Chapter 26 The Legend of Tyrande
"Dingdang~Dingdang~" The hammer beat the anvil rhythmically, and the red iron blocks splashed around with the impact of Mars.
The hunter Ella, who was also crowded in the crowd, widened her eyes and looked at the axe with almost all the blades, which was extended obediently under the forging of the blacksmith. In a blink of an eye, the wedge-shaped axe blade was re-matched.
Then the blacksmith did not move at most, and the axe that had been beaten with the cold axe, and then it was thrown back into the furnace. Then the iron pliers clamped a red-hot hoe and continued to forge. From beginning to end, the forging hammer of the anvil was beaten, and the rhythm was not at all distorted. The blacksmith put the axe back with the iron pliers back, and then clamped the hoe just right, but he never even returned his head.
The whole process was magical, which made Ella a little dazzled... It should be noted that Ella's grandmother and mother were both members of the comrades. She grew up in the comrades since she was a child until she became a member of the comrades. When she was a child, she played wildly on the comrades' territory. The Sky Furnace was one of her favorite places to go. Erindir Gray Beard, a famous blacksmith master on the entire continent, was just an old-fashioned old man in her eyes.
She saw the grey beard knocking on the iron block by the furnace, but she had never been as pleasing to the eye as she saw today!
Yes, it is beautiful, very, very beautiful! If you use Ella's metaphor, it is probably like the rain hitting the roof, the flowers swaying in the wind, and the stretching posture of the cheetah in the running! That's right, it is this feeling of being one with the world. It should belong to wind, frost, rain, fog, and nature, but it should not belong to a... person.
At this moment, she suddenly understood what Erlindir Gray Beard said:
"I'm not as good as him..."
"Tyrande" suddenly gained a great reputation in the north, and was even praised by countless people. Of course, it is impossible to become famous by just creating a few magical weapons. This is a plot in the novel. In fact, before the name "Tyrande" was remembered by the great people, he had already gained great fame among the vast majority of the lower class people of the empire, and was talked about by countless people.
All this is just because of one thing "Tyrande" did when he was traveling and helped farmers repair farm tools for free.
If the place you arrive is a farm, he will help you repair your hoes and sickles; if it is a logging farm, it will be a saw and an axe; if it is a mine, it will be a pickaxe and a shovel, etc., and he will ask for nothing but supper and a glass of ale.
But the problem is that he has traveled to most of the northern region and his footprints are spread throughout the Sky Province!
Hundreds, or even thousands of villages left his footprints! The hunters living in barren mountains and ridges, fleeing wild people, and even orc villages driven to the border have all received his favor! This is amazing!
No, such a thing will even feel terrible if you think about it!
Why did he do this? As Tyrande's reputation grew, countless people were secretly guessing his purpose, especially those politicians, who never stingy to guess other people's motives with the greatest malice.
But they can't guess because no one has ever done this in the entire Tamriel history, and they don't know what "taking the mass line" means or "surrounding the city in the countryside".
The tradition of Tamriel is "the strong dominate everything."
The first to unify the continent, Talos (formerly known as Tabo Septin), was a powerful dragon descendant. In history, he once captured the impossible city of alinor for an hour (actually siege for nearly five centuries, but Dragon Po erased this period from history)! Talos even changed the climate of Seredier and turned the jungle into land suitable for farming.
In short, because of his strong personal strength, the remaining provinces in the entire Tamriel continent were almost decided by an edict! And those provinces that he conquered were all the same model of defeating the provincial coalition and then surrendering the entire province, which led to the complete preservation of the aristocratic system within the province, and the imperial system left a fatal cancer from the beginning.
Talos unified the continent, and also left a pattern: that is, the provincial lords surrender to the strong, and the strong guarantee the lords' independent status...
This is the history of the continent of Tamriel, so that in everyone's impression, if you want to be king, you should do this (for example, what Uffrek Storm Cloak is doing now is to copy the path Talos has taken), and there seems to be no second way to go.
It is precisely because no one can guess that someone can say with confidence that "Master Tyrande is traveling and practicing forging", and this statement has been recognized by countless people.
However, in any case, "Tyrande"'s behavior was firmly supported by the people at the bottom, and those who stood in the camp of justice also had a good impression of him. After all, in such an era of frequent wars and lack of faith, it is really precious and selfless to do good deeds. Such an organization, of course, also includes the comrades.
That's it, Tyrande's reputation became bigger and even surpassed many lords.
Ella once asked Erindir Graybeard about this question, because it is rumored that Tyrande is Erindir's disciple.
"Of course he is not my disciple," Ella clearly remembered the expression of Master Graybeard at that time. He was a little surprised and confused, but in the end he just said, "I am not as good as him." Ella just thought that the master was talking about personal virtues, but when she saw Tyrande's skills today, she secretly thought, maybe the master was talking about the craft of ironwork?
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Ella could feel the state of "harmony between man and nature" because she herself was not far from this state. While Ella loved nature, her strength in bows and arrows could also be called "skills" and it was naturally touched by it.
But other Nord farmers gathered here, either because they saw something, they were joining in the fun.
The women stared at the naked upper body of "Tyrande" without blinking. Whenever Lu Yuan lifted the hammer to make the chest muscles rise, or sweat slid down the bronze skin, they would hold their breath and subconsciously pick up the wine glass to cover it up.
Most men are talking about legends related to Tyrande with great enthusiasm and asking the protagonist of the story to verify. Once they receive a response of even a few words, whether it is certain or negative, it will be enough for them to brag for a long time.
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"The sword you made for the old crow can really cut off thirty weapons? Is that powerful?"
"Um~" Lu Yuan, who was thrusting in the iron, agreed vaguely.
"I just said it was true!" The Nord man who asked the question immediately confirmed happily! Not only that, he also immediately dared to add his own materials in front of Lu Yuan! "Don't you know? Those are not simple thirty weapons! Among them are the Red Guard Scimitar, the Imperial Sword, and the Elf Glass Sword! The most important thing is that there are two double-edged battle axes passed down from our Nord man! All steel, the axe handle alone is as thick as an arm!"
"Wow~" Sure enough, his bragging caused a burst of exclamation.
"How can I use the axe handle with such a thick arm? I can't even hold it." Someone was not tactful and actually found a bug in his pussy!
"Bah!" The bragging Nord man jumped up immediately, "You think it's your delicate little hand! They are the hands of the old crow, the general! Each one has the size of a tiger's face!"
Ella was speechless, first of all, Cricket, a lord of Mussol City, the largest military officer under his command is the captain of the escort brigade, and there is no general; secondly, the size of a hand and a saber-toothed tiger face is the size of a monster, not a human!
"...There are thirty weapons, thirty! No more or less! After cutting off the thirty sword, it was also the sword passed down by the old crow's family. This magic sword broke itself with a "crack"... The old crow remembered what Master Tyrande once said to her, 'The magic sword can be cut off thirty blades'! Alas~ Even if it was too late to regret it at this time, the woman was stunned."
When the old crow lord was holding half of the family sword in his hand, he was so frightened that he was stunned. The Nords laughed happily. Then he thought of such a powerful sword, which broke. He couldn't help but sigh, so he started to drink wine...
For what they said, after all, the Hunter Ella is close to the upper class (although the comrades are not doing serious business, but have a high status), she actually knows more and more accurate information. Ella knows a more realistic version: Igrod Old Crow did cut thirty weapons with that sword, and the magic sword was indeed broken on the spot! Moreover, those cut were all weapons from the Mussol City Guard! But she immediately opened the box she brought with her and took out thirty new weapons and distributed them to the City Guard!
"If there is only one magic sword, it will sooner or later. What I need more are thirty good weapons that can make my soldiers more powerful."
Obviously, she was using the divine sword to describe herself, and good weapons refer to the city guards. Although the divine sword was not there, the old crow's move successfully conquered the heart of the city guards and consolidated the status of the city lord. This incident was a beautiful story in the noble circle of Lonely City, but among the people, it evolved into one of the legends "Tyrand plays with the nobles" series...
There is also the story of "Golden Armor" that has begun to circulate recently: In the story, Tyrande used a fake golden armor to reveal the ugly appearance of the nobles in the entire capital. This is the most popular story among the people today. Whether it is the empire or the area controlled by the storm cloak, this story is spread everywhere like feet.
But what about the facts?
In fact, the initial buyer's family did feel the anger of being deceived. You should know that it is the Seputin family! Although this family is a side branch of the Great Emperor Talos and is not qualified to inherit the throne. However, as long as his surname is Seputin, he has important power. The reason is very simple, because the empire's coins are called Seputin! Isn't this reason awesome enough?
At that time, seeing the gold coating being scraped off and exposed the white iron color, Seputting's parents were really angry! He grabbed a sword and slashed it on the armor. He wanted to break the armor with one knife and two more times, and then go to settle the score with the scammer! It was an ebony sword treasured by Seputting, and at that time, Earl Seputting used all his strength. However, the ebony sword was directly hit and broken like a bone.
Needless to say, the story later was known, not only did Earl Seputting send a large sum of money to Master Tyrande overnight, but also treasured the armor like a family heirloom...
But these are not the parts that ordinary people can know.
Who knows that among the people, "Tyrande's Golden Armor" has become synonymous with fakes.
Chapter completed!