Although An Yizhi already has too many characteristics that are not human, and his personality has some antisocial meanings, it is undeniable that he is still a human and has a fragile essence that belongs to mortals.

Therefore, the current An Yizhi wants to make a big splash very much, with his ability, it is indeed a bit bragging to completely destroy the entire imperial capital, but it is still possible to demolish half of the city.

It's just that there must be strong people on the imperial side, and this kind of big guy with a level of about 60~70 can be said to be the standard configuration of every organization, just like nuclear weapons, you can do without it, but you must have it, otherwise it will really not make a sound.

What's more, this is not the copy where the Star Tower is located, nor is it a magic city, and An Yizhi has no home field advantage here, and it is very lacking in both intelligence and manpower.

If he really named all the nobles one by one as he thought, the consequences would probably be that the real murderer would go unpunished, and An Yizhi would be directly expelled from the dungeon, and the main quest would fail.

So Ann pointed to the place where he is going now, just to find clues in order to lock down the mastermind behind the scenes.

Previously, Kara asked the guards to help them find a suitable blacksmith shop, and usually the guards don't care about this kind of thing.

Because Kara is the person in charge of the serial killer case, it belongs to the extra force parachuted in, and the guard will cooperate in this case, and the rest is not under her control.

But because with the help of Ann and Kara, the serial killer has been blocked in the sewers, and the guards can finally breathe a sigh of relief, and they don't refuse Kara's request.

Mainly because it's not hard to find.

In the northwest corner of the imperial capital, there is a street famous for the gathering of artisans.

There are a large number of blacksmiths and alchemy workshops, and the equipment and weapons produced here will be sent to equipment shops all over the country for adventurers to choose from.

For this reason, over time, this street was also called Artisan Street.

The permanent residents of the streets are mainly dwarves, halflings, dwarfs and other creatures.

It can be said that the clues obtained by An Yizhi based on crossbow arrows and hidden arrows are almost useless, because there are too many qualified blacksmith shops and alchemy workshops on this street, and 8 out of 10 meet the requirements.

If you only rely on An Yizhi and Kara, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort, but with the intelligence support of the guard, it is relatively convenient.

Due to the considerable tax revenue contributed by Artisan Street, the guards patrolled this part of the street quite frequently, and the patrol found a blacksmith shop in a closed state.

This is not normal.

During the Midsummer Festival, a large number of tourists flocked to the imperial capital, and the vast majority of them were adventurers who moved around with special freedom.

Adventurers are the main customers of these artisan streets, and it's not uncommon for tourists to come here to buy equipment at much cheaper prices.

Coupled with the merchants who came to the imperial capital to buy goods in bulk, this time was the busiest time for Artisan Street, and everyone was desperately trying to make money.

At this time, there was actually a blacksmith shop closed, which was naturally very suspicious.

Since Kara didn't explain to the guards what they were going to do with the blacksmith shop, she and Ann were the only ones on the trip.

According to the house number, find the closed blacksmith shop, his appearance is almost the same as the magic consumables store, closed with an iron roll door, the difference is that the blacksmith shop only has two floors, and you can see a long chimney in the back.

Sending the rickshaw away, Kara grabbed the weapon at her waist, ready to do it at any moment, and then stepped forward and knocked on the iron roll door, but no one answered.

Kara took two steps back and pointed at Ann and said:

"No one answered the door, and the chimney behind it didn't smoke, so let's ask a nearby store about the situation first."

"Don't be that troublesome."

After speaking, An pointed and raised his hand:

"Spell Penetration: Stand the Battering Hammer!"

The hammer-shaped stance with a strong impact was like a truck, directly smashing the iron roll door into a depression, accompanied by the sound of squeaking metal deformation, and a large hole was directly smashed out of it by An Yizhi.

This big move naturally attracted the attention of the nearby shops, and a dwarf appeared not far from the door, and he shouted in a loud voice peculiar to the race:

"What do you want to do!"

At the same time, he carried the hammer of striking iron to expose the strong tendons and flesh of his upper body, and seemed to regard An Yizhi and them as wrongdoers who made trouble.

And An Yi ignored him, and reached out to find the book of the fetus.

"Come out, Graeme"

- Long!

The giant clay giant rose from the ground, and despite not being blessed with the perfect reader, Graeme was still over 6 meters tall, almost as tall as five dwarves stacked on top of each other.

The latter was frightened, and almost sat on the ground, and when he saw that Graeme had no follow-up action, he ran away with his hammer, presumably to find the guards.

Ann Yizhi completely ignored the stares cast by the surrounding shops, and walked into the blacksmith shop as if nothing had happened.

Kara looked at it, sighed and followed.

I always feel that this bodyguard is a little crooked......

The interior of the blacksmith shop doesn't look unusual, and the shelves are full of weapons and equipment.

"Detection Magic"

As the detection spell unfolded, Ann received no magical response.

He said to Kara, who had just followed up:

"We might be in the right place."

The productivity of this quest world is very high, and the level of alchemy is much better than that of other quest worlds, especially in the mass production of low-end magic items.

Theoretically, there are very few unenchanted pieces of equipment in this quest, as enchantments don't cost much.

Therefore, when the magic is detected and there is no response, it means that the goods displayed in this equipment store are actually all kinds of goods, used to fool people in disguise.

However, Ann said this with a finger, without explaining at all, and continued to raise his feet and walk forward.

Kara didn't dare to ask when she saw this, because An's state was indeed a bit scary now.

Walking through the counter full of goods, Ann kicked open the hidden wooden door and came to the backyard.

There is a small furnace here, and at the other end of the furnace, almost five or six meters opposite it, there is a large cauldron, which looks like the kind of earthen stove that is common in the countryside.

The furnace was no longer burning, and he quickly tested the temperature of the outer wall of the furnace with his hand, and it was a little hot, and the fuel in the furnace had been burned, probably something that had been left behind.

"There are traces of something that has been used and beaten recently on the iron felt, and I can't see it if it's too specific."

Hela said as she looked at the felt on the edge of the furnace, and Ann nodded, skimming over the furnace to the cauldron on the other side.

To be sure, this pot is definitely not for cooking.

There must be oil stains on the pot that is used to cook often, but this pot is very dry, and it looks more like a cast iron pot used to fry dried melon seeds or something.

Oddly enough, the stove appears to have been improvised and has handles on the cauldron to allow the pot to move, but it has a lot of mud on the edge of the pot, as if the owner didn't want the flames under the stove to accidentally jump into the cauldron.

Ann crouched down with one finger and looked at the wisp of black dust left on the stove.

He twisted it with his hand, and it felt a bit like toner.

The cauldron was filled with black powder like toner, and An Yizhi suddenly had an idea.

He reached for a long match for his pipe and brought the flame close to the black powder.

With a whew, the wisp of powder quickly burned, and released a large amount of white smoke and a choking smell.

"That's right, it's black powder."

Hearing Ann's words, Kara said strangely:

"What is black powder?"

Ann pointed back and looked at Kara with the eyes of a fool:

"You don't even know black powder? Forget it, I'm too lazy to explain, Hela gave her a science popularization. ”

Unexpectedly, Hela was also puzzled:

"Master, what is black powder? There is no such medicine in the database, is it a potion that can burn? ”

Only then did he realize that he had made a common-sense mistake.

There is no black powder in the wizarding world, including this seemingly well-developed dungeon world.

Although guns are not uncommon in the multiverse, and many players use them, the bullets fired by the guns are not powered by gunpowder, but by encapsulated fire spells.

The advantage of this is that it is not afraid of moisture, and the reliability is better, but the disadvantage is that it is expensive, even if there is a special mold to make bullets in batches, the price is not cheap, which makes many remote players who use guns complain.

That is, they simply do not know what gunpowder is.

He was about to show the significance of gunpowder for war when he remembered another thing.

Gunpowder is not a simple mixture of nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal, and it is very difficult to make this kind of gunpowder to ignite. Not to mention that gunpowder formulations can directly affect the development of weapons of war in many cases.

In addition to the main ingredients such as saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal, other ingredients are added or the proportions are changed to create the desired gunpowder characteristics, such as smokeless gunpowder, primer propellant used in firearm bullets, and so on.

Black powder is a relatively simple thing, and the cauldron is used to fry gunpowder, as for the more specific method......

- I don't want to die.

Then the question arises, not to mention where the formula of black powder comes from, in such a magical world without gunpowder, someone is actually making black powder, what is his purpose?

This can be seen in the characteristics of black powder.

If the wizarding world wants to explode, it can simply use magic, or mix two explosive potions, which can also achieve an explosive effect, similar to An Yizhi's initial skill unstable compound.

But all of these explosions are based on 'magic', and since they are based on magic, they are naturally targeted. Magical explosives are detected on important occasions or in restricted areas, similar to real-life security checks on vehicles.

The problem is that security in the wizarding world can't detect black powder, which is a very scientific and non-magical explosive......

And judging from the size of this cauldron, the other party has prepared a lot of black powder, maybe a few or even a dozen large wine barrels, no matter how you think about it, just to test or make fireworks and firecrackers to listen to the sound.

Combined with the assassination of Jeremiah before, the premonition in An Yizhi's heart that someone wanted to make trouble became stronger and stronger.