Chapter 13: The Covenant of the Ancient People and the Search Quest
When I returned to the city of Harlogas, I still didn't see a few adventurers in the city, although Overseer Shank had already been killed, but today's demon flow had already descended the mountain before Overseer Shank was killed, and the adventurers and barbarian armies on the front who wanted to be idle would not return until dark at the earliest.
"Let's go, let's go have a good meal first, then get some sleep, and then go find Rasuk tomorrow."
Although I was angry during the time when Overseer Shank was killed, on the way back I was thinking that the god-level barbarian didn't reveal who sent him, and we couldn't ask anything if we just asked, but it will be different tomorrow morning, because by then the word will spread throughout the city, and the magic that is besieging Harogas will be gone.
"Okay."
Although everyone had doubts, they still suppressed them and followed me directly back to the tavern.
"When you find Rasuk tomorrow, just tell him that the Overseer Shank has been wiped out, and say nothing else."
At the dinner table, I still explained to them about going to Lasuk tomorrow, but as for the reason, everyone is smart people, even if they don't understand it now, it won't take long for them to figure it out, this Overseer Shank was not killed by us, and we didn't get any items that can be proven, so we can only deal with it like this, in general, we don't suffer a loss, after all, that god-level barbarian saved us, if it was just us, then we really can't kill this Overseer Shank, Although we are very angry, it is a little too much to ask if they saved your life, and they dug this pit first, so we will not say if we are grateful.
After a night of silence, and after breakfast, we left the tavern and went straight to the blacksmith Rasuk.
In fact, we don't need to look for it carefully, and at this time Rasuk is already busy in the straw hut.
The guy was naked, his eyes narrowed slightly, his muscles bulging, and he smashed the hammer in his right hand against the metal that his left hand was fixed to the stone platform.
Seeing that he was working, we didn't bother directly, but watched quietly from the side, after all, we didn't want Rasuke to smash this piece of metal, although we didn't know what this metal was, but looking at the tempered posture, it shouldn't be an ordinary thing.
It didn't take long for Rasuke to cold brew the metal in the water, and he was relieved that the stage was complete.
"Rasuk, the Overseer Shank has been killed, it is estimated that adventurers or barbarians will come to the door soon to sell some materials, and you don't have to worry about the siege telling you to put down the hammer and pick up the sword."
I didn't want to delay him too long, so I summed it up in a very brief sentence.
"Oh, you wait, let me build this shield first."
Instead of answering my words, Rasuk picked up the piece of metal that had been cold-brewed and continued to clink and hammer it down.
Don't say it, after two or three times of repeating this, we finally found that the metal had a little bit of a shield.
Rasuk is really abrasive, just like this to dry us for a long time, among which He Tian wanted to get angry and was stopped by me, and Avila wanted to speak but was also stopped by me, through the conversation just now, I can see that this Rasuk is not surprised at all by what we said about the Overseer Shank and the end of the siege of Harlogas, that is to say, he already knew, but that's how he didn't let us go, I don't believe there is anything that needs to make us wait so long, unless the equipment he has built in his hand is for us now, In order to add another shield to He Tian, it is a small matter for us to wait for half a day, after all, a piece of equipment that fits can not be obtained from the loot of monsters in a day and a half.
"You're here early today."
Rasuk had finally made the shield in shape, and all that was left was trimming and carving, but it didn't need to be gathered around the furnace, and it finally led us into his blacksmith shop and sat down.
"Early? Actually, we came back last night, and today I will tell you that we are ready to go out to practice again, if it weren't for the fact that you are running out of materials, we will directly experience on the frozen highlands, and we don't have to waste those flawless gems. ”
The most important thing that stands out in the true and false words is that we wasted some flawless gems in order to report to him, these are all money, five flawless gems, even if dark gold equipment can't be bought, but a few pieces of gold equipment can still be loosely exchanged.
"Ahem, it's a pity I don't have a gem to compensate you, but this thing is my compensation for you."
Rasuk put down the shield in his hand, found a few small objects in the counter behind him, and threw them directly on the table.
"Runes: Tár, can be placed in grooved items; Weapons: Adds 750 Toxin damage for 5 seconds; Armor: Anti-poison 30%; Helmet: Anti-poison 30%; Shield: Anti-poison 35%, level 17 required. ”
"Rune: Ral, can be placed in a groove item; Weapons: Increases fire damage by 50-300; Armor: 30% fire resistance; Helmet: Fire resistance 30%; Shield: 35% fire resistance, requires level 19. ”
"Rune: Ott, can be put into a groove item; Weapons: Increases lightning damage by 10-500; Armor: 30% lightning resistant; Helmet: Lightning Resistance 30%; Shield: 35% lightning resistance, requires level 21. ”
Runes don't need to be identified, these three runes we also obtained when we were in the Rune Babel Tower, and the value of this rune is indeed higher than that of flawless gems, these are all runes that increase the attributes of various elements, and the value is even higher.
"Three runes as compensation, that's pretty good."
I didn't plan to let go after reading it, and since it was for us, then I just laughed and accepted.
"There's nothing going on now, we're in a hurry to get out of town."
I don't want to spend any more time with him, I should leave when I'm done with the benefits, I don't want to regenerate anything here.
"Don't worry, there's one more thing I need your help with, but I can give you this reward first."
Rasuke saw that I was so slippery, and immediately spoke out to stop it, his habit is to give benefits first, so that we will not only be active but also do things well, as for the consequences of not doing well, hehe, as long as you go, if you can't do it, you won't be able to come back, but don't treat the place where monsters are full of monsters as tourism.
"What kind of remuneration do you want to talk about first?"
Rasuk's reward is nothing more than materials or equipment, but I'm still interested in it if it works for us.
"A set of rune words and a rune language shield shield."
Rasuk said the pay.
"A set of runes?"
I haven't listened to the rest of the words, the value of this set of runes is really piercing, if I really have a set, I believe that even god-level adventurers in the same camp will point the finger at us, and instead try to get this rune over.
"You're thinking too much, I'm talking about a set of rune words."
Seeing that I stood up excitedly, Rasuk shook his head a little speechlessly, and repeated it word by word.
"Oh, Rune Language, we have it, don't you give us the same thing?"
I showed the leaf staff in my hand, and motioned for He Tian to put the helmet on the table as well.
Rasuk's eyes shrank, for a blacksmith, the equipment of rune words is also equipment, he didn't pay attention to it before, when we put it on the table, he finally knew, our team is not simple, and we know several rune words.
"Hehe, it seems that your background is quite deep, but don't worry, my rune language is unique to barbarians, how about it, is this reward appropriate?"
Rasuk is very confident, as if he has eaten us, if it is a person who does not understand the language of runes, he really has no way, but since we have the equipment of the language of runes, then we must understand the value of the language of runes.
"Okay, we're satisfied with the reward, now tell us what you want us to do."
A few of us looked at each other, and we all thought that this task could be done.
"Before the siege of Harlogas, many plateau barbarian warriors did not have time to evacuate, they are also some top-level barbarians, which is considered a good combat force, I don't know what their situation is, if they are still alive, then since you are going to go to the frozen heights to experience, then please rescue them."
This task of Rasuk is vague, because we do not recognize the difference between plain barbarians and highland barbarians.
"What if they all die in battle?"
He Tian said one of the possibilities.
"If they die in battle, you just need to bury the bodies of these soldiers on the spot, you can save as many as you can, if there is really no one, it is also fate."
Rasuk said with some sadness.
"Rest assured, if we encounter these barbarian warriors, we will lend a helping hand."
I quickly interrupted to say something about whether this task might be done or not.
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"Okay, you take out those runes."
After digging out three grooves in the shield in his hand, Rasuk polished the edges and thorns of the shield again, and turned his head to let me take out the tal runes, ral runes, and otter runes that I had just put away.
"Oh." "Boom."
I took out a few runes that hadn't been heated in the spatial ring, and they were still on the table.
"Look, this set of rune words I gave you is called the Ancient People's Contract."
Rasuk gestured to us, putting the Lal Rune into the first groove, then the Ote Rune, and finally the Thal Rune into the bottom groove.
As Rasuk's hand placed the talar rune in and left, the shield erupted with a burst of light, flashing from the top to the bottom of the shield like flowing water, and then reverted to its black appearance.
"Remember the words of the runes, here you go."
Rasuk gave me the shield.
"Yes, I remember."
I nodded, reached for my shield, and looked down at the stats.
"The Ancients' Contract, Goethe's Shield: Defense 38, Block Chance 36%, Durability 40/40, Required Strength Points 60, +13% Enhanced Defense, +1 Light Radial Radius, +50% Defense Enhanced, Cold Resistance +43%, Fire Resistance +48%, Lightning Resistance +48%, Poison Resistance +48%, 10% Damaged Life Moved to Mana."
The attributes of this shield let me look up at Rasuk when I look at it, this shield is simply perverted, all the elemental resistances have almost reached half, if He Tian encounters Dak Faun while holding this shield, it is estimated that he can be killed alone.
"Here you go."
I gave the shield directly to He Tian.
"Damn!"
He Tian couldn't help but burst into foul mouth, and looked at me with very hot eyes after reading the attributes.
"I took this mission, although I don't know how much I can rescue, but we will do our best to save it. However, there is one thing, when there is a huge disparity in strength between us and the enemy, and we can't defeat it, we will not save it. ”
Things are good, but life is more important, and I explained this to Rasuk.
"It's a bit hurtful to tell you the truth, but I can understand it. Anyway, thank you. Okay, I don't have anything else to do, I'll fix your equipment for you, and you can go. ”
Rasuk had nothing more to explain, so he restocked us with javelins and arrows, and carefully repaired everyone's equipment, before letting us go.
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"Boss, shall we go directly to the Frozen Highlands?"
The harvest at the Lasuk Blacksmith not only compensates for the flawless gems we consumed, but even if we teleport over again, it will be worth it.
"No, let's go to Marat first, we may use the potion she has, don't forget that it is a frozen highland, since we can add the word freezing, it will definitely not be very warm, we will prepare more dissolving potions."
The monsters we encountered in the jungle were poisonous, so we were equipped with absolutely enough antidotes, plus some tactics needed the support of physical elixirs, neither of us needed to replenish them, but the dissolving potions were different, except for the dark lord Duriel, who was cold, we had not encountered a particularly cold place, so the preparation of this aspect became a must.
"Hey Marat, we want some dissolving potion."
These barbarians are very straightforward, and I just omit unnecessary politeness.
"Oh, I still want to find you, there's something that makes me anxious right now."
Marat's hand was on the counter with the dissolving potion for us, and his mouth was still babbling to me.
"Oh? Are you in any trouble? ”
I'm a little strange, what else is Marata in trouble with Harogas?
"That's right, my apprentice, that is, Anya, she hasn't been back for a long time, after the last time she quarreled with Nilasek, she said that she was going to the Arret Plateau, it's so dangerous outside, I'm a little worried about her, if you stop by the way, you can help me find her."
Mara spoke out about her difficulties.
"Hey, how did you know we were going to the Arrett Plateau? We went to the frozen highlands. ”
He Tian asked such a sentence stupidly.
I support my forehead, he is the owner of a pharmacy store, and adventurers buy dissolving potions for only one purpose, that is, to go to colder places, this kind of question still needs to be asked? I don't usually see He Tian being stupid.
"Didn't you go to the Arret Plateau via the Frozen Heights?"
Marat is also a little strange.
"Does it make a difference?"
I heard something different in that.
"I thought you knew, I didn't tell you last time that Zhang Kang was worshipping their ancestors on the ancient road, and if you want to get there, you need to pass through a cave on the Arret Plateau to reach the frozen tundra and find Zhang Kang, I thought you were looking for him."
Marat told us that the mountains on this plateau are connected to the mountains, and it is easy to get lost if you are not careful, but if you follow the mountain wall, then you will definitely find a place.
"Well, we have something to do in the Frozen Highlands and need to rescue some barbarians."
I explained to Mara that even if we promised to save this woman named Anya, it would be after we were out of the barbarians.
"It's okay, it's not a short time since she left, life and death are in the sky, you just remember to help me find it." Hey~~~"
Marat pushed all the dissolving potions onto the counter for us to load.
"We'll remember."
There was no way to promise about this matter, so we said goodbye to Marat, thought that there was nothing missing, and went straight out of the city.
It's already afternoon, and if we had traveled overnight, we would probably have reached the frozen heights tomorrow, and this flawless gem would have been a waste of hours.