Not long after the acting store manager Henry entered the back room, he followed an old man out.

The old man had bright red hair, a lush beard that covered his entire chin, and a pair of rather fierce eyes under his thick eyebrows, which at first glance looked like a red-haired lion with angry eyes.

To say that he was an old man was an exaggeration, and Roy speculated that he was probably in his early fifties.

The main reason is that he has a lot of spirit, so he doesn't look old, and his perennial forging also makes his whole body muscular, and if he really wants to fight hand-to-hand combat, I'm afraid that even young people will not be his opponent.

He held a stack of drawings in his rough and thick hands, and when he saw Roy and Harvey, he couldn't help but be stunned: "Who is the client this time?" ”

"I am." Roy stepped forward.

Seeing Henry standing behind the red-haired old man in an orderly manner, he immediately understood the identity of this person.

He was Master John.

"You?"

John glanced Roy up and down.

The childish face is not taken off, and it is estimated that he has not even graduated from elementary college, how can he be the designer of the drawings?

His tone couldn't help but be a little helpless: "Little ghost, what about your adult?" ”

"I came alone—with my friends." Roy gestured to Harvey beside him.

John was immediately disappointed: "Since your family wants to modify the bow and crossbow to this extent, why don't you come here yourself?" The design of this crossbow is not reasonable, and if it is not modified, the finished product can only be used as decoration! ”

He paused, looking a little regretful, but seeing that the other party was just a child, he also lost interest in continuing to communicate:

"Specifically, let's call your family and talk about it."

With that, he turned around and was about to leave.

"I designed this crossbow, if you have any questions, just ask me."

Roy stopped him, "My name is Roy Arnold, Master John, and you just said that the design of this crossbow is not reasonable?" ”

John's eyes lit up after confirming that the boy wasn't joking: "You drew this drawing?" ”

Roy nodded.

"Good, good, good!"

He said three good words in a row, and did not continue to talk nonsense, pointing to the drawings in his hand and saying, "The old man came to tell you where the design of your crossbow was wrong." ”

"First of all, the forge needs to confirm one thing when customizing a weapon: who is the user of this crossbow? Is he an ordinary person, or an inheritor? ”

"Myself, I am the inheritor." Roy replied.

"Then there is a very contradictory point."

"The crossbow has a lot of complex mechanics that make it more powerful and more fast. But correspondingly, it has high requirements for the strength of the material, so the old man needs to strengthen and enchant the material, but in this way, this crossbow has become a spiritual weapon. ”

He accentuated the word "spiritual artifact."

"However, this crossbow only uses spirit-level materials, and it doesn't mean that it can deal spirit-level damage! Let me tell you how powerful a true spiritual weapon is. ”

As he spoke, he casually pulled out a long sword from the weapon rack on the wall, and with the injection of spiritual power, the long sword emitted a faint fluorescence, and the sword body trembled faintly, as if it contained unparalleled power.

"If this sword is swung, this shop will be reduced to ruins in an instant." John stroked the blade of the sword and said lightly.

Roy nodded subconsciously.

He had already felt the oppression of the sword up close, so he had no doubt about the truth of the words.

"This sword is the same as your crossbow, it is just a weapon of ordinary materials to be tempered and enchanted, and it belongs to the lowest level of low-grade spiritual weapons, but I dare to pack a ticket, after your crossbow is made, the actual combat power will be completely inferior to this sword!"

John said in a deep voice: "The difference between the two is that this sword has been forged as an embryo of a spiritual weapon from the beginning, and a special spiritual power mechanism is installed on the hilt, so it can fully adapt to the flow of spiritual power, and if you inject ten percent of the spiritual power, it can give you twelve percent of the damage." ”

"And what about your crossbow? The old man can see that it is a mechanical crossbow that can be used by ordinary people, and it does not take into account the circulation of spiritual power at all, but it needs spiritual weapon-level materials, which is simply a tyrannical thing! ”

"Because it doesn't have a spiritual power mechanism installed, it can't increase the spiritual power you inject, so this crossbow only relies on the spiritual weapon-level material itself to attack, and the damage will of course be higher than that of ordinary crossbows, but it is far inferior to these serious spiritual weapons!"

Hearing this, Roy already fully understood what John meant.

It only took a few minutes to sharply point out the contradictions on this crossbow.

To put it simply, this compound crossbow is a contradiction between modern science and fantastical power.

In the previous life, there was no "magic", and the power and winding speed of the crossbow could only be enhanced through an elaborate mechanical structure.

In this world, there are "spiritual powers" that cannot be explained by modern science, and many functions that require complex mechanical structures can be realized.

In the past six months, he has been thinking about how to reproduce the modern composite crossbow of his previous life, but he didn't expect that as an inheritor, he already has a better understanding of weapons.

Modern compound crossbows only rely on their own mechanical energy to deal damage, but in this world, spiritual crossbows that use spiritual power as the main source of power will do far more damage than compound crossbows!

This is the path he never envisioned.

"So I was wrong in the first place?"

Roy was a little dazed and muttered to himself, "My efforts in the past six months have actually been useless......

"Not really." John looked at his lonely expression and shook his head,

"The mechanical structure of this crossbow is really cleverly designed, each mechanical part can significantly improve the performance of the bow, if it is properly transformed, and then add spiritual power mechanisms, then this crossbow will do more damage than the same level of spiritual crossbow!"

"Can it be transformed!?" Roy's eyes lit up.

"Of course you can, who do you think the old man is?" John touched his long beard with a smug expression.

Roy immediately bowed his head respectfully: "It is worthy of being Master John of Sidney, and please ask the master for guidance!" ”

A smile tipped across John's face.

He has been a blacksmith for more than forty years, and has received numerous feats and accolades since becoming famous, but the flattery of the boy in front of him still makes him extremely useful.

Just now he carefully pondered the drawings, and the exquisite mechanical structures in them fascinated him for a while.

He had spent his life studying the application of spiritual power mechanisms to weapons, but he had never imagined that weapons with purely mechanical structures could have so many mysteries and charms.

He showed Roy an unenvisioned path, and didn't Roy open the door to a new world for him?

This kid may be a genius.

And being respected by geniuses is undoubtedly a pleasant feeling.

What's more, he is still a inheritor, and if he can maintain this wisdom, his future achievements may be limitless.

So, John no longer held the shelf, but sat directly next to Roy and explained the drawings in detail:

"In Sidnia, almost only the inheritors of the archer profession can use bows and crossbows, among which the "Divine Marksman" and "Elves" are mainly bows, and the "Hunter" is a crossbow that focuses on the rate of fire and mobility, and the effective range is only about 50 meters."

"However, although the powerful crossbow you designed is used for long-range sniping, it can refer to the "Hunter's" repeating crossbow in the use of spiritual power mechanisms......"

“…… For example, this mechanical structure can be replaced with a psychic mechanism, and in this respect, the psychic mechanism can exert a better effect......"

“…… This mechanic is clever enough to be retained, and the bolts fired will be more powerful after enchantment......"

“……”

In this way, the two discussed the drawings with great interest for several hours.

In the middle, Henry served lunch, but they didn't move at all, and they were completely immersed in the world of transforming the bow and crossbow.

It wasn't until the afternoon that the two finally finalized all the details of the production of the compound crossbow.

To be precise, this is no longer a modern compound crossbow in the traditional sense, but a spiritual compound crossbow mixed with fantasy style.

"What a lesson today, thank you, Master John." Roy stood up and bowed.

His bow is sincere, in the past, he worked behind closed doors, which led to drilling the horns of the horns when designing the drawings.

And John is a well-known blacksmith in Sidney, and as the inheritor of the "Demon Blade", he also has a deeper understanding of spiritual weapons.

A day of face-to-face communication with him is more useful than sitting at home and reading ten books.

"Your name is Roy, isn't it?"

John patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "The old man remembers your name, and if you think of something interesting in the future, you can come to the store to find me." ”

Being able to say this sentence means that Roy has received his initial approval.

Harvey was also on the sidelines to cheer for Roy.

Although during the discussion, he could barely understand what Roy and the others were saying, but since they were both very happy afterwards, it means that he was successful in helping them today.

"Because the production process of this crossbow is more complicated, the price will be more expensive than the same grade of spiritual weapons, and when you receive the bill, don't blame the old man for raising the price, and then go outside to ruin my reputation!"

As he parted, John made a joke with Roy.

Roy couldn't help but sneak a glance at Harvey, who was yawning.

Don't worry, anyway, today's expenses will be paid by a certain young master.