Chapter 42: Hunting the Moon
Lin Meng retreated inside, closed the door behind her, sighed, and felt Jubilee's gaze on her: "Jubilee~?" ”
"What?"
“@#¥%%#……?”
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Jubilee looked up at her and asked.
"This bird yells at me, as if to say I'm a strange thing!" Lin Meng sighed.
Jubilee puts his hand on his hip. "I told you to master the glass processing skills, but you didn't listen, and you still wanted to talk to the birds!" Jubilee sarcastically said, "I tell you, they have nothing to say." Damn Bird ......" Jubilee glared at the crystal chicken angrily: "Damn the chicken......"
The girl sighed and stopped thinking about it, because she was ready for the most important thing of the moment! Open for business!
The two took a deep breath, looked at the crowd gathered outside the window, opened the store, and watched the usual crowd pour in.
"I'm going to have six today!" The Red Wizard places her red handbag on the counter. In the spring, their bags were all yellow, but the Jubilee made the Red Wizard's red. Lin Meng found that she liked this very much what Jubilee did. It really doesn't look like him at all. Maybe her friend's hardened character is getting weak?
"Still trying so hard?" Jubilee asked.
The Red Wizard shook his head, "I love these ordinary! The small ones are not bad, but the taste is a bit heavy, you know? ”
"Of course!" Jubilee said.
Lin Meng wasn't sure if he had actually tried any of her potions, though.
Customers came in and out, and soon Basil arrived and took over the counter, while Jubilee reprimanded her for being late, and it had been almost an hour since she left.
The priestess apologized and said she had to calm down the biped because it was very agitated. Hearing this, Jubilee turned his anger back to Lin Meng, apparently she had angered the bird.
The girl tried to defend herself by saying that she had done nothing but stood at the door.
An hour passed, and soon the heavy-breathing giant returned, his black plate armor stained with blood.
"Are you okay?!" Basil asked, seeing him.
"There can't be blood in the shop!" Jubilee rushed towards the man.
"It's not mine!" He exhaled heavily.
Basil sighed, the glow of white magic leaving her hands.
Lin Meng smiled and noticed that Basil was ready to help the man she had despised a few days ago. Maybe her words about treating everyone as a customer have been accepted by the priestess, or maybe she just overcame her own psychological barriers? Either way, Lin Meng is happy to see Basil come back to life here day by day.
The giantess watched Lin Meng sweeping the floor with a broom, and the crowd in the morning had already made a mess of the place.
"I need a sword!" He spoke clearly in a heavy, deep voice.
Lin Meng tilted his head, looking at the man's undulating body, the power of his breathing was so amazing: "Didn't I just repair your sword?" ”
"I need a bigger sword!" The man clenched his fists as he spoke, black blood dripping from the joints of his glove.
Lin Meng smiled softly: "Uh...... I could try to do something, but...... Uh......" she looked at the Jubilee.
"A two-handed greatsword. Customize! We will have it ready by tomorrow. Four hundred orr! He tapped on the counter.
Tomorrow?! Lin Meng was a little depressed, obviously she was going to stay up late tonight.
"Yes." The giant only spoke, placing four silver coins on the counter, his fist landing on the counter causing it to shake slightly. The burly figure turned and walked towards the dungeon again, following the trail of blood back to the way he had just come.
"Did he go back to the dungeon without a weapon?" Lin Meng looked down at her and was about to have to wipe the blood off the floor she had just cleaned.
Basil sighed, clearly bothering her.
"Sect Member ......"
"Unbelievably violent group!" Jubilee ended the conversation in a brisk tone.
Lin Meng noticed her friend leaning against the counter, watching the terrifying figure return to the dungeon.
"They just kill everything! With or without a sword. Between now and tomorrow, he could tear monsters to shreds with his bare hands! A true adventurer! ”
Basil rubbed her head. "Considering their ...... Faith, I don't know if I agree with you. ”
Jubilee looked up at her and leaned back in the chair behind the counter: "Don't discriminate against customers, you fanatical religious person. In addition, they are now a rare breed. ”
"I'm not a fanatic religious person, and if he gets hurt, I'm ready to heal him!" Basil looked at the coins on the counter: "...... I just feel ...... You know...... I don't feel comfortable around someone like that. ”
"What about witches?" Jubilee took the coin and asked with an indifferent expression.
Basil immediately tensed up and looked around the shop in horror, as if the word was a curse and no one wanted to hear it.
Jubilee shrugged: "We make everyone's money, and we don't care about anything else." You can tell the cardinal. If he has a problem, let him talk to the Merchants' Guild! Xi Nian said as he threw the coin into the jar and only glanced at Lin Meng's, who quickly cleaned up quietly again.
Lin Meng looked at the mountains of teeth in front of him: "Jubilee, I don't know if there are enough goblins in the dungeon for us to maintain!" The girl said.
"What do you mean?
"Well, for all the daggers and new weapons, plus this sword, we used hundreds of teeth.
Jubilee shrugged. "Well, we need a lot every day. Once it's used up, it's really gone. It also means that we can increase the price of our weapons because of the shortage of materials.
Lin Meng sighed and looked down at the pile of teeth in front of him. She didn't even really notice what a horrific sight it was. A dagger needs twelve teeth, a one-handed sword needs seventy-two teeth, and if she has the right idea, a two-handed sword needs at least twice as many. Lin Meng clasped her hands above her teeth, trying not to think about their faces when they were pulled out, and then stepped back a little, using her ability, she didn't know how big this new sword would be.
Usage: [Witchcraft: Bone Greatsword]
[Witchcraft 7] {Abomination}
[Bone Greatsword] (High)
Huge sword. This terrible weapon has a dark, ominous tinge to it.
+8 damage
+4 Dark Damage
Quality Effect: Wounds inflicted by this weapon cannot be healed divinely
Weight: 6.66kg
Durability: 40/40
Value:???
Her eyes narrowed into crescents of joy as she saw the new level of production and the quality of the greatsword, which made a heavy thud that shook the floor.
"Jubilee! Jubilee! See! She proudly pointed to the greatsword.
Jubilee looked at the counter and tilted his head: "He,, yes." I should have charged him more! That monster must have gone down to the 40th floor alone. He should have money. ”
Lin Meng looked at it curiously: "Why do so many people enter the dungeon alone?" ”
"Huh?" Jubilee looked at her and thought for a moment. "Unless you know anyone else, you can only be like that potion-drinking madman and that guy! It is dangerous to enter the dungeon alone. I don't know why the wizard didn't want to join the team, maybe ......" Jubilee thought for a moment and then continued his work.
"Maybe?" Lin Meng is curious now.
Jubilee shrugged his shoulders, but did not raise his head from the account books: "The sect is accepted by society, but not by the upper class!" Jubilee explained, "So they have to do a lot on their own." But it doesn't matter, because they're ...... Very hardworking people, at least when it comes to killing monsters. ”
Lin Meng scratched his head and remembered the armored giant who seemed to be just a little murderous: "I don't understand? If they like to fight monsters, don't adventurers and churches like them? ”
"I'm talking about killing monsters. They like to kill monsters rather than fight them. There is a difference: "Jubilee said."
"Sure, but ......?"
Jubilee sighed and closed the ledger: "Look, there are some things you shouldn't talk about when it's dark outside. ”
Lin Meng tilted his head, surprised by the superstition that suddenly appeared in the Jubilee Year: "The sect follows the ancient tradition. ”
"Witch?" Lin Meng remembered the topic with Basil before.
"Witch!" Jubilee said, "Do you know how a high-ranking adventurer of the church became a paladin? ”
"I don't know," Lin Meng shook his head.
Jubilee continued: "Well, that's right, the members of the sect follow the ancient beliefs. Old Gods. Ancient sects, and witches are basically the beliefs of the old world. ”
Lin Meng tapped her chin: "That...... So why do they kill monsters? ”
"The sect is obsessed with the greatest goal of their lives, which is to awaken the witch." Jubilee narrowed his eyes and looked at Lin Meng: "They have a bunch of weird beliefs and prophecies, which roughly means that if enough things die, the witch will come back in some way!" Jubilee explains: "There are more hidden in some forest at the end of the world." Therefore, they want to achieve this goal as soon as possible. Therefore, it is believed that killing hundreds of monsters every day is much more efficient than killing people. ”
Lin Meng scratched her head and said, "I don't understand. ”
"I don't know, but it's none of our business!" Jubilee said, "You just need to know that they are obsessed with killing monsters, which means that they are very powerful because they are making killings every minute of their lives." Jubilee pointed at her: "Don't talk to him about anything but business." Got it? ”
"Okay!" Lin Meng nodded, not fully understood. "If they like witches, why doesn't the church hunt them down?"
"Because there aren't that many of them anymore, and they're killing monsters all day anyway. Also, they are of a very high level. ”
Jubilee shrugged his shoulders and walked up the stairs: "So even the church is not happy about it and just lets them go." The hassle of dealing with them will outweigh their value. If some high-level fighting broke out in the city center, it would be very bad. ”
Walking up the stairs in the year of the year, Lin Meng nodded, feeling a little understood. After a while, when Lin Meng looked around the downstairs area, she realized that she was still sitting alone, so she immediately jumped up and chased after the Jubilee.
The product sells the selling price buying the purchase price amount
Small antidote (ordinary) 33 15 - - 495
Small Soul Elixir (Normal) 104 19 - - 1976
Soul Potion (Common) 76 24 - - 1824
Food 0 40 - - 0
Crystal Chicken 1 30 - - 30
Amulet 9 51 - - 459
Pack 24 5 - - 120
Bone dagger (common) 6 49 - - 294
Bone Sword (Normal) 6 147 - - 882
Bone shaft (ordinary) 14 149 - - 2086
Bone spear (common) 8 119 - - 952
Bone shield (common) 12 199 - - 2388
Bone Arrow x32 (Normal) 9 96 - - 864
Bone Greatsword (Height) 1 400 - - 400
Magic Lantern 16 299 - - 4784
Repair 47 23 - - 1081
Orange mushroom cap - - 30 -5 -150
Blue mushroom cap - - 41 -6 -246
Goblin teeth (small) - - 180 -1 -180
Iron rods - - 4 -20 -80
Psionic - - 0 -13 0
Sum (gross) tax, total amount of maintenance deductions for guild dues (net)
17979 12% 5% 10% 4854 13125
2157 899 1798
Earnings per person: 6562
Basil Church Basil earns
502.00% 312
262
The next day came, and the two of them discussed the logistics of "upgrading" the store, deciding to save some money for the time being, and once they had a little savings, they would invest in everything they talked about in the guild. But for now, a quiet life appeals to both of them.
Lin Meng sat there and played with the bottle of spiritual essence again, which made Jubilee very helpless.
"Would you use that?"
"Of course!" The girl looked at the shaking liquid and said, "I just don't know if it's a good idea." ”
"Huh?" Jubilee asked, obviously a little nervous about her thoughts.
"Hmm...... If ghosts are spirits, then ...... Isn't the spirit juice the soul? Isn't it cruel to make something out of someone else? She tilted the bottle, "That's some human, or elf, or orc." ”
Jubilee shrugged: "Goblin teeth, human juice." It's all the same at the end of the day. They're dead now, so don't waste it. ”
An hour later, Lin Meng approached Basil and asked, "Basil?" Are ghosts spirits? ”
"Soul?" The priestess thought for a moment and asked, "You mean, from the dungeon?" ”
"Yes!" Lin Meng nodded.
Basil thought for a moment. "I'm not an expert on this, but as I understand it, ghosts are just ...... It's like leftovers. ”
"Leftovers?"
Basil nodded: "When a person dies, their soul moves on. But sometimes, once the soul leaves, it also leaves behind special emotions and feelings. ”
The priestess raised her palms as she explained. "Without a core soul to guide them, those residual emotions can become savage and manic! As far as I know, this is the ghost. But......" her expression became a little uncomfortable, and she said, "The exorcist will know more than I know." I'm just a simple priest. ”
Lin Meng understood at least halfway: "Thank you, Basil!" ”
"Why do you always care so much about ghosts? If you don't mind my curiosity! The priestess asked curiously.
Lin Meng scratched her cheeks: "Why aren't you worried about ghosts?" They may be right here, Basil! Lin Meng's gaze passed over her and scanned the store, but there was no shadow of a ghost at all, the only thing that could be seen was only a few customers, who were browsing the store, and Jubilee was standing in front of the crystal chicken shelves to adjust them.
Later that day, business suddenly became hot, Lin Meng looked at the equipment in front of him and hurriedly moved them all upstairs. When she ran up the stairs for the ninth time today with another piece of armor on her back, she couldn't help but wonder if this was how it felt when the Red Wizard had been running around enemies in the dungeon for hours. Lin Meng sighed, came back to his senses, and couldn't help but notice a giant man in blackboard armor standing in the middle of the team, every breath made his chest rise and fall, as if it would shake the nervous people in front of him. He looked a little out of place there, and his huge body made the adventurers around him sigh to themselves. Lin Meng was used to what people were wearing here, and they were basically all dressed in bright and colorful armor, and somehow, this man's dark black armor was more striking than any bright color.
Lin Meng looked down at her black robe and sighed, she has money, she should really buy herself a few more clothes.
She looked at her friend Jubilee again, always dressed in the same attire, a concealed cloak with a mask, almost every day, she didn't know if it was Jubilee who had a lot of the same clothes or if he had never changed his clothes, to her, Jubilee seemed to be a moody person, only wearing black, and he was standing there, downstairs yelling at the frantically busy Basil, who was dressed in the bright green she had seen on the first day.
Her gaze fell on Basil and her very cleanly cleaned white robe, but she couldn't help but notice the bottom of the robe, which was a little dirty.
She went downstairs to look at the crowd and look at the other guests and priestesses in line. They all have the same characteristics. Dirt and dust stained the bottom edges of their white robes. She finally laughed, knowing what to do with the spirits.
The big man of the sect approached the counter, and Jubilee and Basil raised the giant sword to the counter. The giant held it in his black metal gloves and held it up to examine. His heavy breathing was a little heavier, and the glow of the dark eyes, barely visible through the vertical slit in his helmet, shone faintly as it swept over the bone greatsword almost as large as his.
"That's it!" He looked at the hideous bones on the hilt of the sword, and waved it excitedly, and the crowd behind him instinctively took a few steps back like Basil, and he only stared at the greatsword he held in one hand, carefully looking at every detail on it.
"Great!" He nodded to Jubilee, then looked up at the black-clothed girl who was still standing on the stairs, and walked out of the store without saying a word, heading straight for the dungeon.
A sharp voice sounded: "Don't be stunned, line up and settle the bill quickly!" Jubilee stood at the counter where no one dared to walk in, as if his huge figure was still lingering there.
Jubilee slapped Basil with his elbow and said, "Settle accounts for them!" ”
Then he looked up at Lin Meng and said the same: "You are the same." ”
"Ahh Lin Meng relieved himself, ran down the stairs, and continued to grab the next batch of armor from behind the counter.
Lin Meng glanced at the spiritual substance, and then looked down at the green slime she asked Basil to buy for her. Here are some slimes from slimes, which are common monsters in dungeons that pass through the graveyard area. She uncorked the two small bottles, poured the contents together into a pot, and watched the two liquids separate. Surprisingly fatty psies float at the top, and dense, somewhat acidic mucus sinks to the bottom. She picked up her magic book and her Athena dagger, and instinctively reached for the Bestiary as she flipped through the pages.
Looking at the wet paper, she nodded in satisfaction and closed the book again. She picks up the last ingredient, a fern that is still not burned, tears the wet plant open, puts the broken parts in the pot, and stirs it with her Athena dagger. The mixture swirled, mixed for a moment, she pulled the dagger out, shook the liquid on it, and watched the small whirlpool in the pot slowly slow down. The different liquids have started to separate again. She put down her dagger, pressed her hand to the pot, closed her eyes, and focused on her abilities.
(Lin Meng) Usage: [Witchcraft: Purifying Tincture]
[Purifying tincture] (Normal)
When applied to soaked fabrics, any dirt and stains will adhere to the mixture and can be washed off safely. The slightly acidic nature of the mixture will turn any fabric a clean white.
Warning: For use on white fabrics only. Any dye will be washed off!
Drinking:
- 2% chance of dying
- Consumes 40 health
- Consumes 20 souls
- Causes {unknown} status
ordinary
- No Side Effects-
250 ml
Value:??
She smiled at the surprisingly slightly fragrant mixture and carefully packed it into some special bottles that had been prepared in advance. The heavy glass bottles with labels, she also deliberately drew skeletons on them to make sure people wouldn't eat them by mistake. She felt that she should probably leave these behind the counter, just in case. It's basically the equivalent of bleach from her previous world, useful, but dangerous. Still, she was pleased with the new product and began bottling, making a mental note to keep a little for Basil to take home.
The church will certainly be interested in this, and the more they do for the church, the more protection they themselves will receive from the church. Of course, they also have the protection of the Adventurers' Guild and the Merchants' Guild. But it's always right to have more...
Lin Meng shook his head and filled the next bottle.
"It's decided!" If she wanted the two of them to be safer, she needed a strong force behind them, even if it was a good idea for someone like her who couldn't venture to a dungeon, and in her opinion, it was more of a strategic decision than a business one.
Lin Meng yawned and looked out the window, looking at the bright big moon outside, with an orange glow.
She tilted her head: "Orange...?" ”
Lin Meng got up and walked to the window, pushed open the window, and looked at the orange full moon hanging low in the sky.
"Huh?" Lin Meng picked up her magic book, flipped through the damp pages, and found the part about the moon water.
"Types of Moonshine...... At the end of summer, the moon can become the 'moon hunting', also known as the 'harvest moon'! Her fingers trembled as she swept the pages, stained with some wet ink, "At these stages, it glows a dull orange glow. ”
She raised her head and muttered, "Hunting the moon?" ”
Some impatient fingers tapped the next line of the book and looked down at it: "When the moon is particularly low, it can also turn orange, but this is not a moon hunt in the true sense of the word!" ”
She nervously looked at the next words in the Grimoire: "Hunting Moon provides a particularly powerful spiritual power...... Recover ......" she squinted and continued to watch: "...... And it's night...... Best time to ...... It was when they were hunting...... "The handwriting was artificially erased, intermittently blurred.
Lin Meng calmed down his nervousness and closed the magic tome, but he never knew what it meant. "Who erased the words from the tome?! What is the effect on moon water? The powerful spiritual power bestowed by the Hunting Moon! Does that mean ......"