Chapter 122: Elven Praetorian Guards (First Order)
The tails of a dozen dead gnolls were cut off by the adventurers.
These things are not worth much, but they are certainly worth a lot more than goblin ears, but these trophies, the adventurers voluntarily gave to the half-elves.
As a form of gratitude, Loki returned to Senjin with the caravan with a heavy crossbow on his back and a jackal's tail.
As he passed through the gateway of the wall, he met the tax collector who was patrolling nearby, a fat nobleman dressed in gorgeous clothes, who had a seemingly friendly conversation with the adventurers after collecting heavy taxes from the merchants.
Even as the half-elf passed by, the tax collector looked at the dark red and bloody jackal tail he was carrying, and squinted his eyes and praised him.
Returning to the adventure union, the adventurers did a simple task handover and received their share of the rich reward.
The pile of bloody gnolls' tails attracted the amazement of several onlookers and adventurers.
More than ten gnolls are not something that a lone adventurer can deal with, and even ordinary professionals can't deal with it head-on.
It can be seen that after a bloody battle, I don't know how these wolf tail harvests are counted on the heads of half-elves.
The adventurer with a loud voice couldn't help but show off, telling the story of the attack of the jackal group just now, and the counterattack and strangulation.
Loki didn't care about the eyes around him, and his face didn't fluctuate at all.
Carrying the bloody loot, at the inventory staff behind the table, he exchanged a gold coin for more rewards, which is not bad.
At the time of separation, there were also a few adventurers who were interested in buying a crossbow, five gold coins, and the price of such a well-made crossbow was not high.
But the half-elf only accepts the full deposit, prepays five gold coins in advance, and can deliver the goods in a few days, and only two people finally pay for the reservation.
Loki didn't care, now that the materials were insufficient, he couldn't do it even if he received a lot of business at once.
And his propaganda hasn't started to be used yet, and the time is not enough, and it will take a few days to talk about it.
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Back at the weapons shop, the dwarf Pigou listened to the half-elves recount the situation, and his beard grew with joy.
After counting the ten gold odds, Pigou was about to raise the forged iron and work hard to complete the delivery of the crossbow order......
Loki hurriedly stopped him, "Put aside the work of striking iron for now, there are more important things for you to do." ”
With the weapons shop barely holding up, and there weren't many raw materials left such as ore, Loki asked the dwarves to buy some of the materials needed to make crossbows, especially some iron ore.
Pigou hesitated, "But I don't have much money, or I'll sell those dwarven firearms." ”
The dwarf Pigou was so ruthless that he even had to sell the fire gun he had been obsessively studying.
However, who in the town would buy this thing at a high price? Adventurers think it's troublesome and impractical.
Loki left a small portion of the gold from the last mission, and gave the rest to the dwarf to buy according to the purchase list.
Pigou Brutehammer is a bit more shrewd than the average dwarf, and he won't be a problem with that.
In about an afternoon, the dwarves traveled all over the small half of Senjin Town, found a lot of smugglers who could buy all kinds of materials cheaply, and contacted them to prepare some pig iron and materials within a few days.
The money was almost spent, and even the druid tuition for little Fatuna was filled by Loki for a while.
Pigou was also shocked to learn about the half-elf's advertising plan, as if he had opened a new door and had more confidence in the pulley crossbow.
Loki's original idea was to invest money in hype and hold a small, talk-provoking crossbow shooting competition, with a huge prize money that could be used to make a fuss, because no one else had a chance to get the so-called prize money except for the organizer of the Hammer Weapon Shop.
As a result, the pulley crossbow can be a blockbuster, but in addition to the prize money, the investment in other aspects is not small, and this so-called competition is too high-profile, Loki still did not use it.
After thinking about it, he put this important publicity on the assessment of the adventure union, and the cost was small and the return was high.
And the pulley crossbow greatly made up for his lack of strength before, and Loki was full of confidence in the assessment.
The 'pulley' prefix was not loud enough, and the half-elf was ingenious, not only changing some rumors about the provenance of the crossbow blueprint, but also changing the name.
The full name is 'Elven Praetorian Guard Steel Crossbow'.
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Senjin Town, Adventurers' Union.
The half-elf paid a professional appraisal fee of 15 silver coins, and behind him, there was a lot of noise, and a large group of adventurers gathered to watch the excitement.
A few days ago, someone secretly released the news......
It is said that the half-elf newcomer named Loki is very unconvinced by his rating.
said that he was dragged down by the crossbow weapon last time, and this time he got a suitable crossbow, and he will definitely become a first-order middle-level crossbowman in one fell swoop, or even more powerful.
For the arrogant remarks of the half-elves, those who really have the strength of a professional scoff
Most of the professionals have learned the 'Eye of Internal Inspection' skill, and can tell the gap between the professional and the apprentice, and the half-elf is obviously not a professional yet, and there is an invisible gap between this.
The half-elves' wild words are not necessarily true, but the rumors do not stop, and there are some good people secretly fueling the trouble......
Today, the half-elf appeared in the adventurer's guild and paid the money to apply for the assessment, which finally confirmed that this was true.
Loki was dressed as an ordinary adventurer, with a gray hoodie and leather armor, but the crossbow he was carrying caught everyone's attention.
The steel crossbow is simple and exquisite, and it fits the shape of the arm support and grasp, especially the silver metallic gloss, which has an indescribable beauty.
The examiner was still bald old Morton, and on the surface he looked like he was doing business, and went to the venue behind the adventure union, and he still kindly reminded the half-elf halfway through.
"It looks like a good crossbow, but with such a steel structure, half-elf, are you sure you have the ability to use it?"
Loki smiled, "Confidence comes from good preparation. ”
"Old Morton, I'm ready, let's get started. ”
Self-confidence also requires strong strength guarantees. Old Morton shook his head, and did not persuade anything more.
Due to his previous bow and crossbow evaluation, he already has the adventure level of a fifth-order apprentice to a first-order professional (apprentice level 1~5, first-order level 6~10), and in this assessment, the target distance is directly from forty steps away, and the degree of accurate shooting is evaluated.
Distance, angle, wind direction, wind speed, air humidity, light refraction, etc., are collected and converted into data at all times, and at the same time brought into the formula for calculation.
Therefore, in the imaging of the optic nerve, the exact number obtained by the 'Crossbow Trajectory 3.0' has been maintained.
Steel crossbow, in the shocked eyes of the people around him, he pulled the string with only one hand.
Again, the rate of fire is staggering, and the half-elves barely have to aim.
The moment the crossbow was raised, a streamer of light flew by, and the arrow was already deep in the center of the circle.
"Oh my God, how did he do it, it wasn't so precise last time. ”
"I heard that the half-elf changed to a powerful weapon, is it really that crossbow that gave him confidence?"
More than a dozen shots were made, and the half-elf showed terrible stability.
Forty paces away, each arrow hit the middle of the bull's-eye, and the score was exactly right.
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