Chapter 223: Equipment worth 100,000 kimpuk
Bang dang ~ bang dang ~
When Li De decided to build a super heavy warrior, the sound of forging weapons became the main theme in the skies over Daybreak.
These days the inhabitants live by the sound of striking iron.
At present, there are a total of 78 blacksmiths in Daybreak City, most of whom are low-level blacksmiths who forge farm tools for farmers, and only a dozen or so are mid-level blacksmiths who can craft weapons independently.
And the high-level blacksmith is only the nugget who has half the dwarven blood, there is no grandmaster-level blacksmith above the high-level blacksmith, and the only high-level master-level blacksmith is the dwarf who has just arrived in the city of dawn - Valen Brute Hammer.
The ranks of blacksmiths are divided into - Low, Intermediate, Advanced, Grandmaster, Master, and Legendary.
Blacksmithing is a life profession, and it does not conflict with the combat profession, and anyone who wants to change jobs can change jobs.
But to become a grandmaster or even a master, you need enough talent, and these easy-to-get life classes require even more effort than combat classes to reach higher ranks.
Valen was initially reluctant to forge armor for him, especially after looking at Corso and Castro's massive frames.
The devil knows how long he's going to have to forge it.
Naturally, Li De could not let go of this master-level labor, and he exchanged a promise not to harm the young dwarven prince Anakin, in exchange for his promise to forge Corso and Castro armor in the dwarven resentful gaze.
Of course, if you only rely on Valen to forge these two big pieces of armor alone, even if this dwarf's blacksmith level has reached the master level, he may not be able to forge it well in half a year.
Li De didn't have the time to wait, nor did he have the mind to continue to torture this stubborn dwarf, and with a wave of his hand, the blacksmith resources of the entire Dawn City could be used by him at will.
He only wanted Varen to forge the strongest armor in the shortest possible time.
The Mithril Vein could be discovered by him at any time, and there were tens of thousands of orcs entrenched there.
He needs to quickly improve the combat power in his hands, and Corso and Castro are undoubtedly the best options at this stage, these big guys have a huge advantage when it comes to dealing with ground forces, which is difficult for other creatures to match.
And in the future, he will improve his efficiency, and finally Li De also promised that as long as the armor forged by Valen can satisfy him, he can choose a place to live in the City of Daybreak.
And he is no longer forced to complete a fixed task every day, and can even reward him with half a barrel of fine wine every week.
For more than half a month, Valen, who had to forge at least 16 sunrise weapons every day in the blacksmith shop to obtain food, had a rare disgust for striking iron.
At this time, when he heard Li De's quid pro quo, his enthusiasm immediately skyrocketed, especially the reward of half a barrel of fine wine every week, which simply made him cheer.
Dwarves have never been inseparable from good wine, and they love it no less than crafting weapons and mining.
No dwarf can resist good wine, no.
Li De smiled at this and said nothing, human nature is always like this, his previous oppression of Valen was absolutely ruthless, and even made this dwarf feel suffocated.
Now it's time to take a step back, reduce Varen's 16 day-hours of work to 12 hours, and provide him with enough food and even a day off a week.
This kind of "tolerant and generous" policy compared to the previous one immediately made Valen feel relaxed, and now the visible resistance to him has greatly decreased.
Valen didn't seem to realize that he was still working for him as before, but the only difference was that it was a little more comfortable than before.
This is the essence of the superior driving the inferior.
Or that Valen can only enter his routine if he perceives it, because this initiative has always been only in the hands of the superiors, and the subordinates can only be forced to accept it.
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"Lord of Cachar, this alchemy recipe was obtained from the Night Elves during my early adventures in the Underworld.
Night Elves are of the Elven race, and they like to wear light armor to fight, but their armor is light enough to block heavy crossbow arrows and has a very strong defense.
The alchemy formula I have is the one they use to make metal, and I have named this type of metal that only appears on Night Elves Shadow Metal."
Valen began his blacksmithing business as soon as he took over the blacksmith's shop, but got stuck on what type of steel to use for forging armor.
Nuggets had previously developed reinforced steel, which was three times harder than regular steel, and was currently the highest grade metal in Daybreaker.
Originally, Li De planned to use this new type of reinforced steel as the armor of Corso and Castro.
However, Valen disagrees, because the fortified steel, while strong enough to defend itself, is too heavy.
Reinforced steel is twice as dense as regular steel, and armor forged from Corso's size is likely to weigh more than 10 tons.
Even Corso, a guy with the blood of an ancient giant, would be sluggish to put on it.
Valen was resolute in this regard, for the dwarf who strives for perfection, this is definitely an insult to his name as a master forge, for which he took out a precious alchemy recipe.
"Night Elves??" Standing beside the furnace where the weapons were forged, Li De looked at Valen opposite with some surprise in the scene where sparks burst out from time to time.
The Night Elves are close relatives of the Elves, who lived in the Ancient Forests in the same way as the Elves in ancient times, when the Elves ruled the Lord of Glory.
After the rise of the Alchemy Age and the loneliness of the elves, the Night Elves parted ways with the elves and entered the underground world to survive.
Unlike the fate of the elves, the Night Elves have undergone tremendous changes over the course of tens of millions of years.
Living underground, they are affected by the dark creatures of the underground world, and slowly lose the specialty of surviving on the surface, and are completely reduced to dark life.
They are cunning and cunning, and they love to kill.
However, after becoming dark beings, these high-ranking races with elven blood flowing in their bodies did not weaken, but instead made a great name in the underground world.
That's why Li De was so surprised by Valen's words, it was not easy to get such a precious alchemy formula from the powerful dark elves.
"That's right, Lord of Cachar, the Night Elves have inherited valuable knowledge from the Elves, and their slender statures require light armor to maintain their agility in battle.
However, the armor is weak and does not provide sufficient defense.
In this case, the mighty Night Elves have spent countless efforts to develop this lightweight, yet incredibly strong metal.
Shadow Metal's defense is at least twice as hard as the enhanced steel developed by the Nuggets, but it weighs only half as much as regular steel for the same volume. ”
Li De's eyes lit up immediately after hearing this.
If what Valen says is true, then what does that mean?
This means that Corso and Castro can wear thicker armor and gain more defense, and truly become steel behemoths.
"And it's nothing, I also know an alchemy formation, as long as it is drawn in the armor with Mithril, it will give the armor super high magic resistance" Speaking of building armor, Valen was obviously energetic, and he proudly showed off in front of Li De.
"When the time comes, with the unique sturdy metal of the Night Elves, even if they are hit head-on by a human dragon hunting crossbow, they will not be injured, and the cyclops wearing thick armor will become an invincible existence!"
Li De was thrilled and hurriedly asked.
"So how do you make this metal?"
Hearing Li De's question, a strange light flashed in Valen's eyes.
"Lord of Kachar, this is a treasure that I have earned by giving my life in the underworld......"
Li De waved his hand and said straightforwardly.
"What do you need?"
Since the other party threw out this bait, he didn't believe that Valen really wanted nothing.
Beside the sparkling fire, the scorching heat of the surroundings was hot, and the red light of the fire shone on the side face of the dwarf's black beard, and the black eyes were staring at Li De tightly.
"Lord Kachar, if one day you discover the dwarven tribe, I hope you can spare my people."
Oh?
Li De raised his eyebrows, he originally thought that Valen would let him release a dwarf, or release them after a certain amount of time, but he didn't expect this dwarf forging master to say such a thing.
"Lord Valen, why do you think I can spot the dwarven tribe?" Li De's eyes were a little playful, "I think, you should have confidence in the dwarf tribe." ”
In fact, Li De far underestimated his deterrent power in Valen's heart.
Known as the president of the Covenant of Darkness under the Elo Crown, it is even very likely that he is an extraordinary and terrifying existence.
And he is also a vampire patriarch, the ruler of a huge city, and with his superb skills, he can make the blood clan and humans who were originally hostile to each other and even mortal enemies coexist peacefully.
All things considered, Li De's status in Valen's heart has become very high.
The other party is not only unfathomably powerful, but also smart and intelligent, with strong wrists.
Even if he has confidence in the dwarven tribe, in the face of such a powerful dark boss, Valen still has a bit of a weak heart.
This vampire is so powerful that even the great power of his men can destroy the dwarves, and he can't help but leave a way for the dwarven tribe.
Although the dwarven tribe has not yet been discovered, Valen has an inexplicable feeling that discovering the dwarven tribe does not seem to be an impossible thing for these vampires.
He tried so hard to refuse to cooperate in order to allow the tribe to send a second wave of helpers after they lost contact with them, and solve the current crisis as soon as possible.
Otherwise, when this vampire discovers the dwarven tribe, it's hard to say what will happen.
As for the tens of thousands of orc troops, Valen inexplicably felt that an invincible opponent for the dwarven tribe did not seem to be a big deal in the hands of the powerful and mysterious city lord of Kachar.
"Lord of Kachar, I only need a promise from you, and I believe that with your greatness, I will never betray my promise."
Li De couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, where did this dwarf get so much confidence in him?
But the impulsive and reckless guy like the orcs knows how to enslave dwarves to forge weapons, let alone him?
Even in Li De's opinion, if the dwarven tribe can really be discovered, the value of these dwarven skills may not be as much as the Mithril vein.
"Well, Lord Valen, I promise you, if one day I discover the Dwarven tribe, unless they are hostile to the Blood Clan and take the initiative to attack, I will not harm them."
Valen breathed a sigh of relief and immediately nodded, "City Lord Cachar, I believe in your promise.
Crafting the metal unique to the Night Elves requires a lot of tedious steps, and a lot of precious ores ......"
Immediately after that, Valen said the recipe for this shadow metal directly, without the slightest reservation.
As a master blacksmith of the dwarves, Valen has a lot of good things in his hands, and he has a few recipes that are better than the shadow metal, but they are dwarves' treasures that cannot be leaked, so he doesn't have any distress.
Nuggets and a few other blacksmiths listened to Valen's explanation very carefully, eager to write down a word without pulling a word.
Li De has no interest in this, it is really boring to strike iron or something.
However, in order to forge Shadow Metal, you will need to buy a large amount of Precious Metal.
Like the pure gold from the crater, the cold iron produced in the snow-covered land, etc., there are very few reserves in the City of Daybreak at present, and you still need to go to Green City to buy them.
Li De naturally agreed to this, as long as he could achieve the effect he wanted, paying a certain amount of Kimpuk was nothing to him.
At his behest, Harrison sent someone directly to Grimm City to inform Stanley to find and purchase the relevant precious ore.
Since the Covenant of Darkness became a force under Li De's command, the previous model of only him being connected to Green City has become a thing of the past.
The City of Dawn now has a dedicated Bloodline responsible for liaising with the Dark Covenant.
Because of the peculiarities of the Covenant of Darkness, even the precious resources that the Crimson Mage Tower can't get hold of can be purchased.
So the City of Dawn is increasingly dependent on the Covenant of Darkness in this regard.
Of course, this also greatly relieved Li De's burden and allowed him to spare time for other things.
The acquisition process took three days to get all the Coso and Castro to use.
Li De spent 100,000 gold Puke for this, and every mistake is 100,000!!
This directly hollowed out the profit of the Scarlet Mage Tower this month, and made Spark, who was originally going to continue to speed up the construction of the Ancient Alchemy Magic Array, complain.
If it weren't for Li De's no longer in Green City, this archmage would have come to the door to spray him.
Valen's forging of the armor Li De was almost entirely involved, and he saw firsthand how Koso's huge armor was shaped step by step.
Although the blacksmith had previous experience in making armor for Corso, the products they produced were undoubtedly substandard industrial defects.
Valen scoffed at their work and redesigned the entire casting process.
I have to say that the forging master is the forging master, the same fast iron, the same time, and even the same percussion method, the forging effect is completely different.
And the huge bodies of Corso and Castro also caused a lot of problems in the entire manufacturing process, but with Valen, they were all solved one by one.
It seems that there is only one more person in the blacksmith shop, but the entire blacksmith shop has been upgraded by several notches.
For the first time, Li De also realized that the original master-level life professional has such a huge bonus to related professionals.
One day, two days, three days, until the tenth day after the start of the casting plan was confirmed, the two pieces of equipment that cost 100,000 gold Puk were finally minted.
Lide stood in front of the blacksmith with some excitement, the massive Corso at his side, and Castro soaring under the sky with his dark red batwing wings.
The huge body with a wingspan of 16 blades attracted the amazed gaze of countless residents.
The dragon is nothing more than that.
The blacksmith is an area with more than ten two-storey houses that serve as workshops.
At this time, the forging of the beating sound that had been making the nearby residents miserable for the past few days and still sounding frantically in the middle of the night had stopped.
Not only Leed, Harrison, Amy, Nilo, Nicole, but even Frey, who had been guarding the Holy Land, came to the small square in front of the blacksmith's shop.
The surroundings are crowded with the residents of Daybreak City, and the news that the blacksmith shop is forging weapons for the cyclops has been announced by the Propaganda Department these days.
What kind of weapons and armor are used by such a hunk? It's exciting to think about.
Therefore, when I heard that the casting was successful today, it immediately attracted non-residents.
"I heard that this is an artifact forged by His Majesty Cachar himself for Lord Koso, I really want to see it."
"Do you see the beasts flying in the sky? I heard from the adults of the patrol that it was called Castro, and it was a divine beast created by Kachar's crown with divine power, and it was said to be comparable to a dragon......"
"Hiss~ If Lord Corso wears sturdy armor, then who else can be Lord Koso's opponent? The city lord of Kachar is really wise and powerful......"
"I'm looking forward to it, I want to know what kind of armor the city lord of Kachar has forged......"
The people in the Propaganda Department were propagandizing that the dwarves were forging armor, but the residents consciously attributed the credit to Li De.
Because the Propaganda Department also said that the dwarves are not friends at the moment, because they refuse to cooperate with the Holy Light Bloodline.
This news caused Valen to suffer the eyes of many residents during this time.
Many times Valen would feel very depressed, because he didn't know when an aunt would come out of the corner and point at him and taunt him, and he didn't even know what he was wrong.
"It's coming, it's coming!! That's Lord Nuggets, look behind him!! ”
"Quick, don't get in my way, let me see!! Let me see."
"Hey, what's that?? It's scary!! ”
There was a heated discussion around him, and the scene was like a drop of boiling oil dripping into a hot pan.
In the middle of the blacksmith's ten houses, a tall warehouse slowly opened.
Li De and everyone around him had their eyes lit up, full of anticipation.
Although Li De participated in the entire manufacturing process, Valen did not let him participate in the last link, because the last link involved the most mysterious forging secret art of the dwarves.
So Li De didn't know what the final two armors cost him 100,000 kimpuk to create.
In anticipation, Valen, with a black beard and bound by the chains of the Forbidden Demons, walked out of the warehouse with his head held high, and the dozens of blacksmiths behind him pushed something that made the scene fall silent.