Wizard Farming Guide

Chapter 59 Material Fusion

"The amazing Ash Squirrel actually evolved from you, little thing." Rhodes teased the little squirrel in front of him.

The gray furnace rat is the predecessor of the northern ground squirrel, which is less than 20 centimeters long and has grayish-white fur all over its body.

Every year after October, the temperature in the snowfields drops.

Ground squirrels will hibernate, relying on reducing their metabolism to survive the cold winter.

But the one in front of Rod was a whole size bigger, and its fur had turned crimson.

At this time of year when it should be hibernating, it was instead darting around on his shoulder, full of energy.

Its large, fluffy tail wraps around its body, making it look like a leaping fireball.

Rhodes guessed that perhaps thousands of years ago, the first ground squirrel stepped forward.

Courage enabled it to face the harsh winter instead of hibernating.

Just as the maned horse evolved into the snow steed under the baptism of ice and snow, mastering the power of ice.

Under the influence of magical evolution, the ground squirrel embarked on a different path.

Become a furnace rat, wield raging fire, and resist the bitter cold.

"The mystery of magic!" Rhodes marveled at the wonders of the world, extending his palm to let the Ash Furnace Rat jump onto it.

More than half a month had passed since the war ended and he returned to his territory.

During this period, the territory has been developing in an orderly manner within the established framework.

While taking charge of the overall direction, Rhodes continued his studies as a wizard.

And every Monday night, they enter the Northern Remnant to learn about the forging of white steel from the dwarven blacksmith.

The Ashhearth Rat has no trace in the real North, but there are quite a few of its afterimages there.

Rhodes was lucky; during his previous visit, he obtained the essence from one of the blacksmith's dead beasts.

Compared to the month required for Iceblade Fang Wolf to evolve, the smaller Gray Furnace Rat evolves much faster.

After being infused with the essence, it successfully evolved from a ground squirrel in less than a week.

Rod brought the Ash Stove Rat to the fireplace in the room, let it jump in, and then threw in a piece of charcoal.

The ash-furnace rat quickly picked up the charcoal with its front paws and began to gnaw on it.

During this process, crimson magical flames erupted from its tail, igniting the fireplace.

Pieces of charcoal were tossed into it.

After confirming that the temperature had reached the required level, Rod placed the prepared ingredients outside the fireplace.

After this period of studying stainless steel and receiving instruction from the dwarves, Rhodes has gained a preliminary understanding of the relevant forging techniques.

The real key to forging stainless steel lies in fusion.

By utilizing the magical flames of the Ash Furnace Rat, the superior properties of mithril, such as toughness, high temperature resistance, and corrosion resistance, are fused with steel, significantly improving the metallic properties of the steel.

The various added materials act as fusion agents, reducing the repulsion between the two materials and lowering the forging difficulty of stainless steel.

Adding a large amount of extra material makes the process seem bloated and cumbersome.

However, this transformed the use of white steel from the exclusive domain of master blacksmiths into a technique that even ordinary dwarf blacksmiths could master.

Through generations of inheritance and continuous optimization, the forging process of stainless steel has reached near perfection.

Rhodes couldn't find any room for optimization at the moment.

However, the teachings on alchemy in the wizard's manual allowed Rhodes to see something much deeper.

[Material Integration]

This is not exclusive to stainless steel.

Rhodes placed the shattered tip of his sword in front of him.

Next to it were the tough spine of the Iron-Spine Black Wolf and the sharp ice blades of the Ice-Blade Fang Wolf's forepaws.

The powder material is made by grinding both.

He drew the magical flames from the fireplace, enveloping the blade of his sword.

Ten seconds later, the armor-piercing sword turned bright red under the high temperature.

Rhodes placed it on the anvil, picked up the Ironspine Black Wolf's spine powder, and sprinkled it evenly on the sword.

He then picked up a hammer and smashed it down.

Under the continuous hammer blows, the red-hot blade sparked brilliantly.

At the same time, magical flames erupted and coiled around the sword.

With the help of external force, the spine powder is continuously fused with the sword blade.

White steel requires mithril, but that doesn't mean you can't make extraordinary weapons without mithril.

After grasping the essence of material fusion, Rhodes attempted to forge the material according to his own ideas.

If an ordinary blacksmith were to attempt this without the accumulated experience of his predecessors, the result would naturally be endless failures.

However, the existence of the Eye of True Sight allows Rhodes to see through the process of material fusion.

Whether the materials are successfully fused together, the weight of the materials, the temperature of the flame, continuous pressure, etc.

He could clearly discern whether these forging conditions were suitable.

With a single hammer blow, several cracks appeared in the center of the sword.

Rod stopped and took a breath.

After a half-hour break, he resumed the forging process, constantly adjusting the process.

As the sword took shape, Rhode picked up some ice powder from the side and sprinkled it into the tip of the sword.

Long-term forging has passed.

As the red-hot sword was immersed in the oil, a hissing sound rang out.

Rhodes picked up the brand-new armor-piercing sword.

The sword his father gave him had no name and was not an extraordinary weapon.

The reason it was given to him was because it was the weapon Duke Bert used on his first battlefield experience.

It was his first sword when he was still a prince.

Starting today, Rod has decided to give it its own name.

【Name: Ice Peak】

[Quality: Tier 1, Inferior]

【Characteristics: ①Strong and tough ②Cold gleam】

[Strength and toughness: It can withstand a 60-degree bend without deforming and can penetrate high-speed steel without shattering.]

[Cold Glow: Automatically accumulates icy sword light in the scabbard; armor-piercing performance is enhanced for ten minutes after drawing the sword.]

After testing the Ice Fang's performance in the open area, Rhodes recorded its characteristics.

The strong and tough material is derived from the spine of a black wolf, making the sword even more robust.

The Frost Glow is a racial skill fused from the Ice Blade Fang Wolf, namely [Ice Blade Grinding].

Within ten minutes of drawing the sword, the tip of the sword turned ice-white.

It was enough for him to pierce through the white steel armor with all his might.

After completing the test, Rhode sheathed his sword and reviewed the materials he had used.

The initial excitement turned into heartache.

"Ten of the twelve black wolf spine bones are gone, and all the ice blade materials are used up. In total, it's worth about ten gold coins."

A standard quality white steel sword costs only 6 gold coins.

This is still the market price; the estimated cost is less than 1 gold coin.

Even disregarding the waste from failed experiments, the cost of my Ice Blade is still 4 gold coins.

No wonder the dwarves don't come up with other extraordinary products.

The low price and stable quality of stainless steel are enough to allow it to firmly occupy the market.

Currently, given my current skill level, if I were to create knight-level weapons and armor...

You might as well just buy it; it's a complete waste of time!

The idea that had just popped into his mind was ruthlessly extinguished. Rhodes was in a bad mood and looked at his side with a blank face.

At his feet lay a white bread loaf, diligently gnawing on a bone in its mouth.

Seeing him looking over, she assumed it was time to eat again, so she launched herself into the air with a smooth leap, slurring her words as she quickly moved closer.

The white bread in front of me has been upgraded once again.

Unlike essences containing high-level energy, in reality, to concoct evolution potions, one needs to consume high-grade black goji berries and other nutrients.

Rhodes currently has insufficient reserves.

Why not just concoct those Ironback Black Wolves into a strengthening potion and feed it to White Bread and Saber-toothed Tigers?

After prolonged consumption of nourishing foods, the white bread has grown even larger.

It is not yet an adult, but its body length is already close to three meters, its hair is pure white and flawless, and its strength has reached the intermediate level of the first tier.

The forging of the white steel armor was too complicated. As expected, Rhode would adjust the white steel wolf rider armor in his hand and put it on.

At that time, the white bread's fighting power will be no less than that of a fully armed elite knight.

The white bread ran up to him and rubbed against him with a fawning expression.

His face screamed, "Feed me! Feed me!"

Rod rolled his eyes, rubbed its neck vigorously, and climbed onto it unhappily, saying:

"Look at yourself! All you do is sleep and eat, you're practically a ball of fat. Come on, take me for a run."

Rod lay on its back, pointing the way, hoping the white bread would dart out like the Ironback Black Wolf.

After a moment of confusion, the white bread collapsed to the ground.

She rolled over and lay face to face with him on the ground.

It was sticking out its tongue, its eyes full of innocence.

For the sake of its soft, warm belly, Rod leaned against it and yawned, too lazy to argue with it.

(End of this chapter)