Chapter 5: Restructuring the Caravan
The squire respectfully leads Korley into a weapons shop, where a dazzling array of exquisite melee weapons resembles art treasures.
It looks good, but melee weapons are too expensive to practice.
Rather than being pointed at a gun and asking himself if he wanted money or death, Colley preferred that he was the one with the gun.
Colly left the weapons shop with his bewildered attendants and walked into the gun shop instead.
As soon as I entered the store, a big crow's head in black, smoking a cigar and wearing a red and green scarf turned around behind the counter.
He spread his wings and swept away the dust from the glass counter, which seemed to have claws instead of fingers.
I saw him mark the beak of the bird with yellow wax, and use a black pen to draw a bracken-like curved mustache, and his voice was oily and smooth, like a starling learning to speak:
"Oh! Welcome to the firearms shop, what do you want~"
What seems suspicious to the average person is very common in Mammoth Horn.
Colley looked at the firearms through the glass, and most of them were still designed in the same old way, but the carved ornaments were more elaborate.
Antique-level arquebuses, flintlock pistols of various skins, oboes designed as enigmas, duckbills with four-pipe salvos......
It's like wrapping a varnished wooden cane in white chocolate crispy and forcibly decorating it with honeysuckle patterns that have nothing to do with the power of the shot, adding some rust-free precious metal buds to the poor magazine, and finally telling you that it's a weapon.
Most of the guns are skin guns, and the more you look at them, the more you look at vase porcelain, unlike serious defensive weapons.
In desperation, Ke Li poked the corner of the glass case: "May I ask what is this called?" ”
The crow's head approached the counter with a shake: "The revolver can be loaded with 7 rounds, and there are also 5 and 6 rounds." ”
"Poor airtightness leads to less than ideal power, range accuracy, and only the latest encapsulated ammunition can be used."
"The advantage is that when encountering a stinky child, continuing to pull the trigger when firing is dumb does not affect the follow-up shooting, and the loading of ammunition is relatively fast."
"Made of white steel, mahogany grip, if you like metal floral decorations, you can also make up for it."
Ke Li Xin said that it was okay, otherwise it would take a lot of time to make weapons: "Are there any other materials?" For example, purple tungsten is made. ”
The crow's head held up the gun box: "Purple tungsten? A magic stone fusion weapon that pursues the strength and smoothness of metal? ”
"People who often use firearms, most of the time, are used to hunt small animals and scare people, so they don't use more expensive materials to make them, otherwise they will have a headache if they can't be sold all the time."
The squire stepped forward, stood next to Colley, and said, "What if there is an extraordinary being who is interested in firearms?" ”
"The Extraordinary?" Raven's Head glanced at Colley, "If I decide to buy it, I'll ask the boss for his opinion." ”
"Are you sure you want this? Let's take a look, I can help you find it from the back and see if there is any stock in the warehouse. ”
"Let's take a look." Colley nodded, and the crowhead walked lightly out of the counter area.
After a while, he returned to the counter with a few gun cases, and Colley picked and chose a 6-round revolver with standard workmanship.
"That's it, I don't need more patterns."
Ravenhead put away the rest of the gun box and took it back to the back room.
After a while, he came back with the box again: "Uh, I have to explain the price of this gun. ”
"First of all, this gun is not expensive, you can afford it for only 30 gold pounds, after all, without bullets, it is a piece of scrap metal that smashes people."
"However, when it comes to purple tungsten metal materials, the price of the materials will cost hundreds of gold pounds, plus the handling fee for the extraordinary spell casting, so this gun will charge you a total of 3 magic stones, with a loader, maintenance bag and bullet belt, and you can also test fire at the back of our store after you buy it."
Colley was a little surprised, because he found out that this revolver was the same one he had just had.
In just a few minutes, the metal construction material was completely replaced.
Is this the work of the extraordinary?
If you can cut out the soul of this extraordinary person and make it into a gemstone, will you be able to obtain additional extraordinary properties?
However, there are many solutions to replace metal in alchemy, and even if they can be made into soul gems, the extraordinary characteristics are probably pitiful.
Ke Li immediately took out 3 magic stones: "I bought it, I want to try the shooting performance." ”
The crowhead quietly exchanged glances with the attendant, but the attendant closed his eyes and pretended not to know anything.
From the side door to the small shooting range of the tree house in the backyard, there are many wooden signs hanging from the trunk of the tree.
The 30-meter distance is high and low, and after the physique is strengthened, the recoil of this type of weapon also becomes acceptable.
The weapon feels good, the metal material is stable, and the part structure is few and reliable.
It can stabilize a single shot, and can continuously press the gun for rapid fire, so you don't have to worry about the ordinary barrel being deformed after firing a few enchanted bullets.
"Acceptable, so be it." The weapons were unexpectedly cheap, but they saved a lot of money for activities.
Hearing that Colley was planning to leave, Ravenhead enthusiastically offered free information:
"By the way, if you are interested in the secret treasures of the Extraordinary, you can also go to the auction house of Mammoth Horn to have a look."
"Like legendary gems, occasionally some level 1~2 secret treasures will flow out of the auction house."
"Thank you." Colly left the gun shop, but had no intention of going to the auction house.
His plan was to change his outfit first, and hurry up to get the pack beasts and mobile caravans done.
In Mammoth Horn, in addition to stallholders like Colley, there are also some merchants who are traveling caravans in between.
The more luxurious wooden sedan in the traveling caravan, 8.2 meters long, 2.8 meters wide and 2.6 meters high, it has both living and working functions, two pairs of bakelite wheels in the front and rear, movable windows, can be driven by magical energy, and can also be used as a power source by the beast of burden.
Compared with ordinary horse-drawn carriages, carts or trailers, wooden cars have a larger capacity and are suitable for finishing craftsmen who do not have too much stock weight.
Next, Keli made targeted large-scale purchases and prepared the most basic materials sufficiently.
The wooden car, 1475 gold pounds, is equipped with a variety of storage boxes, trapdoors, staircase structures, internal metal reinforced supports, it is said that this is the design product of the mechanical church, the material is strong and durable, and it can even be parked for cooking, so the price is much more expensive than ordinary civilian goods.
The pack beast is a scaly-horned armored bull, 2250 gold pounds 2, they are a hybrid product of monsters and pack beasts, herbivores are relatively quiet and calm, not fast but very endurance, even if there is an enemy attack, usually will not run around, distribution of four large bags of feed.
Externally, it looks a bit like a rhinoceros, a lizard, and a buffalo, and I don't know how it was bred.
A full set of brand new Seiko tools, 50 gold pounds, the tools themselves are not so expensive, mainly the anvil and workbench are more expensive.
An explorer's outfit costs 28 gold pounds, including goggles, hooks, climbing axes, etc., which are essential in the wilderness.
A detective's suit, 42 gold pounds, thick and durable, with a high collar and a lowered brim, mysterious and suspicious.
A set of formal clothes for businessmen, 34 gold pounds, it takes too much time to order formal clothes, and you can buy a set of similar improvisation.
A few sets of artisan's, daily, and miscellaneous clothing cost 6 gold pounds, mainly to prevent the clothes from getting dirty.
Several sets of exotic traditional costumes, 8 gold pounds, are thin and simple, and the degree of concealment is not high, and they are usually just souvenirs of foreign travel. The main reason for buying these is to avoid unexpected transformations and not having clothes to wear, although it is not possible to do so yet.
Leather water bladders, gold-plated anti-rust water tanks, pillow bedding for wooden cars, simple cooktops, rainwater harvesting and filters.
There are no bottles and cans and anti-impact brackets, and some gems, ores, and alchemy powders are not easy to preserve, and you have to buy carpentry drawer compartments.
Ke Li felt that it was troublesome to make change every time he checked out, so he simply let the attendant keep the account.
The attendant is a native and can convince the merchant to agree to buy and then checkout.
Stuff all the miscellaneous parts into the wooden car, and then decorate the wooden car to look like a studio and lounge.
Each worker who helps is paid 1 gold pound, which is at least worth a week or two of ordinary people's work.
Fortunately, this shopping event did not cause a commotion, and it seems that the contacts here have already adapted to various situations.
Just like the armor knight is determined to make 6 holes, Ke Li's consumption is not outrageous for the extraordinary.
As a result, the 80 magic stones that Ke Li earned today quickly shrank to 26 magic stones after all the necessary purchases.
This money can't be spent too unrestrainedly, and you have to leave some money to buy better rough stones.
By the time the sun set and dusk, Colley's outfit had taken on a new look.
He can sit in front of the cow and wood sedan with the reins, or he can go straight back to the studio or lower the wooden staircase through the side door.
He hasn't lost his old clothes and tools, which is a kind of identification and a kind of commemoration.
By going to Mammoth Point to register a caravan badge, Korley can move the camp tent to the car, and can also be stationed in Mammoth Corner City at night, without having to spend money on expensive "safe hotels" or stay with earthen tents.
Ke Li came to the Mammoth Horn office hall, pushed open the door, and knocked lightly on the wooden table: "Hello, I want to handle the caravan badge." ”
The old man gave a piece of paper: "Fill in the form, the application price is 500 gold pounds, the handling fee is non-refundable, think about it and then apply." ”
"Fill it out, please take a look."
When Colley pushed the form over, the old man who handled the badge suddenly wiped his glasses: "Wait, you are Colley Kidman?" ”
"Yes, but am I that famous?" Colley was surprised.
The old man asked, "I didn't mean that, the survivors of the caravan from the north have seen you." ”
Ke Li didn't lie: "Oh, it was when the team was attacked by the Demon Beast herd, and the caravan and I were separated. ”
"The guards and I escaped all the way, and it took days and nights to reach the periphery of Mammoth Horn, and I can't remember what happened on the way. Because I don't have any money in the follow-up, I can't afford to hire an extraordinary guard, and he is not with me now, his name is Korkan. ”
The old man thought for a while: "Then you can be considered lucky, a few days ago, there was a merchant who fled to Mammothhorn, saying that many people in the team died, and many orders could not be handed over now, saying that there were suspected extraordinary people in the caravan who were out of control, which led to the violent attack of the monster herd." ”
"The merchant gave me a list and left with the rest of the group, and I saw your name on the list."
"Is the Extraordinary out of control? I'm not impressed. Colley pondered for a moment, he was not very familiar with the people in the caravan.
It's really cold in the North, so cold that people are sleepy. Except for the hardy brute, everyone was wrapped like a furry armored snowman, and he spent a lot of time in half-dreaming and half-awake bumps, and when he was exhausted, he had no desire to communicate at all, and only wanted to follow the caravan back home.
The old man said, "Yes, it is said that in this shipment, there are also certain forbidden relics and extraordinary secret treasures secretly transported. ”
"It was the survivors who sent the news through the kestrels, so that the people of the Griffin Empire quickly rushed here."
"If you're in the know, they should come to you."
Colly put away the badge: "Okay, just wait for them to come, I also have my own life." ”
The old man cautiously asked, "I heard Colkan say that you have become extraordinary, right?" ”