The Blood Eagle Corridor was much busier today than before, probably because of the spawning of new NPCs.
Not to mention that little Earl Sharon has brought valuable knowledge of steam engineering to players. Just the firearms with special entries and some unique engineering items she sells in her personal store are enough to attract young players.
eyeballs.
After all, in a game that focuses on reality, even the most arrogant spellcaster player will not refuse to put a gun in his bag that can save his life at a critical moment.
Not to mention those close combatants who always perform the "dance on the edge of a knife". It is their consensus to carry a gun that can be fired from the hip.
"Ashina Sword Technique" does not sound very nice, but it is really useful.
"Oh my God! Brother Zhongzhong, your left hand is so cool!"
Lin Beigou, who came to purchase firearms for the team, was picking and choosing. When he looked up, he saw Brother Zhongzhong, who was helping little Earl Sharon deal with accessories as a "machinist apprentice".
"Haha, isn't it cool? I spent a lot of money to buy this!"
Brother Zhongzhong's face was glowing red at this time.
He proudly showed off his "mechanical left hand". In the operation of the psionic motion sensing technique, it was made entirely of metal. There were three miniature steam furnaces inside that served as energy sources. The arm was very flexible.
Although there is still a sense of sluggishness in movement compared to a flesh and blood body, as Brother Zhongzhong moves his five fingers, the crackling joints are still filled with a certain pressure.
Especially when the power of the steam furnace is increased during large-scale activities, a white column of air will spray out from the exhaust hole on the shoulder.
Not to mention how cool it is!
What man can refuse this kind of stuff? What man wouldn’t be confused after seeing it?
Lin Bei Gouzhao immediately went up and circled Brother Zhongzhong twice, and even reached out to touch him. The latter seemed to be showing off a new toy, raising his arm and popping out the assassination sword, and then letting go of the blunderbuss hidden in his palm.
He extended his mouth and also unfolded the mechanical buckler attached to the steam prosthetic limb to perform several tactical actions.
Brother Gouzhao looked at it and said, "Holy shit," and some young players nearby were also attracted and marveled.
But soon some sharp-eyed guys discovered that Brother Zhongzhong’s right hand was strange.
There is also a manipulator there, but it is far less sophisticated than the left arm. The very rough three-claw structure is like a pirate captain's claw hook, and it has a "shoddy" feel no matter how you look at it.
In response, Brother Zhongzhong refused to make any response and just excused himself in the name of "practicing engineering".
Of course he would not tell others that he had made a mistake before and stabbed himself in order to install a mechanical prosthetic body. If Sharon had not had a spare mechanical hand here, Brother Zhongzhong would have continued his career as a "disabled person"
In order to improve your gaming career, you can simply give yourself a slap on the forehead and wait for a new life in three days.
But Brother Zhongzhong is indeed not talking nonsense.
He was learning the technique of making a robotic hand from the little Earl of Sharon, and he used his right hand that he lost due to an "accident" as the first test subject.
The only pity is that this thing is very troublesome to make. Just rubbing a miniature steam stove by hand is enough for Brother Zhongzhong to be busy.
"It's new, it's new, get out of the way!"
Brother Zhongzhong saw that all kinds of firearms on the stall had been sold out, but immediately followed the instructions of Little Earl Sharon and put a new batch of sophisticated weapons on the shelves.
As a result, the traveler Xiao Wang, who had just come over to buy a firearm for himself, jumped three feet high when he saw the price. He cursed:
"Fuck! A gun costs 20 gold coins? Why don't you go grab it? I can only buy it in the camp for 2 gold coins, okay?"
"Then you go to the camp to buy it! Why do you come to me?"
Brother Zhongzhong moved his cool robot hand, put his hands on his hips and said:
“Can the whiteboard equipment be the same as this fun thing with entries?
Let me tell you, don’t think it’s too expensive. Now in the whole of Transia, we are the only two masters and apprentices who can make such precision firearms. It’s already very cheap to charge you 20 gold coins, right?
If it’s really too expensive, you can go to Aunt Marian to get it customized, she’s cheaper there.”
"It's cheap, but you have to wait."
The traveler Xiao Wang scratched his head helplessly and said:
"Brothers are about to go to the collective farm to perform their duties. Although they are protected by guards, they are really panicked without a good guy in their hands. This damn place in Transia is full of jackals and wolves, and occasionally there will be corpses.
ghost.
Forget it, just 20, give me four!
Please give me a cheaper price for the ammunition and give me a 30% discount."
"okay!"
Brother Zhongzhong yelled, feeling that it was too easy to make money in this manufacturing industry.
The little Earl Sharon priced each gun at 15 gold coins. He bought it from her at the original price, and then easily resold it to earn a price difference of 5 gold coins.
Sure enough, the monopoly business is still very dynamic.
After sending away Xiao Zhou, the traveler who was shaking his head and complaining about profiteers, Brother Zhongzhong picked up an unfinished picture and used the charcoal pen with his robotic hand to write and draw unskilledly.
He also has a hidden mission of "Sky Fire from Another World". This old man is holding back his energy to give Master Murphy a complete job. Although modern-style rifles and bullets have been made, but if it is only this level
How can you show your awesomeness?
He planned to come up with something more "more punishing" before the deadline of the mission. Now with the help of the mechanical engineer, Earl Sharon, many of the ideas that Brother Zhongzhong had no way to come up with before have the basis to realize them.
But before he finished drawing, he saw a money bag thrown on the counter.
Brother Zhongzhong looked up and saw that a new guest had arrived, but it was not a player but an NPC.
Count Andrei of the White Mountains!
This melancholic Yankee poet was picking up a finely crafted shotgun with a bayonet and playing with it in his hand. Since he was a wealthy man who was not short of money, he ordered 100 of them in one go.
Didn't even ask about the unit price.
But this also aroused the curiosity of Brother Zhongzhong. While recording the order requirements, he asked:
"Lord Andre, you and your followers are all excellent midnight assassins. Weapons that make noise and are inconvenient to carry are not suitable for you. Why do you want so many weapons?"
"For the blood servants in my faction to use."
Earl Baishan replied calmly:
"A new group of blood servants will arrive in Transia in the near future. They will participate in the disputes on this land in the name of the White Mountain Faction and dedicate everything to their country and honor under the Black Disaster.
As a leader, I naturally have to equip my servants with the best weapons."
"Ah, that's it!"
Brother Zhongzhong nodded, then rolled his eyes and asked:
"Then do you need to buy another 'disability insurance' for your servants? What I mean is that vampires are not worried about missing arms and legs. You can heal yourself in the middle of the night, but human blood servants cannot resist
This possible risk exists, and my mentor, Earl Sharon, happens to be an expert in this area.
Look!"
He showed his robot hand again, moved it a few times to demonstrate its performance, and then said eloquently to Count Andre who showed a curious expression:
"All it takes is a mechanical arm or a mechanical leg to allow your disabled servants to return to the battlefield to kill enemies for you, until their human bodies can no longer withstand any more battles and they can embrace the midnight embrace.
I guess an excellent ruler like you must take both talent and loyalty into consideration when selecting servants. Then let the talented blood servants show their loyalty in battle, and finally give the master's affirmation and midnight blessing as a reward for their loyalty.
What a beautiful thing this is!
Just a simple disability insurance!
Yes, for just a little money, your minions can enjoy the engineering assistance from Earl Sharon, and we can guarantee that they can continue to fight for you as long as they can breathe, fighting with glory as their own humanity.
His last moments, in order to forge a powerful vampire bloodline."
"Ah this."
Count Andrei was shocked by Brother Zhongye’s statement. He was a little excited when he saw Brother Zhongye’s robotic arm, but then he lowered his voice and asked:
"Isn't this too inhumane? Asking them to fight until the last moment to obtain the midnight blessing."
"But no one will cherish the rewards that can be obtained casually."
Brother Zhongzhong shrugged and said:
"Of course you can mercifully grant those blood servants who have not gone through any trials the glory of midnight, and hope that they will not let you down by being cunning.
Or you can give them what they deserve after fully understanding their loyalty and identifying the disloyal.
This is all your freedom.
But I think you should learn from our Lord Murphy and Lord Tris. The Blood Vulture Clan only needs black iron-level warriors to be its fresh blood.
This sounds harsh, but it does ensure that there will not be any weak among the new members of the Blood Vulture Clan."
Earl Baishan fell silent.
After thinking for a few seconds, he asked:
"So, how much does that 'disability insurance' you mentioned earlier cost?"
"It's not expensive, very cheap, Your Excellency."
Seeing that he was about to make a big deal, Brother Zhongzhong rubbed his hands together excitedly, making his mechanical hands make a tinkling sound during the collision.
He said:
"It only costs 300 gold coins for a person to be insured, and 50 gold coins per month thereafter. Earl Sharon uses her identity as the Lord of Xi Ke and the honor of the Xi Ke Maier family to promise that she will be responsible for every insured person to the end."
"Well, calculated based on the value of human life, it is indeed very cheap. So, let's get 100 copies first."
——
Andre returned to his room in the Blood Eagle Corridor,
He still felt vaguely uneasy, and this uneasiness came from the "disability insurance" he had signed with Brother Zhongzhong just now.
He knew that signing this thing meant that the group of blood servants who would join his faction would be treated horribly. The emergence of mechanical prosthetics meant that they would become real fighting machines until their broken bodies could no longer accept it.
No matter how hard you try.
Earl White Mountain felt that he had just committed a real "sin".
"Yes, you have indeed grown up."
Just when Andre was uneasy because of the guilt in his heart, a familiar voice sounded in the shadow of his room, causing the count to subconsciously hold the hilt of the gray claw sword at his waist, but then he
Just relax.
Because Justice Shani stepped out of the shadows.
The leader of the Thorn Clan had rare approval on her beautiful and gentle face. Her golden braid hung low behind her. She walked up to her great-great-grandson, nodded with satisfaction and said:
"Just now, you made a right decision.
I am pleased to see that you have finally figured out the difference between 'loyalty' and 'duty' and see the true value of followers with the sense a ruler should have.
Your cowardice and unnecessary kindness are being stripped away bit by bit, and the heroic blood belonging to Boris in your body is also awakening.
But you seem uneasy about it?"
"Yes, Grand Duke."
In front of his ancestors, Andre did not hide his uneasy mood. He whispered:
"I know this is necessary, and I have also made up my mind to learn from Grand Duke Tris about the experience of rebuilding the Blood Vulture Clan, so as to rebuild my faction.
But this approach of treating human lives as nothing and personally pushing loyal servants into the abyss of war really makes people unhappy."
"You are still young and you don't understand yet. All loyalty must be tested by time or hardships before it can be perfected."
Grand Duke Shani did not scold Andrei for his weakness.
She said softly:
"You can't just hope that you will be lucky enough to meet a loyal servant with a naturally obedient personality like Maxim like Murphy. You need to find your Maxim yourself.
Or cultivate a "monster" of your own from your servants.
War has always been a cruel thing.
But it will build strength and help you discern the kind of loyalty you really value.
Ah, it was the right choice to leave you in Transia before, Andre, your sister and I have received your gift back to Northwind Castle."
The Duke of Thorns nodded with satisfaction and said:
"You haven't seen with your own eyes your sister's emotion when she saw the ferocious ice sculpture. She praised her little brother for finally growing up and proudly placed the ice sculpture in the hall of the Ice Palace for all her subjects to appreciate you.
courage and strength.
You have gained her initial approval.
Of course, I am also very satisfied with the vampire heart you sent me.
The heart of wolfsbane, the power of wilderness and cruelty. My child, keep on keeping on, let you be polished by the heavy pressure into a perfect and bright rough stone, and you will use this to realize your ideal."
"I am honored, Grand Duke."
Andre's desire to be recognized was finally somewhat satisfied, which soothed his anxious heart, but he knew that such a trivial matter was not worth a trip to Grand Duke Shani himself. His ancestor appeared
It must mean something more important to the Crimson Keep.
So he waited patiently.
"The 100 palace sword guards gifted to you by your sister are already on their way. They will arrive at Scarlet Castle in half a month."
Mrs. Shani ordered:
"But that's not the main purpose of my coming here. Help me make an appointment with Mrs. Tris and Lord Murphy. I brought them good news and plan to fulfill the completed agreement immediately."
Having said this, Shani glanced at Andre.
she says:
"Murphy is about to be recognized by the Wolf Girl to become the real Governor of Transia, but this also means that you will miss the throne of this fiefdom.
Does this make you feel uneasy or discouraged?"
"No, ruling Transia was never what I pursued."
Count Andrei answered very calmly:
"This is not the country I swore allegiance to, nor is it the place where I decided to show my talents. This is just a stop on my journey. I will gain courage and growth here to better serve my true master.
Regarding the fact that Murphy is about to become the King of Transia, I can only offer warm applause and heartfelt blessings.
He deserves it."
"Very good, this kind of bearing is also the attitude of a king."
Mrs. Shani was even more satisfied.
A strange smile appeared on her gentle face. She reached out and touched Andre's head with a "kind" smile. She whispered:
"You made the right decision. Lord Murphy feels that he can rest easy after defeating the gnolls and accepting the allegiance of Count Xico.
But he may not know that this is just a small and even difficult to praise achievement that he has just completed.
Real trouble will soon come. For rulers, maintaining authority and deepening rule is always more difficult than pioneering.
