Even in the height of summer, there are not many pedestrians in the square at the entrance of the Tower of Pride, which is known as the Temple of Magicians and is a very sacred place in the eyes of the people of the Imperial Capital, and few people are willing to come here when they are wandering.Yulin Street is adjacent to the square, although the carriages on the street are endless, pedestrians are weaving, but in the square in front of the Tower of Arrogance, it seems deserted, two rows of huge round marble stone pillars stand alone on the square, arranged in two arcs, between the stone pillars there are strips of marble connected, those stones are carved with reliefs of various patterns, each group of reliefs records a story.The mage tower at the top of the imposing Tower of Pride reached into the sky, and together with the other six mage towers, it supported the entire defensive magic array of the imperial capital.There were only a few wisps of white clouds floating in the clear blue sky, and a row of blue-tailed white-headed herons flew by the edge of the floating imperial city, and were seen by a lion eagle poking its head out of the walls of the royal city.The harsh sunlight fell on the square, scorching the gray-white granite stone slabs.Kig stepped down from the magic caravan in a court dress.
In front of her, she had a large snow-white hair, her hair was as smooth as satin, she held a magic book in her hand, and her other hand gently lifted the hem of her skirt, her steps were very light, and the ruby on her neck shone brightly in the sun.Takama stepped down from the caravan with a black umbrella, shielding Kig from the scorching sun above her head, she was wearing a suit of tight-fitting leather armor that set off her slender figure very slender and well-proportioned, she had a ponytail tied behind her head, and a headband tied at the end of her hair, and her light brown tail was constantly beating as she walked.Kige saw me standing in the shadow of the stone pillar at a glance, and walked towards me, "Didn't you say that you can't come today because of something?"
”I leaned against the marble pillar, felt the coolness on the pillar, and said to Kig, "Yes, but I still have a little time in the morning, and I happened to think of something, so I came to the institute to find a scholar of Yerkes.I made an appointment with someone in the afternoon, I went to visit a friend, do you want to go together?
”Kig glanced at me and asked with a smirk, "Are you sure you want to be with me?"
”I touched my nose weakly, and said: "It's better to keep a low profile recently, that one has probably become a hero of the Grimm Empire now, if he now knows about us, will he abandon the army in his hand and kill directly from the front of the army under the furious crown?"
”She squinted her eyes, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, and asked rhetorically, "Do you feel some pressure?"
”I was a little stunned, and then I asked myself: Is it really stressful?"
Otherwise, let's just wander around the magic material trading market on the first floor!"
Kig said, looking at the gates of the Tower of Pride.Then she said, "Aren't you going to make a batch of hard leather armor from those swamp crocodiles?"
Now that the business of those leather shops is very sluggish, it is a good time.Don't you still have a piece of wurm leather?
Have you figured out what you're going to do with it?
”I said, "It's best to make a leather armor, after all, it's wurm leather, and you should be able to make a good set of magic pattern builds!"
”Kig smiled and said, "On the one hand, there is loyalty.
Feeling the beast girl, on the other side is the beautiful Caterina, I'm really looking forward to who you will give this wurm leather armor to after it is made. ”I asked curiously, "Why can't it be me, you see I actually like to wear leather armor too." ”Kig then asked, "Don't you like wearing magic robes so much?"
Do you know what magic robes do for magicians?
”"Of course I know, because the magic embroidery of the magic robe has the magic pattern circle that accelerates the speed of mana recovery, increases the speed of spell casting, increases the capacity of the magic pool, increases the magic defense, etc."
I thought about it and said.Then he said, "But I think these attributes can be made like leather armor, and I think leather armor looks a little stronger than magic robes." ”"Hmph" Kig just made two nasal sounds and walked past me, what is this?
Walking in the magic material trading hall on the first floor of the Tower of Pride, I saw some magic herb shops posting a sign at the door, which wrote the information about the magic grass owned in the herb shop, and at the top of this plaque, a few words were written very eye-catching, and a large number of magic herbs were recycled.Now the most scarce in the magic market is magic herbs, originally only healing magic herbs were scarce, but after two months, this scarcity has spread to the entire industry.On closer inspection, there is no way around it.Historically, more than seventy percent of the magical herbs have come from many unexplored planes, and now these planes are in the midst of war, and many of the planes rich in potions have long since stopped supplying potions, resulting in the scarcity of magical herbs.In fact, other magic industries have also been affected to a certain extent, and many great lords with many planes have fallen into war, and major mines have stopped mining, which has directly led to the continuous rise in the price of magic metals.The price fluctuations of Warcraft leather and materials are also very large, and the ups and downs of the prices of these Warcraft materials are directly related to the progress of the wars in various planes.Some dimensional wars have achieved a phased victory, so a certain Warcraft material will be shipped back to the Grimm Empire in batches.Some plane wars have fallen into a quagmire, and the army of the Grimm Empire is constantly defeated, so there will be no Warcraft materials produced on this plane.I sighed softly when I saw the somewhat depressed hall on the first floor of the Tower of Pride, there were many leather shops on this street, but many of them were already in a state of semi-closure, most of the wooden shelves where the leather was dried had been put away, folded and piled up like firewood and straw, the strong smell of cooked leather in the past was not so spicy and pungent, Qige wore a white scarf on his face, and walked into a leather shop that seemed to be definitely not large.The waiter at the door of the shop sat on a wooden bench, leaning against the door frame and dozing vigorously, his head was like an ear of wheat in an autumn rice field, which slowly sank when blown by the wind, and when the wind passed, it would rise again, like a wave of wheat.Even when Kig stepped through the door, he couldn't wake the waiter.I followed behind Kig and as I crossed the threshold, I slammed the heel of my shoe on the threshold with a thud that woke the waiter from his sleep.He looked around in a panic, only to find that there were already three customers standing in the shop, rubbing their sleepy eyes, and their minds were not so clear.He took two steps forward, and was about to speak to us, when the lizard-maid Takama turned her head slightly, and the cold gaze in her golden eyes met the waiter, making him shiver as if he had been poured down by a bucket of ice water.Suddenly, the waiter at the door of the leather shop came to his senses, and his eyes fell on the magic badge of the institute on my and Kige's chests, which showed that she was a scholar of the institute, and that I was only a magician's assistant, and that Takama was just a personal maid.In the imperial capital, many times, the only proof of identity is the badge on the chest, these badges can be worn at the same time, or only one, like I have several badges at the same time, the most important are: the magician badge, this badge shows my magician identity and level.The Order of the Count, a badge that certifies my nobility and rank.The Royal Academy of Magic Badge, this badge means that I am enrolled in the Royal Academy of Magic.The Imperial Capital Research Institute's assistant badge, this badge allows me to enter and exit the Academy of Magic freely.The Sword and Rose Society Badge, the Water Magic Alliance Badge, and more.Of course, these badges don't all need to be hung on the chest.
But wearing some important badges when going out is essential."
Oh, honorable magician, welcome to the Pompeii Leather Shop.""
We have the best tanners in the imperial capital here, if you have any custom leather armor, repair leather armor, or buy leather armor pieces, then you are in the right place, but due to the war in the Pompeii plane, our leather supply here has been cut off, and the salamander leather in our store has been sold out, and we do not accept orders for salamander leather armor at present."
I saw a chaise longue behind the counter in the tannery, and a tanner-maker in leather trousers was sleeping soundly on the chaise longue.So he got up and asked the waiter, "Can you make leather armor on your behalf?"
I want to bring materials to process a batch of swamp crocodile leather, en to make some hard leather armor, can you take the order?
”Perhaps it had been too long since there was business, and the young waiter hesitated for a moment before replying, "Of course!
Do you bring your own main materials?
”I say with certainty: "Yes!"
”The tanner, who was lying in the chair, suddenly stood up and replied to me, "It's all right, it's great when I have work, I've been lying on the chair all day, and I'm getting rusty." ”The tanner stretched his muscles and looked at me expectantly.Seeing that the tanner was ready to receive me personally, the waiter retreated to the door.I asked the tanner, "How do you calculate the price?"
”The tanner was silent for a moment, and then said, "Can you take a look at the leather first?"
”There are many sayings in leather making, especially the quality of leather, which directly affects the difficulty of making leather armor.So I replied cheerfully, "Of course." ”Then, I pulled out a bundle of swamp crocodile leather from my magic fanny pack, untied the rope tied to it, and spread the whole crocodile leather on the ground."
What a good leather!
This is a very complete piece of swamp crocodile leather. ”Looking at the leather of the swamp giant crocodile, the tanner exclaimed.Then he turned around, went back to the counter, found a book of parchment from a shelf, and then placed it on the counter in front of me, casually unfolded the pages, and introduced to me: "There are styles of hard leather armor in this album, according to different styles, there will be some differences in the difficulty of making each leather armor, and there will be some slight differences in price, as well as the treatment of the remaining corners of leather in the later stage, as well as the shaping treatment of hard leather nails, aging treatment, thermosetting treatment, ironing dark grain surface treatment, Each process has a clear price tag. ”I just flipped through it, and I remember Uncle Fred telling me that crusty armor doesn't need much processing, so I said, "Oh, as long as it's finalized, don't do all the other flashy crafts!"
”The tanner looked at me deeply, and then saw the shortcomings of this leather at a glance: "Okay, well, the outermost leather of these swamp giant crocodiles has been stripped off by a high-level process, although the texture of your crocodile skin is not bad, and the properties of the leather will not be damaged, but the leather armor made of these leathers cannot be engraved with magic patterns, and they cannot be made into magic patterns in the future." ”I said calmly, "It's okay, the leather of these swamp crocodiles wasn't intended to be made into a magic pattern structure. ”Then I started to take the crocodile leather out, and I kept moving it out in bundles and bundles of them.The bales of leather were piled up in front of me as a hill, and the tanner was pleasantly surprised, and he asked me, "My God, how many pieces of leather do you have?"
”I just smiled.Then he said to the tanner, "It's a big business, and you don't have to worry too much about the smooth surface of the leather, and you don't have to reserve the smoothest part of the leather for the carving, which will save a great deal of material." ”Then he said: "You can also measure the crocodile leather, and then choose a specific position to make the same armor, this is the leather of twenty-three swamp giant crocodiles, if you don't prepare to engrave the magic pattern in the future, each set of hard leather armor is much less difficult to process, and the follow-up processing is also extremely simple, so the processing fee for each hard leather armor is thirty silver!"
”I told the tanner my terms: "If twenty-three pieces can make twenty-three sets of hard leather armor, then I will pay you twenty-five pieces of silver each." ”The tanner, apparently unwilling to be underpriced, protested and said to me, "No, it's too little, what do I have left without some consumables?"
”I patted him on the shoulder, asked him to calm down, and let me finish my words for the time being: "Listen to me after speaking, after all, this whole piece of leather is very large, and a piece of leather should be more than enough to make a set of hard leather armor, if you can save a little, the remaining scraps should be able to piece together an extra set of hard leather armor, for each additional set of hard leather armor you process, I will not only pay you an additional twenty-five silver rings, but also raise the price previously set up by one silver coin, and so on, When the price of hard leather armor rises to thirty pieces, the increase will automatically stop. ”When the tanner heard this, he said, "This is a good offer, and I accept it." ”I handed a roll of parchment to the tanner and said, "These are the dimensions of the hard leather armor, and we should do it according to these dimensions." ”When I saw the drawings of my hard leather armor, I praised it from the bottom of my heart: "The warriors under your command are really strong enough!"
”I smiled, leaned against the doorway and asked the tanner, "How long will it take for these magic pattern structures to be ready?"
”The tanner carefully calculated the time and said, "Two months." ”With a wave of my hand, I just said, "A month and a half, time can't be long, I don't want to wait." ”The tanner hesitated for a long time before saying, "Well, I'll do what you want!"
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