The Witcher: Elemental Lords

After Hagge scolded him, Dorlay felt secretly pleased.

After the New Year, Dorlay turned thirteen, his height shot up, his weight also noticeably increased, and his build grew larger. The number three iron hammer in his hand no longer felt very heavy, and his strength greatly increased.

With vigorous blood and energy, Dorlay felt his whole body was full of power. Hagge's words made him feel like this was a home.

Soon, everyone arrived.

After breakfast, as expected, everyone started to get busy. The military headquarters sent several carriages loaded with various kinds of military equipment, all of which needed maintenance, and some needed to be recast. The quantity was very large.

Only then did Dorlay understand what Foreman Harley meant by being busy. The quantity was indeed large, but with such a large quantity, his commission would inevitably be very rich. Everyone was the same, and they all worked very hard.

Verick was also very happy, because the more goods there were, the closer he was to the Dou Qi cultivation method, and the closer he was to becoming a level three blacksmith.

Besides Verick, Santis and Morlay were the same, honestly working, without a moment to relax.

Dorlay spent the whole day in suspense, but no one from the so-called police station came to make trouble.

It wasn't until the morning of the third day that someone from the police station came looking for him. They didn't come looking for Dorlay, but went directly to Hagge.

Others might not know the inside story of Old Ke's blacksmith shop, but the police station naturally knew.

Dorlay didn't know what they said. The people from the police station quickly left, seemingly somewhat crestfallen. As they left, that person glanced at Dorlay, as if trying to remember him. That gaze made Dorlay feel a little uneasy, and his hand trembled, accidentally smashing a sword blank.

When the police officer saw this, his heart tightened, and he left directly.

Soon, Hagge came out from the back, his face displeased.

Dorlay ruined the work, so he simply stopped doing it. He gently came to Hagge's side and said, "Hagge, what's going on?"

Harley pondered for a moment and said, "What else could it be? They want me to hand you over. I said you are our contracted blacksmith, so of course that's impossible. Besides, the incident happened in the slums. Don't they know who goes to the slums? That Odo was just asking for death."

Dorlay breathed a sigh of relief. Hagge was on his side, there was no doubt about that.

Hagge left, but Dorlay's heart was not at peace at all. Since they couldn't do it openly, they would probably resort to underhanded methods. He knew better than anyone what kind of people were in the police station. He just didn't understand. That Odo had connections with both the police station and the city guard. Was that how the world of the rich was?

He raised his head and glanced outside the blacksmith shop. At this moment, he felt that, apart from the blacksmith shop, the whole world seemed to be his enemy.

The arrival of the police station meant that he didn't even dare to wander around the city. If he was discovered and taken away directly, then he would truly be helpless.

What a load of crap.

Dorlay's eyes darkened, and he felt that his future was bleak.

He now urgently wanted to advance to become a wizard's apprentice, and then learn the method of refining potions from above to improve his survival rate. If warriors were all about head-on confrontation, then wizards were synonymous with mystery. If becoming a blacksmith was to support himself, then becoming a formal warrior or wizard was the foundation for establishing himself.

Dorlay felt alert.

When it was time to get off work in the afternoon, he didn't leave the blacksmith shop directly. He waited until dark before he quietly slipped away from the back door.

…

In a dim room, Sam paced back and forth. Soon, the door creaked open, and Carmen's figure walked in from outside.

Sam glanced at Carmen's face, his heart sank, and he said, "Lord Carmen, how did it go?"

Carmen pondered for a moment and said, "It's not possible for the time being. You also know that I'm just a small detective. Old Ke's blacksmith shop is the property of the Link family, which belongs to the city lord's mansion. It's already not easy for me to see Foreman Harley to ask for someone."

Sam pondered for a moment. He looked at Carmen and said, "Then what do you mean?"

He had accepted his money, so he had to do things for him.

Carmen thought for a while and said, "This matter still needs the chief of police to take action. Don't you know my superior, Dis? We can find him."

Sam's face sank. Finding the chief of police would be another big expense, but what was this little bit of money for avenging his second son? He could just work for the chief of police in the future and smuggle some minerals out to make up for some loopholes.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Lord Carmen." He took out a gold coin from his pocket and handed it to Carmen.

Carmen accepted the gold coin and left satisfied.

He had already investigated Dorlay's background clearly. He was just a kid from the slums. As long as he could get money, what did it matter if he offended Harley? He could just find a way to make up for it later. Dorlay was just a small character.

He quickly left the room.

Sam sat in the room and soon left. He had been contacting acquaintances these past few days, wanting to buy alchemical medicines through the Ability Institute, but he still hadn't been able to contact anyone.

The Ability Institute was an even harder place to get into than the city lord's mansion. He needed some time, but when he thought of Odo's injuries, Sam became a little anxious.

That little beast must die, he thought fiercely in his heart.

…

Walking on the dark streets, Dorlay tried his best to walk in the shadows, diluting himself and reducing others' attention to him. He didn't go to the slums, but followed the street and came to the city. He was going to the pharmacy. When he got off work today, Hagge gave him half a month's salary and commission, a full thirty silver coins, which was heavy. With these silver coins, he went to the pharmacy to buy some of the medicinal materials he needed.

These medicinal materials were very common, and ordinary medicinal material raw material stores could buy them.

After walking for about ten minutes, he came to the door of a pharmacy called Future. He looked around, and no one was paying attention to him, so he walked in.

The pharmacy was not big. All the herbs and finished medicines were placed on the open. Dorlay easily saw the raw materials he wanted. Looking at the price below, his eyes suddenly paused. Hey, these medicines don't seem expensive! The main ingredient of level one mental power magic medicine, Mind Awakening Grass, is only two silver coins per plant, and most of the others are between fifty copper coins and one silver coin. He calculated that if he bought all the raw materials for mental power alchemy magic medicine, he could buy about five servings.

After seeing these, he immediately had an idea. If possible, he needed to buy all these things back today.

He didn't have the equipment and couldn't directly make finished alchemical medicines, but eating them directly was also fine, but most of the medicinal properties would be lost. But now it was too late. What he needed now was to advance in the fastest time possible.

Dorlay had read Naluye's book very deeply and knew some of the principles of walking the rivers and lakes, so he didn't directly buy what he needed, but bought a lot of miscellaneous herbs and mixed them together. He spent all the thirty silver coins on him in one go. Only then did he leave satisfied, but because of this, he only bought three servings of mental power alchemy magic medicine, and the rest of the money was used to buy other herbs.

After leaving the pharmacy, Dorlay bought a hooded coat on the way, wrapped his entire head, and walked to the slums in a low-key manner.

It was already ten o'clock in the evening when he returned to where he lived.

As usual, he played with the dog Odo, which was also a relaxing process to calm himself down.

Taking the medicine bag out from behind him, Dorlay took out the medicinal materials he needed and placed them on the ground. Then, in order, he put them in his mouth one by one, chewed them, and swallowed them.