"Deal!"

Siegel shoved two gold coins into the gnome's hand and immediately got busy. There were hundreds of things here, most of which had been destroyed in battle, and the surface was covered with swords and stabs. Many of the armors were still stained with blood, some dark red, black, and even a few dark greens.

Most of them are less protective armor, and it is impossible to find a delicate set of armor from them. For example, the knight's full-body armor is a custom-made luxury, a set costs fifteen hundred gold coins, and the half-body armor can be slightly cheaper, even an ordinary cuirass costs more than four hundred gold coins. Adventurers who find them - no matter how they "find" - will be very careful to hand over the armor above the cuirass to a good blacksmith who knows it, grit their teeth, and spend a lot of money to change it into equipment that they can use.

Siegel carefully observed the busy gnomes, pinched his chin, and thought for a moment. He then roughly rummaged through his current inventory and decided to target the chainmail.

The so-called chain armor is a protective garment composed of interlocking metal rings, which can generally be worn between the layers of clothing or leather armor. When facing machetes or swords, this armor provides good protection for the wearer's upper body. However, this armor has three drawbacks: it is relatively weak when encountering blunt weapons such as war hammers, it makes a noise when it moves, and it is extremely troublesome to maintain against rust.

The price of the chainmail shirt is about fifty gold coins, which is about the same price as the scale armor, and is generally a notch higher than leather armor and leather armor - after all, it is already metal armor. And this thing has a benefit that should not be overlooked: as long as you disassemble all kinds of metal rings and put the chains together, it can be regarded as a piece of armor.

It's much easier than modifying inlaid leather armor like a tailor and a blacksmith.

Siegel found pliers, metal scissors, and a hammer, and sat down next to the gnome, getting busy. He learned quickly, his hands were strong, and it didn't take him half a day to master the technique. He was able to close his eyes and tell by his touch whether the metal rings were made by humans or dwarves, to know which parts needed to be replaced and which parts were critical to the impact, and to master the order in which each ring should be placed in order to balance the weight of the entire piece of armor. He forgot to sleep and eat, skipping lunch and staying by the armor pile. By the afternoon, he had gathered the body of the chainmail, including the padding and the cover.

The work was over, and Pi Ya took the opportunity to hand him a glass of water and let Siegel take a big gulp. "This water doesn't smell at all!" he wondered, "Where does the good water come from?"

"Distillation! a new technology, it feels good. The dwarf took the opportunity to sell: "I tried it, this water can last for two weeks in the skin, which is much better than unsparked beer." Adventurers will pay for this safe water, as one silver coin of wine can fill a large water bladder. ”

"I wish you a prosperous business. The squid returned the cup to the dwarf. "Your water is better than the best springs in town, and you're sure you'll make money. ”

"It's true. The corners of the duck's beak turned upwards slightly, and he weighed Siegel's chainmail shirt with interest. "Very good armor, much better than I expected. Maybe you have the potential to be a good blacksmith", he concluded.

"I have to thank you for telling me the secrets of the grocery store. "I really didn't think there was a lot of business to be done here." ”

"What are you going to do next, do you want to go to the weapons shop?"

"No, Lord Sir will pick a weapon. He said that he would find the right equipment according to my training, and that he was a great swordsman, and he couldn't be wrong. So I don't have anything more to buy, I'll be here until sunset, and I'll be able to use your armor and maybe get a few more sets in time. ”

"You're so kind, so I'm not making a big profit?!" said the dwarf happily, jumping to his feet.

Before the sun went down, Siegel was busy repairing his armor. He worked faster and faster, to the admiration of the skilled gnome mechanics next to him. In the afternoon, he repaired two more chainmail shirts and helped sort out a small pile of leather rivets. The mechanic at the grocery store taught him the secrets of disassembling and repairing the scales, and helped to attach a heart guard to Siegel's chainmail.

"It's definitely comparable to the craftsmanship of the dwarves. The dwarf said proudly.

In this way, Siegel has his own armor, and this armor can be slowly modified according to the growth and change of the body. He put his chainmail shirt under his coat and returned to the inn with his head held proud. Knowing that no one could see that he had a chainmail shirt inside, Siegel still felt that he was invincible at the moment, like the king of the world.

When we returned to the inn, it was already full of people, and many sailors gathered here to sing loudly. Because the owner of this place, Timothy, has been a sailor and used to be a powerful first mate, so the sailors regard this place as their own territory, a good ship that will not sink and will always be happy.

"When you are hungry, eat meat, when you are thirsty, drink wine, when you are happy, eat meat, when you are wounded, drink wine!" the sailors sang loudly, with short, powerful lyrics more like battle trumpets, and they sang: "Hide from pirates, eat meat, face the storm, drink wine, meet brothers, add meat to wine, meet beautiful women, get up!"

Siegel weaves his way through the crowds, giving way to strong muscles or a round belly. He noticed that the sailors here would look him up and down, especially the black hair. A few sailors whispered, "Look, isn't that the child of the legendary squid?"

"Hey, boatswain, over here!" Siegel looked over and found an acquaintance. Janis "Bucktooth", who worked on the Soth for a while, then changed jobs due to a 'labor dispute'. Siegel remembers that Janis was an honest and enthusiastic man, and that the two were about the same age, and they did the same work under the first mate, and they knew each other well. So he squeezed through again and sat down next to his old friend.

After a few years, "bucktooth" has become more serious in his oral problems, and now his two front teeth may have begun to transform from rabbit to beaver. He sat with two seafarer friends eating and drinking, and the table was full of gnawed chicken bones and large bowls of wine.

"Come, come, give the boatswain a place. Janis nudged his partner. The already drunk sailor fell straight from his chair and fell asleep on the messy floor. The others simply expressed their disdain and ignored him.

"Bucktooth, when did you dock and how have you been?" Siegel sat down unceremoniously, nodding to Dennis's friend. Bucktooth had drunk an astonishing amount of alcohol in the past, and his companion who could still stay on the table was reaching his limit, his head dangling in the bowl, and his eyes almost open.

"It's okay, it's just today, you don't know, this voyage is too thrilling. Bucktooth was very excited when he spoke, and he still seemed to be haunted by the experience. After he finished a bowl of wine, he said slowly: "We met the orc pirates at sea, and you know that the orcs can see their surroundings in complete darkness, so they cunningly chose to follow us in the night when the clouds were all over, and it was not until after dawn that our lookout spotted the orc ship, which was less than 2 miles away. We ran away desperately, throwing everything we could throw away from the ship overboard, and you can imagine how chaotic the situation was. ”

That's right, it's imaginable. Siegel had seen orc pirate ships from afar, and the dead man's heads adorned the side of the ship gave him a creep. It has been said that the orcs will eat all the food and snatch every cargo when they board the ship, and then eat the dead crew and the remaining living crew members in turn, accompanied by abuse, rape, and dismemberment in the process. Thanks to the squid's good eyes, the orcs never had a chance to get close to the lucky Soth.

"The orcs threw the anchor with the chain with the stone thrower, and one of them hooked our rudder, and we could not swim fast, and we were getting closer and closer. The captain instructed everyone to take up arms, either to hack the enemy to death, or to kill themselves, in short, not to be tortured to death. My task was to watch the female passengers on the ship and help them out when things were bad. You know, a couple of unsensible women cried and begged me to let them jump ship, thinking there would be a chance of survival. They hadn't seen sharks or monsters trailing orc ships. ”

"How did you escape?"

"A big golden ship saved us. Bucktooth shouted "For the invincible ship!" and drank another bowl. "I've been keeping an eye out for the orc pirates behind, so I don't know when a golden battleship will come by. It was a beautiful ship, with five sails, and it was fast, as if it were flying on the sea. The big ship approached, and on the deck stood a number of heavily armed warriors, armed with spears three meters long, which looked like a forest. When the orcs saw that there was a better ship, they loosened the long chain and excitedly changed their aim, and we took the opportunity to escape. ”

"What happened to the big ship?"

"I saw the two ships move away, and a flash erupted from the big golden ship, and then the orc ship caught fire, billowing black smoke. The golden ship must have won, and I wish I could thank the owner of the ship in person, and let me work on it for a year. ”

Bucktooth's companion was sleepy-eyed, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but sneer: "Just you, one more big bucktooth on such a beautiful ship, don't joke about the ugly ghost." ”

Denis waved his hand, deciding not to pay attention to the drunken fellow, and just spoke to Siegel: "Boatswain, how are you doing? I met the Soth some time ago, why didn't you do it on the ship?"

"The old captain is gone, and I get off the ship. ”

"Respectable old man. Bucktooth and Siegel toasted together, respecting the old captain.

The two men talked about their experiences after separation, and after a while they sang along with the sailors. A few presumptuous sailors shouted for Timothy to increase the service of the barmaid here, which caused everyone to applaud unanimously. The tavern keeper knocked on the table and asked aloud where the sailors' relatives lived, and that a ship must be sent to call them to Yunyun. The drinkers cheered louder and were not afraid to make a big deal out of it.

The sailor's rule is that the drunk guy stays and pays, and the guy who doesn't fall down is entitled to sleep in the woman's arm. Bucktooth was still thinking about the woman, so after three more bowls, he said goodbye to Siegel and walked lightly to the 'back alley'.

Siegel was also a little dizzy, and he didn't want to stay and pay for the whole table, so he went back to the upstairs room after Bucktooth left. The room was very simple, like a seaman's cabin: there was a comfortable hammock, a warm fire, boiling hot water next to the basin, and a large can of light beer on the table.

'It couldn't have been better,' Siegel thought. He washed his face, lit the oil lamp, and sat at his desk. Before going to bed, he opened the book taken from the robed man and began to read it carefully.