Chapter 40: Kidnapping
Albert walked down the street blankly, a little embarrassed. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Suddenly, a sign that read 'scrap metal products' caught his eye.
Albert slammed his head and realized that he had fallen into a misunderstanding. He had learned how to work with the grey dwarf Arnold, and he wielded the power of fire, making him more capable of making his own ornaments.
In the end, Albert purchased thirty bronze and three silver objects for only ten gold coins.
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The rooms of the hotel had been converted into an enchantment workshop by Albert, and the magic materials were scattered everywhere, and there was no place to put your feet.
Albert sat on a bed full of material drawings and giggled. His gaze converged on the palm of his hand, where there was a piece of silver the size of a soybean, glowing with a faint white glow, as if to show off its extraordinary.
This is not ordinary silver, but a valuable Mithril.
Silver has excellent magical properties and is a metal loved by magicians. And a hundred pounds of silver may not be able to refine a gram of Mithril, and it is a treasure for magicians.
Today was his lucky day, Albert thought to himself, and there was a small treasure in the discarded rags. The value of Mithril is extremely high, a hundred times that of the same amount of gold, and the small piece of Mithril in his hand is worth at least 60 gold coins, which can almost recover half of the cost. Of course, Albert didn't plan to sell this piece of Mithril or enchant it with it, he had other uses.
Albert pulled out a small box from his trouser pocket, which contained a bronze ring inlaid with red agate. He created it under Arnold's direction and intended to give it to Edith as a birthday present. It's just that he's busy with revenge now, and he can't celebrate the little girl's birthday.
Unlike silver, copper has excellent magical properties. The effect of the copper extracted from the bronze is better, and it is not easy to deform. Therefore, Ther copper is an indispensable main material for enchanted jewelry. Not only that, but the luster of the copper is full, and it looks like jadeite, so many ornaments will also use the copper. However, due to the abundance of copper mines, the price of copper is not as outrageous as that of Mithril, only ten times that of the same amount of gold.
He retracted his thoughts and placed Mithril in the locket where the Thorran Ring was placed. After returning to Blackwater Castle, he asked someone to enchant the Thor Ring with Mithril as compensation for Edith.
"Hopefully, luck hasn't gone away, and I can refine some more Thor. Albert muttered.
He picked up a bronze object in both hands, and a scorching flame burned in his hands.
The furious fire elemental danced on the palm of his hand like a dancing elf. As the flames continued to rise, the copper in Albert's hands began to deform and liquefy. A quarter of an hour later, the copper had melted into molten copper, but he continued to stir up the flames.
Gradually, the copper water began to vaporize and finally disappeared without a trace.
There was a foul smell in the room, but Albert was unaware. He picked up another bronze object and repeated the action mechanically.
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In the dense forest, the Black Tiger King and Howard argued fiercely.
"I really don't know what else you can do, you can't even kill a four-star magician. ”
"He has powerful companions, damn it, and gold-rank martial artists. The Black Tiger King was a little apprehensive: "That's an elf shooter, I'm lucky that I'm still alive." ”
"Don't make excuses for your failures. ”
"He's seriously wounded, maybe dead, didn't the mercenary who went back tell you that?"
"It's missing, and I don't believe anything until I see Albert's body. ”
"That's your business, it's time for me to leave, that's what you said. ”
"It's not over yet, you can't go anywhere!" Howard hissed.
"Do you want the Division's Guild Law Enforcement Team to kill me?" the Black Tiger King roared back, "Don't forget, I'm doing something for you!"
"You're for your brother. Howard told the Black Tiger King. "I'll put Albert's disappearance down for ten days, and find him, dead or alive. I'll give you a large sum of money enough to return to Crouching Tiger Mountain to win your brother's award. His tone softened, and of course, some of Howard's words were hidden in his heart. "If you can't find Albert, you'll die. ”
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After a busy night, Albert wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled smugly.
His luck had not yet gone away, and there was enough copper in the thirty copper objects. There were four extra emerald green rings on the table. Of course, the workmanship is very simple, after all, enchanted ornaments are not made for viewing.
Albert picked up a magic pen with a sharp end and a slightly rounded end.
It was no easy task to engrave intricate magic patterns on a small ring, and he took a deep breath and tried to calm his mind.
Albert put pen to paper, carefully portraying.
Over time, the bronze ring has become covered with dense lines.
Fine beads of sweat broke out on his forehead, his hands trembled slightly, and his eyes were a little sour. Albert was more stressed than physically exhausted. The cost of failing to carve demons is very high, and the slightest deviation in depiction will cause the magic pattern to completely fail, and the bronze ring will be reduced to a waste product from then on. During his studies, he had practiced the 'Elementary Flame Amplification Pattern' he was now portraying thousands of times, but when it came to the actual practice, Albert was still a little nervous.
As long as a century had passed, Albert withdrew his trembling hand and breathed a sigh of relief. Blessed by Lady Luck, the Magic Pattern inscription was successful without any mistakes.
However, this is only the first step, and there are even bigger challenges that await Albert.
Enchantment is divided into two stages, the demon refers to the inscription of the magic pattern, which is second, and the enchantment is the true essence of enchantment.
Without enchantment, the Pattern cannot be effective.
After a short break, Albert did not immediately enchant it, but picked up another bronze ring and continued to engrave the magic pattern. He firmly believes in preparedness and does not think that he can succeed in enchanting it once.
After an unknown amount of time, Albert completed all the engraving work, and there were three bronze rings on the table.
Looking at the fruits of his labor in front of him, Albert was satisfied. Although I failed once during this period, the 75% success rate is enough to be proud of. If the other enchanters knew about this, their jaws would have dropped. Even for a highly skilled high-level enchanter, the success rate of carving demons would not be as high as his. Of course, this enviable success rate of demon carving is due to the demonic ability granted by the bloodline. In this era when the dragon clan is gone, he even dares to claim that he has the first magic power, and even the darling of nature, the elves, cannot match it.
Just as Albert was about to enchant it, his stomach suddenly protested.
Although a magician can go without sleep for a long time, he cannot go without eating for a long time. Of course, Albert never wanted to work hungry. Hunger makes work less productive, Arnold said.
Albert walked downstairs to buy a barbecue sandwich across the street from the hotel. He ate one yesterday and it was delicious. That's right, there's also the golden brown fried chicken thighs with breadcrumbs on the outside, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. With the sun god on top, how can you eat sandwiches and fried chicken without a refreshing cold beer.
Walking in the long, dimly lit corridor, Albert was full of thoughts, and his saliva was about to flow out.
"Get out of here!"
At that moment, a series of discordant voices rang out, and Albert felt a huge force hit his shoulder, pushing him to the ground.
"You!"
Albert looked up and was about to speak, but he saw a face that haunted him. Joanna's whole body was wrapped in a wide black robe, and the wide brim of her hat blocked her beautiful face. Even if he was lying on the ground at this time, he could only see below the tip of his nose. But Albert swears he was absolutely not mistaken.
He wanted to get up to say hello, but noticed the four people around Joanna.
All four of them were in their thirties, dressed as mercenaries, wearing bright leather armor or chain mail, carrying tower shields, long swords, double axes, and bows and arrows, and wearing silver warrior-level crests on their chests. One of the men had a hideous scar on his face, and the coat of arms depicted six sword star crosses arranged in a fan shape, while the other two men and one woman had five crosses on their coats of arms.
The four mercenaries surrounded Joanna, looking like they were protecting her, but Albert didn't see any deference on the faces of the four.
Don't......
Albert didn't dare to think further, if he was right, Joanna had been kidnapped.
"Look! Die for me!"
A mercenary raised his sword and slashed at Albert's head.
"Enough trouble?!"
Just as Albert was about to resist, a grim voice echoed through the corridor. The scar man grabbed the arm of the sword-wielding mercenary and said in a low voice: "You son of a bitch, don't get into trouble, we have business to do." ”
Hearing this, the sword-wielding mercenary put away his long sword.
"I'm sorry, you're okay. The hot mercenary picked up Albert and said softly, "Please forgive us for our rudeness." ”
"As you wish, beautiful lady. Albert shrugged.
"What a gentleman you are. The mercenary smiled: "See you next time, I wish you a good night." ”
Albert stopped where he was, pretending to pat the dust off his body, and secretly observed the backs of the five men with his peripheral vision. A short time later, he saw the five men enter the room next to him.
After determining the room for the five, Albert did not linger and walked downstairs as if nothing had happened. At first, he wanted to go up and eavesdrop, but reason dismissed this stupid approach, and he didn't want to startle the snake.
Now he was sure that Joanna must have been kidnapped.
What to do?
There is no doubt about rescuing Joanna, whether it is because of their friendship or another emotion that he hides deep inside. The problem that bothered Albert was how to rescue him, the strength of the four mercenaries was good, even if he fought alone, he was not the opponent of the six-star martial artist Scar Man, let alone three five-star martial artists. The report officer also won't work, he must think about Joanna's safety, if the kidnappers jump over the wall in a hurry, it will be a big problem.