Chapter 36: Forest Thieves (3,000 votes)
How to make money, of course, depends on your own magic.
Magic requires a wand, and Link currently has a crescent moon wand and a fire crystal staff, the former being a master work, and the latter being a bit bulky and distinctly in the Dark Elf style, both of which are not very well exposed.
Link thought about it and decided to use the Crescent Moon Wand. Of course, he had to add a layer of camouflage to the wand before using it......
After thinking about it, Link spent 1 free point and exchanged it for a new spell.
Substitution
Level 0 magic
Purpose: A low-level enchantment that replaces one substance for another without changing its physical shape.
After receiving the magic, Link first wrapped the crescent moon wand with layers of linen to hide the wand's original appearance, then found some oak scraps, placed the crescent moon wand wrapped in thick linen on the oak wood, and then took out the fire crystal staff and began to release the displacement technique.
A translucent ball of light with ripples appeared on the Fire Crystal Staff, and Link pointed at the Crescent Moon: "Displacement!" ”
The ball of light landed on the wand, and the brown linen on the surface of the wand changed slightly, revealing some woody textures, but that wasn't enough, a displacement technique wouldn't completely replace the linen with oak.
"Displacement!"
"Displacement!"
"Displacement!"
After releasing five displacement spells in a row, the linen outside the Crescent Moon Wand became oak, which was still porous and breathable, and did not affect the spell casting at all.
The surface was a little rough, and Link carefully grinded it with fine sand, and in an instant, the ornate crescent wand became an ordinary 'wooden stick'.
Well, this looks like it, and you can take it out and use it.
After modifying the wand, Link felt hungry again, so he went to the lobby of the inn, and as usual, bought a long strip of coarse wheat bread for five coppers, and after thinking about it, bought a cup of ale for ten coppers.
I haven't changed my taste for more than half a month, my mouth has almost faded out of the bird, and I drink a glass of wine to spice it up.
"Hey, Link, how did you get wide today?" The innkeeper quipped, taking a full glass of ale and handing it to Link.
A voice also came from the other side: "Link, you're going to lose weight like this, you can't go on like this." ”
It's the drunkard Tom, this guy has a little money in his pocket, he will come over to drink as soon as he gets drunk, and when he gets drunk, he will go home and beat his wife, for this matter, his mother-in-law quarreled with him for several years, and finally simply ran away with someone, but this guy still has no change, wine is really his true love!
"Haha, I said Link, what the hell are you doing in the attic all day? Tell us all? Another regular laughed.
After spending more than half a month here, most of the people in the inn knew Link, and in fact, the whole of Riverdale had heard that there was a strange person in the inn in the town.
Link smiled at the teasing and told the truth, "I'm a magician, and I've been studying magic all this time. ”
Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, there was a burst of laughter in the hall.
Tom the drunkard drunkenly said, "Haha, if you are a magician, I will be a great sage." ”
Everyone else laughed, and although Link had repeated it several times, no one believed him.
Riverdale is close to the High School of Magic in the East Valley, and from time to time you can see the magicians of the academy, in the eyes of the townspeople, the magicians are a group of people who are well-dressed and generous, and they will also hold a thing called a magic wand in their hands, they also seem to be very spiritual, and the whole person seems to be shrouded in mysterious light.
Link, on the other hand, was dressed in a shoddy linen robe (he sold his gray robe for money), his body was thin, his face was vegetable, and he had never seen him use any magic, so no one believed him.
Link didn't argue either, for him, it didn't matter what the townsfolk thought of him, even if they treated him like a beggar, as long as it didn't get in the way of his life.
He was already standing on a higher level, and the eagle would not pay attention to the chicken's opinion, so Link didn't even have the effort to explain.
Smiling, he took his food to the corner, Link took a bite of coarse wheat bread and took a sip of ale to moisten his throat, and his expression was very calm all the while.
The people in the hall talked a few words about him, and when they saw that he didn't respond, they all felt bored, so they muttered a few times and began to talk about the parents in the town.
At this time, suddenly there was a heavy rhythmic footstep at the door, and then the light in the hall dimmed slightly, which made the guests in the hall quiet down, and they all turned their heads to look at the door.
Link also looked over.
At the door of the hall, a strong man with a height of nearly two meters and an arm thicker than Link's thighs walked in, this strong man had loose hair, a rough face, a long beard, and was wearing gray leather armor, and some iron armor pieces were sewn on his heart and under his ribs, and he also carried a war hammer on his shoulder, this war hammer was pure iron, even the handle, plus the thick hammer head behind the hammer that was nearly twenty centimeters long, this thing was estimated to weigh seventy or eighty kilograms, and this was not all, he also had a thick shield on his back, and the shield was at least five centimeters thick. It's also pure iron, and the weight of this thing is not light.
Link was sure that if he was lightly hit by this thing, he would be killed on the spot.
The stout man walked in like a tank, creaking the wooden floor of the inn with every foot, and it was only when he came in that the crowd saw two men behind him.
An archer, probably in his 30s, with a sturdy posture and a suit of leather armor. The last is a woman, about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with a middle-to-upper appearance, fiery red hair, wearing a tight leather armor, and her figure is extremely hot, which should be convex and concave, and there is no ambiguity at all, which can easily detonate a man's hormones!
The people in the hall were stunned.
Tom the drunkard is the most obscene, since this woman appeared, his eyes have not left the other party's lower three ways, and the corners of his mouth are drooling without knowing it.
This drunkard hasn't touched a woman in years, and even when he sees a sow, he can see double eyelids, let alone such a hot girl.
The woman had a one-handed sword strapped to her back, she was supposed to be a swordsman, she was keen, she easily felt Tom's obscene gaze, and her dark blue eyes glared fiercely.
Tom the drunkard screamed in fright, and the glass in his hand fell to the ground, and he didn't dare to look at it.
The people in the inn were also taken aback and did not dare to look any further.
This scene made Link's heart move: "These three people are all masters, and this woman still has a strong murderous aura, and she has obviously killed a lot of people." However, the temperament of these three people is not dark and evil, they should be mercenaries who go south and north to take on tasks to make money. ”
Seeing that the people in the lobby of the inn were shocked, the three of them asked for some food, and then began to discuss as if no one was around.
They were loud and not afraid to be heard, so Link heard what they were saying.
"This can't be fought, can't be fought at all, that guy Werther is a coward, hiding in the cave all day, the three of us go in, it's too dangerous, the terrain in the cave is narrow, and my bow is not very good." The archer took a bite of the fragrant pastrami and shook his head, a little frustrated.
"Hey, don't say frustrating words. It's a little dangerous, but the bounty is also high, and we have run hundreds of miles, do we have to give up after a glance? The woman spoke, she counted the archers, and then looked at the strong man, "What do you say, Ark?" ”
The strong man has a rough face, but his personality looks very gentle, gently cut a bite of meat and put it into his mouth, chew it slowly, and when he heard the woman's words, he thought for a while: "We have to find a helper." Werther was a third-level assassin who had mastered the battle qi, and now that he was so cautious, it was really difficult to deal with. ”
"Helper?" The archer scoffed, "What masters are there in Riverdale?" Unless you can go to the East Valley School of Magic and find a magician. ”
The red-haired woman immediately cried out: "Gridan, you are crazy! Can we afford a magician? Even if we give him all the commission, people may not be able to take a fancy to it, let alone go on an adventure with us, they are very expensive. ”
"I'm just kidding." Gridan the archer pursed his lips and ate with his head down.
After that, the three of them all said a few more words, all about the mission, and the name of the mission target was Werther, but after discussing it for a long time, they didn't come up with any good solutions.
Link listened attentively for no other reason, because he remembered the name Werther.
Werther, the leader of the Dark Brotherhood, is a man of hooligans, robbers, and gangsters who have the trait of being cloaked in blood-red cloths.
These were the people who besieged Elette in the forest.
At this point in time, the Dark Brotherhood is wreaking havoc in the western part of the Gwent Forest, and is the largest underground force in the western part of the forest, and Werther is the king hidden in the darkness. In the western part of Gwent Forest, Werther was much more conceivable than the mayor of Riverdale, and whoever he wanted would not survive the next morning.
Of course, like all underworlds, Witt can hold up such a big scene in the area near the royal capital hot spring city, and in the royal capital, there must be its umbrella.
Link remembers very well that this umbrella can be traced back layer by layer, and finally it can reach the Iron Duke...... It's not that the Iron Duke connived at Werther's bad deeds, but that he also enjoyed a part of the money Werther paid, and intentionally or unintentionally, he turned a blind eye.
Naturally, Witt was even more unscrupulous.
Recalling these materials, Link suddenly remembered a word, called 'Werther's Treasure'.
As the leader of an illegal underground organization, Witt is inherently insecure, and his money will never be stored in the Norton Kingdom's money bank or something, but carefully hidden, this guy is not hiding in one place, but like a squirrel, a pile in the east, a pile in the west, buried everywhere in the forest.
In the previous life game, if the player is lucky enough, it is possible that when he kills Werther, there is a certain chance of picking up the treasure map of 'Werther's Treasure', Link picked up one, he searched all the way, and finally found more than 100 gold coins, at that time a gold coin in the game was equivalent to 100 yuan, which was really a big profit.
In the previous life game, the location of the treasure indicated by these treasure maps was random, and there were statistics on the forums that Werther had bought at least twenty places with his own money.
If you can find more than 100 gold coins in one location, the money in more than 20 places may add up to the tuition fees of the Magic Academy in one fell swoop!
So, as soon as he heard the name Werther, Link was moved.
He is now short of money has reached a certain level, listening to the three mercenaries chatting for a long time, his heart has already moved, and almost at the same time, news appeared in Link's vision.
Triggers Bounty Mission: Assassination
Content: Kill Werther, the leader of the Dark Brotherhood!
Reward: 10 free points.
Well, in this case, he will not be able to take on this task.
Patiently waited for the three mercenaries to have eaten and drunk enough and left the inn, Link immediately got up and chased after him.
Outside the inn, Link quickened his pace and shouted, "Hey, wait, do you need a helper?" ”