"Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Evacuation of Pallas"
Luiga glanced at Calvin helplessly, and then told him about the recent Pallas incident, Calvin was dumbfounded after hearing it, and then smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect that in less than a month, Pallas has become a thing, it is really embarrassing, I think how majestic the three legions were back then, who would have thought that there would be today." β
The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and went straight to the topic, Luica looked at Calvin and asked, "I wonder how many throwing knives have been created?"
"The 100 with the pattern have all been built, and only 100 without the pattern have not been built. Calvin replied.
Luiga nodded, and then said, "Then you give me these 900 throwing knives, there is no time to wait." After saying that, Luiga paid the rest of the rune stones to Calvin, after Calvin took the rune stones, he moved a box out of the room, because the size of the flying knives is very small, a box is enough to fit, Luica opened the box and picked up a flying knife with a pattern, a white line flashed on the flying knife, making the flying knife look extremely sharp, Luica nodded with satisfaction.
Just as Luiga was about to leave, he suddenly thought of something and asked Karl, "Calvin, I remember you said that your soul crystal is the soul crystal of the Wind Eagle, right?"
Calvin didn't know why Luica suddenly asked this, but he nodded and said, "Yes, it's the soul crystal of the Wind Carving." β
"Excuse me, if this Wind Carving Soul Crystal is cast into a rune weapon, will it strengthen the rune combat skills of the wind attribute?" Luiga asked, looking at Karl.
Calvin nodded with a smile and said: "That's right, there is a big difference between runes with more than four patterns and three patterns, this difference is mainly manifested in the soul crystal, and the rune devices with more than four patterns will be inlaid with soul crystals, so as to obtain some power of the monster before its death, if it is consistent with its own rune combat skill attributes, it will have a great bonus effect." β
After listening to Calvin's explanation, Luiga nodded, and then asked, "Calvin, I don't know if you can use the soul crystal carved by the wind to help me forge a rune device, preferably with five patterns, the other materials are fine, and there is no problem with money." β
"Five-pattern rune device?Luffy, have you already broken through the sixth-level rune master? If you don't break through the sixth-level rune master, the power of the runes will not form a cycle, and you won't be able to urge the five-pattern rune device at all." Calvin said in some surprise.
Luica smiled and nodded, "The sixth-level rune master I broke through a few days ago. β
Hearing Luica's answer, Calvin said with some surprise: "It seems that you are really not simple, you have broken through to the sixth level rune master at such a young age, presumably you should be the son of a big force, it is impossible for Pallas to cultivate a genius like you." β
After finishing speaking, Calvin's voice changed, and his eyes were a little dim and said: "It's a pity that I can't help you, with my current ability, I can only cast three runes at most, I was injured when I was a child, and the casting method passed down by my family has high requirements for physical strength, and I may not be able to cast more than four runes in my life." Calvin sighed.
"Is there any physical strength required for casting rune weapons?" Luiga asked, a little surprised.
Calvin nodded and said, " Yes, the higher the level of rune vessels, the better the materials needed, these materials are higher than the usual casting materials in all aspects, so that if you want to refine these materials, you need to go through some particularly complex techniques, most of these techniques are based on knocking, smashing, etc., if you don't have enough physical strength, you can't bring these casting techniques into play, and these casting techniques are often very damaging to the body, so if you want to become a powerful caster, cultivating physical skills is the most basic, and I can't cultivate physical skills in my lifeγ β
After listening to Calvin's explanation, Luiga nodded, and then he looked at Calvin and asked, "What is the highest number of runes that your family's casting method can cast?"
"Nine Lines!", at this time, Calvin's eyes flashed with an extremely confident look, and he continued: "My ancestor used this method to cast a nine-pattern rune device, and that rune weapon has resounded throughout the rune land to this day. After finishing speaking, his eyes became a little dim again, "Alas, it's a pity that I, a descendant, am not angry and insult the prestige of the ancestors......"
Luica was surprised to hear that Calvin's family casting technique could actually cast a nine-pattern rune vessel, thought for a while, and then looked at Calvin and asked seriously: "Calvin, if I can help you repair your meridians and embark on the path of cultivating physical arts, would you like to join my forces." β
"Luffy, my muscles and veins are not ordinary injuries, I was injured by someone with a special technique, and ordinary recovery potions are not good at all. Calvin smiled wryly.
"Calvin, how do you know that I can't do it if you don't try, it's not a secret, I just recently created a force, and I really need a foundry, I'm very optimistic about your casting ability, and it won't hurt you to try, you can master a set of techniques that can cast nine-pattern runes, but you can imagine that your origin is not simple, and the person who hurts your muscles must not be small, what, don't you want to take revenge?" Luiga said lightly.
"Revenge, how could I not want to, but the strength of my enemies is beyond your imagination, and with the way I am now, let alone revenge, it is difficult to even walk in front of them. Calvin shook his head helplessly.
"Calvin, even if you encounter something difficult, if you are willing to try, then you may succeed, if you dare not try, then there is really no hope at all, then I will say so much, how to decide for yourself. Luica looked at Calvin and said solemnly.
"Don't think about it, if you can really restore my muscles and veins, I will join your forces, I am not a fool, I understand what you say, I am worried that you will waste the recovery potion, this thing is now precious!" Calvin said lightly.
'Haha, Calvin, congratulations on making the right choice, in my opinion, the recovery potion is not as precious as yours, I can count on you to help me create a nine-pattern rune device in the future." After saying that, Luica took out a pill, yes, it was still the blood tonic pill, and handed it to Calvin.
After Calvin took this elixir, his face became a little puzzled, and he asked, "What is this, it doesn't seem to be an alchemy potion, can this thing really be eaten?"
"Of course, this is the elixir I developed with my own hands, his name is "Heaven and Earth Only I Respect the Fast-Acting Heart Pill", no matter how injured you are, as long as you take one, you can definitely recover, this pill is refined by me with 9,999 kinds of precious medicinal materials, its preciousness can be imagined, it was originally intended to wait for me to take it when I am old and about to die for another 100 years, see you are so miserable to use it. Luica looked at Calvin very seriously.
Calvin looked at Luica's eyes as if he saw a ghost, he felt that the young man in front of him was a little unreliable, looking at the elixir in his hand, his eyes were hesitant, he was worried that he would eat himself to death.
"Oh, stop the ink, eat it quickly, you're already so miserable, what reason do I have to hurt you. Luigka urged.
Calvin looked at the pill in his hand and said secretly: "Anyway, it's already like this, if you die, you're dead." Then he gritted his teeth and swallowed the elixir, and when he ate it, Luiga quietly injected a stream of cyan energy into his body, and after the cyan energy entered his body, he swam in his tendons, Calvin was surprised to find that where this energy passed, the tendons and veins actually miraculously recovered some, and the recovery speed was very fast.
Calvin looked up at Luiga in shock and said, "Luffy, what kind of quick-acting heart saving pill of yours seems to really have an effect, my muscles and veins are starting to recover, it's really incredible." β
Luica pursed her lips and said, "I said that I made this with nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine precious medicinal materials, so you should believe it." β
"Uh-huh, believe it, it's really amazing!" Calvin nodded violently.
"Okay, pack up and come with me, you can mess with me in the future, and strive to help me create a nine-pattern rune device as soon as possible. Luiga said to Calvin.
Calvin glanced at him and said, "Do you think that the nine-pattern rune device is a cabbage, if you want to build a nine-pattern rune device, you must cultivate the physical technique to the late stage of the marrow realm, even if my muscles and veins recover, I don't know how many years it will take to reach this realm." With that, Calvin went in and packed his things.
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When Luiga and Calvin returned to the station, it was already night, and when Luiga returned, the rest of the Straw Hat Thieves were practicing the Ancient Body Strengthening Technique, and more than a hundred people in the courtyard were sweating profusely, and their bodies were covered with green muscles.
"Luffy, are these people cultivating physical arts?" Calvin asked.
Luica nodded and said, "Yes, they are all cultivating the Ancient Body Strengthening Technique. β
"Supplying so many people to cultivate physical arts, it seems that you are quite rich!" Calvin said in surprise.
"Generally speaking, okay, let's get to know a few people, and everyone will be a brother in the trenches in the future. After saying that, Luica called the people on the first floor of the Straw Hat Thieves to his room for a meeting.
Soon everyone came to Luiga's room, and Luiga first pointed to Calvin and said to everyone: "This is Calvin, and he will be the forger of our Straw Hat Thieves in the future." β
After speaking, Luica pointed to Mu Lin and introduced to Calvin: "This is Mu Lin, the chief alchemist of our Straw Hat Thieves Group, don't look at her young age, now she can refine the three turns of medicine!"
Hearing Luica's words, Calvin was a little surprised in his eyes, he didn't expect that this girl who looked even younger than Luiga was actually a third-turn alchemist, although he was a foundry, but he also knew that it was not so easy to become a third-turn alchemist.
"Hello Mu Lin, you are really a genius, you can refine the Three Turns Elixir at such a young age, you will definitely become a great alchemist in the future!" Calvin looked at Mu Lin and said with a smile.
"Brother Calvin, you've won the prize!" Mu Lin said a little shyly.
Luica pointed to Xia Zuo, Venta, and Hagli and said, "These three are the three captains of our Straw Hat Thieves Regiment, Xia Zuo, Venta, and Hagli. β
"Hello three captains. Calvin looked at the trio.
"Hello Brother Calvin. The three of them replied.
Finally, Luica pointed to Abner and said, "This is Abner, and he has not been assigned a specific position yet." After saying that, the two said hello to each other and got to know each other.
After the introduction, Luica said to everyone: "We will move out of Pallas early tomorrow morning, we have no shortage of cultivation resources for the time being, our primary purpose is to cultivate, and strive to quickly improve our overall strength, the war between Ionia and Noxus will soon break out, I hope that when the war comes, our Straw Hat Thieves will have the power to protect themselves." β
Early the next morning, all the Straw Hat Thieves had packed up and prepared to go, the important things Luiga had put into the storage ring, everyone was relatively easy to pack, there were still more than two months before the hunt, Luiga planned to take advantage of this time to return to Rude Town to pick up his mother and sister and find a place to settle down, he is not short of money now, naturally can make Serena and Iloti live a better life.
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In a manor in Rude Town, a young man was lying on the bed, this young man was somewhat similar to Luiga, but much more mature than Luiga, and he had a scar on his face, which looked a little hideous.
The young man was Luica's older brother, Levica, who was not in good shape, with a broken leg and a few branches that simply held his leg in place. Next to him were Selina and Iloti, both of whom looked at Levica with tears in their eyes, and their eyes were full of worry.
"Mom, sister, don't worry, my leg will recover after a while, it'll be fine. Levica comforted the two.
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door, Selina and Iloti heard the knock, their faces panicked, Levica on the bed stretched her arms and wanted to stand up, but Serena on the side hurriedly stopped him.
"Levica, don't fight those people anymore, you can't beat them. Selina cried.
At this moment, there was a sudden loud noise, the door was directly knocked open, the door was more than a dozen big men, they were all holding iron rods in their hands, among which the leader was a gorgeously dressed young man in brocade, he slowly walked into the room, looked coldly at Levica lying on the bed and said: "Waste, have you thought about it, if you don't write a letter today, I will break your other leg, a waste poor man actually dares to rob a woman with my brother, I really don't know whether to live or die!"
Levica pointed at the boy and said angrily: "The person Daisy likes is me, you should die, even if you kill me, I will not write to her." β
The young man's face turned cold and said: "You waste, Daisy and my brother have already had a marriage contract, if it weren't for you, they would have been married, I will give you one last chance, write to Daisy and say that you are just greedy for their family's money, otherwise, you will abolish your other leg today!"
"Bah, don't dream, even if you kill me, I won't write!" Levica said angrily, pointing at the young man.
"Very good, your mouth is very hard, right, I want to see if your mouth is hard or the iron bar is hard!" After saying that, the young man walked towards Levica with the iron rod, sneering as he walked.
At this time, Iloti on the side stopped in front of Levica, looked at the young man angrily and said, "You bad guy, you are not allowed to hurt Brother Levika!"
The boy didn't expect this thin girl to dare to stop him, and looked at Iloti playfully and said, "Oh, interesting, you don't want me to break that waste's leg because you want me to break your leg?"
"You're coming at me, my sister is innocent!" Levica said angrily as she looked at the boy.
"Haha, innocent, how many innocent people are there in this world, don't they all have to die?" After saying that, the boy directly whipped Iloti with an iron rod, she was so frightened that she quickly closed her eyes, but she never moved her footsteps, her thin body was in front of Levica, Levica on the bed saw this scene and quickly pounced, and at the last moment, he protected Iloti behind, and the iron rod smashed heavily on the back of Levica's head, and suddenly blood flowed on his head, and Selina on the side cried and hurried over to help him.
At this time, Luiga had already arrived in the town of Rulin, the weather was exceptionally good today, and there was only one person with Luiga, and the others Luiga told them to go to Presidium, and Luiga planned to let them settle down in Presidium first, and then pick up Selena and Iloti to meet them.
The person who followed Luiga was none other than Abner, because Luiga did not arrange him a position in the Straw Hat Thieves Group, he suddenly had a strong sense of crisis, afraid that he would be kicked aside by Luiga in the end, so he appointed himself a position, "Luiga's number one dogleg!" Along the way, Luiga was called a courtesy, and the dog's leg was a profession to the extreme, Luiga was still very unaccustomed to it at first, but after a long time, he slowly got used to it, and it felt like it was actually quite good to have a dog's leg around him, and he was too much of the young master's hidden.
"Boss, is your family in this town? how broken it feels, more broken than Pallas!" Abner asked, looking at Luiga, puzzled.
"yes, I grew up in this shabby town, what's the problem?" Luiga asked faintly.
Hearing Luiga's answer, Abner was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Young Master, aren't you a child of a big family?
"When did I say that I was a child of a big family, and our family was just a commoner. Those are all made up by your own brain, and you are a child of a big family, if I am really a child of a big family, can I go to Pallas to do a robbery?" Luiga said lightly.
"I'll go. Boss, you're too good, you're from a civilian family, you have created a career at such a young age, and your strength is so high, tsk, it seems that I seriously underestimated you!" Abner said incredulously.
Luica looked at Abner and quietly pretended to be forced, "What a fuss!"