Chapter 257: The knife that kills, must have a blood trough!
After the beast-eared girls and winged girls saw the smile on Lin Ye’s face.
Their originally nervous expressions immediately relaxed.
Lin Ye looked at the two knives with added blood troughs.
He felt they looked much better now.
He then looked up at the beast-eared girls and winged girls, waving at Xing and Yun.
The two horned girls saw this.
Their faces immediately lit up with excitement.
Smiling, they ran towards Lin Ye.
After Lin Ye watched the two horned girls run over.
The beast-eared girls and winged girls behind them also followed.
Seeing the curious expressions on their faces, Lin Ye smiled and shook his head, saying nothing.
When Xing and Yun arrived in front of Lin Ye.
The joy in their eyes was almost overflowing.
They looked at Lin Ye with smiles, waiting for him to speak.
Lin Ye also smiled and spoke to the two horned girls.
“Alright, I’ve made them for you. The long one is for Xing, and the short one is for Yun.”
Hearing Lin Ye’s words, the two horned girls looked at the two knives placed on the workbench.
After taking a deep breath, they reached out and picked up the knives from the workbench.
Because they had used bone knives of similar shapes before.
As soon as Xing and Yun picked them up.
They immediately felt that the knives in their hands were very comfortable to hold.
Moreover, the solid weight of the knives forged from iron also brought a look of pleasant surprise to the faces of the two horned girls.
The beast-eared girls and winged girls gathered around, watching Xing and Yun with envious eyes.
Looking at the new weapons in their hands, Xing and Yun’s breathing quickened.
A flush of excitement rose on their faces.
At this moment, Lin Ye spoke to Xing and Yun again.
“Although these two knives are forged, you will need two more things to prepare.” Hearing Lin Ye’s words, all the beast-eared girls and winged girls looked at Lin Ye.
Xing and Yun immediately asked anxiously, “Ye, what else do you need? We’ll prepare it right away.”
Lin Ye looked at the two anxious girls, smiled and shook his head, and said to the two horned girls, “Don’t rush, they’re all small things.”
“You also need to make a scabbard for each knife. For the handle of the knife, it’s just an iron rod now. Cut a piece of beast skin of a suitable size, roast it over a fire, wrap it around the handle, and then tie it securely with fine hemp rope.” “The scabbard should also be sewn from beast skin and placed over the blade. 1.”
“Use the hides of those gray wolves to make the scabbard.”
“Knives forged from iron are not like those bone knives. The blade of this knife can cause injury with just a touch, so it’s too dangerous to carry a knife without a scabbard.” Xing and Yun listened to Lin Ye finish speaking.
They nodded blankly.
Then they tilted their heads and looked at the knives in their hands, with confused expressions on their faces.
The other beast-eared girls and winged girls were also blank.
Finally, Xing and Yun looked to Lin Ye for help.
They had no idea what Lin Ye had just said.
Seeing their expressions, Lin Ye shook his head helplessly and said, “Forget it, come with me, I’ll make them for you.”
Hearing Lin Ye say this, the faces of the two horned girls immediately bloomed with radiant smiles.
Just like this, Lin Ye led Xing and Yun towards the cave.
The other beast-eared girls and winged girls exchanged glances and then followed.
Lin Ye looked at the beast-eared girls and winged girls and thought that he should make daggers for all of them.
In their current state, they completely lacked close-combat abilities.
What if some talent ability could allow them to bypass the range of arrows and engage in close combat directly?
Then the beast-eared girls would have no way to defend themselves.
Lin Ye nodded silently.
If he just made a dagger for each of the beast-eared and winged girls, they wouldn’t think of stabbing enemies with daggers when they got close.
He had already made many small knives before.
But those were for daily use.
They were fine for cutting potatoes, beast skins, or butchering prey.
But they were a bit inadequate for combat.
However, most of the iron ore in the tribe had already been used.
They would need to cross the river again tomorrow to mine more to make small knives.
And not just small knives.
Lin Ye also wanted to forge a piece of refined steel.
All the other materials were ready.
Next, he just needed to start making them.
Because Lin Ye’s ballista was almost finished, but the beast-skin bowstring couldn’t withstand the terrifying draw weight of the ballista.
So Lin Ye wanted to forge a bowstring from a tough piece of refined steel.
Lin Ye had also found many other ores to increase the toughness of the refined steel.
Thinking of this, Lin Ye walked towards the cave, turned his head, and said to the beast-eared girls and winged girls, “There’s not much iron ore left in the tribe. Tomorrow, I’ll take everyone to the iron mine again to dig up some iron ore.” “I’ll make a small knife for each of you to defend yourselves then.” The beast-eared girls and winged girls were stunned when they heard Lin Ye’s words.
Then they all looked at Lin Ye in disbelief.
Sakura ran up and came to Lin Ye’s side.
Her big, expectant eyes stared at Lin Ye, and she asked, “Ye, is that true? Are you going to make new weapons for us too?” Lin Ye looked at Sakura, who was walking slowly beside him.
He smiled and patted her head, saying,
“It’s just a dagger, to be prepared in case of emergencies.”
“A dagger? What is that?”
Hearing Lin Ye’s words, Sakura blinked, tilted her head, and asked Lin Ye doubtfully.
The other beast-eared girls and winged girls also looked at Lin Ye curiously.
Lin Ye turned and looked at the reactions of the beast-eared girls and winged girls, smiled and shook his head.
He then explained to the beast-eared girls and winged girls.
“A dagger is also shaped like a knife, but it’s much smaller than Xing and Yun’s, and a little larger than a bone knife.” After Lin Ye finished speaking, all the beast-eared girls and winged girls were stunned.
Then their faces all showed excitement.
Upon hearing Lin Ye’s words, Sakura became even happier and ran around Lin Ye.
Then she ran to the back, took Diona’s hand, and shouted excitedly.
“Diona, Ye said he’s going to make knives for us too, we’re going to have iron weapons!”
Diona also laughed excitedly with Sakura.
The two cat-eared little girls held hands and skipped forward.
The other beast-eared girls and winged girls were also smiling happily.
Thus, everyone walked to the entrance of the cave, laughing happily.
Entering the cave, he took out a gray wolf hide.
Then he took the two knives from Xing and Yun.
He compared the size of the blades against the wolf hide.
Under the curious gaze of the beast-eared girls and winged girls, Lin Ye began to cut the wolf hide to make scabbards for the two horned girls’ knives.
It was actually very simple. He cut a piece of wolf hide.
Folded it in half, placing the blade in between.
Then he cut off the excess wolf hide, sewed up the folded part, leaving only a small opening for the knife to be sheathed.
Ancient people generally used cowhide or wooden scabbards.
Wooden scabbards were too bulky and troublesome to make.
They required two pieces of wood to be carved with a groove inside that matched the blade.
Then the two pieces of wood were put together and fastened with rivets.
The effect was the same as using beast skin, just slightly more aesthetically pleasing.
The reason why most ancient people used cowhide was that it was the cheapest and easiest to obtain.
The gray wolf hide Lin Ye used was more durable. As long as it was tightened so that the blade wouldn’t slide around inside and cut the wolf hide.
Then this scabbard could last a long time.
The scabbard was sewn without a needle.
He simply poked small holes in the beast skin and threaded fine hemp rope through them to sew it.
The beast-eared girls and winged girls watched Lin Ye making the scabbards.
From time to time, they nodded, each looking at Lin Ye thoughtfully.
Such a simple task, and they could learn it after watching it once.
The scabbards were quickly finished.
Next, he had to wrap a layer of beast skin around the handle.
Wolfskin couldn’t be used for the handle.
Lin Ye walked into the cave again, took out a deerskin.
He cut two pieces from the area on its belly that was covered in white fur.
Then he said to Shi,
“Start a small fire.”
