Chapter 38 Hiring People
She thought to herself, touching her chin. It makes a lot of sense to her. Looking at the fairy teeth in front of her, Lin Meng flipped through her magic book, looking for pages about bone making. As she flipped through it, a simple thought suddenly occurred to her, as if she had known it all along. She spread the teeth lengthwise across the floor, took out seventy-two and set them aside. Jubilee looked at her earnestly from the counter, and she put her hand above her teeth, focusing on her witchcrafting abilities.
(Lin Meng) Usage: [Witchcraft: Bone Sword]
[Bone Sword] (General)
A long sword made of bone. This terrifying weapon has a dark, ominous tinge to it. This weapon is a bit lighter than a sword made of metal.
Melee: +4
Elemental: +4 Dark Damage
Weight: 0.9kg
Durability: 20/20
Value:???
When they inspected the weapons, Jubilee even nodded in appreciation.
"These are good. But seventy-two teeth is too many...... We can make three daggers out of it. This means that we have to charge ...... for each sword One hundred and forty-seven Orr. The price of weapons for beginners is rising. He tilted his head, "However, the dark damage effect ...... Hmm......" Jubilee thought for a moment and looked back at her: "Put some moon water on it." ”
Lin Meng looked at the Jubilee and asked a little strangely, "Are you sure?" Lin Meng was surprised that Jubilee would make such a suggestion. But Jubilee nodded in affirmation, and the girl immediately got up and went to get some.
[Moonwater Blessing: Blessed by the Light, this weapon deals an additional 10% of its damage as Holy Damage.]
[Bone Sword] (General)
A long sword made of bone. This terrifying weapon has a dark, ominous tinge and is permeated with divine light. The two forces seem to be merging with each other.
This weapon is light compared to swords made of metal.
Melee: +4
Elemental: +4 Dark Damage
+10% Hallow
Weight: 0.9kg
Durability: 20/20
Value:???
Jubilee nodded. "It's an interesting combination. Dark damage and light damage. But that might be a train of thought. Do we have enough moon water to bless all the swords? ”
Lin Meng thought about it and didn't know what the jubilee meant: "... Is it free? That's not like you, Jubilee. ”
On this point, Jubilee continues, unsurprisingly. "The daggers themselves are good enough, and if anyone wants to enchant, we can provide these for a fee! But what about the sword? They look good, but looking at the data, it needs a little more ...... What boosts morale is worth the money. "He looked at the very light long sword." Well done! ”
He nodded at her. "If I get a few more teeth, can you make a few more? They should look appealing on the shelf. ”
Lin Meng nodded, very pleased with the unusually high praise of the Jubilee, and she got to work, making two more swords for their order, plus a large batch to fill their shelves.
Soon, night fell, and the next day arrived in a blink of an eye, and the two of them began another busy day as usual.
"Wow, look at these!" A large man is dragged into the shop by his fellow magicians on his way to the dungeon.
The magician turned and looked at the shelves in disgust: "Those ...... look creepy"
Dahan picked up a bone sword: "Some people just don't know how to appreciate good craftsmanship!" He sighed, raised his sword and looked at it, his fingers running along the blade: "Huh......?" He looked at Lin Meng behind the counter and looked at the scene in front of him. Darkness and Holy Damage? Are these enchanted? The others who came in through the door began to be drawn in by his words.
Jubilee said excitedly: "Of course, only one hundred and forty-seven Orr." ”
Several other stout fighters scrambled to grab the enchanted bone sword and rush to the counter.
A day passed, and she got to work, finishing the last dagger they had left for the Thieves' Guild's order. Now there were only arrows left to make, but she wasn't sure. Instead, the girl chose to spend a little time tinkering with several other places on the downstairs wall after finishing the night's sweeping. Looking at the remaining scrap wood, she had an idea.
"Jubilee?"
He looked at her, repositioned a crystal chicken and responded, "What are you doing?" ”
"How many arrows are in a 'clip'?" Lin Meng pondered.
"Uh...... It depends on where you are in the world! But here it is basically 32 sticks. Lin Meng looked at her hands, counted them with her hands, and heard a tired sigh from the other side: "One hundred and sixty!" The thieves' guild asks for one hundred and sixty arrows. ”
Lin Meng smiled and rubbed her arm, a little embarrassed: "Thank you, Jubilee!" She now realizes that making arrows should be a fairly simple thing. All she needed was some wood, a goblin tooth, and some feathers. The first two are easy to get, and she'll have to find a way to get some feathers tomorrow.
She gets back to work, ready to tear a bad plank from the wall, and she clutches it tightly and puts her legs on the wall to pry it. Unexpectedly, her boots shattered the wooden board and were embedded in the wall, accompanied by a disgusting crunch and Lin Meng's screams, she crawled backwards, threw the board aside, and tried to pull her foot out of the hole.
"Ahh Jubilee! Woo woo woo~! ”
Jubilee walked over, obviously not too worried about her panic or her destruction of the house, just looked at the dead rat inside the wall, the two stayed in place for a while, did not speak, and a small crystal necklace was under the mouse that was trampled to death by Lin Meng.
"Huh? Isn't that your necklace? He looked back at Lin Meng: "It's really unlucky!" Let's clean up! ”
"Huh?" Lin Meng looked at Jubilee, and then at the trampled rat and the cursed necklace, which was also covered with the rat's internal organs. "Jubilee~" Lin Meng protested: "You have gloves, you clean up?!" ”
Jubilee turned his head and glared at her: "No way! You are to bear the consequences of your actions just like adults. Maybe then you'll learn to stop doing such stupid things. ”
Lin Meng's mouth pursed, looking back at the destroyed curse necklace, and he also felt sorry for the mouse. But I'm glad that this item was not picked up by someone else after all.
The next day came.
The commodity sells the selling price buying the buying price amount
Small antidote 26 15 - - 390
Small Soul Elixir 72 19 - - 1368
Bone dagger 1 49 - - 49
Food 0 -40 - - 0
Orange Mushroom Cap 0 030 -5 -150
Blue mushroom cap 0 067 -6 -402
Iron rod 0 0 1 -20 -20
Amulet 6 51 - - 306
Repair 49 23 - - 1127
Package 5 5 - - 25
Psionic 0 0 0 -13 0
Goblin tooth 0 0 128 -1 -128
Crystal Chicken 0 30 - - 0
Bone Sword 16 147 - - 2352
Total Tax Guild Dues Maintenance Total Deductions Sum (Net)
491712% 5% -10% 1328 3589
590 246 492
Earnings per person: 1795
Lin Meng was busy all morning, eating breakfast and bundling feathers, three hundred and twenty-four white feathers and one hundred and sixty crimson feathers. As soon as the store opened, Lin Meng saw the Red Wizard coming in for the first time in three days, she was leaning against the wall to support herself, her legs were weak, and she staggered in, but she still had a smile on her face.
"How's your boss fight?" Lin Meng asked.
"I spent the whole night walking around the ground floor. That damn thing's blood is so thick......"
Jubilee looked at her: "Sixteenth floor? If you're not level up enough, you're looking for death! ”
"yes!" The wizard sighed, his tired legs limping towards the potion, "Still, I nailed it to death. It took six hours, and although it was tough, I did it! She limped to the counter and placed her potion on the counter, "Do you have any stamina potions or anything like that?" ”
"Endurance? No, but I might be able to think of something! Lin Meng patted her chin and added the idea to her to-do list: "But you really should find a team, what if you encounter danger?" ”
"Isn't that what adventure is all about?" Confused, the Red Wizard put a coin on the counter and said, "Ah...... Give me another bag. Mine is lost! ”
Jubilee nodded, placing the potion in a bag made of bright yellow fabric: "I like your attitude. Keep up the good work, but maybe you should take a day off! He pulled out an extra bottle of potion from under the counter: "Freebie!" ”
Lin Meng looked at Jubilee in shock. The wizard gratitatively picked up the potion and limped out the door, always with a big smile on his face.
"Jubilee? You okay? Lin Meng put her hand on her friend's mask: "You won't get sick, will you?" ”
He glared at her. "What do you mean, stupid? Are you going to fight? Lin Meng smiled and took a step back to deal with the next batch of repairs, and couldn't help but think in her heart, obviously even the Jubilee would be in a happy mood from time to time.
It's the middle of the night. Lin Meng was flipping through her magic book, looking for a potential recipe for an endurance potion. Jubilee had gone to bed, and she was sitting downstairs alone, but she hadn't come up with anything yet.
She looked down at the ferns that Jubilee had managed to buy for her.
"Ditch fern!"
A lush, dark green fern with a budding flower at the end. Ferns usually grow in humid climates. Gully ferns especially grow deep underground, especially in humid areas such as dungeon swamps.
This is exactly what her nightlight idea needs. A lot of things are going to be good. It was an exhausting few days, but they were rewarding, not just financially. At this rate, by the end of next week, her debt will be almost fully paid. Not only that, but also because she made a lot of new friends and some new ideas that popped into her head from time to time.
Lin Meng put the ditch fern back to the side and checked something else.
She reached to her left and grabbed two white feathers and a red feather from a bag, along with a goblin tooth and the wood they stocked. She tilted her head, looking at the material curiously, but somehow believing it would work. Lin Meng raised a hand and hovered over a tooth.
(Lin Meng) Usage: [Witchcraft: Bone Arrow]
The goblin's teeth rattled, and magic filed it into a sharp arrow. Pressing it against a smooth stick, she loosely placed the feather on the back end and raised her hands again.
Usage: [Production: Arrow]
[Bone Arrow] (Normal)
The tip of this arrow is a smooth bone arrowhead, filled with dark energy.
Melee: +1 damage
Elemental: +3 Dark Damage
Weight: 0.12kg
Value:???
When she picked up the arrow and examined it, she found that the stick wood had somehow taken on a darker color during the making process, which made the three feathers at the end stand out. Especially the dark red feather that Lin Meng deliberately selected. Not only does it make the arrow look more striking on the shelf, but the red color also indicates that it has dark damage. She wasn't sure how the Thieves' Guild worked, but she was sure they had a lot of arrows. So they might like such a visual marker.
With a satisfied smile, she put the arrows aside and prepared to make dozens more before going to bed tonight.
But until then......
She grabbed the Gully Fern and one of her soul potions from the shelves again and ran towards the dungeon's gates. Jubilee forbids her to "play with fire" in the house, she personally thinks it is unreasonable, she needs to work hard to make things now, but she can't survive Jubilee.
Stepping into the dungeon, she reappeared a moment later and lowered the potion down the stairs. She grabbed the furrow fern and placed it in the flame of the torch for a moment, then lit it. The damp leaves hissed, but then began to smolder at an alarming rate. She screamed as she pulled out the bottle, and the flames quickly spread to her fingers.
"Ahh It's hot! It's hot! ”
She shoved the burning herb into the neck of the bottle and tucked the cork back onto the bottle.
But the cork caught fire.
"Jubilee! Woo woo woo ~ "But the Jubilee is not here.
Lin Meng put the bottle on the stairs and stared at the flames coming out of the small potion bottle, not knowing what to do now, so he could only wait for it to go out? The bestiary says it needs fern smoke...... "That's important, right?" She muttered to herself in exasperation as she watched as the fire slowly extinguished and the charred herb residue fell from the crystal bottleneck into the potion below.
She stared at the potions for a moment, leaning against the walls of the dungeon, where she had slept on her first night here.
Nothing happened.
Lin Meng sighed: "Did I mess up?" The girl pursed her lips and stood up. Maybe she should go back to sleep.
A wave of light flickered in the potion, then began to bubble, and the bottle began to rattle in Lin Meng's hand. For a moment, she thought it would fall down the steps and wanted to reach for it, but realizing how hot the crystal bottle might be, she pushed it back a little with her boots.
The bubbles stopped, the potion stood still, and the light through the blue liquid turned into a constant bright glow, combining with the initial blue glow to form a very bright aura. With pride, she waited for the potion to cool down.
Back at home, she got back to work and made a frame made of wood and crystal for the lantern, and with the newly made lantern leaning against the wall of her room, filled with bright and soft blue light, Lin Meng finally slept peacefully.
[Magic Lantern] (Normal)
A magic lantern made of wood and a layer of waterproof thin crystal. It is filled with an enchanting liquid that will shine forever day or night.
Weight: 0.6kg
Color: Blue
The next day came, and the Jubilee inspected the lanterns.
"Hell, it's too bright!" They said as they pushed the lantern back to the counter and threw a bag on it to block the light. "But it's not bad." Jubilee rubbed the mask's chin. "There's a problem."
Lin Meng tilted his head: "Then what?" ”
"How do you turn it off?"
The girl looked at the lantern that was covered, and then at Jubilee. “…… Why are you turning it off? ”
"Let it be dark?"
"Why?" Lin Meng asked.
"Because sometimes you don't want to be seen! A sucker! People need ordinary lanterns that can be lit or extinguished at any time. He pointed to the lantern: "This is a huge, glowing 'shoot the arrow here' mark." ”
Lin Meng rubbed her arm and thought, she thought that Jubilee Nian's words made sense. Her gaze wandered around the store, past the shelves, past the door, and landed on the closed window.
"Ahh I have an idea! ”
After a while, she just shook her head as she came down with a piece of wood and some metal shards. She placed the wood on the table and minus a few thin rectangular sheets.
(Lin Meng) use: [Craftsman: Shear] x4
Uncovering the lantern and leaning one of the sheets against the four sides, she held the lantern in both hands and fastened it to each board with a metal hinge.
(Lin Meng) use: [craftsman: fastening] x4
When she showed the lantern to Jubilee, she reached out and pulled down the four small blinds. "It's a bit embarrassing, having to close all sides to block out the light! But...... Hmmm......"
He lifted it, opening only a small shutter. The blue light is loose and blurry, and the streamer shines straight ahead. "Hmm...... This is actually quite useful. Illuminate one side like this, or an all-area light if you turn on all four. ”
He closed the shutter and lifted it up again: "This actually works. Well...... Wood, ferns...... Lotion...... Some crystal ...... Maybe we should replace wood with light metal? So they're more durable? ”
He looked at Lin Meng, who thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
"I think these are going to be on fire...... Maybe better than anything else. If you can do more tonight, we'll start selling in-store. I bet it won't take more than three days for the church and the military to send us an order. Jubilee scratched his head: "But we can't sell these at a low price." ”
"Can't you?"
"No, we've sold what we have now at a price well below market value. If we don't start selling some big items at real prices soon, people will ask us how we make ends meet! ”
Lin Meng rubbed her arm: "I think it makes sense." So how much is an enchanted lamp really worth? ”
He turned it around a few times and looked at it: "If we make the frame out of metal instead of wood...... Maybe 300 ohr each? ”
"299!" "People are more likely to buy because it sounds less than 300," Lin said. ”
"Impossible! Anyone can understand that the difference is just an Orr. ”
Lin Meng raised a finger and blinked: "Trust me." ”
Jubilee just rolled his eyes and shook his head: "Of course." Just listen to you! He leaned over and picked up an arrow from the first batch: "These are not bad either. Three dark damage, they'll go straight through any armor, those thieves will love it. ”
He turned the arrow and looked at the end of the feather, saw a red feather, then looked down at the rest of the feathers, and saw that they all had the same characteristics: "Interesting design choice!" "Jubilee puts the arrows back in their place." You know, so far, the whole store is doing well. They looked up at Lin Meng curiously. You can't do a lot of other things, but you do seem to have a knack for this kind of work. ”
"That's because you're helping me!" Lin Meng happily clasped her hands together and said proudly.
"Of course!" Jubilee walked past her as they prepared to open the store.
Today's slow start to business and a slight overcast weather brought a hint of calm to the city's spring. It was as if the bright spring was finally coming to an end, making way for the coming midsummer. But according to Jubilee, summer is still a few weeks away.
Lin Meng was sitting behind the counter, tinkering with some things, and the first customer of the day walked in, and she raised her head: "Welcome...... Yes! She smiled in surprise: "Hi, Basil! "Look at the tired, lonely face coming towards the counter.
Basil waved his hand, walked up to her and asked softly, "How are you?" ”
"I'm fine! More importantly, how are you? She leaned against the counter and asked the priestess. Basil paused for a moment, as if thinking, but then smiled and reached into his pocket and placed a silver coin on the counter.
"I'm fine too, thank you." She pushed the coin over: "I'm here to pay off the debt." Thank you for your patience! The priestess said with a warm but tired smile.
Lin Meng looked down at the coin and took it without arguing. This was also clearly a sign of respect for the priestess.
"Ahh Thank you so much. Have you found a new teammate? She asked.
Obtain: [{ 100 } Orr] !
…… The room was silent, and Jubilee broke the silence with a cough from the other side of the room. Lin Meng realized that her question might make the other party sad, and immediately said, "Ah...... I'm sorry. That was not what I meant! ”
Basil shook his head. "It doesn't matter, there aren't many teams here that don't have a shortage of healers at this time of year." She rubbed her head. "I hope you understand, but I had to sell this sword."
"Oh?" Lin Meng didn't know how to feel, or if she should feel anything. This must be a difficult thing for her, she thought. The girl's gaze shifted to Jubilee, who nodded at her.
"Anyway, it's time for me to go. Maybe I'll get something today, I'd better look around! Basil turned and walked back: "Goodbye! ”
"Basil, wait!" Lin Meng scratched her cheeks nervously: "We actually want to ask you something......"
"Work here?" Basil asked, somewhat surprised.
Lin Meng leaned over to her and said, "Yes! The girl rubbed her head. Jubilee and I can't get it done! Really tired! ”