After leaving the mansion and heading to the wooden house where he lived, what lingered in Woody's mind was the gloomy look on the corner of the lady's eyebrows.
The words of rejection were harder to say than he thought.
However, Woody was relieved to hear that his aunt also planned to go to St. Lawrence, the capital of Bavialo, in the future.
At least in his last life, Woody had been to this city more than once.
Although at that time, the comet transformed from the corrupted mother tree had already infected the world, and the wilderness was full of corrupted creatures.
However, the internal order of St. Lawrence has tended to be stable, similar to a refuge, and it did not end up with the destruction of the city and the death of people like other cities.
At least before the Year of Darkness, the city's security was guaranteed to a certain extent.
But at that time, he focused on adventures in various ruins in the south. Later, he went to the world battlefield, and his understanding of the cities in the southern kingdom was limited to the local customs and characteristics, just like St. Lawrence.
He remembered that there was a huge blue dragon head at the gate of the city. It was said that the founding king of Bavialo personally led the fearless knights of the kingdom to Thunder Cliff, the chokepoint of the Eastern Trade Road, and killed the lords who occupied it.
The loot brought back.
In Asenland, every family that establishes a kingdom or even a city-state must have its own merits.
After all, although the gods are not present in this world, due to the rise of the Nether Empire thousands of years ago, the repeated rise of mechanical civilization, the research of mages, and the summons of alien creatures, powerful monsters that always threaten the living space of mankind are not in Asenland.
lack.
If you want to fight against it, you must have equal or even superior strength.
After learning that they intend to go to St. Lawrence in the future, Woody does not have to worry about the possible ending of another timeline that will affect his search for the Astral Whale.
Although he still doesn't quite understand why Palermo will endure a sunburst at this time next year, and how Villandro became a ghost lingering in the ruins of the ancient city.
But at least he can grasp the present, and that's enough.
Before going to bed, Woody had already started planning his trip for tomorrow. In addition to observing the reaction of the temple and going to the black market in the dock area to look at materials, he also had to go to the business district to find a way to the Koval Forest and pass through the Crescent Mountains.
caravan.
By the way, he sent the drawings of the curved knife he planned to make to the blacksmith's shop. He had already explained the rough outline and weight, but the details needed to be discussed many times. Making weapons does not mean ignoring them. Communication is essential.
few.
Many dwarf craftsmen who are masters of forging weapons will even ask you to observe them in person when they are making extraordinary weapons. If you bring a few bottles of wine, they will also invite you to fine-tune the feel to help you create the most comfortable one.
Weapon.
However, there are not many dwarves active in Asenland. Their tribes are mostly distributed in the deserts in the east and the glaciers in the north. Woody remembered that there was a mountain dwarf tribe "Heart of the Mountains" who built their fortress "The Furnace"
"It was built in an underground active volcano crater in the North.
At that time, the +2 "Mithril Decapitation Axe" used by Woody's Berserker profession was built there after completing a series of tasks and asking local dwarf craftsmen to help build it as a reward. However, it is now too far away from the Furnace Fortress in the North.
He can only adopt the principle of proximity.
Of course, the most important thing is that he now has funding from Susan Edith, 2,000 gold coins.
You can pick it up from Cromwell tomorrow.
Although she regarded the money as a reward for Woody's reckless decision to save the Edith family, he knew it was his aunt's excuse and accepted it without any pressure, without any pretense.
A bond has already formed between him and them.
He naturally noticed the care they took for him these days.
Therefore, it is natural to do something within your power, such as changing your destiny...
He can spend this money with peace of mind.
Being rich again allowed Woody to prepare not only weapons but also props for long journeys.
You know, after his battle with the strange monsters, his originally relatively wealthy net worth was instantly wiped out by those few scrolls.
Although on the way to Koval Forest, the most common monsters encountered are the three new killers: kobolds, jackals, and goblins, Woody can chop melons and vegetables even if he is not prepared.
But if we think about the appearance of a rare dragon-veined warlock in the kobold tribe, the appearance of a sacrifice to the gnoll god Yeenoghu among the gnolls, and a dozen bugbears from the goblins...
Woody still has to consider the unexpected factors in these adventures.
He cannot prepare a dozen temporary scrolls like the Master, but as a demon hunter, it is not difficult for him to prepare a dozen alchemy potions. Tomorrow he can go to the Adventurer's Guild and post a commission to acquire monster bodies.
Easy way.
It has to be said that the "wealth" attribute of the nobles can save Woody a lot of effort.
As long as he has money, he can issue a commission through the Adventurer Association to let the many adventurers in the city collect various materials for him from various wilderness swamps and monster corpses.
Anyway, he has solved the curse now, and the time to leave Palermo has not yet been set, so he has enough time to wait for the materials to come to him.
In addition to these, he also plans to master the various simple melee specialties he was familiar with in his previous life as soon as possible through daily training.
Whether it is upgrading "Intuitive Reflex" to the next stage of "Lightning Reflex", or understanding the specialty "Powerful Attack" and mastering the "Chunk Slash" that will be selected by any melee profession, it can have a great impact on improving Woody's strength.
Small help.
What's more, when he forces his body to use unfamiliar weapons and techniques, the half-baked feeling affects the display of his strength.
Especially when it is at the same level as the combat target, it is the most deadly.
Now thinking back to the not-so-difficult battle with the profane monster, if it weren't for the profane cultist who was better at spells than melee combat, the victory of that battle would still be unknown to this day.
After all, a spell caster is given the power of a warrior out of thin air, and most spell casters cannot perform at 80% of the level of a warrior, or even lower. These are common things.
Woody returned to the room, and instead of lying directly on the soft mattress, he went straight to the dark corner.
The witcher gave him plenty of physical strength. Even if he didn't sleep at night, he would be energetic the next day.
Therefore, the idea of digging a way out that no one knows is indispensable to Woody now.
Especially after he met the noble girl who was suspected of being a drow spy, he was already desperate.
…
Outside the city of Palermo, the moonlight was obscured by clouds. A silent transaction was carried out in the darkness. The secret whispers were covered up by the sound of waves hitting the rocks. Soon, as the
One of the parties sank into the water and the transaction was concluded.
What was discussed is unknown.
After a while, the carriage drove the other party away from the scene.
The air on the coast became dead again.
Only the carriage driving on the path in the distance was illuminated by the moonlight that penetrated the dark clouds. The family emblem covered by black cloth was exposed by the coastal sea breeze.
It can be vaguely seen that this is the outline of the emblem belonging to "Wine and Crown."
And all the nobles of Palermo knew it.
This is the emblem belonging to the "Rutov" family.
