Chapter 63
Exhibition Match
Meanwhile, Herren was also arranging an exhibition match.
"Beat them to death!"
"You don't need to tell me!"
Olaf rubbed his axe, full of fighting spirit, wishing he could smash Sejuani's skull open on the spot.
Herren was very satisfied with Olaf's fighting spirit, but still whispered a reminder.
"But we can't actually kill him..."
"Forehead……"
After saying that, Heron looked at Urkas, Hela, and Yorn, who were manipulating the new weapon.
"Honestly, Heron, I prefer using a sword, I'm not used to this thing..."
"Stop thinking about your useless sword, it's not for you to actually use! Remember, you are the guards of the Warmothers, all you need to do is hold the halberd and stand next to Udyr and Sejuani."
Although they failed to create any truly impressive armor, Urkas and his companions were nonetheless robust and imposing, and their imposing presence, coupled with their deadly weapons, made them quite formidable. Harren was still quite satisfied.
"Is there anything else I need to do?"
"Yes! That means you must hide your front teeth, no smiling! No other expressions, be cold and ruthless."
"Oh……"
Ercas and the others exchanged glances, then pretended to stand up straight, trying to resemble Heron's description as much as possible.
At this moment, Sejuani also came over and glanced at the three people who were being punished by standing.
"Oh? It's starting to look quite professional."
She didn't pay much attention to the three of them, but looked at the murderous Olaf.
"I was going to remind you not to hold back, but it seems I was just being paranoid."
"Haha! I've never known what 'knowing when to stop' means!"
After explaining everything, Sejuani and Harren, along with their temporary guards, led her to the camp.
Sejuani remained aloof, showing little respect to the Noxians. Even when Jessica greeted her with a smile, Sejuani only managed a forced smile and a simple response.
Because Udyr kept going on and on, mentioning Helen in every other sentence, Jessica couldn't help but glance at Helen a few more times. However, this time, she still couldn't see anything special about him.
He did notice the "elite guards" following behind the two, and Jessica, who came from a military aristocratic family, immediately drew his attention to them.
Although Heron was worried that Urkas and his group didn't look professional enough, Jessica, as a native of Freljord, was already used to seeing powerful Freljord warriors shirtless, like savages, and was no longer surprised.
On the contrary, he was greatly surprised by the group of solemn-looking men holding standard weapons.
He wasn't concerned with how good their weapons were; his focus was on the standard design.
Ultimately, all three halberds were completed with Heron's assistance, and Heron's skill naturally ensured a consistent level of quality.
Even though the entire tribe could only find these three weapons, Jessica sensed that Winter's Claw seemed to have a complete weapon forging production line...
This was highly unusual. Based on Jessica's understanding of the Freljordians, these barbarians used whatever was convenient—bone clubs, large wooden sticks, and even ropes tied to stones were commonplace. She had even seen people inflicted wounds with their bellies…
Immediately afterwards, his occupational hazard of being a war stonemason, despite being nominally the leader of the Chamber of Commerce, began to manifest.
He casually remarked something to Udir.
"A decent weapon."
Based on his limited understanding of Udir, he knew that this "big mouth" would definitely be eager to boast to him.
However, this was exactly what Udyr wanted, and it was exactly what he wanted.
"Of course, this is our tribe's standard weapon. It's extremely sharp; even the fiercest wild beasts couldn't withstand a single blow!"
Before this, Udyr had never even seen a cross-shaped halberd, but he still boasted without hesitation.
He reached out his hand, and Urcas, quick as a flash, handed him the halberd.
Udyr took it without hesitation, and the moment he held the weapon in his hand, he knew he hadn't made a mistake in praising it.
Then he handed the halberd to Jessica.
However, Jessica hesitated for a moment, did not take it, and asked instead.
"I need to confirm first whether, as an outsider, carrying a weapon at a banquet... I need the War Mother's approval?"
Udyr was taken aback by what he heard and looked at Sejuani, but Sejuani just waved her hand casually.
"There aren't many rules here. Whether you have weapons or not, it doesn't matter to me."
"Oh well."
Jessica clearly ignored Sejuani's subtle disdain and accepted the halberd.
However, after receiving it, his pupils suddenly contracted.
He couldn't help but weigh it and then run his hand over the blade. If it weren't so unsuitable, he would have loved to swing it around and try out the feel of it.
His expression immediately turned serious, and after Udyr gave his permission, he handed the halberd to his attendant.
After a brief examination, his entourage reached the same conclusion as him.
Noxians handle weapons the most. They can't tell the quality of a weapon at a glance, but they can tell the difference with a few glances.
"Truly a divine weapon... It looks almost as good as the work of the master craftsmen of the Immortal Fortress."
Jessica took the halberd back, somewhat reluctant to part with it, but returned it to Urkas, who then asked Udyr a question.
"It's truly an excellent weapon... but apart from these few people, I haven't seen anyone else equipped with such a weapon. Can I assume... that forging such a weapon would require a great deal of time and materials?"
"No, no, no, as you know, we just migrated here and don't even have many proper furnaces. Besides, Heren had some business recently and just returned to the tribe. These weapons were made by him in... um... a few minutes."
"A few minutes?!?"
Jessica's eyes widened suddenly, and Herren, who was eavesdropping, couldn't help but cough.
"Cough cough... It won't be that fast."
Udyr, after all, didn't understand forging and went too far with his boasting.
"It took me at least half a day to craft just a few."
"You mean, you can forge several of these weapons by yourself in a single day?"
That's ridiculous, isn't it?
Jessica stared at Herren in astonishment. As far as she knew, the craftsmen of the Immortal Fortress could also forge weapons of this quality, but it would be time-consuming and laborious, and would only be enough to arm the Emperor's elite troops.
Even if Herren could forge one every day, he still thought it was outrageous enough...
But after Udyr's embarrassment, his first reaction was disbelief.
"If that's the case, then compared to you, the craftsmen in our area are just freeloaders."
"Oh? What? Do your craftsmen take a long time to forge weapons like this? They're definitely not good at it. This is just a defective product I made on the spot."
Herren seemed oblivious to Jessica's questioning and shrugged.
Looking at Herren's confident expression, Jessica was also a little unsure.
But he silently remembered this incident...
Meanwhile, the battle between Sejuani and Udyr is about to begin.