The rumors were already spreading far and wide, like words without legs traveling more than a thousand miles.

The rumors spread by Baron Rothschild had reached the Pisa Blacksmith Guild as well.

“Damn Florence bastards. What? Are they saying we’re inferior in skills to them?”

“Did they boil their sense of reason with stew or something?”

These statements were actually fabricated by Baron Rothschild.

The master of the Florence Blacksmith Guild never actually made such comments.

In fact, the master of the Pisa Blacksmith Guild had not cared much about their skills at all.

As long as they maintained the …