Chapter Forty-Eight: Each Carries a Ghost
Although it is only a bar, this bar still adheres to the usual architectural style of Fort Stove, the whole room seems to be made of stones, there is not a single wood in sight, and even the door of the bar is made of thin iron sheets.
When everyone entered the bar, all the tables and chairs were also made of stone, and even the bar counter was made of stone.
Seeing the confusion in the eyes of the people, Hammer explained, "This is because to prevent fires, it costs money to ask a magician to put out a fire." ”
The most conspicuous people in the bar are the mercenary guild agents, and the badge on their chest allows them to drink for free here without having to pay out of their own pockets, so those agents almost never take off the badge on their chest.
At this time, in addition to Nameless and the others, there was only a stout man in the bar, with a tiger's back and a beard on his face, and the badge on his chest that could eat and drink in the bar for nothing was telling everyone that this benevolent brother was the agent of the mercenary union in the city.
"Hello, I'm a mercenary from Tianchi City, nameless." Nameless said.
The dozing agent opened his hazy eyes, looked Nameless up and down, then stood up, hugged Nameless with open arms, and said, "Welcome, dear Nameless." ”
Before Nameless could give him a hug in return, the agent let go of him, then turned to Hanxing and opened his arms, with a look of excitement on his face, and shouted loudly, "Welcome, beautiful female swordsman." ”
However, Hanxing didn't intend to have any more intimate contact with the agent, the long sword hanging from his waist already exuded a biting chill, only a hair's distance from the throat of the lascivious agent, and there was no doubt that if the agent insisted on a man-to-man hug with Hanxing, then he would have to hug the Grim Reaper.
"Haha......" The agent smiled dryly, rubbed his palm, and said: "I, North Carfoa, the mercenary agent of Fort Furnace, didn't expect the two to arrive in such a short time, it was really fast, and they deserved to be the most outstanding mercenaries." ”
"Mr. North Carolina, let's talk about the mission!" Zhang Feng said with a smile for Nameless. He knew very well that if it was nameless, it wouldn't be long before it would be cold here.
North Kafoa took out a piece of parchment from his bosom, handed it to Zhang Feng, and said, "You take this paper to the Elder of the Divine Hammer in Fort Furnace. ”
"Elder of the Holy Hammer? The dwarf named Copperhammer also mentioned this name just now, and this mission won't be to exterminate the famous Hurricane Bandits near here, right? If that's the case, we have no choice but to say sorry to the dwarves, and we don't think we can accomplish even the failure of the state to send troops to encircle and suppress it. Zhang Feng said.
Zhang Feng's words made North Carolina Foga laugh and said, "Don't worry! I don't think you'll be left to do this kind of thing! Finally, he added, "I think it should be." ”
Hammer was overjoyed to hear that Nameless was going to see Elder Divine Hammer.
"Let's go!" Nameless took the parchment and turned to walk out of the bar, then hopped into the carriage.
"Nameless! You should be glad to meet Elder Divine Hammer! "From Hammer's words and the look on his face, it seemed that he had infinite worship for this nameless Divine Hammer Elder.
"Nameless, as long as you show your body, the Elder of the Holy Hammer may personally help you build a piece of equipment!" Hammer seduces Nameless with a seductive voice.
Hearing Hammer's words, Hanxing's eyes for the first time flashed with a fiery light that was asymmetrical with her own cold breath, and it seemed that this Divine Hammer Elder should have two brushes when it came to crafting weapons.
"Really? Is that Divine Hammer Elder half-finished? Zhang Feng asked, his eyes rolling.
Hammer thought for a moment and said honestly, "Yes." ”
Perhaps it was because of Zhang Feng's greedy eyes that the Iron Hammer persuaded him even more vigorously, such as the weapons created by the Divine Hammer Elder that had been sold at a high price of hundreds of thousands of gold coins at the auction meeting, and even the Emperor of the Divine Dragon Kingdom, Zao Wou-Ki, had personally expressed his hope that he could buy the weapons created by the Divine Hammer Elder himself.
The Elders of the Sacred Hammer live in the volcano in the center of the city, and the dwarves have used their dexterous hands to miraculously carve out many rooms in the volcanic wall for the elders to stay.
In this volcano, the higher the status of the Elder, the closer the room will be to the bottom of the volcano, so the place where the Elder of the Holy Hammer lives is naturally at the bottom of the volcano.
"It's here! This is the room of the Divine Hammer Elder, and he is the oldest person in our clan at the moment! He was more than five hundred years old. Hammer pointed to the bottom of the volcano, the room guarded by two strong dwarves at the door, his expression excited.
"More than five hundred?" Nameless couldn't help but feel surprised.
There was a clanging sound coming from inside the room at this time, and it was clear that the Divine Hammer Elder inside should be working right now.
After reading North Carfoa's letter of introduction to Nameless, the two guards quickly let Nameless and the others into the room.
When Nameless entered the room, a powerful wave of heat hit his face, and the whole person was steamed in the stove as if he was roasting sweet potatoes.
Hanxing has lived in the north for a long time, so she can't adapt to the environment here more than Nameless, and as soon as she enters the room, her little face has already turned red.
A shirtless dwarf with explosive power all over his body was holding a pair of tongs in one hand and a large hammer in the other, constantly tapping on the large red iron block caught in the tongs.
This dwarf must be the Elder of the Sacred Hammer, he did not notice that Nameless entered his room, and his eyes were always focused on the red iron in front of him, and his expression was extremely serious, as if he was not making an iron tool, but a life.
'When, when, when, thump' a very incongruous syllable suddenly emanated as the Divine Hammer Elder struck the iron.
The expression on the face of the Divine Hammer Elder, who had been concentrating, suddenly became disappointed, and he casually threw the red-hot iron into a nearby bucket of water, and then placed the hammer on the ground.
"Alas! Failed again, it seems that without Legnesim, it is impossible to create a famous sword comparable to that built by Rirenak. Elder Divine Hammer muttered to himself with a gloomy expression.
After a few days with Hammer, Nameless also knows that Lirenak is the owner of the Ancient Dust Sword.
"Big ...... Great Elder......" Iron Hammer whispered respectfully.
The Divine Hammer Elder turned around with a tired face, glanced at the hammer kindly, and then smiled at Nameless with the honest expression unique to their dwarven clan, and said, "Welcome four friends from afar. ”
At this time, it was the time for the letter of introduction to show its usefulness again, and Zhang Feng smiled and presented the letter in his hand to the Elder of the Divine Hammer.
Elder Divine Hammer only glanced at the cover of the letter of introduction slightly, and then placed it on the bed.
Nameless really wondered if the letter would burn on its own in such a hot place.
"Sit." Elder Divine Hammer said.
Obviously, Han Xing didn't plan to stay in such a hot place for too long, she sat down on the ground and said directly: "Great Elder, our task is to meet the task client, and now that our task has been completed, but based on professional ethics, we still want to know what we can do for you." ”
Elder Divine Hammer approvingly, "I invited you two here this time to discuss with you about the Hurricane Bandits...... ”
"Great Elder, I know it's rude to interrupt you, but I have to interrupt you, do you think we can wipe out the Hurricane Bandits with just a few of us?" Zhang Feng said.
Nameless nodded, with Zhang Feng as his spokesman during this time, he suddenly felt that many things had become simpler.
"Huh...... Don't worry, I'm not going to ask you to encircle them, it's an impossible task. Elder Divine Hammer laughed.
Usually people who can sit in the position of the Great Elder usually have two brushes, and the Great Elder in front of him, who seems to only know how to strike iron, has not lived in vain for these five hundred years.
"I want you to help me get our Fort stuff back from the Hurricane Bandits." Elder Divine Hammer said.
Nameless laughed softly, worthy of the Divine Hammer Elder who has lived for more than five hundred years, this word 'take' is really used just right, making people sound as if it is not a very dangerous thing, but I don't know if the place where this group of hurricane bandits is stationed is in the backyard of this Divine Hammer Elder's home, so that he can come and go at will, and then easily swallow what belongs to them.
Under the nameless smile, the old face of the Divine Hammer Elder who had been roasted red by the fire turned even redder at this time, and he quickly wiped his face with the towel next to him to hide his embarrassment, and said: "Of course, this task is somewhat difficult, and it is precisely because of this that we need people with fresh faces and no local accents, and the most important thing is that the strength of the mercenaries must be very strong. ”
Although he clearly knew that the Elder of the Holy Hammer was patting on the back, when this fart was slapped by an old man called the Elder of the Holy Hammer, Nameless felt a little cool in his heart.
It's a pity that it's cool! After all, it can't be eaten, Nameless still looks at the Divine Hammer Elder with a smile on his face.
"If you can complete the mission, I'll give everyone a weapon in addition to the mercenary guild's reward!" The Great Elder of the Divine Hammer threw out a condition that would be tempting to everyone on the continent.
For people on the mainland, even if it was just an ordinary housewife, if she heard that the Elder of the Holy Hammer was going to send something to her, it could also make this housewife who didn't know how to use force at all be ecstatic.
These days, the Divine Hammer Elder is not only a worthy weapon, but also represents countless gold coins.
Han Xing, who had been as cold as frost and had no mouth, once again emitted a hot light in her eyes, and looking at her appearance, it seemed that she could not resist the temptation.
The Divine Hammer Elder, who had lived for hundreds of years, quickly judged from everyone's completely different facial expressions what was going on in everyone's mind.
"I took it!" Hanxing still can't resist the temptation, and she is bought.
"I'm not interested." Nameless said coldly.
Elder Divine Hammer was stunned for a moment, and then said, "That's a big task with 10,000 mercenary points. ”
"I can add up a lot." Nameless said lightly.
"Nameless, each of the Great Elder's weapons can be worth ten thousand gold." Seeing Nameless, Hammer was unmoved and joined the temptation.
Elder Divine Hammer nodded with a smile, then turned and pulled out an iron box three feet long and half a foot high from under the bed.
The iron box was slowly opened, and a long sword collected by an ordinary scabbard appeared in front of everyone.
Perhaps trying to create an atmosphere, the Divine Hammer Elder slowly took the sword in his hand, and then gently pulled it out of its scabbard.
As the long sword was drawn, cold light emanated from the scabbard little by little.
The cold star, who has been trying to turn himself into an iceberg beauty, does not look like an iceberg beauty at all now, and if the eyes can really spew flames, probably the magma under the room will be willing to bow down.
"The name of the sword is Condensation, and it is a weapon that I built three years ago." Elder Divine Hammer, a dwarf a little over a meter tall, proudly introduced this condensation frost that was about his height in his hand.
"Good sword!" Zhang Feng's eyes were about to fall out, if it weren't for the scruples that he would not be able to run away if he grabbed the frost, Nameless was very suspicious that he would do something irrational.
"Have you ever seen a better sword than Frost?" The Divine Hammer Elder was obviously very confident in his work, but he asked with some curiosity when he saw that Nameless didn't show a surprised expression.
Nameless smiled silently and gently removed the strong bow from his back.
"This is ......" The Divine Hammer Elder was stunned for a moment, his complicated eyes changed several times in a row, and after a while, his face finally returned to calm, and said: "Good bow, if the material can be strengthened, it should be better, but compared to the frost now, it is only half a catty and eight taels at most." ”
Nameless smiled softly: "On the way we came, we happened to see the Guchen Sword. ”
The proud look on the Divine Hammer Elder's face disappeared without a trace in an instant, and he looked nervous and excited, and asked, "Really?" ”
Ring pointed to the hammer beside him and said, "The hammer has seen it too." ”
Hammer nodded solemnly.
"Ancient Dust Sword, Ancient Dust Sword, Ancient Dust Sword......" Elder Divine Hammer kept repeating, his eyes gradually becoming confused.
The Divine Hammer Elder's eyes suddenly radiated a gaze like lightning, and he said, "If I can retrieve the Legnesim they stole from us from the Hurricane Bandits, I will definitely be able to forge a sword that is even better than the Ancient Dust Sword!" ”
"Legnesim was snatched by the Hurricane Bandits? Dear Great Elder, if our chief risked his life to complete the mission, and you only gave him a weapon, it would seem too picky! Zhang Feng smiled slyly.
"Venerable Great Elder, I would like to be your client if the reward could be increased, but may I know what Legnesim looks like, and how much you have been robbed? As for the reward for the quest, I just want to go into the Ancient Ruins and have a look. Zhang Feng continued to laugh.
Elder Divine Hammer looked at Nameless meaningfully, hoping to see through Nameless's thoughts.
"Ancient ruins? No problem, the color of Legnesim is somewhat like gold, but its hardness is far better than gold, when you approach it, you must have a strange feeling, this feeling I can't describe, because legend has it that everyone feels differently after encountering it, as for how much was robbed by the hurricane bandits, I don't know very well, the twelve people who excavated the Legnasim all died, and there was a suicide note on the ground that the clansmen did not finish before they died, which said that it was committed by the hurricane bandits. Elder Divine Hammer said heavily.
"No one knows how much." A smile appeared on Nameless's face, so even if he only brought back Legnesim, which was as big as his finger, it wouldn't be too much!
Han Xing, who had not spoken, still looked at the condensation frost in the hand of the Divine Hammer Elder, as if he had a great interest in the condensation.
"Once the mission is complete, this frost is yours! I'll lend it to you for now. "After the Divine Hammer Elder saw that someone had seen the Ancient Dust Sword, he was still very fond of his condensation, and a smile appeared on his face again.
With the system of the mercenary union being constrained, even if she lends the frost to Han Xing, there is no loss at all, unless Han Xing will never be a mercenary in the future, otherwise she can only obediently complete the task.
"Keeping the client's belongings privately would violate the rules of the mercenary union!" More than five hundred years have passed, and the Divine Hammer Elder has become an old fox.
Nameless was still smiling and silent, and the Divine Hammer Elder couldn't help frowning slightly at Nameless who didn't speak, compared to a cunning young man like Zhang Feng, Nameless's calm indifference that didn't match his age gave him even more headaches.
"How many men have you sent to find the Hurricane Bandits?" Nameless asked.
Elder Divine Hammer smiled dismally, "The two mercenary groups of 100 people are all ......"
"Are they all attacking from the front?" Nameless asked again.
Elder Divine Hammer smiled bitterly, "This...... No one knows, all I know is that after they entered the Lost Forest, they never came out again. ”
The Lost Forest is a place where Nameless once heard the hammer mention, the legend is that there are many powerful monsters living in it, even the legendary Tyrannosaurus Rex, the terrain inside is intricate, swamps, poisonous weeds can be seen everywhere, if you don't pay attention, your life will be lost, but the Lost Forest is full of treasures, you can make a fortune at any time because of the discovery of a certain item, here is not only a paradise for adventurers, but also a grave for adventurers.
"If you don't have a good way, why don't you use my method......" Nameless said his thoughts.
Han Xing looked at Nameless with some surprise, as if he didn't believe that Nameless, who had always rarely made a move, would actually have a plan.
The hammer looked at Nameless with some admiration.
Elder Divine Hammer still looked at Nameless with his seemingly dim old eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking.
"Sir, it's better if this plan can be changed like this and add us to it," Zhang Feng suggested......
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