Chapter 25: Malik's Shadow (1)
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Unlike the general game where you spend some money to learn a drawing, then read a note, and BIu makes items at once, the manufacturing in Fantasy is actually done. Take forging as an example, Gonzalez, a blacksmith + forger, also has to complete every process step by step before learning soul forging. Mining, smelting, thrashing, quenching, tempering, grinding, all by hand, not sloppy.
Link's choice of prop master as a major is not only because of Gonzalez and Su Wu's establishment, but mainly because of the magical effect that having a side hustle scholar can improve learning. At first, he thought it was fun, but as more and more skills were required for the props, he began to question his decision, and even had the idea of being cheated by the two of them.
Iron forging, civil engineering craftsmen, weaving and leather making, laundry and slaughtering, etc...... As the largest city in the southwest, Aydin City is home to all the medieval craft workshops, which are either adjacent or divided into separate areas, making it the liveliest and dirtiest neighborhood in the entire city. Because life and work are not separated, many people live upstairs in the downstairs workshop, and many businesses have to start working before dawn.
In the city near the city's gutters, Link stepped barefoot on the leather in a vat that had been soaked long enough, the final process before dyeing, and the three-hour tanning destroyed not only his feet, but also his sense of smell.
Although he had seen the ancient method of leather making on TV before, he knew how hard the work was after experiencing it firsthand. After soaking in a dye vat based on coarse salt for three days to remove the blood-stained feces and residual fat from the fur, it was soaked and tanned in a water tank mixed with pigeon dung, animal fat, fish oil, etc., and the whole process was handmade, and the consumption of the body was no worse than that of wrought iron, and the worst thing was the pungent smell, which once made Link feel that the rotten smell of the dead body was not so unacceptable.
"Alright, it's time to scoop it up. The old cobbler, who had been standing by and watching, motioned for Link to pick up the leather he had tanned and dyed it.
After following the procedure, Link picked up the equipment placed in the corner and left the leather workshop full of various dye vats with vain steps. Looking at his departing back, the old cobbler still couldn't figure out why this young man came to learn leathermaking. Although the mercenaries live a life of licking blood with knives and exchanging their lives for money, they are also much better than low-level laborers like them, who have no security.
Hawke was also incomprehensible, as his jaw dropped to the ground when he heard that Link was studying in the artisan quarter.
The Son of Nature, who is a clergyman even if he is only elected to the stage, why should he surrender himself to do all that dirty work? Experience the life of the poor people? Send his men to follow him for a month, only to believe that Link is not trying to hide some ulterior secrets in this way, he is sincere in learning.
Dragging his sore feet out of the leather workshop, Link passes through an alley to rejuvenate himself with natural healing, and he has to rush to the mercenary training ground outside the city.
Because Aiden's Adventurers' Guild is located outside the city, there is no dedicated underground training ground like Riverdale, just a simple area in the open space. In such an environment, of course, Link couldn't use divine magic, let alone let Jafar turn back into his body to train with him. Fortunately, because of the large number of mercenaries gathered, it is not uncommon for them to compete with each other, as long as they are in the specified area, the garrison will not intervene, and the last time they were chased was because they were fighting near the union tent.
The second time Link went to the union to find a task that could be completed alone, he met a mercenary who recognized him, asked for hand-to-hand combat, and asked for a formal duel before and after, and Link took it all under the pretext of integrating into the circle of Aiden's mercenaries. After coming and going, the mercenaries stationed outside the city all knew that an arrogant newcomer had recently arrived, and the adventurers above the veteran disdained to bully the small, and the novices wanted to compete with them to see if the rumors were true.
Contrary to the magic that can be learned as soon as you learn it, the learning of martial arts relies on monotonous practice, repeated over and over again, until the body is completely adapted to the fusion, and you must be able to move your body at will, which can be considered to be completely learned. As for how to use it in battle, that's a matter of experience. Thanks to these mercenaries, who have nowhere to vent their energy, Link has found a way to improve his combat experience without worrying about his life.
As a fantasy lover, Link also likes Cui San who is dual-wielding, but Yuan Ye and Paine are both professions that can be fought or not carried, and he is the only one who can act as a meat shield tank at this stage. In the end, he could only give up his dual wielding and take the sword and shield route.
Edgar's setting also has a heavy armor punishment, although Link's physical fitness has increased due to training, but it is far from the level of a warrior of the same level, and the more and more storage items in the space bag has almost affected his agility, he has to replace the metal shield with a relatively light leather shield.
As a prop master, Link changed the material from leather to rattan when he made his own zuΓ². Although it is time-consuming and laborious to make, and it is still soaked in grease for a long time after weaving, the defense is amazing, but it is a pity that the weakness is too obvious.
In the distance, Link saw a large group of people gathered at the mercenary training ground, and was about to pass by, when he suddenly sensed Jafar's breath.
With the contractual connection, the wolf easily found Link in the crowd, and whispered a word when he got closer.
"There's progress in that. β
Link paused for a moment, and finally made progress......
It's been almost three months since I came to Aiden, and it's been ten days in reality according to the time difference of the illusion, but there is no movement in the main quest.
Hull's order is to infiltrate Aiden as a mercenary and spy on the lord to gather evidence of his collusion with the undead. During this time, Sherman was confined to the castle and rarely attended even the city council. Seeing that the reality of January novice without death punishment is coming to an end, Link is also very anxious, but Sherman just doesn't make any moves.
In the Golden Rose Tavern, in the room where the soundproof enchantment is cast, in addition to the cobweb, the head of Aiden is also a young woman dressed as a maid. The Mithril necklace around his neck was slightly hot, and Link immediately realized that the man was a member of the Cobweb. Like Hawk's, the Cobweb Emblem he holds can also sense other Cobweb Emblems within a 100-meter radius.
At the age of seventeen or eighteen, I heard that she had been in the industry for several years, and she seemed to be just a freckled girl with a freckled face, and brought a top-secret news - Sherman was sick, from just a little cough at first, to a long time in bed, and he was asleep for much longer than he was awake.
Sherman's family was the Twelve Lords of the Empire, but his grandfather's generation was replaced by a more powerful new nobleman, but the title was retained for some special reason.
Hawke's point of view, this may be the reason why the lord colludes with the undead.
Link also felt that this speculation was relatively reasonable, and Sherman was not very old, but he had always been frail, and although he married a wife, he had no children. According to the system, if he dies without an heir, the title and the title will be taken back together, which is the most unacceptable for the nobility.
"I have another top-secret piece of information here. "Sending out his men who were ambushed in the Sherman Mansion, Hawke told SΓΉ Link, the lord assumed the alias of Cowens, and placed a commission in the guild to recruit experienced adventurers to explore the Horacio Mountains. Because of Horacio's proximity to the pillars of the earth, it is specifically stated that you must have experience in mountain and forest adventures, preferably rangers and mountain people.
"Don't you think it's strange, if it's an ordinary expedition, why emphasize the rangers? β
Link didn't answer right away, Hawke had a strong desire to express himself, and he would answer it himself.
"Obviously, his purpose is not just to loot unguarded tombs, dig up ore veins on the bare surface, and capture a few low-level magical creatures. His purpose is to protect the borders of the land. Only the mountain dwellers and rangers who live nearby know how to avoid the traps in the woods and get close to the border without alerting the druids. β
"Why did he go to the border?" Link was puzzled, what did Sherman's move have to do with the undead's collusion?
"Rumor has it that there is a lost relic from Riverdale to the northern border. "Forsaken, which means ownerless, anyone can have it. Hawke said, "Perhaps, Sherman has his sights on the artifact. β
Obviously, this explanation doesn't work, and since the legend has been around for a long time, why is Sherman looking for it now?
Link was puzzled.
There are undead haunts from Riverdale to the northern border, so are they also interested in the relics? The undead are devastating in the north, and even the combined forces of nature and humans cannot parry them, what kind of power does this holy relic have that deserves to be visited by Frost and Cold? Besides, the holy relic is a gift from the gods, and it can only be used by converting to the faith, so what is the use of the most powerful henchman of the god of death asking for something from another god?
"Do you need me to sign you up?" asked Hawke, who could join the team without having to go through the screening.
"One more place, I'm going to bring a helper. Link thought about it carefully, but decided to take Yuan Ye with him, this kid has been energetic lately, and the bard's skills are also a good support. As for Jafar, Link is worried that his druid identity may be discovered by Sherman, after all, there is a Bug of the Life Weaver against the sky, and there is no need to worry about being revealed by the divine revelation prophecy of the Child of Nature. By the way, Hull was also informed that no matter what Sherman intends to do, prepare for defense first.
When the tent of the adventurer's guild was assembled, Link unexpectedly saw Paine, who had disappeared for a long time, although they occasionally drank together and exchanged information, but they had not cooperated since the team mission.
After asking, it turned out that he had received a secret order from the newly joined Assassin Guild to infiltrate the adventure team of the lord's disguised identity group, waiting for the opportunity to reclaim the holy relics belonging to the god of shadows.
Malik is a subordinate god of the goddess of the night, in charge of intrigue and assassination, and is worshipped by thieves, assassins, and politicians. If the artifact really belonged to this god, it made sense for the Assassins Guild to want to take it back, but ...... Why send a new recruit to the veteran rank?
Link tried his best to restrain the ** who turned back, avoiding eye contact with the attendants who followed the disguised Sherman. The beautiful boy who was jokingly called a woman disguised as a man by the other members had been watching him, full of inquiry and suspicion.
From the intentions of the lord, to the members who participated, the whole thing was foggy, and Link had a very bad premonition about this so-called 'adventure'.
ps: a copy is opened, and this chapter name is estimated to take many days......