Chapter 249: Winning over the Artisan
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Carrie and Jessica lived in the factory district. They rented a small workshop, with the two of them living on the second floor and Carrie's studio on the first floor.
The first floor was divided into two rooms, a smaller one in the front for reception, and Carrie worked in the larger room in the back.
The reception room was relatively tidy, obviously Jessica often tidied it up. As for the studio in the back, Hobert only glanced at it before pulling his head back.
Messy! Too messy. Hobert estimated that even if a careless thief patronized this place, they would give up the idea of stealing because there was really no place to stand.
Carrie was still working away, and Jessica received Hobert. She smiled apologetically and said, "Sorry, Carrie tends to ignore everything around her when she's working."
Hobert nodded, no wonder the two of them teamed up.
Jessica is currently only Sequence 9, too weak, and has no way to make a living in the Beyonder world.
And Carrie is obviously a person who is devoted to her inner world. Such people easily become artists or have extremely high achievements in a certain aspect, but at the same time, such people are often terrible in terms of life.
So the two of them complemented each other's strengths and became friends who depended on each other.
As Jessica spoke, she took out two boxes, one long and one short, from under the long table and placed them on the table and opened them.
The black Tang sword and two-handed sword lay quietly in the boxes. Even without holding them, Hobert could feel the chilling aura of the two weapons and the trembling fear that they constantly exuded.
Jessica introduced, "Carrie has praised more than once that this is the best material she has ever encountered. She also said that these two weapons are her most satisfying works so far."
She picked up the knife and handed it to Hobert: "Since the two weapons are made of the same material, their effects are similar.
"First of all, this Tang sword, it will constantly make the enemy involuntarily fear. The spirit body of the person who is cut by it will also be damaged. If spiritual treatment is not done, even if it is just a small cut, the spiritual body will gradually weaken, be damaged, and die within three days of the injury. The more severe the opponent's injury, the faster the spirit body weakens.
"It can also block weapons manifested by Beyonder abilities, and it can easily cause damage to armor or other defensive means composed of Beyonder abilities. This seems to be more restrained against the Beyonders of the 'Warrior' pathway. Most importantly, these abilities are permanent."
Hobert took the Tang sword in his hand. It was about 1.2 meters long, black, and exuded a cold light, seemingly indestructible.
He suddenly waved the Tang sword, the blade cut through the air, producing a sword sound, which sounded very pleasant.
Hobert smiled and nodded, putting down the Tang sword: "Feels good."
Jessica picked up the two-handed sword with both hands: "The two-handed sword has a very terrifying ability on the basis of the Tang sword: death!"
Hobert was stunned: "Death?"
"Yes, specifically, it has a very small probability of directly sending the opponent's spirit body into the underworld, which is equivalent to letting the opponent die directly. Even if a relatively powerful Beyonder encounters the attack of the 'death' ability, the spirit body will also be greatly damaged."
Hobert took the two-handed sword, which was more than twice as heavy as the Tang sword and had to be held with both hands.
Although there is only a very small probability, this Beyonder power is extreme!
He recalled the two-handed sword usage videos he had watched in the Common Era, holding the sword with both hands and stabbing and slashing forward, also making a dull sword sound.
With the blessing of the "Fighting Ring", he easily mastered the use of the two-handed sword.
Jessica on the side said, "This is the first time I've seen you use this kind of long sword, but it looks very mighty."
Hobert smiled. He was quite satisfied with both weapons: "Can you help me remove the hilt and the handle?"
Jessica was slightly stunned before saying, "Yes."
As she spoke, she closed the wooden box and took it to the studio inside.
The ping-pong sounds stopped, and Hobert heard the voices of two people communicating. Before long, the hilt and handle were removed.
Carrie, wearing a leather apron, also came out. Her cheeks were flushed, she was covered in sweat, and her hair was casually styled. She looked even more rough than a young man: "Are you not satisfied with my hilt?"
"No," Hobert said with a smile, "I just found a better hilt."
He didn't avoid Carrie and Jessica, took out the two "Order Crystals", and with a casual pinch, the Tang sword and the two-handed sword successively changed to new hilts and handles.
Then Hobert picked up the Tang sword, put the cane on the Tang sword, and Hobert used the fire lacquer seal made of "Order Crystal" as a medium to use the power of "Nation of Disorder" to deform the cane. The wooden cane was like It's like having life, wrapping the blade, and then the crystal-like handle also changed shape.
The overall appearance became a long cane with a black crystal head.
A normal cane is about one meter long, and the cane in Hobert's hand has reached about one meter and three, which looks a bit long, but not very abrupt.
Then he repeated his old trick, turning the "Order Wood" just taken out of the "Nation of Disorder" into a scabbard for the two-handed sword.
Carrie and Jessica's eyes had long been straight, and Carrie sighed: "The materials in your hand are so advanced that they are completely beyond my imagination."
Hobert smiled and said, "I can introduce Jessica to a Beyonder gathering, where it is possible to trade for very good materials, but that gathering needs to be kept secret, and the participants and some content cannot be revealed."
The reason why he showed the "Order Wood" and "Order Crystal" so generously was to win over Carrie.
As Carrie herself said, wild "artisans" are rare. Everyone treats them like treasures, and Hobert is naturally no exception.
Jessica immediately agreed: "I can also sell Carrie's weapons at that gathering."
By the way, she asked for the potion formula of the "Barbarian" she needed.
Hobert asked casually: "Do you have any other weapons in your hands?"
"Yes." Jessica took out another wooden box from under the long table: "Hurricane Axe."
She opened the box: "Because we are moving, we only have two weapons left in our hands."
Hobert saw a double-sided axe. It was iron black, thick and strong, with sharp blades. Hobert could feel the spirituality emanating from the axe all the time.
Isn't this the weapon of "Little Sun"! Oh, it seems that it hasn't been bought by Klein yet.
Jessica introduced: "It can increase the user's movement frequency and running speed, and has a 15% chance of causing a certain degree of paralysis to the enemy, and a 5% chance of creating a lightning bolt. If used in a thunderstorm, the frequency of lightning appearance can be increased to 50%."
Hobert sighed in his heart, this is completely a weapon made for "Little Sun".
Then Jessica introduced another weapon called "Slow Whip". Hobert shook his head and had no desire to buy it. As for the "Hurricane Axe", let's leave it to Klein and let him complete the transaction with "Little Sun".
Hobert asked: "When will you negotiate with those people?"
"Tomorrow," Carrie said, "Tomorrow night in an abandoned workshop in the suburbs."
Hobert nodded: "I see."
Then he asked the question that had been hidden in his heart for a long time: "Beyonder weapons, what is the difference between them and the magical items that are made?"
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