Chapter 8 Morning Star
Falborg is more than 700 miles away from the capital Rhine City, and is considered a large city with a population of 200,000. Because of its important strategic location, it is a second-tier military center on the western border of the Rhine Alliance. It also has the effect of hindering monsters in the forests of the Demon Realm to rush into the rich Pas Plain.
The surrounding area of Falborg is flat, and the Pas River passes around the city. The Demon Realm Forest is more than 100 miles south, so Falborg has become the most important supply war for many adventurers and monster hunters. The Demon Realm Forest is almost equivalent to the entire Rhine Alliance, reaching the Pyrenees in the west, the sea in the south, and covering the entire Red Rock Peninsula in the east, with a total area of nearly one million square kilometers. Since there are few large-scale monster activities on the edge of the forest and many trade routes pass through this place, it has also become a paradise for thieves and bandits.
The "Ham of War" weapon workshop has been open for a month. At the beginning, such a dwarf-like name was just to get some light from the natural craftsman dwarfs, but now there is a dwarf craftsman Jin and his four apprentices working in the workshop. The weapon workshop occupies a three-story building, located in the most prosperous neighborhood of Fall. The first floor below the building is the weapon store, the second floor is the Adventurer Park, and the third floor originally wanted to be used as a laboratory, but was rejected by everyone and was used as a VIP room to receive some major customers, and some fine products made by Fall.
A small building not far from the "Hammer of War" is where Roger settled on weekdays, and it is also the location of Fies' workshop and laboratory. The widest laboratory is more than 200 square meters. At this moment, a huge and complex magic array is painted on the ground, and a colorful halo is shining in the magic array. Blue-white magic flames are sprayed outwards in the middle of the magic array. Several fine steel knight armor pieces made by Jin were forged and burned red in the flames.
Fis carefully clamped out an armor piece with iron pliers and placed the magic symbol made of magic silver in a specific position. A flash of flames flashed, and the magic symbol was firmly welded on the armor piece. Roger hurriedly handed over a small bottle of blue liquid, which was the blood of an adult two-legged flying dragon. The two-legged flying dragon was fierce, fast, and had good magic protection, which was hard to deal with among intermediate monsters. Many parts of its body can be used as magic raw materials, and the blood can slightly increase the magic protection. Magic silver has very good ductility and excellent absorption of magic power, which is an indispensable material for making magical instruments. However, because it is relatively rare, the price is not cheap. Generally, the price of magic silver is about ten times that of gold of the same weight.
The blood of the blue dragon dripped on the made armor, and was quickly absorbed by the entire armor, just like a sponge absorbing water. The armor also turned into a light blue fluorescent light shining. Roger took the armor and threw it into the magic flame. After all the armor was processed, Fis sang a spell to the magic flame, and a pair of light blue wind wings gradually formed and flew towards the magic flame. The wind wings turned around the magic flame, and the turn became faster and faster. With a "boom", the flames surged like a tide, and a white light flashed on the ceiling, and a barrier blocked the outbreak of the magic flame. The flame storm came and went quickly, and disappeared in a blink of an eye. A few blue armor pieces were left on the ground. After the wind magic was fused, the weight of the entire armor was reduced by 60%.
At Roger's request, each piece of armor was added with a little magic silver, and Fiss once again used a simple lighting technique on it. This time the entire armor began to appear translucent light blue, and the magic symbol formed by magic silver just emitted azure light.
"Hehe, this looks much more beautiful. Gold! You are here just in time and are about to find you. Make these armor pieces into a half-body knight armor. Yes, it is the most popular Paladin armor this year. The chain armor must be made of gold! There are also more gold patterns on the edges of the armor to decorate it, and call Franco, that boy, who has a set of artwork!!" Roger shouted happily.
Dwarf Jin disagreed: "This is not possible! The chain armor should be wrapped with high-quality steel wire! The most important thing about armor is protection! Protection!! I don't want to ruin my reputation!"
"Then wrap a layer of gold wire outside the steel wire! That's fine. In short, all the chain armor must be wrapped in gold! The most important thing about this armor is money! Add this layer of gold, and you have ten years of ale! Tell Rance, go and choose a cloak worthy of this armor, and get the best! Gold! You have to make this armor the day after tomorrow!! I can't see the armor and you won't drink it! By the way, this armor is called Blue Crystal Armor. Of course, don't carve the name first. If the guest thinks of a name, you will engrave it! Ten gold coins per word."
Jin muttered and carried Arm downstairs, finally choosing the latter between conscience and ale. The words he cursed: "Vampire!! Man-eating pig!! The wealth-guarding slave! The human-shaped old dragon!!"
Roger only insists on selling high-quality and high-priced products, and the reason is very good: "The owners who can afford these equipment don't care about money! As long as the things are good, they don't care about more or less. What kind of people are our best customers? Not those rich and conscious adventurers, but those noble young men who have money and have nowhere to spend. Yes, it's like Rance. #!$!% Don't do it! Whose money can be made if they don't make money? So we don't sell the right ones, only expensive ones."
Secondly, all Roger's armor pays great attention to appearance decoration and some unpractical gimmicks. For example, this blue crystal armor is extremely lightweight, which is only equivalent to the weight of a heavy leather armor. Both physical defense and magic defense effects are good, and it is a fine product in Magic A. However, the lighting technique, after the fusion, only makes this magic armor have a translucent crystal effect, and the light is softer and more attractive, but there is no practical effect at all. As for the decorations designed by Franco, it is not helpful to combat in addition to increasing the weight. However, Roger
Ge said: "At first glance, you can tell that this armor is what the Paladins should wear. Is it sold to real Paladins? Of course not. Which Paladin will wear this? What we are going to sell are the princes of the great nobles who want to become Paladins. Do you expect them to really go to adventure in a dangerous cave? They only wear it to hunt! So the style and taste are more important, and they should be like heroes in front of the ignorant girl. The God of War Hammer is not going to become a big arms dealer, but to become a noble brand like Purple Angel Jewelry and Shangri-La Hot Springs."
Everyone was speechless after hearing this. From then on, the nickname of vampire Rog spread like wildfire.
The "God of War Hammer" business quickly became popular. Although it only sold a Knight's sword, a Knight's gun, and a set of Knight heavy armor (this is Fis's full production capacity), it not only recovered the initial investment cost of 10,000 gold coins, but also earned 3,000 gold coins.
The afternoon sun shone lazily on the quietly flowing Pas River, and the wide river surface was covered with a layer of scales of gold. A team of knights in sharp armor were leisurely patrolling along the riverside. The knights in the lead were wearing dark green breastplates, while the rest were yellowish-colored Knights' Knights' Order's standard breastplates.
The knight in dark green armor is Kate. The armor is the half-body armor of the Black Elf Knight that he has been proud of for a long time. It was made after soaking in the blood of the Black Elf and blessing the shield magic. It has excellent defenses, especially it has special effects on dark spells. After Kate arrived in Falborg, Lord Winnington, the commander of the Knights, took good care of him and asked him to lead a guerrilla cavalry team. A team of Falborg guerrilla cavalry has fifty to sixty cavalry, and as the captain of Kate, he could only lead at most
Twenty cavalry. Guerrilla cavalry is between heavy cavalry and light cavalry. They usually wear half-breasted armor. The weapon choice is mostly axe and gun that is suitable for stabbing and slashing, so it is often called axe and lance cavalry. Guerrilla cavalry generally patrols about 300 miles around Falcon Fort, and each time they are dispatched, they must survive independently in the wild for about a week. When patrolling, they gather and annihilate them. When encountering a squad of enemies, they will return to the fort to report the news. However, Falcon Fort has not encountered any war in several decades, and guerrilla cavalry has become more of a kind of training for cavalry.
Two months since he arrived in Falborg, this is the third time that Kate has led a Rangers team to move out. The sun is shining, and several fishing boats are floating on the river surface, and fisherman songs are heard from time to time. The river is surrounded by green fields, and the forest in the distance in the Demon Realm also seems quiet and quiet. Kate feels relaxed and happy. This is simply a tourist. The only thing that is the only drawback is that the shadow of the thieves group has not seen one, and there is a peaceful and prosperous scene everywhere. Kate calculated that it has been five days since he waved his hand and shouted: "Brothers, we're leaving the team!" A group of axe and spear knights turned around and walked towards Falborg.
The Knights of Falbao have a total of 7,000 people, including 2,000 cavalry, 4,000 infantry, and 1,000 errands. After all, it is a second-line legion, and after living a peaceful life, Lord Wennington's Knights' combat effectiveness is mediocre.
Roger and others had already adapted to the life of Falborg, that is, they had figured out the local merry and taverns. There were also many fights with adventurers, mercenaries, etc. In addition to Lord Drizzt, with Wennington's backer, they were not afraid of offending anyone. In business, a few pieces of magical equipment were sold, especially after the blue crystal armor was bought by a duke's young son for 10,000 gold coins, the reputation of "God of War Hammer" quickly became popular. Roger saw that the dwarves were too leisurely, and even forced them to tempt them to create some equipment that was not supported by magic. The dwarves' craftsmanship was naturally fine, and every batch of goods was snatched away.
At this time, on the third floor of "God of War Hammer", Roger was fighting with a small team of adventurers. There were 9 people in this team of adventurers, which were standard adventure team configurations, including warriors, rangers, shooters, magicians, priests, and thieves, which was just one or two. They had just returned from the Demon Realm Forest and were here to exchange for some equipment.
What made Roger's eyes shine was a bag of magic silver weighing two pounds, as well as some rarer metals and gems, such as an ore with a little shining golden star in the dark. Roger recognized at a glance that this was a high-grade star gold ore. This gold was different from ordinary gold, but had a mysterious correspondence with the power of stars in the sky. It was extremely rare and was an indispensable raw material for the creation of magic weapons related to space magic. As for the crystal cores and furs of the monsters, although they were also very precious, they were far less than these metals. The fiery red bird feathers brought by the female magician in the team attracted Roger's attention. With the induction of mental power, Roger found that the feather had extremely obscure but agile fire magic fluctuations.
Adventurers took a look at a magic bow that was extremely exquisite (the common feature of all products of God of War Hammer), decorated with rose branches wrapped in white gold and purple gold wire. The bow matched with three light green magic arrows, two white flying dragons made of magic silver were on the arrow, and four wings spread out to form the tail feathers of the arrow. The young female archer's eyes were glowing, holding the arrow tightly, and refused to let go if she died.
The female magician was fascinated by a magic amplification bracelet. With the superb skills of the dwarf and Fis, Franco's artistic taste, and the deep grasp of the dark side of the human heart by Rance and Roger, this bracelet is extremely skillful and integrated the Sky Stone with magic silver. The whole bracelet is completely transparent deep blue, and the starlight appears and disappears under the influence of magic. Bringing this bracelet is like wearing the night sky on your body. The female magician's eyes become as deep as the night sky. Of course, simple inlay skills can actually achieve the same magic amplification effect.
The women who were caught in the shopping yu hope were no longer reasonable. Fortunately, although these adventurers were good at finding things, they were not very good at identifying the goods. Roger was sweating heavily, and his fat trembled (I don’t know when all of Roger’s fat trembled as he pleased), and he looked extremely painful and killed the price little by little. After adding two half-body armor, four long swords, and thirty armor-piercing arrows, the deal was finally completed, and the red feather became Roger’s spoil.
To be fair, what Roger sells are all high-quality products and is worth the price. The most important thing to make money is to acquire the adventurers' spoils at a low price. For example, this time, the star gold mine is a priceless treasure, far from measuring more than 100,000 gold coins. That bag of magic silver is worth ten thousand gold coins, and as for monsters, it is not only ten thousand gold coins. Moreover, there are other unknown metals and the inexplicable red feather. Intuition tells Roger that the more you don't understand, the more valuable it is.
Roger finally understood what it means to "a horse does not eat night grass and does not fat."
After finally seeing off these suckers, a few more people walked into the VIP room. Rance nodded and bowed and followed in.
Roger had just put up a professional smile and was about to say hello. The leader took off his robe with his head cover and his blonde hair jumped out, illuminating the entire room. His smile was as bright as the sun after the rain, and the light even stinged Roger's eyes.
He stretched out a hand and said:
"I'm glad to meet again. I'm Ophiroc von William."
Chapter completed!