13: Blade of Destruction! Liu the Blacksmith's Conditions!

“A Bronze-grade weapon with its own skill effect.”

If it's really as Liu Blacksmith said, 150,000 dragon coins is indeed a reasonable price.

On the market, the price of an ordinary Bronze-grade weapon is above 120,000 dragon coins. If the weapon itself also comes with a skill effect, the price is estimated to reach 200,000.

But the problem is, where am I going to get 150,000!!

Liu Blacksmith seemed to see Ye Ze's embarrassment. Just as Ye Ze was about to give up the idea of reforging.

Liu Blacksmith spoke again: “How about this, let's make a deal.”

Ye Ze looked up and asked: “What kind of deal?”

“I can reforge it for you for free, but the condition is that my daughter does it.”

“Your daughter?” Ye Ze looked at the cat-eared loli, only to see her looking completely bewildered, wearing a confused expression like "What... me...? Me do it?"

“Yes, my daughter.” Liu Blacksmith nodded, “If she can forge a Bronze-grade weapon with its own skill effect before the assessment, it will leave a significant mark on her resume and be a huge bonus for the academy assessment a week later.”

“Your Fine Steel Dagger is a very good base. It couldn't be better for my daughter to reforge it.”

Ye Ze frowned and pondered for a moment, then asked: “What if she fails?”

“Failure is impossible!”

Liu Blacksmith said firmly, a proud expression on his face, “Although my daughter is just an ordinary Blacksmith, she has awakened the talent of Precise Forging.”

“Precise Forging?”

Ye Ze showed a confused expression, not understanding this talent.

Liu Blacksmith explained: “This talent can increase the chance of successful forging and has been recorded to add extra attributes to forged equipment.”

“Extra attributes?”

Ye Ze's heart stirred, realizing this was definitely an extremely powerful talent.

But looking at the adorable cat-eared loli in front of him, imagining the scene of her swinging a hammer to forge equipment, it always felt very contradictory.

“With this talent, my daughter's future achievements will be far greater than mine. Becoming a Blacksmith Master is not impossible.”

Liu Blacksmith said with a proud expression, “How about it, what do you think of this deal?”

After pondering for a moment, Ye Ze nodded in agreement: “Okay.”

“Should we start reforging now?”

“Not now.” Liu Blacksmith shook his head and said, “Her forging skill is sufficient, but her level is not high enough yet. She needs to reach level 10.”

“So…” Liu Blacksmith looked at Ye Ze, “I need you to take my daughter to level up.”

“This is my real condition for the deal.”

Ye Ze could eliminate nearly two hundred Waste Rats in two days. His team's strength is sufficient... Liu Blacksmith thought.

“Can you let her join your team?” Liu Blacksmith asked.

“Level up to level 10…” Ye Ze thought for a moment and agreed: “Okay.”

It's just leveling up with a girl. As long as I can improve the quality of the Fine Steel Dagger, it's still a gain.

“But I need a more powerful weapon to grind monsters and level up, which is also my original intention for asking you to reforge it.” Ye Ze continued, “Without a suitable weapon, my combat power will be greatly reduced.”

Liu Blacksmith stroked his chin and quickly came up with an idea: “This problem is easy to solve.”

“During this time, I can lend you a Bronze-grade weapon to use first.”

As his voice fell, Liu Blacksmith gently wiped the ring on his hand,

Light flickered,

He took out several weapons from thin air and placed them neatly on the table.

Ye Ze's gaze fell on the ring on his finger, a hint of envy showing in his eyes.

That was a storage ring,

Carefully developed by space-type professionals, it can store many items and is much more convenient than ordinary backpacks.

“Blood Wolf Saber, blade length 76 cm, blade width 5.3 cm, overall length 99 cm, thick spine, entirely forged from Edna Alloy, weighing 61 kg.”

“Night Blade, approximately 15 cm long. The blade is meticulously forged from Edna Alloy to enhance its sturdiness. The tip and both edges are mixed with black iron, repeatedly hammered through special forging techniques, greatly increasing sharpness.”

“Frost Greatsword…”

“Dragon Breath Spear…”

“……”

Placed on the table were two daggers, two sabers, a spear, and a greatsword.

Liu Blacksmith introduced them one by one,

“These are all Bronze-grade weapons. Except for not having their own skill effects, their attributes are all higher than your dagger.”

Liu Blacksmith said very generously: “Pick one.”

Ye Ze quickly scanned the weapons on the table. Weapons other than daggers could be skipped,

He possessed the Assassin Specialization talent, and daggers were the most suitable weapon for him.

His gaze lingered between the two Bronze-grade daggers,

“Although the quality of these two daggers has reached the Bronze grade, they lack skill effects.”

“Although they can be enhanced, the attribute effects gained from enhancement might not be as useful as Chisel Strike.”

Ye Ze was not very satisfied with the daggers Liu Blacksmith took out: “And these have to be returned, so it's not good to enhance them.”

Just then, his gaze caught sight of a dagger displayed on the equipment rack inside the Blacksmith shop.

The blade body shimmered with silver light, and the edge exuded a compelling sharpness. A very dangerous fluctuation emanated from the dagger.

Ye Ze's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but ask: “What about this dagger?”

“Your eyesight is quite good, kid.” Liu Blacksmith smiled, took down the dagger from the equipment rack, and introduced it: “This dagger is not a Bronze-grade weapon, but a Bronze-grade secret treasure.”

“blade of ruin, Attack +25, Penetration +50, and it comes with a skill effect: Ruin Blade Aura.”

Liu Blacksmith said with considerable pride: “The power of this Ruin Blade Aura is extremely strong. Ordinary monsters simply cannot withstand a single blow.”

“However, this dagger is not among the weapons I'm lending you. You should still choose one from these few.” Liu Blacksmith urged.

Ye Ze shook his head: “No, my dagger has its own skill effect, which is why I could kill so many Waste Rats.”

“If I switch to a Bronze-grade weapon, even if the attributes are improved, without a skill effect, it's not as good as my own dagger for me.”

He said in an unquestionable tone: “I agree to your deal to help your daughter level up to level 10, but the premise is that during the transaction period, this blade of ruin must be lent to me.”

Liu Blacksmith hesitated for a while, thinking that he was just lending it to Ye Ze, and finally agreed to Ye Ze's condition: “Okay.”

“However, you have to leave your Fine Steel Dagger here with me as collateral.” Liu Blacksmith proposed the condition.

“No problem.” Ye Ze nodded in agreement.

Upon receiving the blade of ruin, Ye Ze couldn't help but examine it carefully, his face filled with ecstasy.

Seeing Ye Ze's expression, Liu Blacksmith couldn't help but remind him: “I'm just lending it to you; it has to be returned.”

“Cough… cough…” Ye Ze put away the blade of ruin and looked at the cat-eared loli: “Around eight o'clock tomorrow at the town entrance, I'll take you to level up.”

“Oh right, how many people are in your team?” Liu Blacksmith asked casually.

“Currently, it's just me.” Ye Ze replied.

“Just you alone!?” Liu Blacksmith was startled. A hint of displeasure had just appeared on his face, but then he remembered the more than four hundred Waste Rat teeth, and his expression became a little unnatural as he said: “So those Waste Rats were all killed by you alone?”

Ye Ze nodded: “Yes.”

Hearing Ye Ze's definite answer, Liu Blacksmith was clearly stunned for a moment, and then slowly nodded and said: “Alright, being alone is fine too.”

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After leaving the Blacksmith shop, it was still over 40 minutes until 8 o'clock.

Ye Ze decided to go to the Trading Hall to see if there was anything he needed and prepare for tomorrow's Corpse Fiend Dungeon.

The Trading Hall is located in the center of the Trading Plaza. Hundreds of half-human-height crystal pillars stand inside the hall.

These magic crystal pillars were meticulously forged by alchemists,

All network information functions in Nanjiang City are built upon the foundation of these crystal pillars.

Ye Ze reached out and touched an unused magic crystal pillar…

[Starting to log in to Nanjiang Exchange…]

[Login successful!]

[Name: Ye Ze]

[Identity: Nanjiang City Citizen]

[Account: 0]

[Points: 0]

[Star Rating: One Star]

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The exchange includes the buying and selling of almost all items in Nanjiang City,

The stalls in the plaza are no exception,

The stall owners have already uploaded the product information to the exchange.

This way, you don't have to run back and forth between different stalls and can easily browse all product information…

[Novice Combat Suit]

[Category]: Novice Armor

[Effect]: Cannot be torn by monsters below level 10, can reduce damage from monsters below level 10 by up to 30%]

[Price]: 4000 dragon coins/set (A set includes combat vest, combat jacket, armguards, combat boots.)

[Description]: Produced by Jiangyang Middle School, made of special materials, lightweight and affordable, high cost-performance ratio.

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Ye Ze grinds monsters alone, so it's best to buy the full set of armor.

He originally planned to collect the complete Novice Combat Suit, but at this moment, a little hesitation arose in his heart.

“The Novice Combat Suit is only effective against monsters below level 10, but with my current strength, low-level monsters below level 10 can hardly pose a threat to me anymore.”

“Moreover, the boss in the Corpse Fiend Dungeon I'm challenging tomorrow will definitely be above level 10 and is a boss-level monster. The Novice Combat Suit won't have any effect on it at all.”

Ye Ze calculated in his mind: “In that case, the significance of buying the Novice Combat Suit is greatly reduced.”

“Hmm, let's first see how much other combat suits cost.”

[Dragon Ascent A2 Series Combat Suit]

[Category]: Light Armor

[Effect]: Cannot be torn by boss-level monsters below level 20, can reduce damage from monsters below level 20 by up to 20%, can reduce damage from monsters below level 10 by up to 50%

[Price]: 300,000 dragon coins/set…

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