Chapter 14: The Laughing Craftsman
Early in the morning, the town of Hamlet is full of life.
The local natives, the rat people, have been washing in the river that runs through the town.
It doesn't have to be hygienic, but it must be 'clean and hygienic'.
Many gatherers have already started to go out and run all the way out of Hamlet Town to collect ingredients from the surrounding collection points. This remote town, a place outside the world, a well-known place where you can only see the broken teeth of the flying dragon, except for some special delicacies, nothing else is easy to sell. However, it is not too hard, the competitiveness here is different, and if you want to settle in Hamlet, it is conservatively estimated that 30 gold lei a year is enough to ensure a small surplus life.
Therefore, despite the rough appearance of these gatherers, they are indeed very popular with men and women in the local area.
On the way, Maria asked in a leisurely tone:
"Amei, have you figured out what weapon you want to use? I heard Soso say that you don't like the weapons used by the Echo Squad. ”
Melina: "I didn't expect it yet, but you asked that because you made those control cores?" ”
"Hmph."
Maria lifted her chin proudly: "Of course it was made, what do you want me to do?" I'm hanging! ”
Now that she said 'open hanging' in a dignified manner, now that she thinks about it, she is probably willing to be Melina's hook instead of Sonia's hook. "My system is still relatively simple and straightforward, and the main function is to host mechanized manufacturing."
Sounds enviable.
"Weapons......
Melina looked up at the sky and grinded her teeth.
Enter the west side via East Hamlet.
Seeing that she was getting farther and farther away from the blacksmith shops, Melina said, "Why don't you go to the equipment shop?" ”
"The blacksmiths of Hamlet are quite famous, but not for our long-term plans." Maria smiled gently, "The equipment crafted in one area is not something that can be easily upgraded in another town like in the game, and each armorer and weaponsmith has their own unique skills, which is a kind of experience that has been taught by word and deed. ”
Melina's gaze swept to the armor on the other's body.
Maria laughed:
"They were made by the same craftsman, and now, the same craftsman has been invited by Soso. You know, Sonia has done all the bad things, she's a reborn person who has a lot of this kind of information and information, and this craftsman has some tricks or desires in her hands. ”
Sonia is indeed a woman who does all bad things...... Melina nodded in agreement.
Then she whispered:
"This craftsman, another banshee?"
"How do you know?" Maria asked curiously.
Melina opened her small umbrella, resting on her left shoulder and turning it slightly, and stopped talking. Golden eyes looked at Maria.
"A little scared? It's all right, Ame, the craftsman is a very nice man. Maria misunderstood something, and said with a smile, "Very professional craftsman, she measured my size and left a certain margin, so that I am now a little fatter than before and can still wear..."
"Do you measure it by hand?" Melina looked at Maria's slender waist with curiosity in her eyes.
For some reason, Maria felt a little chilled, and looked up, it was a hot day, strange!
But she put this feeling behind her and replied:
"A kind of magic tape measure, automatic measurement. Ah, if you're worried about being touched by her, I'll say it in advance? There are many people who are not used to being touched. ”
Maria is very empathetic and an absolutely good woman.
Melina put on a new indifferent smile and gently turned the umbrella: "It's okay, I'm just... Just curious. After all, Maria Senpai is so beautiful, and it's easy to be taken advantage of. ”
"Really!"
Maria smiled pleasantly, "Thank you." Then she said in a warm tone, "What about you, Amei?" There should be a lot of people chasing you, right? She looked up and down, "I feel like you must be at the school flower level, it's a pity that I haven't kept in touch with a few juniors, otherwise I guess I would have been able to get your information from them early." ”
Speaking of this, Melina's face turned a little red, and she lowered her hand holding the parasol a little, so that the black lace umbrella covered the upper half of her face.
"It doesn't count... Many. ”
After knowing that she might not become an explorer, there are probably more than a thousand juniors and seniors who hope to invite her to their home as a long-term guest. Just wait for an accumulation of emotions, a suitable opportunity, and lay eggs on both sides - Banshees, Bloods, and Elves are the most famous oviparous advanced races, and it is said that the eggshells of their first meal hide a lot of inherited knowledge. (This is nonsense, Melina didn't feel anything after gnawing on her eggshell)
"Oh, it must be very popular." Maria was reassured, "I guess there's a group of people chasing you... There are so many hunting groups in a full formation (300 people)! ”
To be exact, there are about 4 full formation hunting groups.
…
Near a small hill in West Hamlet, an extension tent that was clearly a banshee craft, was their destination.
And the true face of this craftsman lady also appeared in front of Melina.
It's different from Melina's expected banshee with rough attributes.
She is a woman with a quiet temperament, pale blond hair, delicate appearance, and fair complexion, dressed in a long dress with a small shawl, and dark red eyes deep and gentle.
She didn't look like a craftsman, more like a scholar.
She saw the two men walking by, and greeted them slowly, slowly, in a voice reminiscent of a calm lake without the wind:
"Miss Maria, I came to the appointment at the invitation of Miss Sonia, do you want to customize the equipment for this young lady? And there is another question I personally have, Miss Sonia, didn't she come to the appointment? ”
She articulates every word clearly, with a soft but unmistakable sense of coherence.
"She said she was going to catch up on sleep, you know her. She also asked us to buy her a roast veal for takeaway. ”
Isn't that straightforward? Melina was suspicious as a light suddenly crossed her vision.
I saw that the dark red eyes of the tall light-haired tranquil banshee in front of him flashed with crystal tears, and tears actually fell.
Hey, hey, hey! It made people cry!
Melina's eyes widened like a frightened precious cat, and she looked at Maria beside her, the eldest sister, who was also blonde, was not in a hurry at all, but was full of smiles.
About a second passed.
"Snort."
What's moving? Melina looked at the craftsman suspiciously.
The other party showed a toothy and crazy smile coldly.
"Ahaha!" She laughed high-pitched, reaching out and rubbing her eyes, "Sonia... Sonia, she's still so funny, ahaha, she deserves to be the woman who can give me "Bad Joke 3000", ahaha. ”
"Huh?" Melina unconsciously let out a startled sound.
…
The banshee's name is Lee. Carly. Austin.
Self-proclaimed to be a joke artist,The side hustle is a trivial work in equipment manufacturing and ecological investigation.,I haven't achieved anything in the main profession of a joke artist.,And there's only a little contribution to the side hustle.,For example, the 1,200 monster ecology of Stormlands (a big country) is what she inducted.,For this reason, her name is recorded in "Stormlands: A variety of ecological monsters".
This guy is very good.
But as a naturally intelligent banshee, she only loves bad jokes, and she doesn't know where Sonia got the information (reborn), so she easily bought a lot of treasured cold joke books on the market, and used these books and the local ecology as bait to successfully fish this woman.
This craftsman also has a nickname, called the laughing craftsman.
She was measuring Melina's outfit, and the two of them were so close that Miss Li almost wanted to wrap her in her body.
Melina did not refuse the close measurements of the laughing craftsman.
On the one hand, the other party's reputation proves the other party's remarks: "The clothing still has to fit well." ”
On the other hand... She didn't resist touching her.
Miss Li has a lot of experience and knows what kind of contact will not make girls with sensitive natures blow up, and she also knows how to say nice things to make them happy.
"You're in such a good shape. Unique, you must have put a lot of effort into the care. ”
"Thanks... Thank? "Melina is going to be embarrassed to be praised.
"Really, black flatters you." Miss Li took her fingers, and her long silk gloved fingers gently rubbed her fingers with black nail polish, "Now, raise your hands." ”
Melina paused, raised her hands, and the other party took a tape measure to measure her body data.
It's a bit awkward.
Melina had nothing to say, "Miss Li has been to many places? ”
"Well, don't look at me like this, but I'm much older than you. When I was younger, I used to travel all over the world, and it was interesting to say that I was collecting the most first-hand materials, but recently it seems that I have entered a period of crustal change, and many powerful wyverns have appeared, which are not usually seen. ”
"A period of crustal change?"
"That's right, that's right." Lee's tone was pleasant, "A large number of magic factors are constantly pouring out of the earth's crust, attracting the attention of many flying dragons... In fact, in addition to the main thing about talking to Miss Sonia about investment jokes, there is another thing that I am very concerned about. ”
"Huh?" Melina lowered her hand.
Li glanced at the test data, his eyes widened, and a rare trace of 'huh?' 'Emotions.
In the next second, she hid the data as if nothing had happened, and said:
"The town of Hamlet has a ballad that seems to have some research value in combination with the recent changes in the earth's crust and the magic factor of the tide."
After a pause, she began to sing the local folk song slowly in her ethereal and beautiful voice:
"When the stars return, on the day of the change of the earth's crust, the owner of gold brings the riches of the harvest, and the masters of gold bring the riches of ripening, and look to the sky, and shine with gold high above, and sing in its name, gold, gold."
She stopped, smiled at Melina and said:
"There are ninety-seven variations of this folk song in the Weeping Peninsula, which are strikingly similar, so it has a certain investigative value, and people often worshipped dragons as legends in ancient times...... Well? What's wrong with your expression? ”
Melina kept a somewhat stunned expression.
After a while, she smiled a little aggrievedly, and asked a small question to the eco-master laughing master with curiosity:
"If the legend is true, how big would it be, the owner of the gold?"
The laughing man pointed to East Hamlet:
"It's about that big, if it's true, but how can such a big dragon not forage for food for so many years? Hahaha, maybe it's just a ballad, after all, a folk song comes from the worship of human beings, and sometimes this worship can also be the result of false images or imaginative processing. ”