Cthulhu Gonfalons
Chapter 27
There is no doubt that this arrogant veteran thief, “Fast Hand”, does have incredible strength that suits his pride.
But Gerrard not only accepted his advice and chose to work with him.
Experienced adventurers all know that the first thing involved in the selection of teammates is not their strength, but their character.
Fellow adventurers are often required to help each other and sometimes must also entrust one's life to one another. If the teammates are a bit weak, then it is okay if you choose the task carefully with smaller profits and risks. But if your teammates have a terrible character, it's just a tragedy!
Similarly, when Sui Xiong played a team game before his spacewalk, it didn't matter whether his teammate's level was a little lower, but what he was most worried about was that they were deceiving him. What is called the saying “no brotherhood after plotting against fellow” has even become a famous reference.
Although Gerrard had never heard of things like “black” equipment, as an experienced adventurer, he would never make the mistake that only novice students make. He would rather not let the team members whose characters had not been clarified!
“Please check this mission record from Mr. Ryan, ‘Quick Hands’, for me.” He said to the Adventurers Association steward, “Check how many missions he had taken, how many teams he had joined, how many he had mingled with his teammates and had he completed the mission? ”
Ryan's eyes narrowed slightly and emitted a chill.
At first glance, the young giant seemed to be innocent, but he was not as honest as his appearance. He was suddenly sophisticated, which made him feel that things were a bit complicated.
Even though he had been prepared so he would not let his flaws be seen in these things. However, when meeting a cautious opponent, he was somewhat worried whether the original plan could be successfully implemented.
The young servant immediately returned from the archive room with a piece of outdated documents.
The document clearly shows: Ryan, nicknamed “Fast Hand”, is very intelligent. He is not only one of the top pickpockets, but is also good at tricks, traps, moving silently and fighting. He has repeatedly participated in famous adventure teams and helped teammates to successfully complete their tasks. With an outstanding performance, it was considered the most powerful thief in the four cities. Retired about twenty years ago and returned six months ago for unknown reasons, with declining fighting capacity but exceptional skill still.
Gerrard took a close look at the document, which was a special service provided by the Adventurers Association. A document was created for each adventurer when they signed up and received the task. This document is the most reliable evidence when needed.
According to this document, Ryan is very reliable but Gerrard is still a little worried for no reason, except for sheer intuition.
“My predecessor Ryan, you have earned enough money twenty years ago and retired, so how can you go back?”
Ryan was silent for a moment, lowered his head and sighed deeply, but did not say anything.
Not far away, a group of middle-aged adventurers were drinking, among them was a gossip man who told others the reason. “He did that only for his son! The bastard was poorly educated, as he provoked a powerful person and was cursed by an extremely powerful curse. In order to pull the curse, he not only owed his old friend a favor but also owed a lot of money. He has no solution. As Gerrard's hands had not yet begun to shiver, he began to put in great effort to earn money. ”
Gerrard surprised. He turns and looks, but finds that Ryan does not deny it. He only had a bitter look, showing the sadness the hero had when he was old.
He had to be a mighty man before because he could leave the description of “strongest” in the documents of the Adventurers Association. Who would dare to hurt his family while he was in his prime! Now, however, she had to use all her money to save her son and therefore, she owed money to someone else. That was why he, in old age, had to return to live a dangerous adventurous life. This was not only desolate but also extremely despicable.
Gerrard also noticed that Ryan's record of completing missions over the past six months was hardly worth mentioning. In other words, he was unable to find a decent job despite returning to his hometown.
During these days, he was under great pressure!
Thinking of this, Gerrard, who was also so silent, could not help but sigh deeply as well. He patted the old thief on the shoulder.
“Do not worry, everything will be fine!”
Ryan nodded and forced a laugh, “I usually wait here for some work. If you are ready, please come and contact me, as I am ready to go. ”
“I don't think you're like a beginner. So I'm not going to explain what we need to prepare for before we go. ”
Saying this, he walked to the empty table next to her, sat quietly there and did not even order a glass of wine.
Gerrard fell silent for a moment and turned around.
Now he already has teammates, so getting ready for the things they need to leave is the last thing to do.
“Be careful!” Sui Xiong's voice sounded in her heart, “Although I can sense that these people are not lying, don't you think everything is strange?”
Right now, the whole person is not good.
“Yang Mulia ... I will be more careful ..”
Sui Xiong nodded and yawned, not discussing this topic further.
The wind is too warm and the sun is too bright. He was sleepy and half awake.
Gerrard went on to prepare the necessary things for the adventure, which were mainly equipment for camping, underground cave items, and various consumables.
The three space bags seized from the Orc Cavalry and Wolf were very helpful, so he bought enough food for ten people to eat for two consecutive months and filled three space bags.
As for the syrups commonly used for medicine and detoxification, as well as low-level magic scrolls, he did not buy many of these items due to their high prices. Despite having made a lot of money, he himself was still poor and did not spend money like water.
After buying the consumables, he went to the blacksmith again. Dwarves “I Wrought” has been there for a while. This dwarf who had promised to make a weapon for him was helping throw some simple iron objects to restore his feelings as a blacksmith. When Gerrard visited him, he said he had not fully recovered and could not make a satisfactory weapon for now. He could only make lower quality.
Of course, Gerrard was not against it. Low quality objects made by dwarves are, in fact, good weapons. At least, that is enough for normal use.
Dwarves are not inherently good at forging iron, but they generally have strong bodies and are more adapted to high temperatures, which is a good basis for blacksmithing workmanship. In addition, the average dwarf's life expectancy is almost double that of humans, which means that young dwarfs have more time to hone their skills and older masters can teach more pupils throughout their lives.
For these reasons in all aspects, its golden reputation of “objects forged by dwarfs will be a formed boutique”.
Wrought Iron is not old because dwarfs at the age of no more than fifty years are still considered young. His iron forging skills could only be considered good. Compared to ordinary human blacksmiths, he possessed even greater strength. He was able to forge finer iron, tighter texture, and create more solid weapons. He had yet to grasp a brilliant skill that really took many years to develop.
What he made for Gerrard was a large tomahawk, with its axe handle made with round wood. Before it was finally finished, it was already peeled, burned and carefully polished and wrapped in animal skins to ensure that it was firmly held in my hands. The core of the ax is made of wrought iron, while the blades are made of very sharp baotou steel.
“Actually, I first have to build the axe core with steel and then wrap it with iron so that it can transmit power better,” said Wrought Iron with a little regret, “But it will take a lot of time to make such tomahawk. Since you seem very anxious, please just do it. ”
Gerrard paid 1,300 gold coins for this axe, 400 gold coins for the purchase of wrought iron, 600 gold coins for steel, 100 gold coins for the log, etc, 100 Gold coins for consumables such as charcoal, and the last 100 gold coins to pay for craftsmen's wages.
However, Wrought Iron took anything from the money. He only told Gerrard to use this axe to kill more evil.
“When you fight, also kill some on my behalf,” said Wrought Iron.
When Gerrard left the blacksmith, he was already wearing a solid coat made of canvas. A special solid leather belt formed a hook on his back that allowed him to carry the enormous tomahawk easily on his back, not blocking his movement at all.
The tomahawk weighs nearly two thousand kilograms, which is frightening. When it was held, even a gigantic dragon had to dodge it. It was rare to see a giant that possessed such a unique power that could wield such a heavy weapon. However, his weight seemed right in Gerrard's hands; it wasn't too heavy to make him inflexible or too light to make it difficult to exert force. That's spot-on.
When Gerrard returned to the Adventurers Association with this giant tomahawk, everyone there was dumbfounded. Some young adventurers could not help but approach him and talk to him, only to take a closer look at this huge and unheard of weapon.
“With this one, you can even launch a fight against a dragon!”
“Are you kidding? What does it feel like ‘launching a fight against’? Anything would be half-dead once it was cut by this axe, even a dragon! ”
“Most of the city walls can also be eased once exposed to the blunt side of this axe .. No wonder the giant was called ‘the city siege vehicles are alive’, it's because they are really too strong!”
“If I have this power, how wonderful it is!”
“Stop dreaming. If you are as strong as him, then I'm afraid you won't have enough food for three days even when you have sold all your stuff .. ”
Amidst laughter and blessings, Gerrard handed some gold coins to the barmaid, saying loudly, “Will you lift your glasses and wish me luck?”
Amidst laughter and blessings, he left the Adventurers Association with Palin who was somewhat dizzy from reading, and the unfriendly and eccentric Ryan. Then they set off towards a secret place where the Orc and Wolf Cavalry were secretly hiding their treasures by referring to the place Sui Xiong was looking for from the memories of the “Bloody Hand” Ruhr.
