Chapter 266 Born as a Blacksmith (4000 words)
"Master, do you need to send some troops to garrison the underground passage?"
Gray looked at the army passing through the two-way portal and hesitated.
"The underground passage is not secret, if Gray Dwarf launches revenge."
Twilight City is running rampant in the underground world these days.
The amount of wealth they robbed from the gray dwarves was the depth of their hatred towards them.
Richard shook his head.
"Let the bloody mummy originally stationed here continue to be on guard. If an enemy comes, it is enough to notify Treebeard in advance."
Sending troops to garrison won't do much.
Send too much and the Twilight City can't bear it; send too little and the enemy won't be able to deal with it when it comes.
There is an ancient divine tree stationed on the other side of the two-way portal.
The other party wants to go to the surface through the teleportation array, purely to deliver food.
Moreover, the two-way portal is protected by space energy. Even extraordinary hunters cannot destroy it, and they are not afraid that the other party will destroy the portal.
Gray immediately stopped talking.
After making simple arrangements, Richard watched the last skeletal blood dragon leave without hesitation.
Alves, who was sitting down, folded his wings and passed through the portal with his body low.
After a slight obstruction was penetrated, the tall body of the ancient divine tree appeared in front of Richard's eyes.
There was a bit of a smile on his face.
This feeling of crossing a hundred miles in one step is really good.
Unfortunately, the double-line portal is a 4-star treasure, which is hard to come by.
Otherwise, getting a dozen or so will definitely greatly expand Twilight City's sphere of influence.
After instructing the evil ancient tree to guard the two-way portal, Richard led the army back to the Twilight City.
The sun was about to sink into the earth at this time, and the orange-red sunset shone on him, covering him with a layer of dazzling armor.
Coupled with that exceptionally outstanding temperament, it is eye-catching.
Especially the young female residents in the city, their faces turned red and their eyes were full of light after seeing Richard.
I wanted to see more, but I was a little shy and didn't dare to look more.
After Richard dismissed the army, he went directly to the blacksmith shop without returning to the lord's mansion.
"Master Richard, come back~"
When Andiel saw Richard, her face immediately showed a bit of surprise, and she subconsciously touched the sweat on her forehead.
He didn't notice that there was some dust on his hands, leaving a conspicuous mark on his face.
But with that lovely face, it looks a little more playful.
"I'm back, the harvest is good this time."
Looking at the girl's smile, Richard felt better.
"How is the forging of the Dragon Hunting Crossbow going?"
Andele said in a brisk tone.
"The preliminary preparations have been completed. As long as the rare resources are in place, we can forge 5 dragon-hunting crossbows within three days."
As a 4-star treasure, the Dragon Hunting Crossbow has always been regarded by Richard as a killer weapon.
This thing was developed for hunting giant dragons, and its lethality can be imagined.
In the dungeon that is about to be opened, you don't have to think about it to know that a powerful boss will definitely appear.
He may not be able to stop the opponent then, so it is necessary to build a perfect defense system for Twilight City.
The dragon hunting crossbow exists for hunting bosses.
This weapon is powerful, but the resources required are exaggerated - 5000 units of mercury, 5000 units of sulfur, 5000 units of crystal, 1000 units of refined iron, fascia of a level 15 or higher dragon or a hybrid dragon, special grade blacksmith.
Thinking of this, he glanced at his attribute panel, and most of the feeling of sudden wealth in his heart disappeared.
Niang Le, went to the underground world and plundered it. In the end, it was only enough to forge three or five dragon hunting crossbows.
I don’t know if it’s because the underground world is too poor, or if this thing is really valuable.
However, there is nothing much to say about the level of a 4-star treasure.
"I will first give you 10,000 units of mercury, sulfur, and crystal each, and temporarily forge two of them."
One hurricane arrow tower has been built and two more are under construction.
There should be at least one dragon-hunting crossbow placed in each of the three arrow towers.
Including the one forged before, we can now make up three.
"Forge 6 dragon-hunting crossbow arrows first, and the resources will be given to you."
The Dragon Hunting Crossbow is relatively cheap, requiring 500 units of crystal, 500 units of sulfur, 500 units of mercury, and 100 units of fine iron.
But as a consumable item, crossbow arrows are also quite expensive.
As a result, this wave directly consumed 39,000 units, and the rare resources in hand immediately dropped sharply.
Gem: 12329 units
Mercury: 41320 units
Sulfur: 412 units
Crystal: 19306 units
Other resources are quite sufficient, but sulfur is seriously insufficient, so we can't continue to increase the amount.
Richard had a headache.
"The financial resources of Twilight City are not enough to use dragon-hunting crossbows arbitrarily, so you need to make some ordinary heavy-duty crossbows to use together"
Andele said with a little admiration.
"It's okay, sir. It's amazing that you can develop Twilight City so powerfully in just three months."
"These difficulties are only temporary and I believe they will be resolved eventually."
Looking at that trusting gaze, Richard felt warm in his heart.
He reached out and pinched the girl's face, then wiped away the marks on her face.
Seeing the other person's face turn red, his eyes shy, he laughed.
"Have you found any apprentices with the potential to become heroes in the past two days?"
Andele is currently busy with tasks and cannot spare time to develop technology.
It is imperative to train a second blacksmith.
If Twilight City wants to upgrade from a third-level small town to a middle city, one of the conditions is that it needs to have advanced technology.
But the technology in Twilight City has been stuck for a long time, and there are still only three primary technologies.
When Ander heard this, her eyes moved slightly and she said hesitantly.
"Sir Richard, among the last batch of residents who joined Twilight City, there is indeed one with great potential."
Richard raised his eyebrows.
"Why, the other party doesn't want to join the blacksmith shop?"
Andele shook her head.
"No, it's not because of this, but because the other party only has one arm."
Only one arm?
Richard was stunned.
An arm? How does the other party strike?
Although he planned to train him to become a hero who specializes in science and technology, forging is the root of the blacksmith profession after all.
No matter what industry, missing an arm is more difficult than normal people.
Not to mention an industry like blacksmithing.
And it wasn't just Richard who had the same doubts.
Everyone around Sam is confused by his choice.
It is simply too difficult for a person with a mutilated arm to choose the blacksmith profession.
"Sam, I heard that you were hired by the blacksmith shop?"
Sam, who had just returned from the blacksmith shop, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his right hand, looked at the aunt with sighing eyes in front of him, smiled and nodded.
"Aunt Mary, that's right."
"Lady Andel hired me."
Aunt Ma Li said with some distress.
"Silly boy, if you do something bad, you have to go forge."
"You can only sigh."
"If you are not used to it, go to the agricultural area and take care of the Elaeagnus grove and Samai with me. Thanks to your lord's trust, I am responsible for managing the agricultural area, and I am recruiting people now."
That round face, like a red apple, was particularly kind at this time.
Sam felt very grateful. This lord's aunt had helped them a lot these days.
"Thank you, Aunt Mary, but I am now a member of the blacksmith shop, so I won't trouble you."
As he spoke, his tone became serious.
"I like the profession of blacksmith and the feeling of forging ore into farm tools and weapons."
As he spoke, he turned his head gently and glanced inside the room.
"Besides, Zannah also likes me being a blacksmith."
Hearing this, Aunt Mary sighed again.
"You are a good child, and Shanna is also a blessed person"
Before I finished speaking, the door opened.
A girl with freckles on her face appeared in the doorway wearing a long coarse cloth dress.
The other person's face showed the thinness of a long-term lack of nutrition.
What's surprising is that the other person's wide eyes didn't focus at all when facing the two people at the door.
Like the eyes of a mechanical puppet.
The girl pushed open the door and faced the side where neither of them were.
"Sam, are you back?"
"I just heard Aunt Mary's voice. Aunt Mary, are you there too?"
His tone was as light as a sparrow.
Aunt Mary felt even more distressed when she saw this.
"Sanna, I'm here."
Hearing the sound, the girl turned around carefully while holding on to the wall.
"Aunt Mary, good afternoon. Thank you for the angustifolia you sent me last time. It's delicious."
The eyes were still unfocused.
Aunt Ma Li stepped forward, supported the other party, and said gently.
"If you like it, I'll bring more next time."
After speaking, he turned to look at Sam.
"Your sweetheart went to the blacksmith shop today to apply for a job and has been hired. From now on, he will work for the lord. This is a decent job."
"The lord attaches great importance to the blacksmith shop."
Hearing this, the girl's face was filled with surprise. She turned her face in the direction of the sound, but failed to face Sam directly.
"Sam, is this true? You were hired by the blacksmith shop? Will you be able to work for the lord in the future?"
Sam's throat suddenly seemed to be blocked by something.
Nod hard.
"Sanna, that's right! I've been hired by the blacksmith shop and I can get a salary every month!"
"In the future, we no longer need to accept relief from the lord, and can make money to buy food by ourselves."
The girl clapped her hands and said happily.
"Awesome! Sam, I knew you could do it~"
As he spoke, he seemed to think of something, and suddenly said cautiously.
"They didn't say anything to you, did they?"
Sam shook his head.
"No, Zannah, the adults in the blacksmith shop value me very much and have no objection to me because I am missing an arm!"
Aunt Mary suddenly felt a little sore when she heard this.
How could it be so easy for an ordinary person with a broken arm to join the most prestigious blacksmith shop in Twilight City?
Thinking of this, I felt inexplicably proud.
This is the City of Twilight and no other city.
With Sir Richard here, as long as you have the ability, you will not be discriminated against.
"Yes, Sam is a capable boy."
"Sanna, don't worry, this is the Twilight City, the Twilight City ruled by Lord Richard! No one dares to do such a thing!"
"And I'm here. If anyone dares to bully Sam, I'll support him!"
The girl smiled instantly.
"Thank you, Aunt Mary~"
After saying that, he turned his head in Sam's direction again, this time finally facing him head-on.
He said in a serious tone.
"Sam, the Twilight City is a territory worth protecting. The Lord's kindness to us is more precious than gold."
"Go to the blacksmith shop, work hard, and contribute to the Twilight City and the lord."
"If there were no Twilight City, maybe we would have died when the temple was broken."
"We have transferred so many territories, have you ever seen a territory like Twilight City that values our ordinary residents?"
"Here, we are not discriminated against or oppressed by others, and we are also assigned a warm and safe house and receive sufficient food"
"This is a great kindness. Without Twilight City, perhaps we would never be able to find a home where we can live stably."
"Sam, I know that you will definitely live a better life without me. So I hope that even if one day I am gone, you can live a good life."
"Your talents don't stop there, you can shine in the Twilight City."
Sam looked at the serious girl in front of him, his eyes quietly turned red.
The opponent's eyes were still lifeless at this moment, but in his eyes they were as bright as the stars.
That evening he was summoned to the lord's house.
Subsequently, the second blacksmith was born in the Twilight City.
The young man with only one arm left, after leaving the lord's mansion, silently knelt down in front of the door and kowtowed nine times.
He silently swore an oath in his heart that in this life, he would only serve Shanna and the Twilight City
"Ding~ Ax of the Dead intermediate attack, estimated development time: 20 days, estimated resources required: 20,000 gold coins, 20,000 units of stone, 100,000 units of iron ore, success rate: 60%."
Richard looked at the system prompts and felt very happy.
After more than a month, technological research on Twilight City was finally launched again.
This time, the one who bears the heavy responsibility is no longer Andele, whom he regards as a treasure, but the blacksmith hero who was given heroic power by him - Sam.
After Richard summoned the other party, he was pleasantly surprised to see three characteristics in him - tenacity, intelligence, and hard work.
This Sam is not yet a hero.
The two residents he promoted to heroes before had only one characteristic.
No wonder Andiel is so optimistic about the other party.
Later, I learned that this blacksmith with only one arm was living alone with a blind girl, and my heart was even more touched.
He found them in the desert. Before the accident, the two of them planned to cross the Desert of Death
The two physically disabled people hugged each other and supported each other as they crossed the vast desert.
That feeling made him silent just thinking about it.
God has deprived them of a lot, so let Him give them hope again.
And after Sam became a hero, his attributes were really good.
The most outstanding one is one of them - the attribute that increases the success rate of research and development by 20%.
Although it is not as good as Aundair, it is fully capable of taking on the important task of researching and developing technology.
After leaving the resources needed for research and development at the blacksmith shop, Richard returned to the lord's mansion.
As soon as I entered the house, the system prompt rang suddenly.
"Ding~ This week is disaster week, the dead are resurrected, please be prepared."
"Ding~ The troop nests have been refreshed, please recruit on your own, lords." (End of this chapter)