Chapter 19
At night in the Rose Garden, the fragrance of various night-blooming flowers fills the air, and the twinkling lights are reflected, creating a charming scene. In the fountain square in the center of the village, many people set up stalls when there are many people in the village at night, and the sounds of hawking and shouting are heard one after another, making it very lively.
After the life-and-death battle with the Sword Demon, both of us were in a mess, so the princess insisted on going home to wash up, and I had to go see my sister alone. When I walked into the meeting room of the Lord's Mansion, only my sister and Brother Yun and his wife were waiting for me. The others might not be online.
"Hey, little brother, where have you been? You look like you rolled down from the Qilian Mountains, you're so dirty." My sister looked at me with amusement.
"Oh, you guessed it right. Your brother really fought his way down from the Qilian Mountains." I wiped my face as I said this, following the Sword Demon in the thunder array. Not getting injured doesn't mean I'm fine. Shrapnel flew everywhere, leaving holes in my clothes. The explosion was so smoky and my face was painted with black and white camouflage. I looked like a survivor of the battlefield.
"Really? What could make you so miserable? It looks like you've set a trap." My sister pointed at the burn marks on my sleeves.
"I've never seen a monster like this before, called a sword demon, just a skeleton with iron skin." Looking at the clothes, the durability is very low, if I don't repair it, it will break, so I'll take it off and repair it. Blacksmith 58, it's not difficult for me to repair a piece of clothing.
"Sword Demon? What is that? Is it powerful?" The eldest sister-in-law was quite curious. In fact, it was the first time for everyone present to hear about this monster.
"He's the second-in-command of the Undead class at level 80. He has skills, can recover health, and has a high burst attack. I blew him up with thunder first, and then besieged him with the princess and the mammoth. It was difficult to take him down." I raised the clothes in my hand. Wow, there was a big crack on the back, and the shirt inside was exposed. No wonder I heard constant laughter behind me as I walked along.
“It sounds like your fighting style is quite despicable, but you two are really brave to take on a level 80 quasi-boss.” The elder sister leaned back in her chair, thinking that this couple are quite crazy. Only two of them dared to take on a level 80 monster at night. They are lucky to be alive. Ignorance is meaningless.
“Why don’t you ask for help? Are you causing us trouble?” The sister-in-law’s tone sounded a little blaming. These two people have no team spirit. Are they so “brave” just because they are at a high level?
"That's impossible. The princess's pets and mounts were all dead, so she had no time to send messages." I didn't dare to tell my sister-in-law the truth. How could I show off with so many people? With such a dense mine array, if there were companions, half of them would die first. Wouldn't that be a nuisance to me?
"New quasi-boss, did you get any good stuff?" Brother Yun asked curiously.
"Don't mention it. After fighting for a long time, all I got was a piece of broken ore and a super rubbish ring with no properties except a few hundred dollars." I turned around and said to Brother Yun. It's awkward to mention this matter.
"Oh, so that's the case. Actually, there's nothing we can do about it. It's a level 80 monster, and although it's quite high, it's not a boss after all. It's normal for it to drop garbage." Brother Yun saw that I was a little depressed, and couldn't help but speak out to comfort me.
"Okay, okay, let's stop here for now. Let's first listen to the news brought back by eldest brother and his wife." The elder sister knocked on the table to focus everyone's attention and started to get back to the topic.
"This auction was quite lively. Chunjiang Fair brought in quite a few good things. Eleven sacred weapons were released at the auction, and the prices were good. We quietly collected a few of them. The Glorious Alliance, which was opposed to them, put up seven hundred sacred gems, but the price dropped all the way to five thousand five. Many people who took advantage of the bug are cursing." Brother Yun began to talk about the news at the auction.
"Yes, we also made some money. We sold three magical weapons with attributes at one time, and they were sold at very high prices, all of which were sold for more than 200,000. The people from Chunjiang Society looked like they had eaten a fly, haha." The eldest sister-in-law added.
"Who told them to be afraid of losing money? How can you make a lot of money ?" Sister said proudly. She didn't think about it. Almost all of those magic weapons were stolen from Chunjiang Club. Of course she wasn't afraid of losing money. It was generous to others. Anyway, Qiangwei wouldn't suffer any loss.
"There are three relatively important pieces of news in this auction. The first one is that someone is selling Saint Crystals." Brother Yun began to talk about the main points.
"The Bible? Haha, the New Testament or the Old Testament? What are you going to use it for? For missionary work?" I laughed when I heard it. Is that funny?
"It's the crystal. What are you thinking? Don't talk nonsense. This is an important synthetic material used to strengthen magic weapons." My sister-in-law couldn't help but knocked me on the head. Haha, I forgot just now that my sister-in-law seems to be a Christian.
"Oh? Strengthen the magic weapon? How to strengthen it?" My sister became interested as soon as she heard it. It seemed to be a new thing added in the last update.
"This, um, you have to ask your sister-in-law. Hehe, I don't remember it." Brother Yun frowned and thought for a long time, then spread his hands to his sister awkwardly.
"You blockhead, I have to remember everything." The eldest sister-in-law poked the eldest brother with a smile and scolded, then flipped through the information and continued to explain: "To strengthen the magic weapon, you need a blacksmith above 50. In addition to the seven main materials, you also need a sacred gem, four pieces of dense silver and five pieces of black steel. However, because the seven main materials are too rare and the other auxiliary materials are also very valuable, no one has experimented with it yet, and I don’t know what the effect will be after strengthening."
Both dense silver and black steel are high-grade minerals. Together with the sacred gemstone, even if the price of the main material is ignored, it will cost nearly 10,000 gold coins. This does not include the value of the magic weapon to be upgraded. If it fails.
"I'm afraid that piece of holy crystal cannot be sold because the cost of strengthening it is too high." I shook my head. Anyone who wants to play this, even if they are rich with a weak foundation, cannot do so.
"What's wrong with this design? The conditions are so abnormal!" My sister also felt that this strengthening method was too unethical. Robbery? No matter how rich you are, you shouldn't spend it this way.
"It's all because of that idiot called 'Angel's 12th Scale'. When he designed the weapons, he didn't expect players to complain that the weapons didn't match their levels. It's really silly for someone in his forties to wander around with a level 35 weapon, so now he has to come up with this dirty trick to plug the hole." Brother Yun cursed indignantly.
"Then why don't you think of other ways? I heard there was a job transfer system?" I remember it was promoted when the game was first released.
"That requires that the players are generally at a high level. You need to be at level 60 to change your job. How many people in the entire "Devil Flag" have reached level 50? Except for your wife who fights to death, others are happy at level 45." My sister-in-law sorted out the information without looking up. Uh, I touched my nose and said nothing. There is no way. The people around me are all at a high level. I don't feel the level advantage. I always thought that everyone in "Devil Flag" is like us.
"By the way, the second piece of news about this auction is the official statistics. It says that the current players of "Magic Flag" are generally around level 30 to 40, and only a few are above level 45, so it is not yet time to open up job transfers. We will only consider opening up when 50% of the players reach level 45. However, there are rumors that there is a madman among the current players who is almost at level 68. Who is this guy? I don't know how he plays, and I really want to get to know him." Brother Yun looked incredible when he spoke.
"Yes, yes, it is very strange." I echoed with cold sweat. That 67-year-old lunatic is sitting here. You must know him, brother. He is very familiar with him. Who made that chip so useful? Unconsciously, my level is a bit outrageous. GM doesn't know my work and rest time, but my sisters know it very well. If I explain it, the chip thing will be exposed. How can I not feel insecure?
"What's the third piece of news?" I wanted to change the subject as quickly as possible and not get entangled in this matter.
"It's a pet. Damn it, do you know the market price of a humanoid pet? The starting price is three million gold coins! Three million! Among them, the mortal type is priced at nearly five million! Damn, there are really people who take advantage of the money." Brother Yun seemed very excited and couldn't help swearing.
My sister and I both exclaimed, so high? Maybe we have seen so many pets in our daily lives that we never thought of their rarity. No wonder someone PKed me at the harbor just now, it turned out that they were thinking of my mammoth.
"Well, what are the prices for other pets?" my sister asked cautiously. Her Fragrance-Attracting Butterfly is an evolved pet, so it might not be cheap either.
"The starting price for ordinary pets is 500,000, and the starting price for those that can evolve is 1.5 million. The crystals for pets without illusions are all 1 million each. Even so, there is still a shortage of demand. Your sister-in-law's Xiangya estimated it at 2.4 million, but unfortunately she refused to sell it." Brother Yun looked at the "baby dragon" in his sister-in-law's arms, his eyes full of $_$.
"Don't pay attention to my baby. If you want to catch it yourself, I will divorce you if you dare to sell my baby." The sister-in-law looked at the ill-intentioned brother Yun and threatened him viciously, but with her beautiful face and delicate appearance, she looked like she was just acting like a spoiled child. Sure enough, brother Yun was immediately fooled and immediately began to comfort his beloved wife, swearing to heaven and earth that he did not mean that.
I couldn't help think of the princess's Qing. Tsk tsk, a mobile pile of five million gold coins. "If I buy it, my hands will cramp when I count the money." Unconsciously, I read it out.
"What are you buying? Why are you so excited?" The princess came in from the door and heard what I said. Behind her was Qing who had just been resurrected.
"Hmm? Nothing, nothing. Oh, Five Million is resurrected?" I first had a feast of "Xiu Se", and then saw "Five Million Gold Coins" standing next to "Xiu Se" and looking around.
"Huh? What are you talking about? What five million people are resurrected?" The princess couldn't help but frown. Was this man stunned by the sword demon? Why is he talking so incoherently?
"Hey! Hey! I said it wrong, I said it wrong, we were listening to my elder brother and his wife talking about the auction." I blushed and stammered to repeat to the princess what we just discussed. My sister on the other side just looked at me and giggled.
"Are you paying attention to Qing?" The princess was very smart. She guessed what I was thinking by combining the two facts.
"Hehe, hehe, no no, I was just daydreaming." How embarrassing! Having a smart wife is also very troublesome.
"Serious, the value of a pet is not just gold coins, haven't you noticed? People with pets are now leveling up faster, just like today, without the mammoth, it wouldn't be so easy for us to kill the Sword Demon." The princess said, staring at me with her blue eyes.
Everyone was stunned. Yes, they really didn’t pay attention to this. No wonder the price of pets is so high. This is their main function.
"Oh, sister-in-law, you just said there are seven kinds of materials for strengthening magic weapons. Which seven are they?" The princess seemed very concerned about the strengthening of magic weapons. She asked sister-in-law in detail.
"Oh, let me see. Yes, I have them. They are Divine Tears that strengthen the battle flag, Red Grass that strengthens the purple cloud, Holy Crystal that strengthens the divine power, Meteorite Iron that strengthens the blood, Spirit Feather that strengthens the reputation, Dragon Scale that strengthens the dragon fang, and Purpura that strengthens the melody of war. There are seven kinds in total, and they are dropped randomly by monsters above level 40." The sister-in-law answered while looking at the information. She always likes to memorize things. She must have been a secretary and her sketching is top-notch.
Weird, why does it sound so familiar? I thought as I looked at the newly built wall of the conference room. Haha, that stupid elephant cost me twenty sacreds, but it was pretty strong. It dared to make a move against the Sword Demon. Wait, Mammoth, Sword Demon! The Sword Demon seemed to have dropped a stone!
I quickly turned my head to look at the princess. The princess raised her eyebrows and seemed to remember the stone. We looked at each other. Could it be such a coincidence?
"Sister-in-law, which of the seven materials you mentioned can strengthen the Song of Passion?" I confirmed the information with my sister-in-law again.
"Meteorite iron! You really don't remember what this is?" Before my sister-in-law could say anything, my elder sister started to scold me. However, when she saw me carefully take out a black stone, she was stunned for a moment.
"This is the first time I've picked up something like this. This is the stone dropped by the level 80 Sword Demon. It's called: Meteorite Iron." I looked at everyone. This thing should be the main raw material for strengthening the magic weapon.
"It really is meteorite iron, interesting. Look, I have a piece of dense silver and four pieces of black steel." Brother Yun found it interesting and couldn't help but make a joke.
"I have two more pieces of secret silver." The eldest sister-in-law also took out two pieces of shiny silver metal.
"Haha, then I'll add one sacred, one dense silver, and one black steel. That's all." My sister jumped up and ran to the table to join in the fun.
Where's the blacksmith? The five of us looked at each other, and I raised my hand helplessly. "I'm a level 58 blacksmith."
"Haha, we have the materials and the blacksmith, but we didn't buy the Hot-Blooded Maniac this time..." Brother Yun couldn't help but stop laughing. Because.
"I have the Hot-Blooded Song." The princess took out her golden Hot-Blooded Song and gently placed it on the table.
"Are you sure you want to strengthen it? This sword is already very good. If you fail, it will disappear." I asked the princess again. Physical attack +1, strength +2. It's a pretty good sword.
"You start now. You have six points of luck, right? I'm not afraid of you, so why should you be afraid?" The princess rolled her eyes impatiently. My wife is so rich. She actually has a shadow pendant with level 29 luck +2 and magic item gain +1. Now lend it to me to increase the success rate of strengthening.
Well, I took out a long barrel furnace, which is a special item for the blacksmith's smelting skill. I put the knife and materials in, took a deep breath, activated the furnace, and started the smelting skill. As the furnace continued to heat up and began to glow, a line of prompts appeared on the furnace:
"The items have mutated. The raw materials and the passionate song have disappeared."
What! So unlucky! It actually failed! We looked at each other in bewilderment. This plan to strengthen the magic weapon was indeed unethical.
