nyslfriends Chapter 15 Alchemy Notes, Weapon Information
Chapter 15 Alchemy Notes, Weapon Information
After opening an account and transferring the money, Ronan took out 50 gold coins from the account and carried them with him.
After all, carrying too many gold coins is inconvenient, not only heavy, but also makes one an easy target for pickpockets.
"If only I had a dimensional bag."
A dimensional bag is a magical item with a large internal space that can store a large number of items.
He had noticed it the last time he went to the witchcraft general store; a bag cost 1200 gold coins.
He would have to complete at least three spider-killing quests to barely afford one.
With the female staff seeing them off, Ronan and Reese left the accounting office and walked together toward the crowded side street.
On the way, Ronan discussed with Rhys that he might have to go down into the tunnels to retrieve the giant spider's corpse, and hoped that Rhys could make things easier for him then.
Seeing that Ronan could kill the spider solo, Rhys thought this professional was very capable and wanted to befriend him, so he readily agreed.
Upon reaching the crowded side street, Rhys returned to the Elf Song Tavern, while Ronan went to the Wizardry General Store.
He first went around the witchcraft general store, trying to see if they sold any giant spider organs.
Upon asking around, they found out from the girl named Tiflin who liked to wear green clothes that she sold giant spider eyes.
Ronan asked her to take it out so he could see it, and the girl from Tiffany's took a glass jar from under the counter.
Two eyeballs were soaking in a transparent solution inside a glass jar.
When asked about the price, it was 80 gold coins.
"I also have four pairs of giant spider eyes, would you like to buy them?" Ronan then asked.
After listening, the girl named Tiflin stared at Ronan for a moment, then said, "Of course I want it, but I have to see it first."
Ronan nodded, then asked, "Actually, I have the entire corpse of a giant spider. Do you want the other parts?"
After thinking for a moment, the girl from Tiflin said, "As far as I know, only the eyes of the giant spider are valuable."
Ronan asked, "Do you have any books here that cover this topic?"
Upon hearing this, the girl named Tiflin turned around and pulled a purple-covered book from the bookshelf.
Ronan glanced at the words on the cover: "Du Wenwei's Alchemy Notebook".
"This book describes some monster organs that can be used as alchemical artifacts," said the girl from Tiflin. "Making the Darkvision Elixir requires the eyes of a creature with darkvision, and the eyes of a giant spider obviously fit the bill."
"How much money do you need?" Ronan asked.
"20 gold coins," said the girl from Tiflin.
"10 gold coins," Ronan countered as usual.
"No bargaining, this book is worth 20 gold coins," said the girl from Tiflin.
"Okay, I won't buy it for now." Ronan wasn't in a hurry and turned to leave.
As he walked, he kept an eye out for whether the girl from Tiflin would call out to him.
He didn't find it until he left the witchcraft general store, and from then on he roughly knew that the book must have been that price.
So he planned to bring the giant spider's eye back before buying the book.
Ronan then found Rhys and went with him to a villa in the Brampton neighborhood. After taking the giant spider's head, they returned to the witchcraft general store.
Ronan walked straight to the girl's counter and placed the bag containing the giant spider's head on it.
The bag reeked of a fishy stench, but the girl from Tiflin remained unmoved. She merely glanced inside the bag and said, "I'll take it for 80 gold coins, no bargaining."
Ronan frowned slightly: "You buy two pairs for 80 gold coins, then buy four pairs from me for 80 gold coins each. Wouldn't that double your profit?"
The girl from Tiflin explained, "This giant spider has been dead for almost two hours. The tissue around its eyes has already rotted, so the effect of making a dark vision elixir will be reduced."
"Furthermore, I need to buy a solution to preserve these eight pairs of eyes."
"Taking all of these factors into account, 80 gold coins is a very fair price. If you ask at other counters, they will charge you the same price."
Ronan thought to himself, "This girl from Tiffany has gone to such lengths, and the other counters are just nearby."
If this girl from Tiflin is lying, he can easily expose her lie by asking at other counters.
As a normal businessman, there is really no need to damage one's reputation like this.
So Ronan said, "Give me 60 gold coins, and that copy of 'Duvenwell's Alchemy Notebook'."
After hearing this, the girl from Tiflin gave Ronan a meaningful look, then put away the burlap bag containing the giant spider's head, took the book, and handed it to Ronan along with 60 gold coins.
After Ronan cultivated "divine light" between his eyebrows, he was able to reflect all things around him in his mind.
After receiving the gold coins, he didn't need to count them. He simply shone the divine light between his eyebrows and immediately knew that there were 60 gold coins in the bag.
Afterward, Ronan left the sorcery shop and went to the blacksmith's shop to buy all the necessary items for maintaining his longsword.
The items used for maintaining longswords in blacksmith shops are also divided into several grades.
The cheapest option, costing a few silver coins, is a skincare set made up of rough gauze, low-quality high-proof liquor, and plant oil.
Mid-range, priced at 2-6 gold coins, is a skincare set made of better-made gauze, higher-quality liquor, and plant oils.
Now that Ronan has money, of course he'll buy the highest tier, which costs 10 gold coins.
That's enough to buy a practically unskilled dagger.
Now that he had money, he naturally had to choose new weapons.
His plain longsword proved somewhat ineffective against monsters with hard shells, as evidenced by his battle with the giant spider.
If the giant spider hadn't had two weak points—its eyes and its abdomen—and if his skill in manipulating objects hadn't been so high that he could precisely control his longsword to stab those two weak points, he probably wouldn't have been able to kill the giant spider.
If he had a sharper weapon that could pierce through the hard shell, he wouldn't need to bother looking for any weaknesses.
Immediately, he wandered around the blacksmith shop, looking at the weapons one by one.
There are various weapons here, including flail, axe, mace, scimitar, and longsword.
He didn't know how to judge the quality of weapons. Before, he had few gold coins and could only buy the cheapest white longswords. He didn't bother to judge the quality of weapons. Now that he had to, he was really dazzled by so many weapons.
Suddenly, it occurred to him that if he could discern data from people, then what about weapons?
So, with a try-it-out mentality, he focused all his attention on an axe placed on the shelf.
Suddenly, a gray light flashed across the axe.
Immediately, a stream of data flashed before his eyes.
Lines of small characters appeared on the axe.
The barbarian's preferred hand axe
Type: Hand axe
Quality: Normal
Durability: 100%
Effect: None
Introduction:
A level 1 barbarian's beginner hand axe. Although it doesn't have any special effects, the blacksmith's skill is quite good, and the hand axe is very comfortable to hold. Its sharpness and toughness are also slightly higher than that of a regular hand axe.
Ronan looked at the data with a calm expression, but secretly smiled to himself. He took a deep breath and then looked at the other weapons.