daze, then looked at his hand.
"Damn, although I haven't even learned forging, I shouldn't have exploded just by pumping the bellows, right?" Li Huailin couldn't help but say.
Of course, such a huge commotion was seen by everyone present, and everyone's attention was attracted. Most people didn't know what happened. How could an explosion happen while forging? What's going on?
"What's going on?" Just when Li Huailin didn't know what to do, he heard a voice beside him. He turned around and saw that it was Fatien walking over with a few prosecutors.
"Sh * t, sh * t …" Li Huailin had a headache. How was he going to explain this inexplicable explosion? Furthermore, these prosecutors didn't come with good intentions. Li Huailin immediately looked at Montos, who was beside him, and realized that Montos was completely stunned. He stared blankly at the exploding table, as if he hadn't reacted yet. "Damn, what should I do?"
While Li Huailin was having a headache, Fatien had already walked in front of Li Huailin and the others. Fatien, who was the leader, asked with a sour face, "What happened here? What are you doing? Are you trying to ruin this competition? "
"Uh …" Li Huailin looked at Montos, but he didn't seem to have any reaction. Li Huailin could only answer himself, "No, there was just a small accident."
"This is called a small accident?" Fatien pointed at the current situation. "A blacksmith actually made such a low-level mistake during forging. I think you are not qualified to participate in the competition. You are out!"
"Huh?" Li Huailin was stunned. "Hey, hey, hey. I haven't even said anything about this f * cking furnace spitting fire out of nowhere and damaging our materials. Isn't it because there's a problem with the props you provided? It doesn't make sense for you to kick us out. "
When Li Huailin said this, he actually didn't think much about it. He just wanted to shirk responsibility and say that the guilty party was the first to complain. As soon as he said that, Li Huailin suddenly thought of something. He looked at Nero's side and realized that Nero was still doing his own thing seriously, as if he didn't care about the situation here at all.
The more he behaved like this, the more Li Huailin felt that something was wrong. How could Nero not have any reaction when such a big problem happened here? Could it be that he really did it? Thinking about it this way, it seemed to make sense why Fatien arranged for him to go to position 1307. Could it be that he knew that there was a problem with the furnace here?
"Nonsense. All the props we provided are the same. Why didn't the others have any problems? Only your side had a problem. It's obviously your own fault." Fatien immediately said after hearing Li Huailin's words, "Anyway, you have already lost the qualification. Hurry up and leave here."
"Really?" Li Huailin looked at Fatien and smiled. "Why don't I believe that there's no problem with the props here? Why don't we find someone to see if there's anything fishy? After all, the furnace isn't broken yet … "
Fatien looked a little panicked. Yes, she was really a little afraid of being found out. In fact, she did have a deal with Lu Tney, but she didn't know much about it. Previously, Lu Tney had only told her to arrange for Montos to go to position 1307 next to him. Fatien didn't know about the explosion at all. Now that something had happened, she finally knew what Lu Tney wanted to do. However, she couldn't get out of the boat now. If they found out that something fishy was going on, she would definitely be blamed. She didn't know how Lu Tney had caused the furnace to explode, but she was afraid that they would really find out something.
"There's no need to check at all. There's absolutely no problem with our props," Fatien said after thinking for a while. Fatien thought for a moment and immediately said, "Anyway, you've already lost the qualification. Leave this place immediately."
"Really? You have the final say in this? " Li Huailin smiled. "I just heard you say that Saint Lofrey is in charge of supervising the whole process of this competition. He hasn't even said anything yet, so why are you yelling?"
"Could it be that …" Fatien wanted to say something else, but a voice suddenly came from the sky. Everyone looked up and saw that Saint Lofrey had flown up to them without them knowing.
"Let them continue the competition," Saint Lofrey said calmly.
"Eh? Lord Saint Lofrey, this … "Fatien was dumbfounded. What was going on? There was an explosion, and Lord Saint Lofrey was letting this guy continue the competition? This didn't make sense. Wasn't Lord Saint Lofrey the most impartial and strict person? Could it be … No way. If Saint Lofrey found out, would he still be here?
"See, your boss said to continue the competition." Li Huailin chuckled. His relationship with Saint Ilofleh was quite solid. Seeing that it was Saint Ilofleh who had come to supervise, Li Huailin only dared to say such a thing. As expected, Saint Ilofleh had given him some leeway within her authority.
"You … Alright, there's only one hour left. We don't have any extra items for you to replace. Let's see what you can do." Since Saint Lofrey had spoken, Fatien had nothing else to say. He glared at Li Huailin and left unhappily. Of course, he was still a bit anxious.
"I barely made it," Li Huailin wiped his sweat. "But what do we do now? Brother, why are you still spacing out?"
Things were settled for now, but when Li Huailin saw that Montos was still spacing out, Li Huailin couldn't help but yell at him.
"I understand!" Montos suddenly yelled, giving Li Huailin a fright.
"Huh? You can even understand that? "Li Huailin pointed at the pile of ruins left behind by the explosion." What do you understand? "
"I know what to do!" Montos yelled. "Quick, get to work. Eh? Where's the vibranium? "
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