Chapter Ninety-Six: The Divine Craftsman's Workshop
Seeing off the black marketeer, Ma Le looked at the time, it was already eight o'clock in the evening, and it was already completely dark. But now that time is pressing, he has one more thing to do!
Sending the three Persian cats to find a place to live first, Ma Le alone took out a large heavy package from the storage space and carried it on his shoulder, and took out the two horns of the jungle elder, as well as two male and female storm dragon horns and a millstone-sized spine, and pulled it in a simple wooden cart, and walked towards the inner city of the base camp.
The world of ruins defense is the most abundant and powerful warriors and magicians, and there is no shortage of high-ranking princes and nobles, but throughout the world, the most respected are those skilled craftsmen who create magical weapons and equipment!
Although it is not uncommon to see people sweating in the hot blacksmith shops in the commercial districts and even in the bazaars of the Outer Tower Fortress, these are just ordinary craftsmen with poor skills, like soldiers with low martial skills, who can only struggle to make ends meet all their lives. And those skilled craftsmen who can truly turn decay into magic have a very high status. Even in the inner city of the base camp, within the scope of the source power of the fountain of life, there is a special area called the Divine Craftsman's Workshop, which contains the rarest and finest tools, the highest quality materials, and a group of top craftsmen who live here, discussing technology and innovating all day long.
On the periphery of the Divine Craftsman's Workshop, on the street closest to the inner city gate, there is also a special Craftsman Street, where there is also a group of skilled craftsmen, although they do not have the ability of those great gods in the Divine Craftsman's Workshop, their professional skills are also very solid, much more intelligent than those craftsmen in the commercial area, not to mention the rural craftsmen in the Outer Tower Market.
In order to get the works of these masters, in addition to providing materials yourself, you also need to build a good relationship. Either you have a huge amount of gold to invite them out of the mountain, or you can only do tasks and farm friendship. The vast majority of adventurers, in the past three months, can only ask the masters of the Craftsman Street to help, and what they make is basically Mithril Hammer, Crystal Sword and other level weapons and equipment. These are generally of the silver grade, which is already a good income for the average senior adventurer.
However, Ma Le's pace did not stop here, but under the watchful eyes of craftsmen and pedestrians, he went all the way north, directly to the gate of the inner city.
There were guards at the door, but Ma Le, who had the rank of commander of a thousand, easily checked it.
Compared with the lively outer city, the inner city seems to be much more deserted, because the conditions for entering here are very harsh, because there is no so-called royal family on the side of the natural disaster, so only heroes, excellent craftsmen or people in important positions in the army can enter, and others, even nobles and wealthy merchants, must be approved to come to the inner city, and it is rare to enjoy the caress of a fountain of life.
The inner city is divided into four main parts, the most central is the well-guarded Fountain of Life, a miraculous spring that is said to prolong life and heal the most severe injuries after a sip. Even if you don't drink it, even if you just bathe in the life energy it emits, it can greatly accelerate the healing speed of the wound, making you energetic and tired.
For this kind of good thing, Ma Le naturally tried to drink it a long time ago, and also brought it out to the two little ghosts. For adventurers, drinking the water of the Fountain of Life for the first time can not only heal their injuries, but also get the benefit of permanently increasing all attributes by 2 points.
In the west of the Fountain of Life, there is the Divine Craftsman's Workshop, and in the south, it is the arsenal of the natural disaster side, where a large number of factory buildings are covered and a large number of natural disaster military craftsmen live. Although they are not as good as the old perverts of the Divine Craftsman's Workshop, because they belong to the military, they are allowed to work in the inner city, and they produce a large number of standard weapons and props day and night to supply the Scourge Legion. Thanks to the recovery effect of the Fountain of Life, these craftsmen in the army were able to complete the production with superhuman efficiency.
In the middle of the Divine Workshop and the Arsenal is the Council Hall of the Scourge Center, where only heroes and officers of the rank of commander and above can enter. To be exact, even if you are a thousand-mile, you can't enter casually without being summoned. This is the center of military power of the natural disaster, and the macro decisions of the war with the guards are issued from here, and they are transmitted to the various fortresses and legions before they are implemented in detail.
Now, there should be about ten heroes from the Scourge side here, discussing the recent grim situation and the upcoming military action against the guards. However, this was not what Ma Le needed to care about, he just glanced at the council hall and walked towards the Divine Craftsman's Workshop.
There was no need to apply for a notification, Ma Le walked directly into the door of the Divine Craftsman's Workshop. Access to the inner city has proven the identity of the visitor, and the facilities in the inner city are almost entirely undefended, except for the Fountain of Life.
The interior of the Divine Workshop is much larger than what you see from the outside, and the Scourge Legion has allocated one-fifth of the entire inner city to this group of old craftsmen, covering a total area of more than two square kilometers, almost as much as a small city, not only with all kinds of facilities, but also a large area of open space to give them new weapons.
As soon as Ma Le entered the door, a young orc who was sharpening a wooden stick with a knife noticed him, and the young man stood up in surprise and ran over with two quick steps: "Gourmet, you are here again!" ”
"Ron, what's the matter, was he punished by the teacher for making a wooden knife again?" Ma Le joked with a smile, and the young man scratched his head: "I accidentally blew up the bomb that Master just made...... But it doesn't matter, since you're here, I'm relieved! As he spoke, the young orc, known as Ron, threw aside the half-finished wooden knife, walked over and snatched the rope from Ma Le's hand and put it on his shoulder, and said happily while helping him pull the wooden cart: "Those old men are still talking about you, old Bobby's tobacco has long been smoked, and now I am waiting for you to bring him a new one!" Lukes is also looking forward to your kiwifruit...... And my teacher, Carmon, the Black Dragon Ember you brought him last time raised the temperature of the furnace by a notch, and he always wanted to thank you! ”
"He's already thanked!" Ma Le smiled: "The old men of the Divine Craftsman Workshop have already created two excellent weapons for me, but I should thank them!" ”
"After all, it's just excellent, not the guy you take advantage of!" An old and majestic voice came into Ma Le's ears, and he and Ron looked up, and the two had already walked through the square while chatting, and came to the hall where the craftsmen rested and lived, and on the steps of the door, a sturdy and tall old orc looked at the two with a smile on his face.
"Carmon!" Ma Le greeted him with a smile, and hugged the old orc, hearing the movement outside, the old craftsmen in the hall also walked out, there were more than a dozen of them, trolls, minotaurs, orcs, undead, and even non-humanoid alien creatures, these guys have different shapes, different heights, but they all have a common characteristic, they are all skilled craftsmen!
When Ma Le saw this group of old guys, he took the package off his back and opened it, took out all kinds of strange things from it, and exchanged pleasantries with this group of masters while distributing gifts to them.
After sending the old ones, the small ones can't be left behind, and there are still dozens of kilograms of things in the huge backpack, Ma Le threw them to Ron, and the kid happily ran towards the workshop.
There is a huge magic craftsman's workshop, if there are only a dozen old guys, the work efficiency is too low. These masters all have their own disciples, and the most talented young people who have been recruited from the whole natural disaster are also gathered here, there are more than 200 people, and some basic physical work is handed over to these young men to do, and Ma Le also brought them some "special products".
Speaking of which, in the past two months, in addition to soaking in the wild area, Ma Le has stayed in this magic workshop for the longest time. Don't look at this group of masters who are now hushing around Ma Le and asking for warmth and amiability, but in fact, when they met for the first time two months ago, they were all a group of masters who did not enter the oil and salt, and now they are so enthusiastic, they are all thrown out by Ma Le with money!
Remember that Black Dragon Valley? At the beginning, a nuclear bomb of the Persian cat destroyed the dragon's nest, and the Black Dragon King directly took the remnants of the elite to kill the guards down. But at that time, only a small part followed, and most of the black floaters were only injured and had difficulty moving, so they stayed in their hometown temporarily.
The dragon clan is famous for collecting treasures and gold coins, and there are naturally a large number of treasures buried under the black dragon's nest, after Ma Le woke up, the group directly killed the black dragon's nest, killed the remaining dragon cubs, and dug out tons of gold!
But unfortunately, the system shows that these gold are not things that can be traded by adventurers, I don't know if it is because the Black Dragon King died unexplained, or the system itself sets these to be dead things, in short, Ma Le can't convert these gold into real gold coins according to the ratio of ten to one, and he can't enjoy the benefits of buying when he uses it.
But that's all a matter of the system, and in the eyes of the plot characters, gold is gold! Ma Le used the gold to buy a large number of exquisite gifts, dedicated to honoring these old men of the craftsman's workshop. Although it is necessary to complete a series of demanding tasks in order for the master of the Divine Craftsman to make a move, Ma Le believes that if you don't reach out and don't hit the smiling person, it will never hurt if the thing is sent out. What's more, if you want to activate the task, you also have to improve your favorability, and his favorability has been brushed up, not only is the task released early, maybe the old man will smash two more hammers when he makes weapons, and the quality will be even better!
However, the difficulty of the task after this is not discounted at all, but with Ma Le's current strength, these are all trivial, and this way has been fooled, not only did he get the weapons of Shangguan and the Persian cat, but also completed most of the other plan.
"Boy, what, got that material?" The old orc Carmon looked at the wooden cart outside the door, drank the coffee that Ma Le brewed for him, and tasted the unique peculiar flavor of the Guards Wild Area, and the old god smiled and said, "Are you going to close that project for you?" ”
"You're still sharp-eyed!" Malma refilled his coffee, turned around and lit a cigarette for a troll named Bobby, and then shook off the match before saying, "Everything is ready, now we are going to get to work!" ”