Chapter 101: A Visit to the Artisan
Lindsey tells the story of what happened in the mines.
After listening to this, An Rui had a general understanding of the situation and prepared to go to the mine to check.
Seeing that An Rui was about to leave, before the other party left, Lindsay took the initiative to ask:
"Uncle Anrui, shall I go with you?"
An Rui shook his head and replied confidently:
"You've been busy enough this time, so go back and rest."
"I can handle this kind of trivial matter."
The voice landed.
The fifth-stage Awoken warrior walked towards the forest, and his figure quickly disappeared without a trace under the cover of the forest.
Now that the other party has decided, Lindsay is not easy to interfere with.
He had a brief chat with Anna, indicating that there was no need to worry about the mine, that he had already dispersed the monster.
After saying goodbye and leaving the Lord's Manor, Lindsay headed into town.
The first stop of the afternoon was naturally the artisan hut.
Lindsey still had ingots in her hand to hand over to Joel, and the sooner the better.
A few minutes later, Lindsay arrives at the artisan hut.
It was afternoon, and Joel was grinding some metal flakes in his studio, and after welcoming Lindsay into the house, he almost ran all the way back to his work.
Lindsey waited for a quarter of an hour or so.
Seeing that Joel's work was over, he took out the steel ingot he had prepared:
"Joel, I've got some stuff over today to see if you can use it here."
"What ......" Joel wiped his hands and stepped closer, and when he saw the materials Lindsay had brought out, especially the steel ingots in it, the original inquiry was stuck in his throat, "This, where did you get this steel ingot?" ”
Joel couldn't hold it back and snatched the ingot from Lindsay's hand.
With his skills as an Awakened craftsman, Joel was able to discern the quality of the ingots very clearly. The hardness and density are obviously better than ordinary cast iron, and the ratio has almost reached the most ideal state!
But what's even more surprising is that.
The shape of these ingots is uniform, and there are no signs of forging or casting on the surface.
Even if you use the perfect tool.
It's impossible to make such a regular and identical ingot, right?
This defies common sense!
"Unreasonable, impossible, how can there be such a thing?"
Joel couldn't figure it out, so he had to look at Lindsay, who brought these ingots:
"Lindsay, tell me, what the hell is going on with this thing?"
Lindsay laughed and explained:
"It's the product of my skills."
Joel's expression was immediately relieved:
"Okay."
"Of course I'll need these things, and they can be made with the materials you gave me last time...... Wait, that's how you got those perfect Warcraft materials last time? ”
Lindsey shrugged her shoulders and acquiesced to this fact.
Joel looked at his friend in front of him, his eyes revealing a sense of helplessness, and he was even speechless.
In the end, he could only complain:
"When you leave the hidden frontier, sooner or later you will be captured by the master craftsmen and taken care of."
Lindsey smiled, remembering her previous commission.
The current situation was different from before, and he hurriedly explained to Joel:
"By the way, Joel, I've actually updated my gear a bit. You look at the situation and adjust the production plan. ”
As she spoke, Lindsay placed her crafted gear on the table in the workshop.
Joel picked them up one by one, looked closely, and soon saw his own hands on these weapons. After all, the cornerstone of these enhanced weapons was created by him.
Then, Joel's gaze at Lindsay was even more strange.
This guy is obviously capable of making such excellent equipment by himself, but he still has to come to find him, isn't this kidding him!
Lindsay also saw what Joel was looking at.
Before the other party could speak, he preemptively explained:
"Don't get me wrong, Joel!"
"I also just had this ability, and I didn't have the ability to make equipment before. And unlike you craftsmen, my ability can only make some simple things within the rules, and I can't use the wonderful creativity of real craftsmen! ”
“……”
"Speak as if I can do whatever I want."
Joel muttered something to himself, but he was still very useful to Lindsay's compliment, and quickly accepted the explanation.
"Okay, okay."
Accepting the ingot, Joel fiddled with the metal sheet on the table.
"In that case, it's really time to change the manufacturing plan, you definitely won't need ordinary weapons here."
Hearing the word weapon, Lindsay thought of one of the purposes for which she had come to the Craftsman's Cottage, and said to Joel by the way:
"Joel, I also want to commission you to make something special."
Joel was immediately interested.
He propped his hands on the table, and looked at Lindsay with a smile in his eyes.
"Something special? Tell me about it! ”
Lindsay then explained it metaphorically:
"It is a flintlock device, mainly designed to ignite a small amount of gunpowder by triggering a flint with a trigger......"
As a craftsman, Joel is more than happy to take on the challenge of making objects.
After listening to Lindsay's story, he stood still and thought for a while, then scribbled on the workboard, and finally nodded and agreed to the job:
"It sounds a bit difficult, but I think I can do it."
"Lindsay, how big are you going to be with this?"
Lindsay didn't plan to make a cannon, just a musket, so he gestured to the size of his palm:
"About five or six centimeters, you just leave a place to install the barrel and the wooden mop."
Joel replied confidently:
"Then leave it to me, and I'll be able to get you the finished product in a week or so!"
Lindsay also smiled back:
"I'm bothering you again this time."
Finally, the two chatted a few more words, and Lindsay also gave Joel some of her own magnets.
He then said goodbye to the young craftsman and prepared to leave the hut.
But just as Lindsay walked to the front room and was about to open the door, he was stopped by a person.
The other party is Joel's teacher, Iriel.
The sturdy old man blocked Lindsay and pulled him into the living room, where the two sat down at the table.
Picking up the kettle and pouring Lindsay a cup of hot water, Irel spoke:
"Lindsay, I know you have a good relationship with Joel."
"Did you come to him today just to commission the request to make the item you just made?"
Lindsay nodded naturally:
"That's right, I just got some materials from the mine, so I came to Joel for help."
"Young people should stay together and communicate more." Irel first acknowledged the relationship between Lindsay and Joel, and then changed his tone, "But Lindsay, the town has been a little different lately than it used to be, you should know it, right?" ”
“……”
Well, it did.
Hearing the beginning of this sentence, Lindsay knew that this was something she couldn't escape.
The Awoken, who are vaguely divided into two factions in the town, led by Joel's teacher Iriel, begin to persuade him.
After all, the other party is an elder, and today he came to the craftsman's hut, and there are students who ask for the other party.
Lindsay nodded frankly and replied:
"Yes, I know it all."
Seeing Lindsay so frank, Irel was no longer tactful, but asked directly to the point:
"In that case, you should also have your own ideas."
"Which of the two options do you think is better, finding a way to break through Black Mountain or holding on to the town?"
(End of chapter)