16. Give it a makeover
When the news of the death of the baron's nephew and Captain Martin reached the church, the old carpenter and John, father and son, were overjoyed and praised the goddess vigorously.
Gallo, in the presence of John's father and son and the old bishop, then gave the old carpenter a simple initiation ceremony to make him a new Christian.
The old carpenter also went back to build a carriage for Gallo according to the previous agreement.
Before leaving, he didn't forget to ask Garo to take care of the kittens.
"Don't worry, what I eat, what they eat."
Gallo swore by it.
After both of them had left, Gallo and the old bishop went to the church's backyard.
After the puppet was brought back, it was hidden in the backyard, which was originally used to pile up sundries, and only a simple shack was built around, and the space was not large.
"This thing is really sturdy..."
"And it's dark, it's round, and it's pretty cute..."
Gallo touched the cold and smooth surface of the puppet with his hand, and while commenting, he turned back and asked:
"How much do you think it's worth?"
After careful observation, the old bishop said with a little hesitation:
"I'm not sure the exact price..."
"But looking at this shell, it looks like it's made of black gold?"
"According to my understanding of the market, my grasp of prices, and my insight into high-end materials... This puppet will cost hundreds of gold, right? ”
"A few hundred gold?"
Gallo's eyes widened suddenly, and he hurriedly put on the control gloves.
"What are you doing? You don't want to sell it, do you? ”
The old bishop hurriedly asked.
"Or else? We don't need it, and we still take up space by staying here. ”
"No, no, no!" The old bishop shook his head repeatedly.
"In my experience, there are very few high-end puppets like this, and each one has a clear record, and if you take it out and sell it, isn't it equivalent to revealing your identity?"
Gallo had to admit regretfully:
"You're right... So what should I do? Take it apart and sell it piece by piece? ”
The old bishop thought again and proposed:
"Why don't you keep it for yourself?"
"Don't you want to get a carriage? Just use it to pull the cart. ”
Gallo suddenly realized and nodded again and again:
"That's good! It looks much sturdier than a donkey! ”
But he immediately realized a problem and hurriedly asked:
"But... Isn't it too eye-catching? ”
"Especially here... It looks very unsightly. ”
He pointed to the large ruby on the puppet's waist.
According to the instructions on the glove, this ruby is its main source of energy, and it will continue to heat up when it is running, so it must maintain heat dissipation, so it will be placed in this position.
"Let's find a way to renovate it, you go buy some paint first."
The old bishop commanded.
So the two of them got busy.
Gallo first went to buy blue and white paint, painted the puppet's limbs and back blue, and painted the head, hands and feet, and stomach white.
He found some scrap wood, pieced it together to resemble an apron, painted it white, and put it on the puppet's body.
After some tossing, the puppet has completely lost its true color, and looks like a fat blue man wearing a white apron.
Next, Gallo plans to bless the puppet with some magic skills.
It is a custom, or custom, that people habitually ask a priest to bless a high-value item after they get it.
If it is those rich people, they will often hold a ceremony or banquet to complete this with great fanfare.
This may not improve much practicality, mainly to show auspiciousness, show love for this item, and show off by the way.
This is one of the sources of income for many sects, but Gallo has not received such a business...
The old bishop did not object to this, but suggested beside him:
"The shell of this puppet is black gold, a metal with extremely high magic resistance, and the effect of magic will also be greatly attenuated, you can add a magic spell at will, and the meaning is good."
"How's that going to work? That's a few hundred gold! I've never used anything so expensive..."
Gallo said as he formed a handprint, and first gave the puppet a few protective magic spells: acceleration.
When he brought the puppet back last night, he noticed that the puppet was slow to move and react, so he decided to speed it up first.
A few faint rays of light lingered on the puppet's body, slowly seeping into its shell, making it look slightly glowing, indicating that the blessing had been successful.
Then he remembered that if the puppet was active for too long, the ruby core would overheat and need to cool down for a while before it could continue to move, which was troublesome.
So he took a few more magic tricks that kept the target calm and awake at all times: calm.
Then, he felt that the paint he had worked so hard to apply would reveal the black underneath if it faded if it was bumped and faded, which was ugly, so he blessed a few more protection magic techniques to protect the fruits of his labor.
After adding dozens of divine spells before and after, the puppet's body began to exude that holy and crystalline light, and it looked like some kind of religious holy relic.
"It's... Is that okay? ”
The old bishop was dumbfounded, this is black gold known as magic free metal...
What kind of student did you cultivate?
"How? It's a lot more pleasing to the eye than it looks, right? ”
Gallo asked.
"Uh... If you're happy..."
The old bishop replied, and with a rare compliment:
"You're doing a good job of protecting your magic technique."
Gallo smiled embarrassedly:
"This is thanks to the favor of the goddess."
Just as there are many types of magic, magic can be broadly divided into four categories: healing, shelter, redemption, and punishment.
Healing is all kinds of healing and blood, curing diseases and removing poisons.
Shelter is to give people or items a variety of positive effects, which is commonly known as blessing.
As for salvation, it is repentance and persuasion, which Gallo loves to use most at night.
And the magic he used to deal with those mercenaries last night: condemnation, that is, punishment magic.
Generally speaking, a pastor with a normal style should major in healing and redemption. And shelter and punishment are the realm of paladins.
But Gallo is a little different, he doesn't know how to add blood at all...
Finally, it's time to come up with a name for the puppet.
"I was going to buy a little donkey to pull the cart, and now you're replacing the little donkey..."
"Then call you Amiya!"
"I think it was like the name of a donkey."
Gallo said.
The puppet didn't react to the new name.
Gallo didn't expect anything, the glove was clearly explained, and the intelligence of this thing could understand the level of simple commands, and the profound content of the meaning of the name, of course, would not react.
He threw the puppet on the paint in the backyard to dry and went back to the book.