Chapter 14

The blacksmith's shop was not in the castle, but near the iron ore field. The knight Marshall and Abel got there in 20 minutes in a carriage.

Far away, I heard the sound of hammer hitting the iron block. Looking along the sound, there were a row of neat stone houses made of huge stones. There was a huge chimney on the roof of each stone house. At this time, four of the six chimneys were emitting black smoke.

Seeing these stone houses, Abel also saw the Marshall Knight's attention to blacksmiths' shop. Those boulders are the same as those used in the castle. They are all transported from the distant mountains, not to mention their own value, but the cost of transportation is a huge expense.

"I invited master Bentham here from harvest city. I must respect him after meeting him. His craftsmanship is the best in harvest city. If his son is not older, he wants to give his son the shop in the city. I will not invite master Bentham back." Knight Marshall told Abel carefully.

"Marshall, welcome."

When he saw the master's carriage, master Bentham, who was two meters tall, strong and bearded in his fifties, came out and simply lowered his head, even if it was a gift.

The Marshall knight, who didn't care about it, replied with a smile, "I brought a young man to be your apprentice today."

Master Bentham turned his eyes to Abel and asked hesitantly, "you mean this child? Marshall, don't think I don't know the difference between young people and children. This little guy is a child, no more than 14 years old. You need to know that learning from me is to be a strong apprentice, not a minor child. "

Thanks to master Bentham's welcome, a lot of people around came.

"Master Bentham, this is my adopted son Abel. He is a trainee knight. He needs to learn forging from you to strengthen his power."

"The idea is good, but no, I won't take him." Master Bentham said solemnly, "forging is a very hard work for a noble young master, and I don't believe that such a young trainee knight can wield a hammer with power."

"Master Bentham, I can bear hardships, and I have great strength." Abel stretched out his arm and made a strong gesture.

"Ha ha." In front of the 2-meter-tall bear like master Bentham, Abel was only 1.6 meters tall. After making a strong posture, the contrast made the onlookers laugh.

"Abel, in two years, when you are 15, taller and stronger, if you want to learn forging, I will teach you." Because Abel was the adopted son of Marshall knight, master Bentham promised Abel patiently.

"How powerful is it to meet your requirements?" Abel asked.

Looking at the stubborn Abel, master Bentham said, "you come with me."

The Marshall knight and Abel followed master Bentham to the courtyard behind the stone house.

The crowd also swarmed into the backyard.

"How many do you think the child can lift?"

"It would be nice to lift one."

"He's a trainee knight. I said he could lift the second."

"I bet he can lift one."

"I bet I can lift two."

The voices of the people were talking noisily.

The Marshall knight and Abel ignored these comments and followed master Bentham to the backyard. They saw that on one side of the backyard, from small to large, there were two big iron ends, and in the middle was something with an iron bar.

The more Abel sees it, the more familiar it is. It's the same thing as barbells, but it's much rougher than the barbells he knows. Even if the cultural background is different, people's understanding of how to better play the power is similar.

"I made these locks for apprentices to practice their strength. From small to large, the smallest 50 pounds, the largest 400 pounds, and each increased 50 pounds from left to right." Said master Bentham, pointing to a device on the ground called an iron lock.

"Gaden, come here." Master Bentham called, pointing to a man in the crowd who was almost as strong as the master himself.

"Master, I, I, I'm not lazy. I just poured out the slag." Gaden explained, stuttering, that his dark face was sweaty with tension.

The onlookers all laughed, and everyone knew gaden. This is the new apprentice that master Bentham received after he came to the castle. Because of his hard work, he has been accepted as a disciple by master Bentham.

There is a big difference between an apprentice and a disciple. An apprentice often has to do a lot of hard work, such as burning a lot of wood in a blacksmith's shop every day. The work of an apprentice is to divide the wood into pieces, and there is no salary for this work.

But the disciples are different. They can learn the master's skills first, and get the salary matching their skills every month.

"Gaden, I asked you to show Abel how to use the iron lock and let him know the strength needed to be a blacksmith." Master Bentham liked this disciple very much. He was honest, hardworking and studious. He also wanted to take care of the Marshall knight. After his old age and old age, someone could replace him to continue to serve the Marshall knight."Yes, sir." Gaden smiled and rubbed his hands on his body. He went to the third iron lock, turned his head and said to Abel, "Abel, you can see my movements."

Grab the two sides of the iron bar in the iron lock with both hands and have a big drink. The 150 pound iron lock is pulled out from the ground and lifted easily over the head. Gaden is not like a 150 pound iron lock, but a straw.

"Good." In the cheers of the people nearby, gaden threw the iron lock on the ground.

Gaden looked up at master Bentham, who nodded to him and said, "gaden, go on."

Gaden went to the fourth lock, the 200 pound lock was also easily lifted by him. Then there was the fifth iron lock. This time, gaden obviously didn't start so easily, but he raised his head.

At this time, all the onlookers held their breath and watched gaden go to the sixth iron lock, which is a 300 pound iron lock. It's not easy for ordinary people to lift it, just to lift it.

This time, gaden stood in front of the sixth iron lock. Instead of raising it immediately, he closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing. After a while, gaden opened his eyes and drank loudly. The 300 pound iron lock rose from the ground. His face was red because of the exertion, and the blue tendons on his neck burst.

As gaden finally raised the iron lock over his head, the crowd cheered loudly and the scene was very lively.

"Gaden, you have more strength. You will surpass me in a few years." Said master Bentham, looking at gaden with relief.

"I'm far from you." Gaden's face was a little red from the master's praise, and he felt his head embarrassed.

"Abel, look at you." Master Bentham looked at Abel and thought that Abel would step back. How could he know that Abel had come to the third iron lock without hesitation.

Abel has just seen the demonstration of gaden. To be honest, he is very approbated of gaden's strength, but the weightlifting method without any skills makes him really unable to approbate it.

As a fitness coach, barbell is one of the most popular equipment he used to play. Gaden's strength is 300 pounds. If gaden can use the earth's lifting skills, then 350 pounds can be lifted. Moreover, there are many mistakes in gaden's posture just now, but his body is too strong to cause any harm. That kind of wrong lifting method if used for a long time More or less, it will do harm to the body.

"Is he going to lift a 150 pound iron lock?"

"God, he can't lift it."

"Is he crazy?"

There was another talk around him, and Abel frowned. He didn't like people looking at him like a circus.

"Get out of here." Master Bentham saw that Abel didn't like other people's onlookers. He thought he was embarrassed to make a fool of himself in front of others, so he went out to drive away the onlookers.

Seeing master Bentham getting angry, the crowd broke up.

"Don't force yourself, just try your best." Master Bentham advised Abel.