Chapter 466: Equipment Drilling

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"By the way, Granny Mala, what's going on in Harrogas now? After those captive barbarians came back, the news must have spread by now."

I couldn't help but feel a little worried when I thought about the fact that those one hundred and sixty-two barbarians were going back, and that the fact that they were abducted by monsters couldn't be concealed for much longer.

"Haha, don't worry about this. It doesn't matter even if the news spreads now. Anyway, one hundred and sixty-two barbarians have been rescued. I discussed it with the barbarian elders and plan to go to the Bloody Hills in the near future.

Organizing a large-scale cleanup activity can, on the one hand, boost morale, and on the other hand, it can completely vent the remaining anger of those barbarians."

Mara walked leisurely and came to the window. He looked outside and showed an old fox-like mysterious smile that was definitely not inferior to Akara.

General cleaning activity? I have heard a little about this. In fact, it is no different from the year-end cleaning. The only difference is that these barbarians are not cleaning garbage and dust, but monsters. To put it bluntly, they are organizing all barbarian warriors to go to the bloody hills.

A lot of killing. For the warlike barbarian race, such cleaning activities are held almost once or twice every year, but...

"This is a good idea, but this cleaning activity will consume a lot of food. Wouldn't this make Harrogas even worse?"

I looked at Mara with some confusion, always feeling that she was brewing some conspiracy. Having this old fox in Harrogath, the barbarians didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse.

"Yes, it is true, but there is always a way to solve it. I think it won't take a while, but maybe some kind people will help Harrogas." Mala turned back and looked at me with a meaningful look.

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Who? Who? Is there such a kind person in this world? In that case, please help me by the way. The first wish is very simple. As long as the little ghost doesn’t complain about me in the future, please give me a night tree.

[Beep] Bai Nu’s [Beep].

Anyway, I don’t have to worry about it anymore. The first task assigned by Akela is completed. All that’s left is to wait for the little brown fox to come back and take us to the orc tribe.

"By the way, is there any news about Lucia? This little fox clearly promised to come back as soon as possible. Really..."

Thinking of what I said to her before leaving, I couldn't help but shake my head. Come to think of it, it would be abnormal if this vixen could be obedient.

"If Sister Lucia can't come back in time, why don't we go to the werewolves first." Linya on the side suddenly said.

"Werewolves, are you familiar with their clan?" I felt happy when I saw Linya's confident little woman look.

"Grandma Akara once told me something, and I have also come into contact with some werewolves in Harrogas these days, so there should be no problem." Linya's words were modest, but her eyes were full of confidence.

, people can’t help but believe her words.

Mara, who was smiling at the side, looked at us and said, "Child, don't underestimate Linya just because you love her so much. Women in the Edward family are not simple, especially Raphael's granddaughter."

He looked up and touched Linya's hair lovingly.

"Grandma Mara, you are too generous. I am still far behind grandma now." Linya praised Mara on her back, and her eyes that were filled with the confidence of a strong woman just now suddenly collapsed and were beaten back.

The archetype of the girl next door, her rosy face is so cute.

"There is indeed a gap. When Raphael was praised by me, his face turned redder than yours." Mara suddenly laughed, and then at Linya's plea, she said some things about Raphael and Akara back then.

past events.

Speaking of which, I almost forgot that Mara is the elder of Raphael and Akara.

After listening to the two women chatting for a long time, I yawned and suddenly remembered that I had to go to Rasuk to hand over the task, so I said goodbye and walked slowly to Rasuk's house.

From a distance, I saw this giant man still sweating and banging something next to the furnace. I said hello, and Rasuk's movements seemed to pause for a moment, and then he speeded up and lifted the red-hot iron tool in his hand in two or two strokes.

After being immersed in the snow water, he turned around and looked at me with a depressed expression.

"My daughter often writes in her letters that you are a considerate adventurer who never bothers her when she is concentrating on building. I don't think so."

Well, after all, men and women are different, and it is necessary to maintain some gentlemanly manners towards ladies.

"I understand." After he finished talking to himself, Rasuk suddenly showed a look of enlightenment. The depression on his face disappeared and he became happy: "It must be because my daughter is special, haha.

You did a good job, remember when I pursued the mother of the child..."

As he said this, inside the house, an aunt who was probably cooking, holding a kitchen knife in her hand, suddenly floated half of her body out of the door like a ghost, revealing half of her gloomy face.

"Um...haha...where did we just talk? By the way, you were asking me what Qiaxi likes to eat. That's right, kid."

Feeling the killing intent behind him, Rasuk's huge body trembled obviously, and then he immediately laughed and passed the topic as if nothing had happened. He also patted me desperately as if he was afraid that I would not cooperate.

The shoulder winked at me.

His wink at me was completely unnecessary, because my current face, apart from grinning and screaming in pain, could no longer express a second emotion or a second language.

"Yeah...yeah, I wonder what Qiaxi likes to eat?" I felt that if I didn't say anything, I would be beaten to the ground by this big guy, so I nodded in agreement while holding back the pain.

"Hahaha——, my daughter is not picky about food and likes to eat everything. She just likes to build equipment..." Hey, isn't this nonsense?

Rasuk responded in an exaggerated tone. He felt the half of the body in the door behind him slowly moving away like a ghost. Then he took a big breath and glanced at me. His slightly hunched body instantly felt like a blow.

He was so angry that he swelled up and became majestic. He pretended to be open-minded and said to me in a tone that sounded like he had come from the past: "A good man will not fight with a woman, and a good husband will not fight with his wife."

Uncle, stop pretending. No one in Harrogas knows that you have tracheitis.

"By the way, this mission is completed. With your strength, it shouldn't be difficult." Looking at me teasingly, Rasuk coughed unnaturally and changed the topic to serious matters.

"It's done, do you think these are enough?" I couldn't bear to put any more pressure on this uncle with bronchitis. I followed his words and took out the Queen's whip that I got from Warlord Shank, as well as a few pieces of slingshot that had exploded.

Hundreds of energy crystals were handed over.

After a brief glance, when Rasuk's eyes fell on at least two hundred energy crystals, he finally showed a look of surprise: "Good boy, you have done your best to complete the task." He said with suspicion.

He glanced at me and said, "Did Mara reveal something about this energy crystal to you?"

"Energy crystal?"

I tilted my head in confusion and recalled that all road idiots have a problem, that is, they will deliberately ignore things that they are not interested in, which is also known as forgetfulness. Marla revealed a lot to me, but about energy crystals

of……

After thinking about it, I shook my head firmly. Even if Mara once revealed something to me, but I have forgotten it now, it means that she has not disclosed it.

"Is this weird?" Rasuk touched his chin, looked me up and down, and murmured to himself: "You kid, you don't look like such a conscientious person."

Hey, hey, I heard everything, and I heard it very clearly!!

The corners of my eyes twitched slightly, and I asked patiently, "Is there something wrong with these energy crystals?"

"What's wrong with the energy crystal? No! I'm talking about you. You're lucky. After all, I haven't moved my muscles for a long time." Rasuk patted my shoulder vigorously and said with

He looked at me with a look that said, "Boy, you're just lucky." Then he clenched his big fists, and his whole body seemed to be on fire.

"Today, I'm going to let you see my unique skill, Rasuk. My reputation as the number one blacksmith in Harrogas is not for nothing."

Don't talk to yourself, explain it to me a little bit, you bastard!!

After finally waiting for Larsuk's passion to burn out, I learned the cause and effect behind his words. It turned out that the task given by Rasuk actually had a language trap hidden in it.

When Rasuk handed over the mission, he told me in a formulaic way: the catapults on the bloody hills have been harassing us, prove your bravery, destroy these catapults, and bring back at least five energy crystals; and

The king-level monster [Warlord Shank] in the hinterland of the hills seems to have become restless recently. Kill it and the whip in its hand will prove your bravery.

And this trap lies in the word "at least" in the catapult. This sentence is easy to understand. The adventurer will naturally translate it into the idea of ​​​​"As long as you collect five yuan, you can make a deal."

Shank], you must at least kill the twelve catapults around you first. In this way, each adventurer will have at least 12 energy crystals in his hand, so it is easy to have the idea that he has exceeded his quota.

Mission accomplished.

The trap is to take advantage of the inert thinking of adventurers and make them feel satisfied. As you know, as long as you can collect 120 of them, you can get an extra reward from Rasuk, a rather incredible reward.

Adding a groove to the equipment is also commonly known as punching a hole!!

This reward will only be honored when Rasuk releases a task. From now on, even if you collect 120 or even 1,200 energy crystals, Rasuk will not help you increase the groove. This is because adding a groove requires

It consumes a lot of Rasuk's energy. If there were no such restrictions, he would definitely be exhausted to death.

Regarding setting up such a trap, Rasuk was also justified: This is to test the sincerity of the adventurers. I have not set an upper limit for energy crystals. Naturally, the more energy crystals they bring back, the more powerful he is to the barbarian clan.

Sincerity.

I think you just want to find a way to be lazy. When I heard this, I secretly despised it and broke into a cold sweat. I originally planned to collect five or six pills and then hand over the job. If there were no tasks to hold me back, let me

If you manage to collect more than 200 pills by chance, then this incredible reward will definitely be in vain.

Finally, Rasuk counted more than two hundred and fifty of them, and his eyes widened.

"Uncle Rasuk, look, it's twice as much as your reward requirement. Can I get one more hole punched?" I shamelessly stepped forward and rubbed my fingers to please him.

"This is really difficult to handle. This has never happened before." Rasuk frowned in embarrassment. In the past, there were no adventurous teams without a lot of brains. After receiving the mission, they destroyed the entire bloody hill.

I beat the catapult once and got this hidden reward.

However, no one has ever collected more than double the stipulated number. It is still unknown whether there are 240 catapults in the entire Bloody Hills, so for a while, Rasuk's mind was spinning like a program that was stuck in an infinite loop.

But come.

"Old guy, you have been idle for many years, so why don't you want to work hard for your family?" At this time, Aunt Rasuk poked her head out of the door again and glared at Rasuk.

Ha, Auntie, you are so cute!!

Under the coercion of his wife, Rasuk was like a camel that was crushed by the last straw. He finally nodded helplessly and kept muttering "This is against the rules" and other sighs.

"First of all, my ability is limited. I can only create grooves in ordinary equipment, and I cannot create equipment that already has three or more grooves."

It turns out there is such a restriction. I glanced at Rasuk gloomily. The limit on the number of slots doesn’t matter to me. Let alone building equipment with four slots, I’m not prepared to build equipment with three slots.

Well, the reason is very simple. The three-groove inlaid talisman words are generally high-level talisman words. Although people have to look far away, if they look too far, they are aiming too far. High-level talisman words are very important to them.

It's still too far away for me.

It's just limited to making grooves on ordinary equipment, which makes me very disappointed. I originally planned to save these two opportunities to create grooves for later, when I get advanced equipment, but now it seems that there is no need to save them.

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By the way, don't I still have a 1-slot Gothic armor on hand? This is also a high-end item among ordinary clothes after advanced armor and ancient armor.

Suddenly I remembered that when I killed the first two siege beasts in the frozen highlands, they gave me a 1-slot Gothic armor, and I quickly took it out.

Gothic Armor (grey)
To be continued...