Although it was expected, Woody was slightly startled when he heard Angelina's message, and then sighed.
This was the path she chose, and if he thought about it from his perspective, if his younger siblings who depended on each other were in danger, he would not be able to deal with it indifferently and hope that others would rescue them from danger.
However, she was already able to achieve a state of "sentence" during meditation, so there wasn't much he could teach her.
For her, the specialty of "Heart as Still as Still Water" will be a matter of course as long as she insists on training according to his method in the future.
The only thing that needs to be worried about is the safety down there, but according to what my aunt said, a legendary strong man has gone to the Dark Region. With him here, at least the whole army will not be annihilated, and the risk should not be high.
What's more, if the legend can't thwart the drow's conspiracy, then as a professional who is not even a level 5 demon hunter, if he follows, he will just add another human ration to the spiders in the Underdark.
After the monk girl left, Woody's melancholy only lasted for a few minutes, and he began to concentrate on the potion craftsmanship and polishing of the shrine. Since there were no foreign affairs, all he needed to think about was to go to Beijing next.
What happens after the ground.
At this point in time, are there any major events on the road that are relatively clear in my memory from the previous life?
While Woody recalled the areas he passed on the way to the North, he was doing preparatory processes such as drying and boiling herbs that he was already familiar with. Before actually preparing the potion, each alchemical herb or monster material,
They all require tedious and complex processing techniques, and it is not just a matter of putting a big iron pot and stewing them randomly.
Even the most common plantain needs to go through four processes: soaking, drying, grinding and boiling.
Only then can the concoction juice be completely squeezed out to produce the necessary neutralizing agent in the potion.
That's not to say that it can't be made crudely, but only God knows how effective the medicine will be.
Although the demon hunter character he played in his previous life was just a brief fragment of memory when he played "Saint", such a complex production process and preparations before the war are unique, and the memory is so deep that it is unforgettable.
After all, sometimes, in addition to the effect of dissuading people to quit, hardcore also has a deeper sense of substitution than ordinary professions.
For example, the Exalted Paladin is also such a hard-core profession.
Regardless of whether they are good or evil, in order to abide by their oaths, they rigidly and almost paranoidly adhere to their moral bottom line. As long as they are more flexible and changeable, they may lose the strength and belief they originally gained from their oaths.
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In the next few days, due to the weather and the busy work at hand, Woody spent most of his time in the underground alchemy laboratory and his own cabin. Occasionally, he would use weapons in the open space outside the house, and sit on his roof.
Looking at the gloomy sky and the misty drizzle after the storm, he practiced his fighting skills against the wooden piles covered with several layers of iron sheets to relax and breathe.
The weather has been so bad this month, but it is the same on the entire west coast. Unless you cross these hills and follow the northeastern trade road until you reach the city of Norvaldo, the next stop in the north, you will see it again.
The cold and warm sunshine in November is about half a day's journey from Palermo.
On the way, he and Weilanduo went out to go to a high-end tailor shop that specializes in custom-made clothes for nobles, and asked the shop owner to help make a set of close-fitting leather armor from the skin of the shark lizard. The demon hunter finally
He is still a body of flesh and blood, and the necessary protection can reduce a lot of worries for him. At least when facing a large number of monsters in the wilderness, he doesn't have to worry so much about hidden arrows and flying rocks shooting at various parts of the body.
"Good armor is the third life of an adventurer, and the second life is weapons! - An ancient motto engraved on the bulletin board in the guild, with the next sentence vaguely included, most of the handwriting has been blurred."
The degree of defense of most good armor equipment depends on the thickness of the raw materials. If you just want to use a piece of wood or a piece of fur from an unknown animal to make protective gear with amazing defense, it will be impossible.
Even the spell "Mage Armor" follows the most basic conservation of magic power, not to mention the material conversion that is countless times longer than the duration of the spell.
Due to the rise in fame of the Edith family in recent days, most people in Palermo who are close to the aristocratic circle have smelled the change in the direction of the wind, so Woody's leather armor production did not suffer too much trouble, and even
Much faster than he imagined.
On the third morning after he and Weilando went to the tailor shop.
Woody received a small wooden box from Cromwell, inside which was a set of custom-made leather armor in an almost black color.
Its style is not so much like the adventurer's outfit cobbled together by Kuhaha mercenaries. This set of leather armor is closer to the exquisite hunting clothes worn by nobles. In addition to its thick texture, the sleeves and trouser legs also have extra thickening.
It has a gorgeous pattern, and because it is the skin of a shark lizard, the fabric is smoother than cloth, like high-grade silk, and looks full of luxury.
The wooden box also contains a pair of mountain boots, a pair of sharkskin gloves, and a hooded shark-lizard cloak of the same style. Woody also added an additional item that Woody did not mention, but it is currently the most popular style in the aristocratic circle: cowboys.
The hat is probably pieced together from leftover materials, it can be said that it is extremely thoughtful.
Moreover, this speed and efficiency are truly astonishing. In previous lives, this could only be enjoyed in very prestigious cities.
Woody's retina also quickly showed the properties of this piece of armor made from shark lizard skin.
——"+1 Shark Lizard Skin Armor."
——"Item effect: Gain +3 defense after wearing it, and due to the smooth movement of the shark lizard hide, it will increase the extra saving throw by +1 when facing grapples, breaking free, and passing through narrow obstacles."
——"The shark lizard can move quickly through the compacted land like a fish, and jump high without any effort. Many people think that its skin is crucial in this. I don't know if that's right.
, but it can indeed be sold at a good price. - "In a word, let your adventure never miss good things!"
Woody was a little shocked when he looked at the attributes. Not to mention the +3 defense, which is almost as good as light armor of the same level. It can resist the damage of ordinary militiamen's flying arrows. It also has the added bonus of grappling and breaking free, which is equivalent to solidifying the leather armor.
Although the effect of "Grease" is not as strong as that of a spell, when facing some snakes or monsters that can use entanglement or grappling, this leather armor can save some poor adventurers a bottle of adventure smear.
"lubricant" on armor.
Pretty good!
Even with Woody's eyes, it was impeccable. After all, you get what you pay for. The materials were there, and being able to produce such high-quality leather armor was enough to satisfy him.
Since the apprentice of the tailor shop was still waiting for his feedback outside the manor, Woody tried it on and moved around for a while. After feeling that there was no discomfort at all, he asked Cromwell to tell the waiting apprentice.
, I have no opinion, no need to modify it.
After all, this set of leather armor was made exactly according to his current size, without taking into account various factors such as growing taller and fatter in the future, and it fit perfectly.
However, Woody did not dwell on the newly acquired equipment for long. He quickly took off his hunting jacket and put it away, and began to devote himself to completing the unfinished shrine last night.
Now the outline of the natural shrine is clear, and most of the details on it are presentable. It can be said that it is already a semi-finished product. Now that the texture is drawn, it can even be directly turned into a finished product.
In the past few days, apart from taking a short sleep and going to the alchemy room to process the entrusted herbs and monster materials, he spent most of his time on this. Naturally, he had to strive for excellence.
Soon, when the twelfth bell of Palermo rang, a delicate and small oak statue appeared on the desk where bone garbage was everywhere.
——"Sculpture is successful."
——"After several days and nights of careful polishing, your sculpture skills have been improved, and you have learned the skill "focus"."
——"Sculpture +2, Concentration +1."
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"Focus!"
Woody was stunned for a moment, that's okay, but then he thought about the nonstop days and nights in the past few days, and he understood.
This is an essential skill for mages, not only because concentration can effectively improve the player's reading speed and learning efficiency, but the level of concentration is also linked to the success rate of spell casting. Many mages' metamagic specialties require ultra-high concentration.
For example, the reason why most mages cannot wear light armor or even heavy armor to fight like warriors is because the burden heavy armor brings to the body prevents them from focusing on casting spells with peace of mind, thus affecting the success rate. This is why ancient times
Elves are completely naked when casting spells and important rituals. In their mouths, this is called the beauty of nature and innocence, which can effectively improve concentration and greatly increase the success rate of rituals.
However, it was gradually replaced by more effective magic items, but these characteristics were still inherited in rituals to please the gods.
For example, there is a god called "Dark Maiden" in the plane of Terra. This is a rare kind-hearted god believed by drow on the surface. His teaching is to protect all weak people with a long sword in his hand. He also has the identity of Spider God Queen Luo.
Silk's daughter.
And his followers like to be naked under the moonlight, waving the sword in their hands, praising this noble lady who liberated the drow from the underground, because they think this is the best way to make the song of the drow elf.
, dance, swordsmanship, moonlight, and the goddess of beauty feel their piety and belief.
But as the retinal data washed away, Woody's attention quickly turned to another thing.
The one he held in his hand was a freshly baked natural shrine made from the skull of a shark-lizard beast.
As the neatly arranged blue data with neat fonts appeared in the retina in an orderly manner.
——"+1 Natural Shrine."
——"Item effect: When placed under a forest, the chanting speed when praying to nature is increased by 10%, the idle slot of the spirit hunting oath is +3, and near the shrine, your will will gain an additional +1 saving throw."
——"The demon hunters who offer sacrifices will take up the weapons in their hands and fight for their beliefs under the watchful eyes of nature and in accordance with the oaths they have made for thousands of years! ——"The History of Demon Hunters""
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"Huh~"
Looking at the properties of the shrine, Woody finally breathed a sigh of relief. The hard work of the past few days was finally not in vain.
With this natural shrine of excellent quality or above, at least he can add three more substitute slots for replacement in addition to the soul hunting oath slot added every two levels. Although compared to various complex and difficult battles,
There are a few factors.
But for him who has just opened three slots at the fourth level of the Spirit Hunter's Oath, it is already very good. You must know that he originally thought that he would be successful if he only had one free slot, but now he has three, which is far beyond Woody's.
expected.
After the matter at the shrine came to an end, Woody's time suddenly became free. After all, although the process of the potion was complicated, most of the time was spent on brewing and accumulation. He actually had a lot of fragmented time, and
Taking advantage of this gap, Woody also had time to go to the blacksmith shop to check the progress of the curved knife he had given to the blacksmith shop before leaving.
…
When I entered Wagner's blacksmith shop again, in addition to the rare warmth in winter, I could hear the constant tapping of hammers and anvils.
Compared to the winter attire that outsiders would like to hide their faces from, the blacksmith Wagner is still as summer-like, bare-chested and concentrating on hammering a long iron bar that has the outline of a scimitar in place.
The iron bar was bright red, and it had obviously just been roasted at high temperature. Most metals have extremely high melting points, so they can only be forged in a high-temperature environment. Every time they were struck, countless sparks flew out.
Woody, who has hired people to customize and manufacture weapons countless times, and even forged weapons himself, naturally knows that in almost a week, the curved sword in front of him has also reached the "scraping and polishing" stage in the second half of the casting process.
The purpose of this stage is to make the material closer to the proportions of the drawings given to him by Woody and to make the surface smooth and smooth, in preparation for the next step of "sharpening and sharpening".
Generally speaking, after reaching this step, it won't take long for the weapon to take shape.
…
Because he was too focused, Wagner didn't notice Woody's entry. He still looked like the most diligent gardener, building this curved sword mixed with various rare minerals and materials.
Until he proudly raised the polished scimitar in his hand, leaving only the process of placing the hilt and cutting the blade, he whistled.
"As expected of a son of Wagner! Another extraordinary weapon!"
After discovering Woody's arrival, Wagner, who had a strong desire for expression, couldn't wait to show him the scimitar.
However, Woody did not show satisfaction. Instead, he was a little confused, because while observing Wagner forging weapons, he discovered that the blacksmith shop seemed to be missing an extremely important process.
——"Quenching."
The so-called quenching is to first put the prepared weapon on the fire to make it red, then immediately dip it in cold water and let it cool down suddenly. If you repeat this several times, the weapon will become tough and elastic. Many weapons will become tough and elastic.
The enchantment properties of the weapon are added layer by layer during quenching.
Woody told Wagner his doubts, and the steely man shook his head after hearing this.
"I've never heard of what is called quenching?"
"Is it the forging process from other regions?"
"Well, this can increase the flexibility of the weapon and make it tougher."
Woody had no intention of hiding his secrets. He just wanted to build his own weapons, so naturally he had to make them perfect.
But what he didn't expect was that his words actually caused the blacksmith in front of him to fall into silence. He just sat there blankly, looking at the unfinished curved sword in his hand, as if he was thinking.
Just when Woody thought he didn't understand, he was about to say it again.
Wagner suddenly said something.
——"I understand! I finally understand!"
Wagner looked like he had suddenly realized it, and his eyes were quite excited. After all, this was a problem that had troubled him for many years, why his weapons never reached the level he was satisfied with.
After more than ten years of hard work, he never expected to wake up because of the words of an adventurer.
——"Don't worry, everything is taken care of by me!"
This time, the way Wagner looked at Woody was no longer as transactional as before, but with sincere gratitude from the bottom of his heart.
