Although this was also a military saber, and it was not broken, the blade was covered in rust, with several large chips along the edge, making it completely worthless for repair.

　　After hesitating for a moment, William Carter focused his mind and summoned the Armament Fire.

　　The second time using the Armament Fire was clearly much more skillful than the first. However, William Carter did not know that, because he possessed a talent for spiritual power, when he used the Armament Fire, he could consume not only physical strength, but also had the option to use spiritual energy.

　　As a result, the difficulty for him to use the Armament Fire was much less than for ordinary people, much easier, and he could persist for a much longer time.

　　As the Armament Fire touched the weapon, a stream of information quickly surfaced.

　　Item: Damaged military saber.

　　Grade: Mortal Tool, Common Grade, Level 1.

　　Attributes: Sharpness +1, Durability 0.

　　William Carter remained unmoved and continued to use the Armament Fire. As the fire kept burning, the rust on the saber quickly faded away, like snow melting in fire, and the blade soon became gleaming bright.

　　Gradually, as the saber’s appearance was almost restored, a new stream of information indeed appeared in William Carter’s mind.

　　Detected extractable component. Extract?

　　Detected upgradable component. Upgrade?

　　William Carter was startled. Why are there two options this time?

　　A thought flashed through his mind. Since he had tried extraction just now, this time he would try upgrading.

　　In an instant, he noticed that the two small purple orbs in his mind suddenly disappeared. Oh, not disappeared, but rather, they had strangely entered the saber being tempered by the Armament Fire.

　　Afterwards, the saber’s attributes, as observed through the Armament Fire, underwent a dramatic change.

　　Item: Military saber.

　　Grade: Mortal Tool, Common Grade, Level 3.

　　Attributes: Sharpness +3, Hardness +2, Durability 2.

Chapter 4: The Sharp Military Saber

　　Looking at the gleaming saber in his hand, William Carter’s eyes were filled with confusion, but were soon overwhelmed by an incomparable ecstasy.

　　He was an orphan, and indeed not very well-educated. But that did not mean he couldn’t recognize the most basic numbers and names.

　　At this moment, he felt heartfelt gratitude toward Old Craftsman. Ever since he had, by chance, entered the military camp two years ago and was chosen by Old Craftsman as an assistant, Old Craftsman had tirelessly taught him to read and do arithmetic. Although Old Craftsman himself was only half-educated, as an introduction, it was more than enough.

　　In these two years, he had no idea how many times his palms had been smacked, but he had also absorbed all the little knowledge Old Craftsman had.

　　Now, based on the literal meaning, William Carter already understood what had happened.

　　The Armament Fire he had obtained was definitely not an ordinary Armament Fire; there was great knowledge and great secrets within it.

　　Under the burning of the Armament Fire, he could easily discern the saber’s attributes, and even more incredibly, it seemed the Armament Fire could extract and enhance the saber’s attributes. This was truly astonishing.

　　He took a deep breath, the hesitation on his face flashing away.

　　At this moment, he had already decided that, no matter what, he could not tell anyone about this, not even Old Craftsman.

　　With a slight movement of his heart, he rushed into the piles of damaged weapons and picked out the suitable sabers.

　　This was an armory for discarded items. All the sabers that were beyond repair were piled here, waiting to be melted down in one go.

　　So, William Carter easily found many sabers whose surface damage was not too severe.

　　As the Armament Fire rose again, William Carter quickly discovered that the attributes of these damaged sabers were indeed quite poor. Generally, if it was a qualified military saber, its sharpness should be +1 or +2, and the same went for hardness, fluctuating between 1 and 2.

　　However, the damaged sabers here had at most one attribute—either Sharpness +1 or Hardness +1. Let alone having both attributes together, even a single attribute at +2 was extremely rare.

　　As for durability, that went without saying. Since they were already damaged, what durability could they possibly have?

　　William Carter calmed his mind and began his experiment.

　　The Armament Fire burned on a damaged saber, but this time, he did not repair the saber, but instead silently recited in his mind.

　　Extract.

　　Detected extractable component. Extract?

　　A familiar set of words floated smoothly into his mind, and William Carter’s eyelids twitched rapidly, his joy beyond description.

　　Sure enough, even without repairing the saber, he could extract its attributes.

　　There was no need to hesitate about this; he immediately chose to extract. Then, another small purple light dot appeared in his mind.

　　Withdrawing the Armament Fire, perhaps because of his excitement, William Carter did not feel tired at all. He carefully examined the damaged saber in his hand. After extracting its only remaining attribute, the thing seemed even more dilapidated.

　　William Carter turned and picked up the saber he had first repaired.

　　As the Armament Fire flickered, another set of words appeared in his mind.