Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 256 Goodbye Craftsman
After nightfall, Angel left the cozy little home on Red Rose Street again and took the subway that ran late into the night to the West End to visit his "old acquaintance" Ms. Kavey, the craftsman of the "Heart of Machinery".

When contacting her at Port Enmat, this woman claimed that she was only an appraiser of Sequence 7, so she became the target of Tomaz, who was seeking promotion. However, judging from her frequent "production" of extraordinary weapons at this time, it was very likely that He has been promoted again and has become a true "craftsman".

This made Angel look forward to this meeting.

Before leaving home, the extraordinary materials she collected had been put into a small secret compartment that she had remade in the basement, instead of the original one in the study. Although the previous tenant was arrested by the gang before he returned the rent. The Fusac man who left was probably dead, but to be on the safe side, she no longer used that secret space.

Since Servilia "generously" provided the hair of the Enchanted Banshee, the only remaining items in the potion formula were the real mummy ashes. She has not yet collected them all, but after an experience of being cheated, she no longer dares to be careless. Purchase, but prepare to wait for the Extraordinary gathering to be held and acquire it there.

When I visited Ms. Kawei at this time, she actually wanted to buy a powerful weapon similar to "Thirst for Blood". After all, the gold pounds originally intended to be used to purchase extraordinary materials had no use.

After getting off the subway, Angel took a hired carriage to Green Park Street in the West District. Although it is not an industrial area, it is close to the original West Balam Shipyard. There are many small factories nearby, mainly for precision machining and customized parts.

She looked towards the Tasok River, and could vaguely see the towering crane by the river, which looked like a hidden giant under the crimson moonlight.

There is the West Balam Shipyard. As most of the factories have gradually relocated to the east and dock areas where labor costs are lower, the shipyard here has been almost abandoned. It is said that it is ready to be rebuilt to cope with the gradually expanding river transportation.

It was quite painful to pay the 5 soli fare. Angel regretted accepting the "master key" as an extra reward for helping Father Utravsky. These days, in order to prevent getting lost, she hired a carriage for nearly 10 pounds, and As she frequently travels to locations far away from home, such as the West End and Queens, transportation costs are increasing rapidly, which has visibly reduced her savings.

"When the promotion issue is resolved, I have to find a time to meet with the priest of the Mother Goddess of the Earth and have a good talk about the fare..."

She complained in a low voice, forced herself to correct her steps that involuntarily walked towards an unknown alley, returned to Green Park Street, and came to a church.

"Leverage Church" is the only church of the Steam Church in the West District. Since most of the church's believers are not wealthy, they are very busy during the day and cannot even rest on weekends. Therefore, they can only pray and confess at night. All major churches will move their churches It was open until early in the morning, and it was already past 8 pm. There were still many believers coming in and out of the Leverage Church, most of them dressed as workers.

Angel came to the opposite side of the church and quickly found the "Kavi Watch Shop". Compared with the "predecessor" in Enmatt Port, this shop was more beautifully decorated, and it seemed that it had been recently renovated.

Seeing that the lights were still on inside, Angel knocked on the door a few times, then pushed it open and walked in.

Angel secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the "artisan" Kawei, who had helped him and saved the other person's life, was sitting behind the counter playing with a pocket watch in his hand.

Fortunately, it's not the same name...

Then she thought of the battle in the watch shop in Port Enmat, and the white-haired old man who died in Tomaz in order to protect Kawei at the hands of the defector from the "Heart of Machinery", and she felt a little sad.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, this lady in her 30s, with long brown hair messily draped behind her back, raised her head. She wore a multi-lens overlapping monocular with a magnifying function in her right eye, and her exposed left eye showed a trace of confusion. .

"Is there a problem?"

"I want to buy a pocket watch as a gift, so I can look at it casually."

Angel answered casually, walked into the watch store, and looked at the pocket watch in the transparent window.

They were all dim under spiritual vision. They were not magical items, and they had no outward manifestation of spiritual dissipation. They were obviously just ordinary mechanical watches, and she immediately lost interest.

"These watches are not very good. Can they be customized? I mean customized items with extraordinary abilities."

Kawei sighed, put down the pocket watch in his hand, took off the monocular magnifying glass, walked to the door and turned the "Closed Store" sign above to the outside, then looked back at Angel.

"I just said, why would anyone look at a pocket watch so late at night...Who introduced you here?"

She obviously didn't recognize the acquaintance wearing the Ring of Madness.

"A lady at the 'Eye of Wisdom' party, she asked me to find 'Artisan' Kavi." Angel replied.

"I know, she told me about you, the person who sold her the formula." Kawei showed a clear look and returned to sit behind the counter. "My name is Kawei, and I am what she called an 'artisan', but Custom weapons are not cheap and will most likely require materials from you... What type of weapon do you want? A dagger, a revolver, or a special purpose item?"

"What if I want to customize another type of pistol? One that doesn't have a wheel feed, but a magazine feed?"

"Magazine feeding, you said it's similar to a rifle feeding method?"

"Yes, magazine-fed, double-action bolt, side-ejection cartridges..."

"Haha, what kind of new design did I think it was?" Kawei was not surprised when he heard it. Instead, he sneered, "The pistol you mentioned was drawn by Russell before he changed from a consul to an emperor. It has appeared in various fanciful design drawings, and you know, it even took shape earlier than the revolver."

what?
When Angel heard the name of this familiar senior time traveler, he secretly thought something was wrong.

Emperor Russell really did not give any chance of survival to those who came after him...

"Due to the large number of parts and complex design of this type of pistol, the manufacturing process at the time simply could not meet the requirements for use. It frequently jammed or malfunctioned. It was not long before it was eliminated by the revolver. So much so that now, more than 100 years later, the revolver still occupies the mainstream. , only military rifles gradually absorbed the former’s design ideas and became the current style.”

As Kawei explained, he quickly assembled the pocket watch in his hand, quickly put the internal parts back into place, closed the watch cover, and threw it into the box next to him.

"Of course, now the manufacturing process is constantly improving, and some people have proposed this kind of pistol with a large ammunition supply and fast reloading. It is said that a craftsman in Segal has made a new prototype, using a bridge clip to load ammunition, although it is not as good as the magazine supply. bullets, but the design is simpler. Unfortunately, those shortcomings still exist, jamming, and bullet failure will make the pistol inoperable."

Angel was a little confused when she heard this. She didn't expect that with the current manufacturing process, a revolver would be the best choice.

Although the revolver can only hold a few rounds of bullets and the reloading speed is very slow, it is more reliable. When the bullet fails and cannot be fired, you can just pull the trigger again to skip the stink bomb and continue shooting. For extraordinary people, , reliability is often more important than loading more bullets.

"Then let's customize the revolver."

She reluctantly compromised.

"I'm glad we can reach an agreement." After convincing the "customer", Kawei showed a smile on his face. "The next step is to choose the weapon effect. What kind of attack characteristics do you want, or what targets do you want?"

"It's very powerful, can use special bullets, and it's best to enhance the effect of the bullet itself. Well, the negative effects should not affect the battle." Angel described his requirements in terms of the "thirst for blood" effect.

Ms. Craftsman nodded, thought for a moment and replied: "Does that mean you want a 'real' magical item?"

"Is there anything less true?"

After hearing what she said, Angel asked curiously.

"Of course, most extraordinary weapons are actually made of spiritual materials. They are effective until the spirituality of the materials completely disappears, but they usually only last for 1-2 years. The advantage is that they are relatively cheap and cost-effective. For example, in Extraordinary Those sold at the party," Kawei explained patiently, "and your request, especially the ability to enhance the effect of special bullets, can only be achieved by extraordinary weapons made with extraordinary properties and worthy of being called magical items. "

It turns out that the 500-pound weapons sold at the "Eye of Wisdom" party can only be regarded as "cheap versions"...

Angel was thinking about the price of the "genuine" when the craftsman showed her familiar sly smile and said:
"It just so happens that I have a revolver that has been made, customized by another customer, but he has not shown up for a long time. According to the agreement, if he does not show up by the end of the month, I have the right to dispose of it myself.

"It only costs £3500."

(End of this chapter)