The track of dawn in the world of American manga

Chapter 50 3. Action Code: Selling Hope

"My lord wizard, the pier of Turtle Island is already full. We can only anchor at the external anchorage and take a small boat to the island."

The sweaty bosun ran over from the pier to tell Mason the bad news. The rude one-eyed sailor scolded:

"The 'Black Death' has really spread in Haiti. It is said that the main island has been completely taken over by the damned ghouls. Fortunately, you did not let us go there, otherwise this will be over."

"Then let's go there by boat, will you bother me with this matter?"

Mason will occupy the most "luxurious" two-story crooked bamboo building on the pier as a temporary alchemy laboratory, and he is preparing to learn enchanting skills from Zha Kang.

How can I have time to take care of these little things?
"No, my lord wizard."

The superstitious boatswain became even more nervous when he saw that the wizard took out some strangely colored "evil materials" like magic, and he whispered:
"Those bastards want us to pay! 2 kroner for a small boat rental, that's insane! I can buy enough rum for 2 kroner to drown them all.

You are the hero who saved the island!
They can't humiliate and blackmail you with this price! "

"Then give it to them."

Mason glanced at it and said:
"In this doomsday situation, is money still useful? Can it buy life?"

The young man's indifferent and direct answer left the greedy old sailor speechless, so he could only turn around and contact the group of vampires who deserved to go to hell.

Mason really doesn't care about the world's currency, it's just a "quest item" anyway.

"Look, I really can only do it once.

The torrential rain just now almost drained my mana. I hate this low-mana world. I really don’t know how this damn place is rated as a C-level world?

In my opinion, this is no different from a D-class world without any supernatural power. "

On the second floor of the bamboo building, while complaining, Zha Kang repeatedly rubbed the peppermint in his hand with his fingers, as if he was massaging the herb.

But there is a faint magic power infiltrated into it, which makes the peppermint, which is originally light, emit a more intense aroma.

A few seconds later, Zhakang handed the herbal medicine to Mason, and the young man saw the change after taking it in his hand:

Enchanted Peppermint (Countdown to expire: 15 minutes)
Quality: Temporary enchanting material, which can be used in the production of high-level alchemy creations.

Item Description: The best materials only need the simplest processing?Do you use it directly without processing it?Are you an alchemist of barbarian origin?
Tips: When you come into contact with enchanted items, the enchanting branch skill is activated, currently Lv0.

"Very useful knowledge indeed, John."

Mason looked at the temporarily enchanted herbs in front of him, and he was delighted that he had learned another trick that could quickly improve alchemy and enchantment.

But then he shook his head again and said:

"But before continuing to study, I have to make the alchemy stone. Now I have to ask you to go out, John, and don't be disturbed while making the alchemy stone."

"Because the mysterious inheritance cannot be seen by me?"

Zha Kang had never heard of the "Alchemy Stone". He put his arm around Mason's shoulder and said:

"We are already teammates, you can't hide like this. Let me see, maybe I can use this secret knowledge to bring Xiao Zha back into my arms."

"Let you out because this thing can explode violently when it's made wrong. I don't want my new teammate I tricked to be killed by me accidentally blowing up on the first day."

Mason rolled his eyes and drove Zha Kang out.

He returned to the table and took out several kinds of magic ores that he had just found in the dock warehouse. He hadn't tried to make alchemy stones before because of the lack of these magic-rich stones as basic materials.

The crafting formula of Alchemy Stone has been unlocked at Alchemy Lv2.

Mason did not lie. Although the finished product has very stable characteristics, it is really easy to explode out of control during the production process.

The reason is probably because this little thing has the magical effect of "changing the nature of objects".

To put it simply, when you hold a high-quality alchemy stone, you can really turn a stone into gold, but the price of "turning a stone into gold" is that you will lose your own alchemy stone.

No one would do such a thing like throwing away a watermelon to pick up sesame seeds.

Mason put several small stones with different effects into the crucible, and then poured the prepared special solution to ignite the crucible with magic fire. He took a deep breath and watched the changes of the stones in the crucible.

At this moment, he felt that his time was "slowing down", his senses were being strengthened, and any changes in the small cauldron could be noticed by him immediately.

The talent effect of [Swift Eyes and Quick Hands] unlocked by Alchemy Lv2 is activated, which is similar to bullet time. Unfortunately, it can only take effect when making items and cannot be used for combat.

But it is indeed a miracle.

With the blessing of "super sensory", Mason's error tolerance rate has been greatly improved in each production.

After three nearly out-of-control, seven quick adjustments and an extremely difficult 10 minutes later, Mason wiped the sweat from his brow and looked at the irregular gray stone in the cauldron.

He used tweezers to place the hot stone in front of his eyes.

primary alchemist stone

Quality: Excellent Alchemy Item · Excellent Craft
Effects: Add it when making potion to improve the quality of the finished product, or put it into the alchemy compound that has already been made to make them enter the [extraction] state to improve the effect, and can also be used for magic contact when making other branched creations.

The above actions will lead to the loss of the alchemy stone, and the number of times it can be used currently [10/10]

Item description: Hang it proudly on your chest as an alchemist's medal. Of course, it can also be ignited and thrown out as a bomb in case of danger.Believe me, this thing is much easier to use than ordinary alchemy bombs.

"puff"

Mason threw the gray alchemy stone into the healing potion he made earlier.

As it sinks to the bottom of the potion, small amounts of air bubbles start to appear like sparkling water.

The extraction process required several minutes of standing still. Taking advantage of this time, Mason took out the rare metal obtained by smelting the magic mine with magic fire, and took out a delicate bullet mold.

The finger jumped out of the magic fire and burned a small ball of rare metal to melt and fill it into the mold. After it cooled, Mason got twelve bullets.

When this thing was taken out with tweezers, there was still a faint khaki-yellow light spot shining on its surface. Although it was just the simplest solid-pointed bullet, it undoubtedly belonged to the type of "coquettish bitch" with all the bells and whistles in the bullet.

The young man admired his own creation, and put this exquisite bullet head in front of his eyes to check:

Engineering bullet petrochemical

Quality: Excellent Items Standard Craftsmanship
Effectiveness: The bullet shaped by earth elemental metal still possesses the magic power of the earth. When it hits the target, it will cause a petrified state for 1-600 seconds, and the duration depends on the target's magic resistance.

The bullet can be further modified to enhance its destructive power and effect.

Item Description: Gaia!Grant me the power of this righteous sneak attack!

Tip: When you have a bullet production line with engineering transformation, you can produce engineering bullets on a large scale, and the blueprint for mechanical transformation has been unlocked.

"If it's handmade, the bullets I spend a day making are probably only enough for me to pull the trigger for 30 seconds, or I need professional equipment. Maybe this is the true meaning of engineering."

Mason looked at the exquisite warhead in front of him, and suddenly felt that this thing was not good.

He pondered for a while, and felt that he should be able to find professional bullet assembly line production equipment in the arsenal of Hogwarts World.

At this time, the extracted potion has also been completed. Mason took out the alchemy stone, and the number of uses became [9/10], and the extracted healing potion was reduced from two mouthfuls to less than one mouthful.

But the effect has been improved from only treating minor injuries to being able to treat moderate injuries, and the effective time has also been reduced from 5 minutes to 2 minutes.

The effect is gratifying.

However, it is obviously not cost-effective to use the alchemy stone, which is obviously more expensive to make, to extract this low-level potion. The real use of this cute little gray stone is to regenerate high-level potions.

Mason smiled, rubbed his eyes, stood up and pushed open the door, just in time to see three of his team members drinking and chatting while welcoming the dawn outside the door.

"How many people are there on this island?"

Lady Catwoman wore goggles with telescopic and night vision functions and looked at the gradually bustling island behind her. She took a sip of the weird rum and said with a frown:
"The population density here is crazier than the most chaotic slums in Gotham, and they are all wooden buildings. No wonder a fire can turn this place into hell."

"This is already hell!"

Zha Kang next to Catwoman pinched his nose and complained:

"Can't you smell it? The rancid smell of death is overwhelming. I can feel that at least ten people have died on the island as we speak.

Well, just in the last 10 seconds. "

Mason didn't speak.

He walked to the side of the kite man and handed him the freshly extracted healing potion, asking him to heal the injury he suffered from the fall just now.

"Let's dismiss the people on board."

Mason refused the rum offered by Zack Kang. He looked at the bewildered crew members on the pier not far away, and gave an order to the one-eyed, superstitious and greedy boatswain standing in front of him:

"But we don't want money! We want all kinds of rare items, whether it's ore leather herbs with magical powers, or strange items with unique effects."

"Jewelry!"

The slightly drunk Catwoman suddenly said:

"Beautiful, expensive, rare jewelry too!"

"What do you want those things for?"

Mason glanced at his elder sister.

Ms. Selena obviously did not intend to give up her hobby of collecting jewelry. In order to take care of the emotions of her new team members, the young man also pinched his nose and added jewelry to the exchange list.

"Actually, a beautiful and helpless girl."

Just as Zha Kang leaned over and opened his head, he saw a flash of cold light, and the sharp blade of the sword pressed against his waist, causing the black magician to raise his hands and stop uttering his dark thoughts.

The boatswain found a group of men and quickly set off with food.

But their work efficiency is remarkable, and at the same time, Team K has seen how cheap human life can be in a world that is about to end.

A group of young women in ragged clothes quickly came to the door and said that as long as they had food, they could do anything, even children under ten years old.

The kite man who watched this scene sighed again and again, men with children couldn't see this, and the always lazy catwoman fell silent in a little drunkenness.

She turned to look at Mason.

The young man was exchanging enchanting knowledge with Zha Kang, and noticed Catwoman's silent gaze. After a second of silence, he waved his hand and let the two of them decide for themselves.

Watching Catwoman and Kiteman take food out of their bags and distribute it, Zha Kang, who was beside Mason with a pipe and a wine bottle, spit out smoke rings, and said drunkenly to the young man:
"You know, Selena is actually not a good team member. I know what happened to her in the past. Now it seems that the annoying Bat Boy has really 'trained' her very successfully. Her kindness will give her back in this doomsday. and cause us trouble.

Your little brother Charles is actually not a qualified explorer.

Indecisive and lacks courage and strength.

Although it will make me seem a little cold-blooded to say this, but Mason, if the world we are going to in the future is mostly like this, the two of them obviously need to change their minds.

But you are very good. "

The black magician took a sip of wine, stared at Mason, and said:

"I saw the way you looked at these people like you were looking at a bunch of 'supply', and I knew you wouldn't hesitate when you needed to shoot them.

But I also believe that Batman is willing to give up the principle of being alone to save a bastard who doesn't take human life seriously.So, Mason, did joining Stellaris bring the curse back to make you cold-blooded? "

Mason took out old K's alchemy notebook and looked at it like that. It seemed that he had no interest in Zha Kang's question, but the black wizard's persistent questions made Mason tireless.

He frowned and said to Zha Kang:

"I don't know how the other captains of the Stellaris select their members, John, but I think my players have done a good job so far.

Even you. "

"I think you're humiliating me, Mason."

Zha Kang snorted unhappily, and asked a few seconds later:
"Then can you tell me what your code of conduct is? Considering that we will cooperate for a long time in the future, I don't want to offend you because of some trivial things and let you just throw me in some goddamn world.

I mean, bottom line.

Just like the 'don't kill principle' of the annoying Batboy, you should have this thing too, right? "

"Yes! And it's very simple."

Mason looked at Zha Kang, he thought for a moment, and said:
"If I'm pushed to the point where I have to sell my morals, it means I'm cornered or I've got a lot to gain. But look at those people, John."

The young man pointed to the poor women and children who were begging for food beside the catwoman and the kite man. He shook his head and said:

"Please tell me, what can I gain by throwing away morality for these people? Why don't we be good people when it's not profitable?
Does random goodness make you feel bad? "

"Ha, it seems that our ideas are very different."

Constantine exhaled the smoke ring, covered his expression with magic smoke, and said:

"I didn't expect my captain to be a kind saint. God, I'm getting more and more pessimistic about the future of Team K."

Mason looked down at the alchemy notes again.

He didn't care about Zha Kang's yin and yang, because he knew that this guy who didn't slip and acted without bottom line was definitely not a good person deep down.

But he's not a bad guy in the traditional sense either.

"That's a good thing, John."

The captain of the K-team decided to put an end to this unpleasant conversation of mutual probing, saying:
"I'm a good guy and that means when I have to pay a price to get something, the least you can do is worry about being that 'price'."

These words made Zha Kang silent for a full ten seconds. He took a deep breath of smoke and said:
"MD, what you said is so reasonable that I can't refute it. But I still think that if our team wants to go further, there must be at least one person who is as pessimistic and vigilant as Batboy about everything and takes action. To be as ruthless as Green Arrow.

Only in this way can we turn the tide at critical moments. "

Mason raised his head strangely, glanced at Constantine, and said:
"Don't worry, John. We've got one of those bastards already, and he's sitting right in front of me talking. I don't think you'll let us down when we need to get down to something.
Don't give that lewd smile, bastard.

I'm not praising you!

In other words, regarding the issue we just discussed, how to tap the wealth of this world more effectively, I suddenly had an idea. "

Mason closed the book and said to Zha Kang:
"I suddenly felt that it might be necessary for us to revise the objective of this operation. In addition to the original plan to find the resources we need, Team K may be able to do more.

I have a plan!
John, do you know what is the most expensive thing in the world going towards the end? "

"future?"

The drunken Slag Kang curled his lips and said:
"Or is it something vain like hope?"

"Yes, it is hope!"

Mason looked at the ragged women and children downstairs, his eyes sparkled, and he whispered:
"I have a new idea, rather than working hard to find every copper coin, why don't we play with the big ones, and use some way to make them willingly dedicate the most precious things in their hands to us.

I mean, let's sell hope. "

(End of this chapter)