16. Permission to kill
Early in the morning of the second day of the trading day, Mason returned to the K-team station room with a box full of refining array drawings on his fairy face, and went to the alchemy room of Old K after a brief wash.
He couldn't wait to try the refining formation he had brought yesterday, and by the way, he would follow the suggestions of the two brothers to modify his redesign of the anti-superman armor.
As for the fair, Mason is not going to go today.
The things that can be used to make drawings with kryptonite dog-eyed white people basically got it yesterday, and the rest of them are currently unsolvable, and the two Elric brothers are quite famous wandering merchants in the Stars Society, they have a lot of very good things on hand, and Mason can directly prostitute them from them if he needs it in the future.
Belch.
It should be more appropriately called "industry exchange".
"By the way, there are still orders from others."
Mason patted his head and pulled a pamphlet out of his pocket.
It was an "order" that the two Elric brothers had received from the Stars Club and some other parts of the world, and in the past, the two of them were responsible for making and selling, but now Mason has joined their merchant team as a "supernumerary", so he naturally has to take on a responsibility.
This is exactly what Mason wants, and he is now worried about the inability to translate his crafting skills into the combat effectiveness of Team K.
Moreover, he had just bought several sets of equipment production lines with smelting arrays on credit from his brothers, and Mason needed to work hard to pay off his debts.
Hey, why do you feel so much like an office worker with a mortgage?
Depend on!
It's all in a different world, and you still have to work to pay off your debts?
"Let me see, how many healing potions do you need? Is this a supply to the war zone? There are also various orders for antidotes and weapons, oh, and this one is meant to be given to the rebels of a vassal world.
Not bad.
He said that he wanted to stay away from the war, but in fact, he was secretly still fighting against the Stellar Society, and sure enough, there was no simple person who could make friends with me, right? ”
Mason generally analyzed the information conveyed in this order, and then unfolded a blueprint of the alchemy array for potions, and took out the components that the two brothers had given to make a small alchemy array in the alchemy room.
Place the ingredients on the left-hand side, including a glass of water.
On his right hand, he held an alchemy stone, and last night he had done an experiment with Alphonse to prove that the alchemy stone in Mason's hand could also be used as a transformation medium for refining arrays.
He would follow the instructions in the introductory booklet of the refining formation formation to recall the process of making the healing potion in his mind, and then took a deep breath to activate the refining formation.
The red arc light danced rapidly along the ritual of this prototype, and the alchemy stone in his right hand continued to be consumed, while the material on his left hand seemed to be swallowed into the refining array.
Mason could feel the materials quickly decomposing and reassembling into finished potions in indescribable ways, and the entire process, although completed in an instant, was based on Mason's understanding of the process of making healing potions.
In fact, this is also the rule of alchemy, which simplifies the long reaction process required by traditional alchemy, and transforms the material into a finished product in three steps: "understanding, decomposing, and recomposing".
The "understanding" part of this is the most important.
If the alchemist himself can't fully understand what he's doing, then what comes out of it is hard to describe.
"Huh"
A pungent smell emanated from the alchemy stone in Mason's hand, and a third of its shape had been consumed, and on the table in front of him there was already an additional bottle of the healing potion that had been crafted.
Normally, such a potion would take Mason twenty minutes to make, but now it's only a blink of an eye.
"Complete the crafting of an excellent quality and excellent craft alchemy item, and increase the skill proficiency of the alchemy branch by X10. Unlocks the 'Manufacturing Branch Rapid Crafting' talent.
Note!
The 'Quick Crafting' talent is used to craft duplicate items in large quantities in a short period of time, and this skill produces artifacts of corresponding quality based on the user's understanding of the artifact.
This talent can be used to craft multiple items at once, but only one skill boost will be granted, and the chance of a boutique will be greatly reduced.
This debuff will diminish as the user's crafting skills improve.
Currently, the user's alchemy skill is Lv4, and at this level, there is a 0.01% chance of an item above 'Fine' appearing when the 'Quick Alcheming' skill takes effect. ”
A line of prompts jumped in front of Mason's eyes, and this reminder was not what he expected.
To put it bluntly, the principle of refining into a formation is a time-saving "brushing" method, and it is completely understandable that the quality is reduced when the quantity is taken.
But it doesn't matter, as long as he persists, he can do it one day.
After the first attempt at the refining array, Mason quickly completed the orders of the Elric brothers in batches, and after a few more visits, he was able to pay off the arrears of the equipment he bought, and the rest was to "make a lot of money".
He planned to get some vibranium and urugin from the two brothers first, and then find a way to get the ark reactor in the hands of those two guys.
They boasted that they could find the materials Mason wanted, and if this was true, it meant that Mason would not have to worry about raw materials in the future.
After completing the commercial order, Mason took a moment to assemble a forged array for metal creations, and then made nearly a thousand cursed bullets and various engineering warheads in one go.
The more he used it, the more he felt that this thing was really convenient.
I finally don't need to make a handmade bullet from Kuhaha, even something as dangerous as an alchemy grenade can be made in batches, and of course this explosive thing has to be made very carefully.
During this period, the slightest thought can easily cause an explosion accident.
As soon as he was busy until the afternoon, Mason walked out of the alchemy room with a magazine full of cursed bullets, only to see a disheveled and sluggish-looking Zakang sneaking into the room on tiptoe with his tattered clothes.
The two looked at each other.
Mason looked at the "blood-red strawberries" on Zakang's neck and body and the scratches like leopard claws, and suddenly fell silent, and Zakang also had a "bad" expression on his face, and looked up at the sky without love.
After a few seconds, Mason whispered:
"What? Overturned? ”
"It's okay, so-so."
Za Kang trembled and picked up a cigarette in his mouth, his mouth was very hard but his legs were very soft, and he said:
"It's just an eight-hundred-year-old vampire duchess, although it is very burning and deadly, but what scene has Lord Ben never seen? The process was tiring, but I still won!
This is a great feat that a little virgin like you would never dare to think of. ”
"I advise you to take a break before bragging."
Mason sighed and said:
"I'm really afraid that if you say a few more words, you will die suddenly, look at you like this, stay away from me, stand next to me, I'm afraid that you will suck my yang energy. But before you go to rest, I still have to ask.
You've sold yourself to this point, do you get the information we need? ”
"Well, it's all there."
Konstantin laboriously lit his cigarette, and in the smoke he gasped and said:
"The feud between Team Amaterasu and that mad girl vampire stems from a mission where they sneaked into the vampire's base world to steal something legendary.
Originally, it was not a big deal to be informed.
But the neon men had the audacity to try to control my terrible lover and bed mate last night with the magic of purification and restraint. However, they apparently underestimated the power of a B-class lone ranger, and were killed by three guys on the spot and escaped.
My energetic bed partner also gave me a 'personal bounty'. ”
Za Kang pursed his lips and said:
"She said that if I could find a way to kill a few of the people in Amaterasu's team, she would open her blood treasure trove to me and let me pick a few good things to take away."
"It's going to be a big deal, John."
Mason frowned and said:
"The B-class personnel of the Stars don't have a fuel-efficient lamp, so it would be very troublesome if she reported our actions."
"No!"
Konstantin shook his head and raised his right hand again, there was already a very bright blood-colored rune on the back of his hand, and he shook it and said to Mason:
"I've signed a contract with her to use her Origin Blood as a medium, which is enough to make sure she doesn't divulge any information, and I think it's a good job.
And you've got your eye on those neon mages, aren't you?
I don't know how they provoked you, but it's okay to eat two fish and two rabbits. ”
As he spoke, he threw over a card with the information and specific location of the Amaterasu team, Mason took it in his hand and looked at it, nodded and said:
"Okay, act before you leave tomorrow! I've got to do some prep first, huh? ”
In the next second, Mason and Zakang turned their heads to look at the door at the same time.
The closed door was pushed open, and two buckets of helmets, tattered clothes, and shoes were sneaking in.
As a result, when he looked up, four eyes were staring at him with blazing eyes.
"Are you sick?"
The second bucket was shocked, but he still maintained a cold-faced tone and scolded:
"It's six o'clock in the morning! What are you doing here without sleeping? ”
"Did you have a good fight last night?"
Mason asked faintly.
Za Kang was more direct, this guy spat out the smoke ring cheaply, pointed to the position of his neck and said:
"Wipe the kiss marks, thank you.
From my professional point of view, these are two different girls. That's right, Jason, I didn't expect an ascetic guy like you to be so popular with muscular warriors.
Did you roll into bed with a fight?
Don't explain, I understand.
I've been young, too.
I can't help it. ”
Seeing that it was broken, the second barrel simply didn't load.
He threw away the shoes in his hand, rubbed his still aching waist, and whispered:
"Those Spartan women warriors are insane! There's no pleasure at all, and it's a shame that they use me as a tool to vent their desires! What's the rule of not using a gun when fighting?
Anyway, I'll definitely win next time! ”
"Don't be so pessimistic, people didn't play you in vain, don't you give a 'tip'?"
The sharp-eyed Zakang pointed to something stuffed in the pocket behind the second bucket of butts, and Jason took it out of his pocket with hindsight to find that a delicate golden griffin knife was stuffed there.
Ambilight, at first glance, it is not ordinary.
"Let's go get some rest."
Mason shook his head and said to Jason:
"Recharge your batteries and get ready for work tomorrow."
"What for?"
The second bucket asked angrily.
Mason glanced at him and said:
"Kill!"
This answer made Jason stunned for a moment.
He glanced at Mason, and then at Zakang who lowered his head and smoked, and after confirming that they were not joking, his expression cooled, and he played with the knife in his hand and asked:
"Good guys, bad guys?"
"A group of traitors who betrayed their hometown and led to the end of the world stabbed their companions in the back of their hearts in exchange for the scraps that survived."
The captain glanced back at him and said:
"Exactly the pathetic role played by the League of Assassins in the last incident, what? Does the execution of such a person make you psychologically overshadowed? ”
"No, it won't."
A cold smile appeared on Erdou's exaggerated kiss marks, and he craned his neck and said:
"Actually, I've been bored for the past few days. I've hated traitors the most in my life, and it's a pleasure to be able to move my muscles and bones, but is it really okay to do something like this in a place like Castle of the Stars? ”
"So I need to 'ask' about it."
Mason took out a bottle of brown owl and poured it up, felt himself refreshed, and then took another bottle of white honey to relieve the poison, and finally took off the sorting hat and threw it in front of the two of them, and said:
"Take advantage of this time to let the hat tell you how the wizards fight, and also let you be prepared. I'll go up and I'll be back in a minute. ”
With that, Mason turned around and left the room and walked into the elevator all the way to Mr. Hunter's office.
"This is your instrument of execution."
Seeing that Mason had come on time, Mr. Hunter handed him a document and said:
"In the Sandstorm world, if you are interfered with by the Cleaners, give them this command to prove that you are on an official mission of the Stellar Society.
If you're quick enough, you probably won't deal with those pesky guys. ”
"I try."
Mason put the paperwork away, glanced at Mr. Hunter again, and said:
"I want to ask, after the establishment of the Star Castle, has there been a murder in this castle?"
"Huh?"
The question caused the hunter to make a nasal voice in surprise, and she looked up and said:
"What does that mean?"
"Just curious."
Mason Says:
"If, I mean, if someone kills someone in the castle, what if they follow the rules?"
Mr. Hunter was silent for a moment, then said in a long voice:
"This castle has a wide range of surveillance magic, theoretically any private combat behavior will be detected and stopped in the first place, this magic is personally monitored by my companion warlock, and no one can escape his gaze.
However, the Warlock has recently gone to the headquarters to report to work.
He'll probably be back by nine o'clock tomorrow night. And according to your question, 'if' there is a murder, I will be the first to arrive if I am currently here.
If the murderer can be caught red-handed, he will usually be executed directly.
But if you can't catch it, you should be rewarded with a reward. But I don't think anyone in this castle can escape my pursuit, unless the cunning fellows take advantage of the noon-day move.
You know, I have a lunch break and I hate being interrupted for those 30 minutes.
Is there anything else you'd like to ask? ”
"Nope."
Mason nodded with a serious expression, glanced at the time of his watch again, and said:
"I'm sure no one would dare to do anything bad during your lunch break, besides, Team K will leave Castle of the Stars tomorrow at noon, and we'll be ready to execute Sandstorm as soon as we get back.
The organization will not tolerate such a traitor, so let the loyal K-Team take care of what worries you! ”
"Okay, let's go."
Mr. Hunter waved his hand and reminded as he looked down at the papers:
"It's cleaner this time."
(End of chapter)