Chapter 589: Strengthening
"Do you have a +6 Sword of Fortitude?! Really?! I haven't seen a +6 weapon yet! ”
Nezha looked at Kirito with wide eyes, looking very surprised, "+6" weapons are indeed rare.
No, it should be said that there may only be one here at the moment, which is already famous among high-end players, and Diabel has also fought the idea of this sword before.
In fact, this situation will occur, mainly because the weapons that can be obtained in the first layer, the number of times that can be strengthened is generally not very high, such as the "Sword of Foracity", which can be strengthened eight times, is rare, and the difficulty of obtaining the "Sword of Fortitude" is not low, "Brother Sword" The three players of their level are not low, and they have to work hard for a week to obtain, which is a very rare weapon.
In this case, it is normal for a "+6" weapon to be rare, because if you are unlucky, the sunk cost of a failed enhancement is simply too high, and everyone generally chooses not to perform a high-level enhancement first.
"That's right, I do have a +6 Sword of Fortitude, which was strengthened and upgraded by the blacksmith on the first floor."
Kirito naturally won't hide it, after all, he still counts on this Nezha to strengthen his weapon, this Nezha should be the highest level blacksmith they know so far, higher than the level of the NPC blacksmith.
As for whether there were any stronger among the other players, the "intelligence monger" Argo did not receive any information, and Ling Ze naturally had no way to find it.
"The blacksmith on the first floor? That's luck......"
Nezha muttered, compared with the "sword-wielding brother" just now, it is simply a European emperor and a non-chief.
In the game of SAO, the ability to really clearly show the value is actually only the strength and agility, which can be said to be a game with a simple style, but this does not mean that other attributes do not exist, other attributes have just become a kind of "hidden parameters", not directly revealed.
The increase or decrease of those "hidden parameters" will be affected by the special effects of the equipment, various supports, obstacles, terrain buffs, etc., and "Lucky" is one of them.
The "lucky" value has an impact on the resistance judgment of poisoned and paralyzing attacks, the incidence of equipment and material drops, and even the drop rate of rare treasures, which can be said to be a very important parameter, of course, the success rate of weapon enhancement will definitely be affected to a certain extent.
Therefore, as a "blacksmith", the guest's "luck value" is high, and there is actually a certain bonus to whether the enhancement can be successful.
Nezha has a certain understanding of his "luck value", he belongs to the level of ordinary people who are neither high nor low, and has never encountered any cases of dropping rare items and materials, but there will definitely be no less things that should be there.
"It's okay, I'm actually not lucky, but the setting in the online game is like this, everyone has a lucky time, maybe several goods in a row, and the enhancement has been successful, but it may also be like that guy just now, and suddenly fall into the abyss of hell."
Kirito flatly denied it, and he felt that his "luck value" attribute was actually average, and he usually didn't reflect it at all.
"The success rate of enhancement can be controlled by the player himself to a certain extent, as long as the quality and quantity of the materials and props required for enhancement are provided to increase the success rate, the success rate can always be piled up."
Ling Ze said next to him, the materials used by Kirito to strengthen the weapon were all fought together.
But if you have to say it, Kirito's luck is indeed not bad, the sword in Ling Ze's hand has only been strengthened six times, and in the end, after the six chances are used up, it has only been strengthened to the level of "+3", and Klein Their weapons, shields or whatnot, none of them have an enhancement level of more than "+6", which has proved Kirito's luck, although his "Sword of Fortitude" is the most strengthened, but after all, he has only used it six times.
"Yes, but usually blacksmiths will set the cost of commission enhancement at about 70% of the success rate, if the client wants to increase the success rate, you can pay an extra amount of money, and we will increase the amount of material items, of course, you can collect materials yourself and use them for us."
Nezha nodded, affirming this statement, the success rate of seventy percent is enough for most people, especially in today's situation, the first three or four times of enhancement are not very difficult, and the higher the strengthening, the higher the difficulty, but most people's current equipment may only be strengthened four or five times.
"If I want to strengthen the +6 Sword of Fortitude, how much can you increase the success rate when the materials are stacked?"
Kirito asked very seriously, the attributes of the "Sword of Fortitude" are not bad, if it can be strengthened to the level of "+7" and "+8", then this sword is enough for him to use about five layers and then upgrade, which can save a lot of strengthening materials.
"Sixty percent at most."
Nezha gritted her teeth and gave such an answer.
"Sixty percent? It seems to be taller than the NPC blacksmith. ”
Klein looked at Kirito, the last time they asked the NPC, it seemed that the success rate was only about fifty percent.
"Sixty percent...... Not low, indeed. ”
Kirito was a little excited, he didn't dare to bet on the success rate of fifty percent, after all, half and half, it was too thrilling.
The success rate of 60% is only an increase of 10%, but it can already be said that it is more likely to succeed.
"I want to remind you that I have encountered a situation before, that is, the weapon was directly damaged after the enhancement failed, although I only encountered it once, but this proves that this kind of thing is indeed possible, although the probability is very small."
Probably in order to avoid responsibility and not want to bear that unnecessary insult again, Nezha described in detail in advance the mess that may be encountered after the failure of the reinforcement, and the direct damage to the weapon is obviously the worst outcome.
"Direct damage to the weapon?! No way! There was no such thing at the time of the closed beta! That's too much, isn't it? ”
Kirito was dumbfounded for a moment, but he quickly understood, nothing is impossible, the berserk mode of the first layer of the boss has been changed, and it is not a trivial matter to add a very small chance of "weapon damage"?
"Don't worry, anyway, the reinforcement materials haven't been gathered yet, and we still have enough time to think about how to do it."
Ling Ze patted Kirito and signaled him not to panic, it's a big deal to use "+6", and the attribute of "+6" is exaggerated enough, after all, with the reduction of the success rate of enhancement, the attribute increase obtained by "+4" is also more exaggerated.
"That's right, my Wind Flower Sword also needs to be strengthened to +4."
Asuna fiddled with the slender weapon hanging from her waist, this thin sword with a green sword in an ivory scabbard is called "Wind Flower Sword", this is a new weapon that Asuna changed after teaming up with Ling Ze and them, and the novice weapon she had been using before, this was dropped by them fighting monsters together, and it was also a very rare prop, if it was strengthened well, it could be used at least four or five layers.
"Four pieces of Planck steel, twelve wind wasp poison needles, the success rate can be stacked to about eighty percent, I have materials here that I just received, do you want to strengthen them?"
Nezha opened his mouth and said, the reinforcement materials he has here are actually not small, but he has used some just now, so he can give Asuna a success rate of eighty percent at most, but this is actually quite high, and there is actually no problem under normal circumstances.
"Forehead ......"
Kirito wanted to open his mouth to refuse, because he had an ominous premonition, after all, the "sword-wielding brother" just now was too scary, and he always felt that it would be bad luck to go up to strengthen it now.
"Yes, eighty percent is tall enough."
Asuna didn't think about it so much, she directly agreed, this girl is obviously very unbelievers.
"Asuna...... Don't you think it'......"
This time it didn't take Kirito to speak, Klein obviously couldn't stand it anymore, and everyone was a little taboo now.
"No matter how many times you toss a coin, the chance of coming straight up every time is 50 percent, and it has nothing to do with the last result."
Before Klein could finish speaking, Asuna raised a finger and retorted, leaving Klein speechless.
"Haha, I think it's good to strengthen now, the person in front has just padded the knife, and it's the kind that is padded to the end, what are you waiting for if you don't strengthen it at this time?"
Ling Ze smiled and encouraged Asuna, strengthening this kind of thing is just an auspicious thing in itself, if you have to say that the guy just now is so unlucky, for fear of being contaminated with his bad luck, then you can choose not to strengthen it now.
But if you want to strengthen it, you can also find a reason, anyway, the fact is that as Asuna said, the success rate is there obviously, and it will not change in any way because of the success or failure of the previous person.
"Hmph~"
With Ling Ze's support, Asuna smiled proudly, and then untied the thin sword "Wind Flower Sword" at his waist and handed it to Nezha, while the little blacksmith was grateful, obviously very grateful to Asuna and Ling Ze for their trust in him.
"Don't worry, I'll do my best!"
Nezha clenched his fists and made a promise, but his promise was of little use, after all, he was really just a tool man who provided a success rate bonus.
Asuna's Rapier "Wind Flower Sword +4" is the direction of 3A1D's enhancement, that is, the direction of accuracy +3 durability +1, and the direction of accuracy bonus, which is the chance of a heartfelt hit.
Of course, no matter how the weapon is strengthened, only with superb technology, calm judgment, and rich experience can all attacks become a knowing blow, and at present, only Ling Ze can easily do it, Asuna mainly attacks in this direction, but it is still almost hot.
Under the gaze of Ling Ze and the others, the blacksmith Nezha turned around and stretched out his right hand towards the portable stove set up behind the anvil, although he was using a type of furnace that could smelt quite a few blocks at the same time, and could not make large long weapons and metal armor, but for the open-air shop, it was completely sufficient.
In the bouncing window, he changed the carrying stove from manufacturing mode to enhancement mode, and then set the type of enhancement, and then he threw four thin steel plates and twelve sharp poison needles into it, and the material immediately burned red, and the furnace emitted a blue light, which was the color of "accuracy".
SAO's weapon enhancement materials are divided into two types: "basic materials" are fixed and required items, while "additional materials" are determined by the player's own decision whether to use them, what kind of additional materials to use, and how much to invest, which can determine the type and success rate of weapon enhancement.
"Wind Wasp's Poison Needle" is an "additive" necessary to strengthen "accuracy", so if the enhancement is successful, the success rate of Asuna's Knowing Hit will increase again.
Changing Asuna's "Wind Sword" from "+4" to "+5", if you add 20 "Wind Wasp Poison Needles", you can increase the success rate to about 95% of the upper limit, and 12 can only reach 80%.
But this is also a fairly high success rate, and the cost performance of adding eight more is actually not very high, after all, the "Wind Wasp Poison Needle" is not a good material, and the drop rate is about eight percent. And "Wind Wasp", as a flying monster, also has the "paralysis" skill, which is one of the most difficult types of monsters to deal with, and adding eight more is a waste of time and money.
Of course, all of this is in the case of success after paying twelve, and all the unsuccessful ones are in vain.
After Nezhha's preparations were completed, he pulled the "Wind Flower Sword" out of the scabbard in his hand and placed it horizontally on the stove, and the blue light immediately enveloped the slender blade, and finally the entire sword began to glow with a pale blue glow.
Nezha quickly moved the sword to the anvil, grasped the hammer in her right hand, and raised it high.
The blacksmith's hammer struck down, making a beating sound, and the rhythmic "banging" sound resounded throughout the square, and the anvil also burst out orange sparks, once it began to strengthen, there was no way to stop, and it failed to stop directly.
Nezhha's hammer waved up and down, Ling Ze and they looked quite nervous, different from when it was manufactured, the enhancement only needed to swing the hammer ten times to complete, and the process of strengthening was like a cutscene, similar to the traction of the "sword technique", it was all automatically operated by the system.
Six times, seven times, the hammer struck the blade of the sword that glowed blue at a fixed frequency, eight, nine, and then tens, and then at the tenth time, everyone's nerves tensed, and the result of the strengthening was only to see this last blow.
"Boom!"
After all the procedures were completed, the rapier on the anvil flashed a dazzling light for a moment, and everyone waited with bated breath for the result, as if waiting for the judgment of fate.