THE EMPEROR OF TWO WORLDS

Buying a pesky carrier artifact

The next place Jani visited was the weapon-making shop, Brad Magic Hand's. Of course the reason Jani came here was because of the request of his sister on earth, the Princess, to make him a Hidden Blade weapon. As Jani heads to the second floor, he hears an internal quarrel between Brad and his guest.

"Brad! This is for the benefit of the dwarf nation, why are you still so stubborn?" said the guest who asked Brad in a high tone.

"whatever you want to say! What is clear is that my decision is unanimous to serve the third prince and I will not give his draft weapon to anyone!"

"I told you! There is someone who wants the weapon and if we give it to him, then we will be given a very large land to rebuild the kingdom of dwarves! Isn't that our dream, man?"

"that's your dream, not mine. Nevermind! I'm still busy with a lot of things that I have to do rather than take care of a throne geek like you."

"you! JUST LOOK AT BRAD!! When the dwarf kingdom succeeds I wake up again, then I will make sure you will become my blacksmith slave!!" said the guest who threatened Brad and left with anger.

Shortly before the guest left, Brad answered him "yes.yes!"

The guest of course heard Brad's words, but he seemed to ignore them and hurried away from Brad's private workshop.

…

After the guest left, Brad said calmly "his prince, you can get out now."

Right in front of Brad, Jani appears slowly out of nothing and then immediately asks "it seems like he knows you well huh?"

"that sort of thing, he was my best friend as well as the former king of the Dwarf kingdom and had the ambition of establishing the kingdom once again in any way including becoming an imperial errand boy."

"oh! Looks like I'll have to delay this weapons research. He's afraid he's gonna pull off a heist and endanger you."

Hearing that his research would be delayed, Brad immediately replied "hey! There is no need to delay the research, I can keep this magical firearm secret very safe!"

"are you sure, Brad? This could endanger you and your son?"

"of course! I have a secret weapon to defeat the intruders who will come later."

Jani was silent for a moment when he saw Brad's eyes filled with confidence, Jani resigned and said "alright, Brad! I'm letting. But don't try to make a big, magical firearm because it's gonna bother me until my father finds out that I created the wreck in the middle of town."

"ahhh! Well, I also don't want to imagine that we'll both be punished by the king for that."

"okay since it's done, I'm asking for your help to make this weapon." Jani issued a Hidden Blade weapon design which he had rewritten using the language of the Sculpture continent in general.

Brad also began to be interested in the weapon while saying "although this is just a knife, but the mechanism is quite unique and the shape of the knife blade is also made so as not to be blocked by fingers when in use."

"so, can you make it?"

"of course! Don't underestimate my prowess in making weapons."

"okay! then, I'll have two pairs with the best ingredients you've got and then 50 pairs with the usual ingredients."

Hearing an order that reached 50 pairs, Brad asked "is this a secret weapon?"

"Of course, so pick some students you can trust to make this weapon and make it as fast as you can."

"well, you can trust me."

After finishing ordering weapons for his sister, Jani continued their conversation about moving Brad's workshop to the northeastern border town. Jani tells Brad about the matter of his coronation as the crown prince of the kingdom.

Hearing that Jani became crown prince, Brad asked "so, is there a change of plans about our departure to the dead city?"

"it seems so and I don't think it's necessary to move your workshop for now."

"so have you not given up on that dead town yet?"

"i have another idea about the city." After saying that, Jani prepared to leave Brad's workshop. Then don't forget he added "For now just wait for news from me." And Jani left Brad's workshop to go to the next place.

….

After Jani exits Brad's workshop, Jani goes to the magic crystal stone research and tells Merlof that they did not move for the same reason. From the beginning, Merlof himself also wanted to reject the idea of moving, but because the supporting research was the third prince, he could only obey all the wishes of the prince and when he heard that they had not moved to the northeastern border town, Merlof was delighted and he told Jani a good news.

"prince, I've actually finished making what you call a cell phone, but this thing can only send a sound and a few words."

Jani sees two phones made of used magic crystals and tries to turn them on by inserting Mana into them. The screen emitted a dim light and gave rise to symbols that were letters from the continental language of Arca.

Jani did some tests and the result is almost similar to a cell phone on earth. Satisfied with the phone, Jani said "this is more than enough to revolutionize our communication tool, Merlof! and for now you need to train some people so that we can produce them in very large quantities."

"isn't this far from perfect with the phone you've shown before, prince?"

"indeed, but to me this is perfect to be our first pruduk."

After considerable discussion, it was finally decided that Merlof would build a factory in the slums and recruit employees to start creating a production line for the first postel they would sell. Meanwhile, Jani also ordered some of Merlof's disciples to build a signal tower to extend the distance of cell phone use.

…

In the shop

Jani saw that this place was still the same as before when he visited some time ago with his sister. As he looked at the items on sale there, someone spoke from the counter "you're back again, boy?"

"yes do you miss me, old man?"

Without looking at Jani, the old grandfather replied "it is possible, if you buy at a reasonable price and do not bargain at an unreasonable price."

"alright, let me pick some things I can buy like before."

"whatever." An indifferent old Grandpa replied then fell asleep back in his chair.

As Jani was looking at the items, there was a sound of the door breaking down and someone who looked like a mercenary started scolding the old Grandpa who was asleep at the cashier.

"WOY OLD GRANDPA!! ARE YOU TRYING TO TRICK ME!?"

"what do you mean?" said the old man who slowly opened his eyes.

When the mercenary saw the old man's eyes, for a moment he gave a creep of fear and then boldly said, "the stuff you sold to me is unlucky!"

Jani is intrigued by the soldier's story and approaches him and asks him "hey comrade! Tell me about that damn thing, maybe I can help you."

The mercenary begins to tell them that what he bought was a guide that would take them through an ancient labyrinth, but instead of giving them a safe passage, on the contrary, the object made them choose the path filled with dangerous monsters and as a result, they now go home without bringing any treasures.

After Jani listened to the story of the mercenary, he became more and more interested in the thing and also the new thing for him, an ancient labyrinth. Jani finally gave her response "hmm I also felt that the thing was a pesky carrier."

"you think the same as me, don't you! So today I want my money back!" answer the middle of the payment and try to approach the old man who had fallen asleep in his chair.

Afraid that there would be a bloody scene, Jani immediately stopped the mercenary and said "hey hold on first! Don't you feel that grandfather can kill you in one strike?"

"i know that, but if I don't get my money back, then my friends will be so mad at me!"

"how much did you spend to buy that thing?"

"5 gold coins."

"okay, then I'll buy that thing." Said Jani who gave 5 gold coins to him and then after getting the money back, the middle of the payment immediately rushed away after giving the cursed object to Jani.

When Jani saw the object, he immediately exclaimed "hey isn't this just a compass?"

"compass? Is that the name of that weird thing?" ask the old man who woke up from his sleep.

"that kind of dad, oh yeah by the way do you know about that ancient labyrinth, old man?"

"i know it, but I don't want to share my story with you because I want to continue my sleep."

And after that, the old man went back to sleep with no regard for Jani anymore.

After seeing the old man fall back asleep, Jani went back around the store looking for items that he thought were good items. Some time later, Jani walked up to the old man and said "hey old man! I want to buy these 3 things."

"12 Gold pieces in total."

"without 10?"

"this time I'm lazy to deal with you, boy! Pay up!"

"okay-okay." Jani paid the old man and he left the old man's shop.

….

On the way home Jani asked zein to check the status of the compass. Not long after the examination was completed and the status of the compass was realized in front of Jani.

 [SHOWING ARTIFACT STATUS…

 Artifact Name: KOMPAS TREASURE FINDER (A regular compass that used to be used by famous treasure hunters until the end of his life. Before his death, the treasure hunter instilled his final will into the compass, making it turn into a treasure-pointing compass.)

Artifact Class: Legendary

Status given: Smartness +50

Special effect: treasure hunter charm (making a compass will only show where the treasure is.)

Looking at his status Jani casually said "Legendous artifact huh? I wonder what kind of treasure will I find in the future?"