Chapter 7: The Stone Hammer and Blacksmith Shop

Driving into the city, it looks like a medieval town, except that the roads and buildings are much wider and taller.

The ashlar paved road is strong and heavy, although it looks potholed because of the corrosion of the years, but at a glance it is actually quite smooth and tidy, and the road is also lined with bluestone and wood structure houses, simple and exotic, between the houses are mixed with large and small lanes or stairs, winding and extending in all directions.

The streets and alleys are filled with a large number of residents and merchants, people are full of smiles, either restaurants, stalls are soliciting guests, or directly trading goods on the street, the endless flow is also full of commercial atmosphere, the voices of people are boiling, it seems lively and complicated, in such an environment, as if even the cold climate has been dispelled.

Fortunately, the roads were very wide, and the main road was large enough for seven or eight horse-drawn carriages to pass side by side, so even though it was bustling, the streets were not very crowded, and from time to time you could see a team of heavily armed adventurers leading all sorts of mounts through the crowds and shops, shopping for supplies, and the ordinary residents who had long been accustomed to it, although not afraid, would generally avoid them a little to avoid causing trouble—especially some of the most vicious ones.

Laces drove his carriage across the avenue, observing the town with great interest, and to be honest, his current image was really eye-catching, but with nightmare beasts in his company, even if many people noticed that he was a little weird little kid, there wouldn't be anything vulgar.

No one will treat him as a fat sheep who is easy to start, even if they do think so, it is useless, and even they themselves don't know why they don't have the idea of doing it after their hearts are tight.

Undoubtedly, this saves a lot of trouble.

Recalling a year ago, once he went to the town alone to deal with alchemy items, but was accidentally targeted by a mercenary group, the bad-tempered Radice didn't think about it and got into trouble with them, the matter was quite big, alarming the town's army, or Albert went out to settle down, it seems that it was Albert's first appearance in the town, and the appearance of a powerful mage naturally attracted great attention, and then Radis would be protected by the open and secret every time he came to the town, which made him depressed.

In particular, since that time, Latis has never seen the originally famous mercenary group, and he has never even heard of it again, which caused him to wonder if he was turned to ashes by a long-range blow from his father.

Anyway, after that lesson, Radith now takes Big Black (the name he gave Nightmare Beast) with him every time he goes out, and sets up that rough carriage.

Of course, it is also necessary to bring a bulky carriage, not only to play, but also to dispose of the alchemy items he has made during this time, and then purchase some necessary materials to go back.

Speaking of which, relying on these exercises, Latis has also saved a lot of money, after all, things related to magic are high-priced goods.

The talisman that was thrown to Scott before was an apprentice-level alchemy item, which was of little use to Latis, just a casual practice, but it was also a valuable magic item in this remote town, and it had to be bought with gold coins.

You must know that the purchasing power of gold coins is still very strong, ordinary people only use copper coins, even if a wealthy family survives, they only use silver coins to consume, and one gold coin is enough to offset the expenses of ordinary civilian families for a year.

It's just a few goods shots, Latis's assets have exceeded 10,000, how can he be regarded as a rich man, even so, he will not think that he has a lot of money, anyway, the gold coins issued by the Chriss Kingdom have a very high gold content, and the value is much higher than that of some small countries, not inferior to those imperial gold coins, and it is also one of the most valuable currencies in the world, with extremely high liquidity, and will not be smashed in his hands, so he doesn't mind turning these useless things into gold coins, anyway, piling them up at home is quite space-consuming.

And because Albert has no concept and demand for these mortal currencies, he used to buy things and actually spent precious magic crystals, which really made him unbearable, so the daily expenses were taken care of by the wealthy Lades - for the golden and lovely gold coins, he still liked it as a Chinese in his previous life, and he didn't mind the more the merrier, and naturally he wouldn't be bored with things like making money, anyway, it was very easy for him now.

As the carriage progressed, the crowd thinned out, and Radis came to the door of a blacksmith shop in the middle of nowhere, called Stone Hammer.

This blacksmith shop is the most common type, the shop is connected to the workshop, the ash stove and the various weapons hanging on the walls are the only decoration, simple and quaint, even a little dirty, whether it is a small façade or a featureless name, there is nothing surprising about it, even in this border town, it is considered the most inconspicuous kind, it is estimated that a little more high-grade mercenaries and adventurers will not come here to buy weapons.

However, the only strange thing is that business here is unexpectedly good, from time to time well-equipped and powerful mercenaries come and go, and many people choose weapons in this small and messy space, or wait patiently to negotiate with the boss here.

The equipment of these mercenaries is much better than that of most of the mercenaries seen on the street, and they are much stronger in terms of strength, but they are all very patient, but the burly shopkeeper has an impatient face and a bad attitude, and his rough voice can be heard at the door:

"How many times have I said it, I can only order ordinary weapons here, I don't accept the custom business of magic weapons, that's all there is to the style of magic weapons, you can buy it if you want, don't bother me with this crooked chirp!"

"What's the matter? Cheaper? This is a complete fucking magic weapon, not a random demon defect, where else can you buy it in this town except for me? There are so many people who want to buy it, why don't you buy it!"

"It's all inclusive? You think it's beautiful! Do you think that you fire blades can eat alone if you are a little famous in the town! Lao Tzu is open to do business, and I will give you all of it, and I can't do this business? It's not your family here, I don't want to offend people! I said a long time ago, no matter who it is, each batch of magic weapons will buy at most two pieces! No matter how much money you give, it's not easy to make more money!"

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"You still know that you are in business, so you don't want to offend people?"

Listening to these deafening clamors, Latis outside the door had black lines on his head, and his face was helpless, although he had long been accustomed to this person's character, he still couldn't help his desire to complain.

In fact, if you hear this, you can understand why this ordinary blacksmith shop is doing so well, although the craftsmanship of this blacksmith is actually really good, but mainly because of the regular sale of precious magic weapons here.

Unlike simple enchanted weapons with only one or two passive buffs, only weapons with full enchantment inscriptions and multiple magical effects are considered true magic weapons.

Such a weapon not only requires a very high forging process, but also requires a regular enchanter or alchemist with sufficient experience, and no matter how bad it is, it must be a formal mage who is proficient in this way to make it.

Except for those large cities that have been really prosperous for a long time, there are very few other ordinary towns that can sell such rare goods, at least in a small border land like the small town of Erketor, which does not reach this level, and it is not surprising that this kind of high-end goods that do not match this place appear here, and it is not surprising that natural odd goods can be lived.

As for where these weapons came from, no one would delve into it, because the guys in the town with a little seniority knew it - apart from the mysterious manor that suddenly appeared a few years ago, what other brainless big man would have enough to sell these high-end goods to such a small place?

These magic weapons are naturally the handiwork of Latis, due to the direction of the experiment biased towards the enchantment inscriptions, most of the alchemy items he usually makes are these magic weapons, although the experiment has not been successful so far, but the practice in his spare time can be regarded as exquisite craftsmanship, not to mention whether it can be compared to those myths and legends of the famous magic weapons, at least it is a precious low-end magic weapon, for the ability to cause robbery will not have any surprises.

The mage apprentices who specialize in the enchantment branch can make a lot of money by simply enchanting weapons, and Ratis's craftsmanship is no longer inferior to that of orthodox alchemists, so what's so strange about this kind of thing?

As for why Latis chose to let this shop sell his magic weapons, there are three main reasons: first, although the owner of this shop is a little rough, his forging skills are really good, and Laceis's forging skills are all learned from him;

secondly, among the blacksmiths and even all the professions in the city, his personal name was the highest in personal force, and although he was weak, he was close to the strength of the median warrior enough to deal with the prying eyes of ignorance;

Third, this guy has a wide range of channels, and some rare ore materials here can be easily obtained, and Latis can directly buy the materials he needs from him without bothering.

Based on these three points, the blacksmith was the most suitable partner for Latis.

Originally, Latis wanted to wait for Trump to finish the business in hand, but as soon as the old man saw the carriage at the door, he immediately blew away all the customers in the store with a bad attitude, which was not like treating customers, but like driving away a pack of annoying wild dogs.

In a world that advocates personal force, there are probably many cases of shopkeepers bullying customers.

Those mercenaries didn't dare to complain about this, and had no choice but to leave, and when they saw Latis at the door, their eyes suddenly lit up, and many people nodded their heads to say hello.

Ordinary people may not know his identity, but this group of land snakes naturally recognized Latis, and when they saw his appearance, they immediately understood that there might be another batch of magic weapons arriving, which was good news for them, so they all put away the dissatisfaction in their hearts and left quickly.

Latis ignored them, but looked at the rough man who greeted him with a smile and greeted him with a smile: "Long time no see, Uncle Hammer, business is good!"

"Haha~, it's not thanks to you, these guys are here for your goods, and they don't look down on my weapons. ”

"How so, Uncle Hammer, the weapons you have created are also known in the town for being excellent and durable, and my magic weapons are just the icing on the cake. ”

"Just your kid will be obedient~······ How many good goods did you bring to me this time?"

Laces smiled and snapped his fingers, and a slight whirlwind appeared out of thin air, lifting the canvas on the carriage, revealing a cold light:

"No~, it's all here, this time there are a lot more than before. ”

seemed to be dazzled by the reflection of the blade in front of him, blacksmith Trump couldn't help but squint his eyes, but the corners of his mouth bloomed:

"You little ghost, you're really ······· Hehe~, it's good, it's good······"

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