Merlomag, the imperial capital.

The news that the wave is coming has been made known by the public.

One afternoon, the gates were wide open, and merchants and adventurers were coming and going.

A carriage carrying two people into the city, and the person sitting in front of the carriage was shrouded in cloaks, and although the guards at the city gate looked at him twice, they were not surprised.

I was just surprised when I checked the contents of the car, which was full of trading items cut from the body of the monster, and there was a beautiful orc girl inside.

"No dangerous goods."

"Release." The guards shouted, and the two soldiers with crossed weapons in front stepped back to let the carriage pass, and then began to examine the large alien beasts behind.

Naturally, Zao Wou-Ki and his slave maiden Raphtalya were on board, and as soon as they entered the city, they felt a sense of urgency that was revealed from everyone's faces.

After that, I heard the news of the original reason for his appearance in this world, the 'wave'.

In the center of the square, the Sanyong Church has a [Dragon Carved Hourglass], and when the fine sand above is poured into the lower part of the hourglass, it is the time of the 'wave'.

The hourglass time is not accurate because it can flow faster or slower, so it is not possible to tell when the tide will come based on the amount of sand compared to previous records.

But the precise time can be obtained by the brave, and the hero's holy weapon can be connected to the [Dragon Carved Hourglass] to show the accurate countdown of the arrival of the wave on the panel, why is this so, I'm afraid this is a rule of this world.

Originally, Zao Wou-Ki should have known about this earlier, and someone in the kingdom would inform the brave men of some common knowledge in the other world. But on the second day after he arrived in the kingdom, he was falsely accused of the most heinous sin, and he traveled far away from the place where people existed, unaware of it.

Not long ago, the three of them knew the specific time of the next wave through this method, and there were eleven days left!

The caravans and ordinary people were rushing to the city as much as they could, lest they die outside when the tide came, and the capital would have enough strength to defend it.

The current situation of the capital is just a microcosm, and the major nobles and various countries are currently gathering forces within their territories to protect their towns and interests.

According to Raphtalia, one of the subhuman villages she belonged to was in the territory of a nobleman, a rare pacifist who was not hostile to the enslavement of subhumans. Unfortunately, when the last wave came, the nobles were weak and unable to protect the people in their territory, and eventually Raphtalia's village was attacked by the monsters brought by the wave, killing and wounding heavily, and then most of the sub-people were taken by another nobleman and sold as slaves.

When Zao Wou-Ki knew this, he just smiled coldly: "Only the weak will be overflowing with sympathy, and the nobleman who shelters you is not ranked in the kingdom." ”

Raphtalia's eyes were red, and she bit her lip, trying to defend the kind nobleman, but she couldn't say anything.

……

Zao Wou-Ki walked through the bluestone paved Wangdu Avenue, entered one shop after another, sold the different materials in the car, and in just half an hour, a carload of things was only a bag of ore.

Eventually, they came to the only weapons shop Zao Wou-Ki had ever visited, the bald boss's weapons shop.

Placing the heavy ore on the wooden table in the front desk, there was a Duang sound.

The boss's eyes lit up: "Magic ore!" ”

He pulled out a magic item that resembled a magnifying glass, which shone brightly on the hedr-like ore.

The boss said, "Adding these magic ores to the forging can increase toughness and hardness, and to a certain extent, it can also improve magic defense. ”

Zao Wou-Ki said, "Sell it all to you." ”

The bald boss had a happy face, he was a blacksmith, and he was happy to have the opportunity to raise the equipment he made to a higher level.

However, it was a big deal, and he gritted his teeth and decided to buy it, and if he missed this time, who knows if there will be another chance.

After he weighed it, he said, "With the effect of these magic ores, they are worth about twenty-one gold coins. ”

That's 2100 silver coins.

Zao Wou-Ki didn't put away the gold coins, but said, "Help me and her pick out new equipment." ”

"I want the strongest armor, and she wants the sharpest sword."

The boss said, "The plate armor is the best fit for you, but it's heavy." ”

Zao Wou-Ki didn't say a word, and the boss had to move a tall and heavy black armor over, looking at his laborious appearance and the dull sound of the wooden floor, he knew that this equipment was not light.

The armor was covered all over the body, helmets, tunics, leggings, boots.

The bald boss said: "This set of plate armor is all made of steel, which can make your bag airtight, weighing about two hundred kilograms, although the defense is sufficient, but the speed is almost gone, and the warrior can only use it as a target to put on the front." At the end of the sentence, the bald head whispered a lot.

Zao Wou-Ki immediately replaced it, and even the palm of his hand turned into an iron-armored steel fist, and the whole person exuded a kind of coldness.

The burden of four hundred catties on him didn't make him feel much pressure, because Dun Yong gave up his attacks and used them all to improve his strength and defense.

The bald boss drew Raphtalia's sword and fell silent.

He'd been in a weapons shop for so long, and he'd never seen a weapon of this magnitude. The blade was full of scratches, and the blades were notched, the longest notched being one-third the length of the sword's width. In his opinion, this kind of sword has long been unusable, because with a little force, it is possible to break in two.

In fact, after noticing that the sword was damaged, Raphtalia almost only used stabs, and did not dare to open and close wide slashes, and was restricted everywhere.

The boss pulls out a sharp magic steel sword and hands it to Raphtalia.

Raphtalia happily took the sword, because she had just changed from a short sword to a long sword, Raphtalia was a little uncomfortable, and waved it in her hand a few times before regaining her senses.

Raphtalia then put on a new suit of light armor.

When he first bought Raphtalia, Zao Wou-Ki didn't pay much attention to her, so he only prepared a cheap short sword for her. And after these days of getting along, Zao Wou-Ki has realized that Raphtalia is a good tool worth cultivating, and he naturally will not be stingy.

He knew very well that he had to become strong if he wanted to get revenge, and the more powerful Raphtalia was, the faster he would progress.

In the end, Zao Wou-Ki only had five gold coins left.

Before leaving, the bald boss looked at the transformation from a 9-year-old girl to a 14-year-old Raphtalia, and suddenly said: "It is worthy of Lord Dunyong, and his vision is so good." He gave Zao Wou-Ki a thumbs up.

Inexplicably, Zao Wou-Ki said in his heart.

Raphtalia held the sword in her hand, thinking uncertainly, this sword alone is worth six gold coins, why should the master be so good to me, this sword alone can buy many, many slaves like me, I am just a slave.

She is a little arrogant, at such a young age, she is already level forty in strength, full of talent, other adventurer teams are rushing to ask for it, and her strength is enough as the backbone of the general team.

……

Zao Wou-Ki flipped through the map and said, "This time, let's head south from the capital. "It's another route.

Brand new carriages, new equipment.

The two of them once again began the road of killing day and night to become stronger.

A week later, Zao Wou-Ki reached level 50 and unlocked a special shield.

……

Note: In the original book, level 40 must be advanced to level up, but I ignored it.