The middle-aged man talked for a long time, pausing to signal that Ryan had any questions to ask.

"What are the tuition fees for these colleges?"

"Naturally, the tuition fees vary greatly from one level to another. For example, the best colleges have tuition fees of hundreds, or even hundreds of gold coins. The cheapest academy also costs about a dozen gold coins. This is the level of fees in previous years, and the exact fees will not be known until you register in Skayas City. ”

"And when will these academies start to sign up?"

"The registration time for Skayas City College is at the beginning of each year, and it is now the beginning of October, and there are still more than two months."

Ryan then asked a few more questions, and at the end, Ryan asked one last question.

"Where is Skayas City? How to get there from Kata City? ”

"It takes about fifteen days to walk west from Kata City. If you go by horse-drawn carriage, it will only take about three to four days. After a pause, the middle-aged man kindly reminded Ryan, "If you're going to Skayas City, I suggest you don't go alone." There are many robbers and robbers along the way, and it is easy for a person to be robbed by robbers. ”

"I suggest you follow the caravan of the brigade, but it will cost you a fee. In addition, if you are a mercenary, you can find a mercenary mission to escort the caravan to Skayas City, so that although there is a certain amount of danger, you can earn a commission while successfully reaching Scaya City. ”

Ryan is very grateful for this advice given by the middle-aged man, he is very short of money, and he likes this kind of advice that can make money the most.

Ryan got the answer he wanted and walked out of the small room.

The moment he walked out of the room, Ryan suddenly felt that his eyes were open, his front was full of hope, and his whole body was full of motivation.

The 20 silver coins were worth the cost, and Ryan was stunned. Professionals can provide professional answers. Like before, Ryan had heard of Scaya City from Moya's father, but he didn't know anything about it except for the title of "College City", and now he got a detailed answer.

Ryan happily walked out of the Mercenary Guild and didn't immediately take the mission to Scaya City, but he didn't forget what he was going to do next.

Come to the Clearance Street. Ryan didn't go in right away, because he thought that it would cost a lot of tuition to sign up, and he didn't know if he had enough money. If you spend money on things now, you may not be able to buy them by then.

However, he quickly convinced himself that he would just look at it and not buy it.

The stalls on both sides of the street are similar to those during the Mercenary Tournament. There are all kinds of strange things to sell, but basically they are all backlogs that can't be sold before.

For example, a stall that buys shoes, there are only a dozen pairs of broken size shoes that are either small or extra-large sizes left, so they are being dealt with at a big price reduction, but the people around them who want to buy seem to want the merchant to reduce the price again, and the two sides keep bargaining.

For another example, some stalls that sell weapons, many of the weapons they sell now are dilapidated and damaged, but there are still many shy people who want to do it and are bargaining.

In addition to regular swords, shields, and armor, there are many strange items. Ryan watched with relish, and listened to the introduction of the businessmen with a lot of insight.

The items are tempting, but Ryan still remembers that he doesn't want to spend money indiscriminately, and he keeps telling himself that he can't use these things, and that spending money is just a waste.

However, when Ryan saw a crossbow, he immediately put the idea of not spending money indiscriminately.

Strictly speaking, at this time, a broken crossbow bow is lying among more than a dozen bows, and its unique shape makes it stand out from the crowd and is very eye-catching. However, a very deep sword mark on the body of the crossbow bow is equally striking.

The top of the crossbow is a typical short bow shape, a foot and a half wide, and the black bowstring with the thickness of chopsticks is very low-key, but it is difficult for those who have seen it to ignore it. Underneath the crossbow is a vertical handle that supports the bow and has a launch switch.

The bowstring and handle were intact, but the problem was the slots and the shaft, the crossbow had no grooves, and the bow had a one-third deep sword mark. This also led to the fact that many people picked up and watched the crossbow, but never bought it. Because there is no arrow slot, the crossbow cannot be fired, and the sword marks on the bow body mean that the bow body may break after many uses.

According to the merchant who sold the crossbow, the crossbow was a thief's heirloom and had a history of hundreds of years, but it was very unfortunate that the thief was slashed on the crossbow by a swordsman when facing a very powerful swordsman, splitting the arrow groove and splitting the bow by a third, and then the thief was split in half by the swordsman's sword.

This badly damaged crossbow was sold to the merchant at a low price as a swordsman's victory, and the merchant would not have bought it if it weren't for the fact that the swordsman's strong fighting spirit could not split the bow at once, which shows that the material of the bow is extraordinary. However, this crossbow was sold for a long time and was not sold, much to the merchant's great regret.

Ryan liked this crossbow very much, because he knew that he didn't have the ability to attack from a distance, and the only people in this world who had the ability to attack from a distance were archers, except for magicians and high-level swordsmen who could fire blades. It's too hard for Ryan to learn archery now. So as soon as Ryan saw this crossbow, he remembered the firearms of his previous life, which were powerful and simple to operate. It's just that there are too few crossbows in this world, and the main reason is that the material and structure problems are not as powerful as Ryan imagined, and the accuracy is not so accurate, and the replacement of the arrows takes too long.

Looking at the crossbow in his hand, Ryan kept thinking about how to recover, and after a while, he had an idea, he felt that the crossbow was not completely scrapped, and he could try to repair it, and even increase its power.

Seeing that the merchant was looking at him with fiery eyes, Ryan quietly put down the crossbow, and instead picked up several other longbows on the stall to take a closer look, and then, Ryan looked disappointed and turned around to leave, but after Ryan took two steps, he turned his head and asked the merchant: "How much does this crossbow cost?" ”

"1 gold coin." The merchant quickly quoted a price.

"It's expensive, it's not worth the price." Ryan turned slowly, as if he was about to leave.

"And how much do you say?" The merchant was reluctant to let go when he saw that there was another person who was interested in the crossbow that made him so remorseful and hateful.

"Ten silver coins." Ryan paused and replied a little lazily.

The merchant vomited blood a little, and this man's skin was too thick, but he still took the initiative to reduce the price and said: "80 silver coins, sell it, and I will be out of sight." ”

"15 silver coins. I don't know if it can be repaired, but it is estimated that it will be scrapped if it fails to be repaired. ”

"But you're also going to have to bargain too hard. I'll subtract 10 more, and I'll get 70 credits. ”

"No, I can only add up to 5 credits."

The merchant saw that Ryan seemed to really want to buy the crossbow, so he became interested, and he began to use his good eloquence, constantly bargaining with Ryan. However, in his previous life, Ryan lived in a world that advocated bargaining, and he was naturally eloquent. In the end, the crossbow was sold to Ryan for 35 silver coins, which made the merchant grit his teeth in anger, but instead of Ryan, he gritted his teeth at the crossbow, and finally the merchant finally decided to sell it to Ryan as he said before.

As soon as Ryan bought the crossbow, he didn't dare to go any further, he couldn't help but buy it for fear of seeing something good again.

Ryan returned to the blacksmith shop, and instead of immediately studying the crossbow, he finished the iron he hadn't beaten today. Recently, Ryan has been a little lazy, and the iron has not been finished on time, Moya's father's face is a little unsightly, although he didn't say anything, but Ryan still feels embarrassed, after all, he still has Moya's father's salary.

As soon as it got dark, Ryan was free. He took out his crossbow and studied it carefully.

The shape of the crossbow seems to be similar to the shape in Ryan's memory in his previous life, but Ryan's memory is also very vague, because the crossbow he saw in his previous life are all pictures of crossbows, except for the general shape and exquisite production, there are not many other impressions.

So Ryan felt that repairing the crossbow still had to be done according to his own ideas.

When he was buying a crossbow before, Ryan's idea was to borrow the principles of firearms from his previous life. But in retrospect, Ryan found that he really knew very little, and he vaguely knew that the principle of firearms was that the ignition ignited the gunpowder on the bullet, and the gunpowder exploded to form a driving force, which pushed the bullet in the sealed barrel and shot out along the barrel.

It's a little bit of understanding, but gunpowder as a power is something that Ryan can never do, and Ryan didn't think of doing this, because the bowstring on the crossbow doesn't seem to be ordinary, and it should have enough power to push the arrow, so Ryan plans to borrow the principle of firearms in his previous life just to learn from the principle of the barrel.