Knowing that he was the one who prevented Asadron's resurrection, Sherlock could clearly feel that Ipgil's tone was much friendlier.
In fact, he originally wanted to find an opportunity to mention this matter, but now that it was said from the mouth of a third party, Kalami, the effect would be better.
Coupled with a barbecue and five barrels of fine wine, Sherlock finally made his request.
"The perforated stone pillars of the Sandakol Altar are not easy to shape." Ipgil said with his teeth raised.
"That's why you need to take action yourself." Sherlock finally suppressed his flattery.
"But I don't have time." Ipgil pondered.
Well, a giant dragon said it didn't have time. This is probably the funniest joke Sherlock has heard in a while.
You obviously just slept for a year, okay?
Sherlock cursed in his heart, but said with a smile: "With your skills, a dozen perforated stone pillars can be finished in a few days. As long as you are willing, I can provide white-footed centipedes and volcanic rock wine every day, or if you have
I can find a way to satisfy any other requirements."
In the past, Ipgil would directly refuse this kind of thing. His stone carving was just out of interest and he didn't want to carve anything for others.
It's just that he is soft-spoken, so he can't refuse directly. He can only give the other party a chance: "If you beat the two of us in the joke competition tomorrow, I can consider helping you."
"Uh... okay!" Sherlock agreed with a wry smile.
What he's probably worst at is telling jokes, but looking at Ipgil, it's obvious that he has no other choice.
Seemingly seeing Sherlock's difficulty, Calami followed and said: "Master Ipgil, if I win, you can also help him, okay?"
"Okay, but if I win, you have to stay with me for a year."
"Calami, you don't have to..." Sherlock hadn't finished speaking yet.
Kalami already responded with a smile: "No problem!"
Then he turned to Sherlock and said, "It's only one year anyway, and I won't necessarily lose!"
"Then..." Sherlock sighed and said nothing more: "Thank you."
He said no, but in his heart he still hoped that the other party would agree.
After all, he really has no confidence at all in telling jokes.
"Why are you thanking me? You just saved my life." Kalami replied with a grin.
…
Early the next morning, after everyone and the dragon were disgusted by Sherlock's preserved egg worm porridge, the joke contest officially began.
Just as surprising as yesterday when we found out that the dwarf beauty Kalami was the other contestant, the judge of the competition turned out to be the silly-looking barbarian Barak.
This development is a bit unexpected, but it makes sense if you think about it carefully.
The barbarian race has always lacked a sense of humor, and their brain reactions are half a beat slower than that of ordinary people. Even if they understand many jokes, they may not be able to understand the humor in them.
But precisely because of this, the jokes that make them laugh out loud are really funny.
From this aspect, Ballack is indeed the most suitable candidate.
And if he didn't want to be a judge, there would be no need for him to participate in this competition every year.
After all, this barbarian doesn't look like someone who likes to hear jokes.
This joke contest may sound like a joke, but it is related to his mission as a constituency, and Sherlock has to take it seriously.
The format of the competition is very simple, that is, each one takes turns telling jokes to Ballack. There are five rounds in total. Whoever makes Ballack laugh more times and for a longer time is the winner.
Sherlock originally searched the Internet for several jokes that were said to be "laughable to death", but after the first round, he was really embarrassed to speak again.
Compared with the rich expression methods of the other two, his jokes were no different from poetry recitations. Even he felt a little cold after talking about it.
"A long time ago, three halflings picked up a treasure map and a key. After going through many hardships and dangers, they finally arrived at the location where the treasure was hidden..."
"There were two stingy human businessmen in Weplintala. One day they walked into a bakery together..."
…
Ipgil and Karami use their bodies and words to continuously describe one story after another.
The content of the story is not only interesting, but the way they express it is really funny.
Ipgil's tough dragon face was actually squeezed out of all kinds of facial expressions. Coupled with his huge and mighty body, this contrast brought strong laughter.
What Kalami is best at is the imitation show. Although she does not use any transformation spells, she can completely imitate the racial and professional personality, as if the person in the story has stepped out.
By the end, Sherlock was laughing so much that he had no intention of thinking about winning or losing.
On the side, Cindy, a female star who always pays attention to expression management, is also hiding her face, for fear that others will see her distorted facial features when she laughs.
Only Barak looked thoughtful from beginning to end, with only a hint of a silly smile on his lips, but no real smile.
…
"Hahaha……"
It wasn't until the last round, when Carami told her last joke, that Barak finally laughed.
Although Ipgil lost the game, he didn't feel a little bit depressed. Instead, he laughed and said, "Kalami, you are much more interesting than that old man Langda."
"Does that count as me winning?" Kalami said excitedly.
"It's obvious."
"Then can you help Sherlock?"
"This... I'll think about it."
"Mr. Ipgil, you are still acting like a fool at such an old age. You promised to help us after we won." Kalami shouted.
"Who said I was cheating? I said before that I would consider it if you win, but I didn't say that I would definitely help." Ipgil said.
Of course, Sherlock has known this word play for a long time.
It's just that the situation is stronger than the person, and he really doesn't have the right to ask for too much.
Secondly, he is sure that the other party is not really cheating.
After all, the other party is a chaotic and kind-hearted copper dragon, and his favorability level has been boosted to a positive number by him.
"Do you have any other requests?" Sherlock asked at the right time.
Ipgil looked at him for a while and stated his conditions: "Fourteen perforated stone pillars should be finished in one natural week. You will be responsible for the wine and barbecue. The taste cannot be worse than yesterday's."
"No problem!" Sherlock agreed happily.
The meal yesterday cost him nearly 10,000 gold coins, which was at least 70,000 gold coins in seven days, which was almost half a year's income for an ordinary player.
It's a bit expensive, but compared to the perforated stone pillars and the voter mission, it's definitely worth the money.
Even if he hadn't saved Kalami before, he wouldn't even have the opportunity to spend money.
