The guy who pushed the door in was a mortal race that Ann had seen before, but had never come into contact with.

- Gnomes.

A little shorter than a dwarf, but slightly taller than a halfling, but about the same. These three races may get along very well because of their height, and even in the environment of the dark region, there are still many halflings and gnomes in the dwarven kingdom.

In terms of appearance, the halfling looks like a normal person who has shrunk in half, the dwarf gives people a particularly thick and solid feeling, and the dwarf is a bit eccentric.

Their bodies are as thin as those of halflings, but their heads, hands and feet are about the size of humans, and they look more like some kind of deformity.

Gnomes are skilled in delicate machinery and precision processing of gemstones, and are optimistic and cheerful by nature, which can be described as funny when they are with halflings......

- Or is it called praise + teasing?

Many of the parts of the dwarven kingdom that need to be refined are the contribution of the gnomes, and there are very few evil beings among the gnomes, just as rare as the strong ones among the gnomes.

While they were indeed a race that was particularly adept at gem crafting, the gnome who came in looked very old, with golden-gray hair and shriveled wood-brown skin.

There was a beautiful looking garment hanging on his body, but the dwarf was so thin that it felt as if a gust of wind could blow him away at any moment. Only those blue eyes are still bright.

When he came in, he blew away the clerk, sat down unceremoniously on the sofa opposite Ann and Kara with a cane, and took out a notebook very skillfully and said:

"I'm Clark."

Ann glanced at Kara for confirmation, after all, he had never heard the name.

What's more, this dwarf is just a little too old.

Gnomes have a lifespan of 350 years, which is 150 years less than dwarves, and only a few of the more unusual gnomes live to be 500 years old.

No matter how you say that the dwarf who looks like this is also 300 years old, not to mention whether he can continue to be 500 years old, just with his current state of walking and crutches, it is a question of whether he can hold a carving knife.

As if seeing An Yizhi's distrust, the dwarf monster screamed to attract attention:

"Isn't Clark a bad name? Do I have to tell you my full name? Ha! Then you're going to have to prepare a lot of blank paper, I have too many names to count, and I'll write them all out enough to make a set of armor for you two little guys, haha! ”

Ann and Kara looked at each other.......

He seems to have just told a joke?

By the way, there are indeed a lot of names for dwarfs, and their parents will give one when they are born, and as they grow up, their brothers and sisters will also name him, uncles and aunts will also give him names, and especially close friends will also give names, and even when they are bored, they will use the way to name themselves to pass the boredom.

How many names an elderly dwarf has........ I'm afraid even he can't remember.

When the two were pondering whether to cooperate with the meaning of laughing, the old dwarf muttered:

"So you humans are too short-lived, you don't understand any humor, forget it, get down to business."

He snapped open the notepad, slowly pulled out the quill and licked it on the tip of his tongue:

"You said you wanted to customize the magic gems? Come, talk about the requirements. ”

The rapid change in his face makes people wonder if the dwarf has learned Sichuan opera to change his face, but the other party plans to talk about business, which is exactly what An Yizhi wants.

"I need this gem to have the ability to protect and control spells, and at the same time, it needs to be easy to set automatically, and the grade is above Perfect."

"Uh-huh, what about the size?"

An Yi pointed the staff in his hand forward, pointed to the space between the two gems, one red and one blue, and said:

"No more than that"

The dwarf jotted down the requirements in his notebook, then looked up:

"That's all you want?"

This requires...... Is it less?

Limiting the size, ability, and grade, this magic gem can only be mined by luck in other multiverse dungeons, and it can be mined with good luck, and it is impossible to dig it for a lifetime if you are unlucky.

It seems that An Yizhi still thinks the word 'customized' too simple.

"For example, the color, the shape, how many facets are cut...... By the way, do you want to engrave? ”

“……”

Why, a certain treasure wind......

Seeing that An Yizhi really had no other needs, the old dwarf closed the notepad and said:

"That's the only way to ask for it, I thought it would be challenging, and the ready-made blank processing in hand can meet your needs."

It sounds like a handicap, but An Yizhi is a little worried about the production time.

Crafting magic gems is a unique skill in this dungeon world, or rather, the unique skill of the dwarf named Clark in front of him.

Therefore, the time it takes to make a magic gem is a bit difficult to estimate, and the experience of watching Lena make a shielding cloth cannot be used as a reference at all.

Usually alchemists start to make an item from scratch, as little as three or five days, more than three or five years, or even more than ten years, and there are too many things to prepare in the early stage.

Even if all the tools and materials are readily available, it is unknown how much time it will take to get the final product.

An Yizhi couldn't stay in this dungeon world for too long, and if he couldn't finish it before the time limit ended, he would have to wait until the next time he came back to pick up the goods.

- Devil knows when.

"Excuse me, how long will it take?"

The old dwarf didn't raise his head, and casually stuffed the notebook into his arms:

"Don't worry, you will definitely be able to do it before you go back, and I will ask someone to send it to you when it is done."

It seems to be a special NPC again.

This kind of NPC An Yizhi has also encountered a lot, and he doesn't care, saying that the clerk told Master Clark that he was not there, and suddenly ran out because of the authority of the Duke's family?

But it's not.

After the old dwarf finished speaking, he looked up at the staff in An Yizhi's hand, to be precise, at the dark purple gem on the head of the staff:

"Boy, tell me honestly, you don't shoot well when you use shelling mode."

“……”

This question is a bit dirty......

Kara glanced at An Yizhi in surprise, but this girl pretended to solve the case the most, and her curiosity about An Yizhi was still extremely limited.

The old dwarf picked up the teacup, and regardless of whether the hot black tea in it was hot or not, he took a big sip and said:

"Your crazy master came in and told me to get a gem to match the staff, and there was a long list of technical requirements and shape indicators alone, but it really took me a lot of effort, and you are far worse than your master in comparison."

Clarke's willingness to make a move is for the sake of Nikolai's face, otherwise not to mention the authority of the Duke's family, even if the emperor comes to him, he will dare to refuse.

An Yizhi pointed out that the technology and components used in this magic guide staff in his hand were by no means something that Nikolai could do by himself, it can be said that he integrated all the techniques he could find and use, and this was the legendary staff for a long time, and it would not be too much to say that it was the highest achievement in Nikolai's life.

Again, Nikolai is really good to his apprentices......

Seeing that the old dwarf had some plans to make small talk, such as talking about the black history of Nikolai when he was young, Kara quietly tugged at the corner of An Yizhi's clothes.

Anyway, the gem is set, the money is in the duke's account, and it's almost time to get down to business.

But Ann didn't ask what he was doing, as if he didn't feel it, he was talking nonsense to the old dwarf, but he couldn't make Kara anxious.

In fact, she is in a hurry, there is no clue at all, can she catch the prisoner in a hurry?

"Look at me, when I'm old, I really talk a lot."

The old dwarf patted his forehead and said:

"Boy, you're not just here to order a gem, don't pretend, your virtue is exactly the same as your master's youth."

In addition to the gemstone...... What other purposes?

Kara was a little confused, and the old dwarf glanced at her and pointed out:

"I've been making gemstones in the imperial capital for almost three hundred years, and I cut gems here when the empire didn't exist, and I can tell you very clearly that my store never sells any raw magic gem materials."

Sure enough, he was an old man, and he continued:

"And I can also say without hesitation that my gem psychedelia has monopolized the gemstone business in the imperial capital, and it is impossible for high-end magic gem materials to flow out of my store, but low-end gem materials are not something I can manage, and there are some black market merchants in the city, and it is possible to start from them."

Carla asked eagerly:

"Do you know how to find a black marketeer?"

"Hey, look at what you said, I'm just an old man who likes to cut gems, how do you know this."

The old dwarf got up with a cane step by step, and said one more word before leaving:

"Boy, the imperial capital has not been peaceful recently, if you are just here to travel, it is best not to mix up and mess up, otherwise it will be easy to get out of it."

After saying that, he pushed the door and left, without any intention of chatting at all.

–‐‐——–‐‐——

Psychedelic from the jewel, Ann Yizhi did not go to take Kara's carriage, and walked along the road with complete disregard for his employer.

This made Kara think that the goods were not paid and planned to break the contract, but she was secretly happy because there was some progress in the case, and she didn't care about An Yizhi's actions, but leaned over and followed him side by side, and said excitedly:

"Do you want to find out where the gems come from? What a good idea, the murderer leaves gems behind every time he kills, and the murderer can be found just by finding the source of these gems. How did I not think of it before? ”

Because you're stupid......

An Yizhi really couldn't bear to continue to complain about this blue-haired girl.

Of course, she is not stupid, but professionally wrong.

I went to a military school for several years, and my main thing to learn was to arrange troops, so I naturally didn't know anything about the criminal investigation major. If you have to prove your value and forcibly intervene, you will naturally have an empty mind and no way to start.

It's like if you ask a car repair master to repair an airplane, it's not a supporting one at all, and naturally you don't know how to do it.

It is indeed a way to follow this clue, but this method is ......

It's honestly not reliable.