BXBX NOVEL Chapter 277 - Are They Even Skilled?
Chapter 277 - Are They Even Skilled?
However the attention was significantly shifted from Jhonny and Fatty Kalash to the rest of the participants. Sometimes during the forging process the metal would crack , sometimes the alloy made would be impure and brittle , moreover the creations kept getting misaligned or broken .
This was not the case for one person or two , periodically every five minutes or so , someone would make a blunder.
At first those who made a mistake were being sneered upon by the other participants , however only a few seconds later they made the same mistakes. It was very abnormal that everyone started to make mistakes in the arena.
One after another , the parts made would not fit properly , or even the simplest designs like a short knife , or a kunai would turn to have the edges having bend marks or the alloy being overall of poor quality.
Shockingly bronze and silver products became the standard , some produced damaged light gold items , however overall the quality was pitiful.
Naturally the crowd went from being excited about the competition to just stupefied , however when more and more of them made mistakes the crowd started to become agitated and angry , they were now starting to slur insults at their countrymen.
" Who let these idiots represent Hungary , even I can atleast forge a light gold chainmail , who is this unskilled brat , bronze item? Seriously? Might as well quit now and save us the same ! ".
" What is that thing u made , it doesn\'t look like a axe at all , the handle and the body don\'t fit , the body is actually curved , what joke is this , talking soo big on the forums , calling out every other master forger , when my newbie son in his first month in the game makes better axes than you , I spit on you , you are a disgrace ".
" BOOOOOOOO! ".
" BOOOOOOOO!".
" FAKE BLACKSMITHS ".
" ALL OF YOU ARE A DISGRACE ".
" SHAME OF THE COUNTRY ".
" An amateur in my village will do better than you lot ".
" If I ever see them calling themselves master blacksmiths again , I\'d spit on their faces ".
" BOOOOOOO".
"BOOOOOO"
The crowd were extremely dissapointed and hurled insults after insults on the forgers , under the increased pressure , even those who were doing relatively well made mistakes ruining their creations. Then even their countrymen began to boo , giving more pressure than already was.
The Blacksmithing event If to be summarised in a few words , could be said to be \' Dissapointing to watch\'.
There was no splendid display of skill , no breathtaking creations , no legendary items , it was truly very dissapointing.
At the end of 24 hours , the judging of the items started . The judgement was done in a style where a AI judge would walk over to a created piece and you explain the working to the AI in your own words , then depending on your reply of your work and the usefullness , the AI grades the creation out of 10.
The first and foremost judging criteria was the system assigned grade. Any epic item without even the basic of uses would outclass a dark gold item with many uses. Only within same rank did this judging criteria work.
Aka if two epic items were to be displayed , the one having the higher score out of 10 from the judge would win.
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(Very loud?Booing noises from the crowd )
Derek Ray : Well the blacksmithing event did not turn out the we would have hoped eh Lee .
Lee Dixon : Yes Derek , you can hear the anger of the fans , it\'s hard to speak over them , things have truly been not upto the mark for this competition.
Derek Ray : Out of 250 nations that participated in this event 150 don\'t even have a presentable final piece Lee, like isn\'t that ridiculous , not even a damaged item to show , all they have is scraps . How bad does one have to be at blacksmithing to have such a result. And these are the best of what a nation has to offer.
Lee Dixon : No offense to the countries that they are from , but I think the selection committee has made a huge mistake , such guys should not be participating in this stage , I think the pressure got to them Derek , they might have been excellent forgers , but only those with ice in their veins can perform unbothered when billions are watching.
Derek Ray : Absolutely Lee , although the two japanese participants looked like the oddballs at the start , soo far they have presented the best products , they were roudy and they were unfazed in the face of such pressure , we were laughing at them earlier , but who is laughing now? The pair top the table.
Lee Dixon : Absolutely Derek , the one called Jhonny English is currently at the lead with a epic rated dagger , he completed his forging task within the first few hours and then pretty much napped through the competition without care. Judging by his speed and quality of work , he is someone who truly belongs on this stage , this is what the standard I came in expecting .
Derek Ray : Absolutely , what a performance , there is also the clown pirate , the other Japanese , a dark gold rated chainmail?with weight reducing technology , it got a 8/10 evaluation by the proctor , currently in second place. Who would have thought that the loudmouth half naked pirate would be a title contender?
Lee Dixon : Although nothing is final yet , only 7 more products are left to judge.if things stand the way they are it would be another double medal for japan.
Derek Ray : The island country is doing wonders Derek , back to back potential double medals , they must be having a great day. However what\'s more interesting is , both the Japanese contestants in this competition are also from the True Elites guild , the same guild that saw the double medal winners of the first event! What kind of a guild is the True Elites Lee , now I\'m extremely curious , to have soo many high level talents .
Lee Dixon : I would love to find out after the event ends Lee , I have recieved permission to interview the winners , let\'s see if they win I would love to ask them .
Derek Ray : OHHH , a big blow to Japan , Kalash slips from second place , the Scottish forger clutches silver with a 9/10 rating on his dark gold item .
3 more pieces to judge , can Japan hold onto bronze?
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( The Japanese headquarters , real world )
The generals were watching the event with grave expressions , just when the chances of another double medal looked strong suddenly a competitior clutched onto silver medal pushing Kalash down the rung. There were 3 more pieces left to judge and one of them was from the renowned forger Hephaestus Jr .
Anticipation was building high .... ( To be continued )