"Lord Wizard, the docks on Turtle Island are full, and we can only anchor at the outer anchor and take a small boat to the island."

The sweaty boatswain came running from the docks and told Mason the bad news, and the rude one-eyed sailor scolded:

"There's really a spread of the Black Death on the Haitian side, and it's said that the main island has been completely overrun by damn ghouls, but it's a good thing you didn't let us go there or it would be over."

"Then take a small boat over, do you still want to bother me about this matter?"

Mason occupies one of the most "luxurious" two-story crooked bamboo buildings on the docks to be used as a makeshift alchemy laboratory, and he is preparing to learn the art of enchantment from Zakkang.

How can I have time for such small things?

"No, Wizard."

Seeing that the wizard had come up with some strangely colored "evil materials" like magic, the superstitious boatswain became even more nervous, and he whispered:

"Those bastards want us to pay! A boat rental costs 2 gold kroner, which is insane! I could buy enough rum to drown them for 2 gold crowns.

You're the hero who saved the island!

They can't humiliate and blackmail you with this price! ”

"Then give it to them."

Mason glanced at it and said:

"In this apocalyptic situation, is money still useful? Can it buy a life? ”

The young man's cold and direct answer left the money-hungry old sailor speechless, and he could only turn around and contact the group of vampires who should go to hell.

Mason really doesn't care about the currency of this world, it's just a "quest item" anyway.

"Look, I really can only do it once.

That rainstorm magic just now drained my mana, I hate this kind of low-magic world, I really don't know how this ghost place is rated as a C-grade world?

In my opinion, this is no different from a D-class world with no supernatural powers. ”

On the second floor of the bamboo building, Zakang complained while rubbing his fingers repeatedly on the peppermint in his hand, as if he was massaging the herb.

But there is a faint magic that seeps into it, making the originally light peppermint also exude a richer aroma.

A few seconds later, Zakang handed the herb in his hand to Mason, and the young man took it in his hand and saw the change:

Magical Peppermint (Countdown to Expiration 15 minutes)

Quality: Temporary enchantment material, can be used to craft high-level alchemical artifacts.

Item description: The finest materials only need to be processed with the simplest ... What? Do you use it without processing? Are you an alchemist from a barbarian?

Hint: When you come into contact with an enchanted item, the Enchantment Branch skill is enabled, and it is currently Lv0.

"Very useful knowledge indeed, John."

Mason looked at the temporarily enchanted herbs in front of him, and he was delighted that he had learned another trick that could quickly improve his alchemy and enchantment.

But then he shook his head and said:

"But before I can continue studying, I have to make the alchemy stone first. Now I've got to get you out, John, and you can't be disturbed while you're making alchemy. ”

"Because the mysterious inheritance of the gods can't be seen by me?"

Za Kang had never heard of any "alchemy stones", so he grabbed Mason's shoulders and said:

"We're already teammates, you can't hide it like that. Let me see, maybe I can use this secret knowledge to bring Xiaozha back into my arms. ”

"Letting you out because this thing explodes violently when it's made wrong. I don't want my new teammates to be killed by me on the first day. ”

Mason rolled his eyes and kicked Zakang out.

He returned to the table and pulled out several magical ores he had just found in the dock warehouse, which he had not attempted to craft because of the lack of these magic-rich stones as a base material.

The recipe for the Alchemy Stone was unlocked at Alchemy Lv2.

Mason didn't lie, although this thing has very stable characteristics, it is really easy to explode out of control during the production process.

The reason for this is probably because this little thing has the magical effect of "changing the properties of objects".

To put it simply, when you hold a high-quality alchemy stone, you can really turn a stone into gold, but the price of "turning a stone into gold" is that you will lose your alchemy stone.

No one would do this kind of thing of losing a watermelon and picking up sesame seeds.

Mason took a deep breath and stared at the changes in the stones in the cauldron as he poured a special solution into the cauldron and poured in a special solution to ignite the cauldron with magic fire.

At this moment, he felt that his time had "slowed down", his senses were intensifying, and any changes in the cauldron could be detected by him for the first time.

The [Eye Disease and Quick Hand] talent effect unlocked by Alchemy Lv2 is activated, similar to bullet time, but unfortunately it can only take effect when crafting items and cannot be used in combat.

But it's a miracle.

With the blessing of "extrasensory", Mason's error tolerance rate is greatly improved every time it is made.

Ten minutes after three near-run-of-controls, seven quick adjustments that seemed unusually difficult, Mason wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the small, irregular gray stone in the crucible.

He used tweezers to place the hot stone in front of his eyes.

Primary Alchemy Stone

Quality: Excellent alchemy items and excellent craftsmanship

Utility: Add a potion to increase the quality of the finished product, or add it to an alchemy compound that has already been crafted to make them enter the [Extraction] state to increase the effect, and it can also be used for magic touches in the crafting of other branch creations.

All of the above actions will cause the Alchemy Stone to be consumed, and the number of times it can be used is [10/10]

Item description: Proudly hang it on your chest as an alchemist's medal, of course, you can also light it and throw it as a bomb when you encounter danger. Trust me, this thing works a lot better than your average alchemy bomb.

"Puff"

Mason tossed the gray alchemy stone into the healing potion he had made earlier.

As it sinks to the bottom of the potion, small amounts of bubbles begin to appear as if they were sparkling water.

The extraction process took several minutes to rest, and Mason took advantage of this time to take out the rare metal he had just obtained by smelting the magic ore with magic fire, and took out a delicate bullet mold.

Fingers jumped out of the fire and re-melted a small ball of rare metal and filled it into the mold, and when it cooled, Mason had twelve bullets.

This thing was still shining with a faint earthy yellow light on the surface when it was taken out by the tweezers, and although it was only the simplest solid pointed bullet, there was no doubt that it still belonged to the type of "bewitching slut" with all the bells and whistles of bullets.

The young man admired his creation, and put the delicate bullet in front of his eyes:

Engineering Bullet Petrochemical

Quality: Excellent items and standard workmanship

Utility: The warhead, shaped from earth elemental metal, still possesses the magic of the earth, and will petrify the target for 1-600 seconds when it hits, depending on the target's magic resistance.

This bullet can be further modified to increase its destructive power and effectiveness.

Item description: Gaia! Give me the power of this righteous sneak attack!

Tip: Large-scale production of Engineering Bullets can be made with an Engineering Modified Bullet Line, and the Mechanical Modification Drawings have been unlocked.

"If this were to be made by hand, I would only have enough bullets to make in a day, and I would only be able to pull the trigger for 30 seconds... You still have to have professional equipment, maybe this is the true meaning of engineering. ”

Mason looked at the delicate warhead in front of him, and suddenly felt that this thing was not fragrant.

He pondered for a moment, and felt that he should be able to find professional bullet assembly line production equipment in the arsenal of Hogwarts World.

The extracted potion was also completed, and Mason took out the alchemy stone, and the number of uses became [9/10], and the extracted healing potion was reduced from the amount of two sips to less than one sip.

However, the effect has been increased from only treating minor injuries to treating moderate injuries, and the duration of the effect has been reduced from five minutes to two minutes.

The results are impressive.

However, it is obviously not cost-effective to extract this low-grade potion with alchemy stones, which are significantly more expensive to make, and the real use of this cute little gray stone is to make high-grade potions reborn.

Mason smiled, rubbed his eyes, stood up and pushed the door open, just in time to see his three team members outside the door to greet Dawn while drinking and chatting by the way.

"How many people are on this island?"

Catwoman, wearing goggles with telescopes and night vision goggles, looked at the island behind her, drank the strangely tasted rum, frowned, and said:

"The population density here is crazier than the most chaotic slums in Gotham, and it's all made of wood, so it's no wonder a fire can turn this place into hell."

"It's hell here!"

Zakang next to Catwoman pinched his nose and complained:

"Can't you smell it? The rancid smell of death was so good that I could feel that at least ten people were dead on the island as we spoke.

Well, in the last 10 seconds. ”

Mason didn't speak.

He walked over to the Kite Man and handed him the healing potion he had just extracted, asking him to heal the injuries he had suffered from the fall.

"Let the people on board be dismissed."

Mason refused the rum offered by Zackon, looked at the dazed crew on the dock not far away, and ordered the one-eyed, superstitious and money-greedy boatswain standing in front of him:

"But we don't want money! As long as all kinds of rare things, whether it's magical ores, leather, herbs, or strange items with unique effects, we want to..."

"Jewels!"

The slightly drunk Catwoman suddenly spoke:

"Beautiful, expensive, rare jewelry, too!"

"What do you want those things for?"

Mason glanced at his big sister.

Ms. Selena clearly had no intention of giving up her hobby of collecting jewelry, and in order to take care of the emotions of her new teammates, the young man also pinched his nose and added the jewelry to the exchange catalog.

"Actually, a beautiful and helpless girl too..."

As soon as he leaned over and started his head, he saw a flash of cold light, and the sharp blade of the sword against his waist made the black mage raise his hands and stop saying his dark thoughts.

The boatswain found a group of men and quickly set off with food.

But their efficiency is remarkable, and it also gives Team K a glimpse of how human life can be in a world where the end of the world can be.

A group of young women in ragged clothes quickly approached the door and said they could do anything as long as they had food, including children under the age of ten.

The kite man who watched this scene sighed again and again, and a man with a child couldn't see this, and the always lazy Catwoman-sama also fell silent in a slight drunkenness.

She turned her head to look at Mason.

The young man was exchanging enchantment knowledge with Zakkang when he noticed Catwoman's silent gaze, and after a second of silence, he waved his hand and let the two of them decide for themselves.

Watching Catwoman and Kite Man take food out of their bags and distribute it, Zakang, who was beside Mason with a pipe in his mouth and a wine bottle, spit out a smoke ring, and said to the young man drunkenly:

"You know, Selena isn't really a good player. I know what happened to her before, and now it seems that the nasty Batboy really 'trained' her very successfully, and her kindness will cause problems for her and us in this apocalypse.

Your little brother Charles isn't really a good explorer either.

Indecisive and lacking courage and strength.

While it might seem cold-blooded to say that, Mason, if the world we're going to in the future is mostly like this, the two of them obviously need to change their minds.

But you're good. ”

The Dark Mage took a big sip of wine, stared at Mason, and said:

"I saw the way you looked at these people like you were looking at a bunch of 'consumables', and I knew I wouldn't hesitate to shoot at them.

But I also believe that Batman's willingness to give up the principle of walking alone is obviously not a bastard who doesn't take human life seriously. So, Mason, did joining the Stars become cursed and make you cold-blooded? ”

Mason took out Old K's alchemy notes and looked at it like that, as if he had no interest in the question of what the hell Zakang was, but the dark wizard's strong questions made Mason tired of it.

He frowned and said to Zakang:

"I don't know how the other captains of the Stars have chosen the members, John, but I think my guys have done a good job so far.

Even you. ”

"I think you're humiliating me, Mason."

Zakang snorted unhappily, and asked a few seconds later:

"Can you tell me what your code of conduct is? Considering that we are going to work together for a long time in the future, I don't want to be angry with you for letting you leave me in some hellish world because of some trivial matter.

I mean, the bottom line.

Just like the pesky Batboy's 'don't kill principle', you should have this thing too, right? ”

"Yes! And it's simple. ”

Mason looked at Zakang, he thought for a moment, and said:

"If I'm driven to the point where I'm going to sell out my morals, it means I'm desperate or have a lot to gain. But look at those people, John. ”

The young man pointed to the poor women and children begging for food around Catwoman and Kite, and shook his head and said:

"Tell me, please, what do I get by abandoning morality for these people? If it's not profitable, why don't we be good people?

Does doing something nice make you feel bad? ”

"Ha, it seems that we have very different concepts."

Konstantin spat out the smoke ring, covered his expression with magic smoke, and said:

"I didn't expect my captain to be a kind saint, oh my God, I'm getting more and more pessimistic about the future of Team K."

Mason looked down at the alchemy note again.

He didn't care about Zakang's yin and yang weirdness, because he knew that this guy who didn't slip away and showed no bottom line was definitely not a good person in his heart.

But he can't be considered a bad guy in the traditional sense either.

"That's a good thing, John."

The captain of Team K decided to end this unpleasant conversation of mutual temptation, saying:

"Being a good person means that you don't have to worry about being the 'price' when I have to pay to get something."

This sentence made Za Kang silent for a full ten seconds, he took a hard breath of smoke and said:

"MD, what you say makes so much sense that I can't refute it. But I still think that if we want to go further, we need to have at least one guy who is as pessimistic and wary of everything as Batboy and has to be as ruthless as Green Arrow.

In this way, we can turn the tide at a critical moment. ”

Mason raised his head with a strange look in his eyes, glanced at Konstantin, and said:

"Don't worry, John. We already have one of these bastards, and he's sitting in front of me talking. I think when we need to do something about it, you won't let us down...

Don't put on that lewd grin, bastard.

I'm not complimenting you!

In other words, on the issue we just discussed, how to tap the wealth of this world more effectively, I suddenly have an idea. ”

Mason closed the book and said to Zakang:

"It occurred to me that we might need to revise our objectives this time, and that Team K might be able to do more than the original plan to find the resources we needed.

I have a plan!

John, do you know what is the most expensive thing in the end-of-world world? ”

"Future?"

The drunken Zakang pouted and said:

"Or is it a vain thing like hope?"

"Yes, it's hope!"

Mason looked downstairs at the ragged women and children, and with a twinkle in his eyes, he whispered:

"I have a new idea, rather than toiling to scavenge every copper plate myself, we might as well play with it, and somehow make them willingly give us the most precious thing in their hands.

I mean, let's sell hope. ”