"If you have experience making charcoal, you can directly start learning forging techniques.
There's no need to waste time," Rokoeff said calmly.
"Now, all of you follow me to Forging Workshop One at the training base."
Clatter!
The twelve Mage Apprentices in the classroom stood up from their seats.
They silently followed Rokoeff, the two-meter-tall burly man, towards Forging Workshop One.
From the outside, the entire massive workshop covered an area of approximately 900 square meters.
There were no walls around it, only a pure iron roof supported by stone pillars above.
Upon entering the spacious hall of the workshop, weapons and armor were displayed on both sides.
As Durin walked further in, he felt a wave of heat washing over him, accompanied by the clanging sounds of "ding-ding-dang-dang" in the air.
Looking around, Durin discovered a large number of machine tools, blast furnaces, forging tables, and other equipment.
At the same time, there were also some senior Mage Apprentices working here, as well as some craftsmen and workers employed by Piltover University.
They were refining various alloys and forging various weapons.
Amidst the intense roaring, Durin saw Rokoeff, the burly man from the north, walk to a fiercely burning furnace, from which fiery hot molten iron occasionally splashed out.
Durin speculated what this northern instructor intended to do.
He saw him, seemingly oblivious to the scorching heat, slowly take a sword blank out of the furnace flames with iron tongs.
As the sword blank emerged from the furnace, it instantly erupted in a series of sizzling crackles, with large amounts of white smoke billowing and swirling, and the air itself trembled under its high temperature.
What met his eyes was a four-foot-long, glowing red sword blank, which appeared somewhat primitive and rough compared to a finished product.
Is he going to demonstrate how to forge for us?
Durin couldn't help but ponder silently.
The next moment, he heard Rokoeff shout loudly, "Next, I will only demonstrate the auxiliary forging hammer technique once.
If anyone is distracted and doesn't remember it, you'll have to find me privately later, and there will be an extra charge then."
The Mage Apprentices, who had been somewhat noisy, instantly fell silent, their eyes wide open, afraid of missing a single detail.
Durin was no exception.
He even squeezed to the very front row, then squatted down, his eyes fixed intently.
Since he had already spent 3 silver lun coins, he had to learn some real skills.
Immediately following a crisp "clang," the iron hammer held by Rokoeff was raised high, then brought down forcefully.
He used a steel clamp in one hand to fix the sword blank on the anvil, preventing it from moving.
Sparkling specks of brilliant fire splashed onto the burly man's body.
In an instant, his body was wrapped in a crimson cloak, like a deity in flames.
After observing for a while, Durin heard the other Mage Apprentices begin to discuss in low voices.
These laymen couldn't discern the patterns within.
But Durin perceived the patterns.
Although he had made charcoal in Zaun, he had at least stood by and observed when Blacksmith Kang was forging.
He discovered that each strike of the blacksmith's hammer had a rhythm, not just random pounding.
Moreover, the point of impact for each strike was deliberate.
For blade-type weapons like longswords, the middle section was often the most fragile, and the force had to be carefully controlled.
A slight misstep could cause the sword blade to shatter into fragments.
The hammer strikes seemed to follow a rhythm of three long and one short, and after repeating four times, it would switch to a quarter-note rhythm, continuing to strike.
The interval between the two rhythmic changes was only three breaths, which was enough time for Durin to learn.
After Rokoeff finished demonstrating the forging hammer technique, he breathed slightly, white vapor like swimming dragons puffed from his wide nostrils, and his face was slightly flushed as he looked around at the twelve Mage Apprentices.
Then, in a thunderous voice, he shouted, "Next, everyone will first familiarize themselves with making charcoal.
Only after confirming mastery of the heat can you proceed to learn forging techniques."
Then, he paused, pointed a finger at Durin, and continued, "You, find an empty forging table.
The boxes all have blueprints.
Just pick the simplest one and try forging.
Hmm... I need to remind you, the school only provides two sets of materials for free.
After that, all the various materials needed for forging will have to be purchased by you from the school at your own expense."
"Of course, you can also choose to spend 3 credits, and the school will sell it to you at an 80% discount.
Furthermore, if you come to Forge Workshop No. 1 in the future and want to use a forging table, it's one credit for four hours.
You can also choose to buy time with money, 2 silver lun coins per hour; materials either bring your own or will be calculated separately at that time."
Durin nodded, not at all surprised by what Instructor Rocov said.
After all, this is Piltover, a City of Progress that believes in the supremacy of money.
Here, even if you are a Mage, you still can't move an inch without money!
However, this also meant his expenses were about to increase again.
Durin silently resolved that he must master composite runes as quickly as possible, master his first spell, and advance to become a Mage.
Then, by mastering two more spells consecutively, he could be certified as a qualified official Mage at Piltover University.
Once he became a Mage, his avenues for earning money would be numerous.
However, Durin still couldn't help but complain, it truly lives up to its reputation as an aristocratic school; they won't give you any breaks, even charging you to use a forging table.
Complaining aside, money that needs to be spent still has to be spent.
Moreover, Durin also developed a slight interest in the credit system promoted by the school; it seemed these credits were indeed quite cost-effective, offering discounts in many places and essentially holding the same status as currency within the campus.
Durin found an empty forging table at random, then located a forging manual printed with various weapon blueprints in a box in the corner.
He quickly selected a standard longsword, the easiest and least prone to error, added a piece of tool steel to the furnace, and then skillfully pulled the bellows, allowing air into the furnace, causing the flames in the firebox to shoot up.
Then, Durin tied on an apron made of animal hide, used tongs to clamp the red-hot tool steel onto the anvil, held the iron tongs tightly with his left hand to turn the iron material, and held the iron hammer with his right hand, striking the iron material with a special technique.
And this technique was the hammering method demonstrated by Instructor Rocov, which was in fact also a burst of strength technique.
Fully mobilizing the strength within the body, allowing it to burst out instantly, achieving an astonishing burst of power in a short period, as if every strike was a critical hit.
It's important to know that the greater the force during forging, the more it can eliminate defects such as casting porosity that arise during the metal smelting process.
Simply put, it makes the material stronger, harder, and more durable.
Of course, the limit of this force must be controlled by oneself; even a master blacksmith cannot teach it verbally.
One can only do more and practice more, and a vague feeling will naturally emerge.
Instructor Rocov stood by without speaking, arms crossed, silently watching Durin hammer the iron material.
After hundreds of hammerings, the shape of a standard longsword gradually emerged.
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