Lord of War

  As night falls, from a high-altitude view, the houses in the Royal Capital of Ryan are lit up, and it looks like there is a different kind of exquisite prosperity.

  The Void Duke’s Mansion located on the Seventh Avenue of the Kingdom, after a period of excitement, it has finally fallen silent again recently.

  However, with the visit of Cady Ruck, the first alchemist of the former Principality of Lane, the Void Duke’s Mansion once again successfully broke into the sight of many nobles. In fact, many aristocrats still don’t understand that, like those fairy tales that deceive children, in less than two years, a pioneering knight became a power standing in the kingdom. Duke of the pinnacle.

  Thanks to Sean’s blessing, after the war with Darbion ended, the archives of the Kingdom of Lane received the registration of more than 30 pioneering knights from more than a dozen nobles.

  Ambitious, not just those nobles who already have status.

  It is said that Ryan’s most famous bard has deliberately written a biography for the Duke Sean Connery.

  Of course, those nobles who have cast their sights on Sean’s Void Duke’s mansion are more concerned about what Cady Luck, the alchemy blacksmith, wants to do when he goes to Sean’s house.

  After almost ten-odd hours of hard work, Sean and Cady Luck finally got a little break.

  At this time, Sean is taking the former Alchemist Cady Luck from the Principality of Lane, who now puts himself completely as an apprentice, to the restaurant. Here, the servant and the cook have already prepared the dinner in advance, and the same table includes Venia, Marton, Cecilia, Rena, Chefanio, etc., who are concerned about the arrival of Cady Lac. , Still showed enough enthusiasm, after all, no matter what occasion a senior bronze craftsman is on, as long as it is not a hostile relationship, it is still very popular.

  The time for dinner is not long—in fact, it can be said to be very short.

  Perhaps because Sean is from the earth. So his eating speed has always been very fast.

  Of course, in terms of aristocratic etiquette, Sean’s behavior is naturally very rude. Because according to noble etiquette, if Sean is a guest, then his eating speed must be kept at the same frequency as the host. It can’t be too fast or too slow. The most perfect degree is when the host finishes a meal at the same time. If, as the host, Sean’s eating speed is slow, it doesn’t matter, but it can’t be too fast. , Because there is a minimum requirement for the time of each dish, usually about 20 minutes for a dish.

  However, Sean’s eating habits directly omit many steps such as appetizers, pre-dinners, etc., and are directly the main course. Moreover, it usually only takes five to ten minutes before he declares that he is full. And in accordance with the noble etiquette of the dining table. Once the owner stops the knife and fork, it is equivalent to announcing that the dinner is officially over. At that time, no matter whether other people are full or not, they will stop the knife and fork.

  However, because Rina, Xuefanio, and Cecilia have followed Sean for a long time, and they are all people who have been on the battlefield. So they are all used to Sean's eating habits and ways. They even thought that this was the most standard marching speed for eating—all the soldiers under Sean’s command never took more than five minutes to eat, so after a while, everyone became accustomed to not acting in accordance with noble etiquette.

  As for Marton and Winia, although these two people are elves, they are in the barren land, a region where wars are constant over the years. Therefore, compared with the human world, the more cumbersome elves etiquette have long been forgotten by them. Compared to eating speed. The two of them are faster or slower than Sean, so naturally they can keep up with Sean's rhythm.

  The only trouble is the middle-aged Caddy Luck.

  When he saw that the main course was served directly instead of other appetizers and the like, he was really taken aback, and then when he saw the appearance of other people devouring, his appetite basically disappeared by half. But to be polite. He insisted on eating a bit, and when Sean stopped the knife and fork, he stopped the knife and fork in sync—or for him, it was actually equivalent to liberation.

  At this point, the dinner is officially over-in seven minutes. This is because Sean was really exhausted after a day of work, so he ate an extra main dish.

   "Then, Mr. Caddy, I will arrange for someone to take you back." Sean looked at Caddy Luck, and then said.

"Wait a minute, Lord Sean." When Sean turned his head to look at the bodies of Rina, Wigna and Marton, Caddy hurriedly said, "Master Sean, I want to talk to you about something. ,have no idea……"

   "Master Shaun, please allow me to leave the table first." Upon hearing Caddy's words, Cecilia immediately said, "My magic experiment upstairs was just halfway through."

In front of outsiders, Cecilia has never embarrassed Sean. Although many people now regard her as a younger sister, in fact, the two of them are not related at all, and only Aldolf, There are only four of William, Clover and Rena. At this time, Cecilia's words, in the eyes of outsiders, are naturally a kind of expression of great respect.

  And hearing Cecilia say so, the others are not stupid, so they are all goodbyes. Of course, Sean will not have any opinion on this.

  After only Sean and Kaidi were left in the restaurant, Sean said, "Mr. Kaidy, just say anything."

  Kady nodded, and then said: "I have a few questions to ask Lord Shaun."

"what is the problem?"

  "About the black energy that burst out during forging and tempering..."

  Hearing what Caddy said, Sean knew what Caddy wanted to say, so he didn't wait for him to finish and said, "That's charging."

   "Recharge?" Kaidi was a little confused, "Isn't that the area of ​​specialization of magicians?"

"Well, you haven't practiced martial arts, so it's normal for you to understand it." Xiao En thought for a moment, and then said as much as possible in a more intuitive explanation, "There are also forgers like me who have mastered certain martial arts. Skills, people who can start a grudge. So occasionally some forging equipment, we can also perform actions similar to charging, which can greatly improve the quality of the equipment, and even attach some special abilities to it."

"special power?"

"Yes." Sean nodded slightly, "Like forgers with fire attribute vindictiveness, if they charge equipment, they can improve the fire resistance of the equipment or have a certain fire attribute-related effect. The same. Reason. If it is other attributes, it is possible to attach some related attribute abilities to the equipment. This is the same as the charging of magicians when making jewelry, alchemy props or even magic props, so I also call it Recharge."

   "That's it." Caddy nodded with some enlightenment, "In the afternoon. Lord Shaun, the effect of charging that epic sword is...dark energy?"

   "Yes." Sean did not deny it.

  Although people with dark energy are indeed rare in this world, they are not uncommon.

Magic such as manipulating the undead belongs to the dark magic, but although necromancers are disgusting and even targeted by churches and countries, they are not included in the ranks of infidels. For the same reason, they have dark vindictive warriors. Naturally, he would not be treated as a heretic. It can even be said that dark energy is also one of the supporting points of the world system that constitutes this miracle continent. Therefore, no matter how evil tends to be, it will not cause similar results as dealing with infidels.

  And Sean, when he was forging in the afternoon, he finally chose to consume 50% of the dark energy to recharge the dead bones. to this end. He had to consume a pilgrim's holy water to suppress the dark energy in his body, and the result this time was not without gain for him, at least he probably knew what the so-called "dark slave" would be like. End.

   "Then...Master Shaun, do all the high-quality magical equipment need to be recharged?" Kaidi asked again.

"No." Shaun shook his head to deny Kaidi's cognitive error, "The so-called recharge. In fact, it is only an auxiliary method, but it is not necessary. If you choose the material of good quality, and you are making it If there is no error in the process, then even if you don’t need to charge, you can make gold-level magic equipment. And it needs to pay special attention to the idea that charging can make high-quality magic equipment is also very wrong. And dangerous."

"Why do you say that?"

"For a martial artist, excessive charging will cause the fighting energy in the body to become mixed and impure, which will not only cause some damage to the body, but also lead to a decline in the quality of equipment due to the deterioration of the quality of the fighting energy." Xiao En Explained. "Secondly, not all demonized equipment or even more advanced equipment are suitable for charging. This is also related to the fighting spirit of the martial forge.... Just imagine if a demonized equipment with water element is attached. , But you are charged with fire attribute vindictiveness, then what will the result be?"

  Cady Luck is like a pupil. Seriously thinking about the result of this question, then nodded thoughtfully. Only soon, he said again: "This can only be said to be a mistake, so how dangerous?"

  "Dependence." Sean said softly, "and a series of problems derived from dependence."

  Seeing Kaidi's face showing a bit of incomprehension. Sean added again: "Once you find that charging can improve the quality of the equipment, then it is very likely that you will rely on this special forging method. As a result, there will be what I said earlier to the forge. The damage to the equipment and the reduction in the quality of the equipment. In addition, the greater danger is that the thinking and innovation of the forger will be limited, because you will continue to make equipment that is more in line with your own vindictive attributes, and will not try new ones. It is conceivable how natural the result of the material will be over time."

   "I see." Caddy sighed, with a sense of satisfaction on his face.

Sean can understand this attitude, because in the game, once any difficult questions were answered, or he successfully cleared a dungeon to obtain a new kind of equipment, props, etc., he would have such satisfaction. Demeanor. From this point of view, Cady Luck and Sean are actually the same kind of people, and their ambitions are not big, but for some reason they are willing to put in ten times, a hundred times the effort.

   "Fighting energy charging is also a skill of the forger, but this skill has great limitations." Seeing Kaidi's expression, Sean couldn't help but talk more.

  Kady nodded humbly.

  Of course he knows what this limitation is-only by becoming a warrior can he use this special forging technique. As far as Kaidi’s age is concerned, even if he wants to become a warrior, it is already impossible, so this forging skill is naturally impossible for him to use. Therefore, he also understood that what Shaun said to him was to make him give up this whimsical forging method.

   "And." Seeing the look that Kaidi had already understood. Sean added, "The technique of recharging is also divided into high and low. Forgers who are really good at using this technique will not recharge at will, but will use it according to the situation. This involves There are many different application techniques.... You can simply understand it. If you tell you in detail, it will not do you much good."

   "I understand." Caddy said he understood, "Then... Lord Shaun, what effect will your charge yesterday bring to that epic sword?"

"It's hard to say." Sean shook his head, "But it doesn't conflict with the death bone itself. After all, the main material for the death bone is the leg bones of the demon lord, so the dark vindictive charge can still increase some power and strength. The effect. Although the main material I used in the transformation is mainly to destroy demons, it is actually a dark forging material, but it may be affected by the stone of order, and the dark ability may be affected to a certain extent. Inhibition...Of course. On the whole, the power effect and even the amplification ability brought by the epic equipment will definitely rise significantly."

   "I don't know if Lord Sean is willing to take an apprentice." After hesitating for a while, Cady Rack suddenly said straightforwardly, "With the skills of Lord Sean now. It is definitely more than enough to take an apprentice."

  Hearing Kaidi's words, Sean knew that Kaidi must be a great master in the forging industry.

   But considering his age now, no matter how you look at it, it is obviously impossible to be a so-called self-taught talent—because even a genius must be led by a master. However, no matter how talented a genius artisan is, it is impossible to become a middle-class goldsmith at the age of 25 or 6-in the history of the Artisan Guild, the youngest goldsmith is three. At the age of thirteen, this is a craftsman who really only indulges in forging the world.

  And Sean?

   His public identity is not only a duke, but also a master of the silver realm. At the same time, he is also a military strategist, politician, etc., although it has not been officially disclosed, but basically many people already know the identity, including prophet, fortuneteller, appraiser, and knowledgeable scholar-of course, fortuneteller, divination Xiao En thinks that these types of teachers and appraisers can be collectively referred to as magic sticks.

  You must know that although the Miracle Continent is a world full of miracles and miracles, it is actually a world that pays attention to every effort and harvest.

  So instinctively, Sean did not want to deny Cady’s speculation.

   "You mean. Want me to accept you as an apprentice?" Sean looked at Caddy.

   "Yes." Kaidi nodded seriously, "I hope to be an apprentice to your adult, and I want to learn more advanced forging techniques."

   "Our age gap is a bit big, right." Sean frowned.

  "Master Shaun, I remember that you Chenas people have a slang term called ‘the master is a teacher’, right?" Caddy said in a deep voice. His attitude and look are very serious and serious, without the slightest false color, "If this is the case, then age should not be your reason for rejecting me."

   "But even if you become my apprentice, I don't have much time to teach you." Sean said.

"I know." Caddy nodded, "I know Lord Shaun, you will be very busy as a duke, especially the Darbion War that has just ended and the upcoming battle festival, but as long as you make time for a while Point me, then this is enough....Moreover, with my current forging level, I can help you. As long as Master Shaun agrees, I can return to the Nether Nether with you later."

   "Then what about your property in the capital?"

   "I will sell, and invest all the funds into the construction of the Void Neck."

   Hearing Kaidi’s words, it must be fake if Sean said that he was not heartbroken. A senior bronze craftsman who was attacking a silver craftsman, no matter how he looked at it, would be of great benefit to the development of a territory. In particular, Sean knows very well that this era is about to enter the era of magic technology because of his advancement. By then, ordinary equipment weapons will be replaced by magic weapons, and the status of magicians will be greatly reduced, so the opposite is alchemy. The status of the blacksmith will be greatly improved.

  In terms of immediate benefits or long-term benefits, tying Cady Luck and the void collar together, Sean will not have any loss.

  So after a few seconds of thinking, Sean agreed to Kaidi’s proposal and officially accepted Kaidi Luck as an apprentice. And Sean did not keep the matter secret, so by the next day, Cecilia and others knew that Ceddy was already Sean’s apprentice, but they didn’t know anything about it. Surprised. On the contrary, if Caddy was not impressed by Sean after seeing Sean’s skills, then Cecilia, Rena and other talents would really be surprised.

But it is precisely because these followers of Sean take it for granted, so naturally no one will promote this kind of thing, so the outside world does not know that Cady Ruck, the former only alchemist in the Kingdom of Lane, has now become an apprentice of Sean. Things. But for those old politicians and nobles with a sharper sense of smell, they still smelled something unusual.

Because, in the next few days, Cady Luck officially moved to Sean’s residence of the Void Duke, and he was conducting research and discussion with Sean on forging science every day, and watching Sean all the way. Reconstruction of dead bones. In this process, Cady Luck naturally learned a lot-although these knowledge and skills are very common for players, they are still very impactful in this era. After all, there are many skills and knowledge. It was gradually developed and researched by players in the middle of the game.

  In the process, Kaidi gradually understood why Sean could become a goldsmith-of course, this is purely Cady Rack’s own opinion. After all, Sean is just a player with the help of system functions. However, in front of outsiders, Sean did behave impeccably. Any forging step was as accurate as an instrument and a textbook, without the slightest omissions and mistakes. It is completely impossible for such a perfect and accurate forging to make any mistakes.

  So, on the day the Martial Arts Festival was officially held, Xiao En finally completed the initial transformation of the dead bones.

  Similarly, he has already thought about the next second phase of the transformation plan, and has named a new name for the dead bones that have been transformed.

  Black King.