The dilapidated manor was only a temporary residence, so the grass inside the gate had not been cleared in any way, and the atmosphere was very desolate when you walked in.

In the two-story mansion, a small number of maids were walking back and forth, saluting respectfully when they saw Roddy and the others, and Suren noticed that they called Sodrol "Lord Baron" and "Lord Roddy" to Roddy.

This also illustrates a problem from the side: Roddy does not have a knighthood.

For those born and raised in this era, the gap between "commoners" and "nobles" cannot be smoothed out in one or two sentences. Su Lun has been a mercenary, and in his seven or eight years of mercenary career, he has also seen all kinds of nobles, either flamboyant or hypocritical and arrogant, not without "good" nobles, but after counting carefully, he has never heard of any nobleman who would lower his posture and stand in the same position as civilians to chat.

It is obvious that the relationship between Roddy and Sodrol has broken Suren's "inertial thinking"-

"What do you think of that mercenary group?"

"Actually, I was ready to deal with the layout a few days ago, and I originally planned to close the net tomorrow, but I didn't expect them to dare to have a hand today... There were some mistakes, but they didn't get in the way. ”

Listening to the topic that the two were talking about, Su Lun suddenly felt... The invincible "Wolverine Mercenary Regiment" is too pitiful for themselves - they used to be arrogant in front of people, but in the eyes of Sodlore and Roddy, they don't even seem to be qualified to be opponents.

Roddy didn't have the heart to understand Suren's thoughts, he was very satisfied with Sodrore's answer, it was obvious that the careful baron had already arranged everything, so the tirade that was originally prepared was finally reduced to a simple sentence: "I won't ask about the specific means, the next direction is very simple... When the foundation is stable, you will be able to be 'stronger'. ”

Sodrore understood: "This is nature, otherwise we can't afford to toss small fish and shrimp every day." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and the look full of affection made the corners of Su Lun's mouth twitch a few times.

The group entered the conference hall, and Nata went straight back to her room to rest, while Akasha also left first on the pretext of learning the High Elf language.

Roddy asked the maid to take Suren to the guest room to confirm the door, and after several people left, Sodlore took out a few pieces of parchment from his arms and handed them to Roddy: "That's probably the result of the past few days, and some of them are held by the mercenary group, and they will be almost done in three days." ”

"Yes, I can't do this method of drying a batch of a batch and pulling a batch of batches. Roddy looked at the parchment and quipped, "It seems that you are really the material for the lord, and I have a headache for these things." ”

Roddy had said this many times, and Sodrore was not used to it at first, but now that he thinks about it, the result of "special people and special tasks" is far better than the way of "grabbing eyebrows and mustaches", if these things are done by Roddy, how can he have time to make leather armor, let alone plan the next strategic direction...

"The interior of the town has stabilized, there are a few undead moles on the side of the Apothecary Guild, and they just brought someone to arrest them yesterday, as for how to deal with it..."

"What do you have to say about the traitor who seeks glory?"

Roddy shook his head, his fingers running lightly across his neck, "Tsk... I hate traitors the most. ”

As he spoke, Suren had already gone and returned, and Roddy knew that the tanner had something to say to himself, so he got up and said that he was going to the study on the second floor, and Sodrore nodded, turned around and began to continue his research on the map that Ansatine had left behind.

"I know you're curious about something," Roddy said as he walked out of the chamber as he walked ahead, "I'm not a nobleman. ”

Su Lun raised his head suspiciously: "Then why-"

"But I'm not a 'commoner' either, in fact, I'm the captain of Duke Angmar's scout team. Roddy had no intention of concealing it, and continued: "By chance, I saved the Duke's life, so I have my current status and identity. ”

He raised his hand and pointed behind him: "The Baron Sodrore you saw turned out to be my subordinate, because I thought he was more suitable to be a noble lord than me at this stage, so I gave him the title of duke." ”

"You... You're saying -- you turned down nobility?"

Su Lun felt that such a thing was simply nonsense, if he was replaced, it was estimated that even if he was killed, he would not give away the opportunity to be a nobleman.

"That's right. Roddy nodded and pushed open the door to the study, "Because I knew exactly what I wanted, I made my choice." ”

In the study, the equipment being made was scattered on the table, and Su Lun was thinking about the meaning of Roddy's words, but when he saw the materials piled up on the table and smelled the unique smell of leather tanning, he suddenly forgot everything he had just seen...

"These materials... You're making leather armor?"

Su Lun took a few steps and saw those neatly cut leather armor pieces, and the surprise in his heart could no longer be concealed - he wanted to make a few pieces of equipment for Luo Di but was politely refused, he thought that Luo Di had gone to find a better leather goods master, but he never thought that Luo Di would make it himself!

"I did it, interested in taking a look?"

Luo Di seemed to ask casually, and Su Lun immediately nodded and said, "Okay!"

Su Lun, who used to be a mercenary, was originally not very interested in leather making, but this line of work has been done for a long time, and he has the title of "Kig Town's No. 1 Leather Maker", and it is inevitable that there will be a "competition" in his heart - Luo Di would rather make it himself than let Su Lun do it with the materials, which itself has a hint: I make better things than yours.

This made Su Lun unconvinced.

Although he is committed to Luo Di's strength, he really doesn't think Luo Di can surpass him in terms of "leather making"...

Crafting equipment from leather is much easier than armor forged from metal, but the simpler things are, the more difficult it is to make them. "Details" are one thing, and the unique manufacturing method is the most important thing - leather is just a raw material in the eyes of modern people, but in "rippling", "monster skin" is far more than just raw materials.

To put it simply, the skin of a monster is like a huge magic array, and the cut "animal skin" is a piece of scattered runes, when they are spliced together and made into equipment, it is equivalent to a "rune reorganization" - whether each piece of leather can exert its maximum power depends entirely on the hard work of the leather maker in the steps of "tanning", "cutting" and "stitching".

If there is even the slightest deviation in this process, the effect of the entire equipment will be greatly reduced.

Roddy's leather making is at the top of the Grand Master's level, but that's just in the game. In today's real world, a lot of leather can't be cut and sewn as easily as in the past without the assistance of the system, so what Roddy can make at present is only some simple and low-level equipment.

But even so, when it came to crafting the current level of equipment, his level was still the best for Suron Thirty Streets.

However, the reason why he wanted to win over Su Lun was because Luo Di understood Su Lun's strengths - this dwarf could not do anything else, but the effect of "tanning" far exceeded that of other leather makers!

When tanning leather, a tanner of the same level retains up to 40% of the leather's magical potency, but Suren was able to increase this value to more than 75% because of his "adventures", and at the same time, he could also give the leather the effect of "magic mutation"!

When each piece of armor is 30% more potent than normal armor of the same level, how much enhancement will the "set" made from dozens of pieces of armor be enhanced?

And what kind of reaction will such raw materials have when they are made with Luo Di's "Great Master" level techniques?