Chapter 1185

The guy who pushed the door in was a mortal race that Ann Yizhi had seen before but had never touched.

——Dwarf.

A little shorter than the dwarf, but slightly taller than the halfling, but almost the same. The three races may get along well because of their height. Even in the dark environment, there are still many halflings and dwarfs in the dwarf kingdom.

In terms of appearance, the halfling is like a normal person who has been reduced by half, the dwarf gives a special feeling of thick skin, and the dwarf is a little strange.

Their bodies are as thin as halflings, but their heads, hands and feet are about the size of humans, which looks more like some kind of deformity.

Dwarfs are good at exquisite machinery and precision processing of gemstones. They are optimistic and cheerful by nature. They are funny when they are with halflings

——Or is it called clapping + teasing?

Many parts of the dwarf kingdom that need to be refined are the contribution of dwarves, and there are few evil beings in dwarves, just as few strong ones in dwarves.

Although they are indeed a race that is particularly good at Gem technology, the dwarf who came in looks very old, with golden gray hair and dry wood brown skin.

There was a beautiful dress hanging on his body, but the dwarf was too thin. It felt as if a gust of wind could blow him away at any time. Only those blue eyes are still bright.

When he came in, he bombarded the clerk away. Leaning on a crutch, he impolitely sat down on the sofa opposite Ann and Carla, skillfully touched a notebook and said:

"I'm Clark."

Ann looked at Carla for confirmation. After all, he had never heard of the name.

More importantly, the dwarf is a little too old.

The life span of dwarfs is 350 years, 150 years less than that of dwarves, and only a few special dwarfs can live to 500 years.

An old dwarf like this is 300 years old, not to mention whether he can continue to be 500 years old. It is a problem whether he can hold a carving knife or not just because he needs a crutch to walk now.

As if seeing Ann's distrust, the dwarf screamed to attract attention:

"Isn't Clark a good name? I have to tell you my full name? Ha! Then you have to prepare a lot of white paper. My name is countless. It's enough to make a suit of armor for you two little guys, ha ha!"

An Yizhi and Kara looked at each other

Did he just say a joke?

By the way, there are many names for dwarfs. When they are born, their parents will give them one. As the dwarfs grow up, their brothers and sisters will give them names, their uncles and aunts will give them one, and especially close friends will give them names. Even when they are bored, they will kill boredom by naming themselves

How many names does an old dwarf have... I'm afraid even he can't remember.

When they were wondering whether they would laugh together, the old dwarf muttered:

"So you humans are too short-lived and don't understand humor at all. Forget it and get down to business."

He snapped open his Notepad, slowly pulled it out and licked it with a quill on the tip of his tongue:

"You say you want to customize magic gemstones? Come on, tell me about the requirements."

The rapid change of his face makes people wonder whether the dwarf has learned Sichuan Opera to change his face, but the other party plans to talk about business, which is exactly what an Yizhi wants.

"I need this gem to have the ability to protect spells and control spells. At the same time, it should also facilitate the function of automatic inlay. The grade is above the perfect level."

"Well, what about the size?"

An Yi pointed to the space between a red and a blue gem and said:

"No more than this size"

The dwarf wrote down his needs in his notebook and then looked up:

"That's all?"

Is this requirement... Less?

It not only limits the size, but also limits the ability and grade. In other copies of the multiverse, this magic gem can only be dug by luck. It can be dug with good luck, but it is impossible to dig for a lifetime without good luck.

It seems that an Yizhi still thinks of the word "customization" too simply.

"Such as color, shape, how many cutting surfaces... By the way, do you want to engrave?"

“……”

What, a treasure wind

Seeing that Ann had no other needs, the old dwarf closed his notepad and said:

"There's only so much to ask. I thought it would be more challenging. The ready-made blank treatment in hand can meet your needs."

It sounds like it's easy to catch, but an Yizhi is a little worried about the production time.

Making magic gems is a unique skill in this replica world, or simply the unique skill of the dwarf named Clark in front of him.

Therefore, the time to make a magic gem is a little difficult to estimate. For example, Lina's experience in making a power shield can't be used as a reference.

Usually alchemists start to make an item from scratch, ranging from three or five days to three or five years or even more. There are too many things to prepare in the early stage.

Even if all the tools and materials are ready-made, it is unknown how long the final product will take.

An Yizhi can't stay in this copy world for too long. If he can't finish it before the end of the time limit, he can only pick up the goods when he comes back next time.

——Who knows when.

"Excuse me, how long will it take to finish?"

Without raising his head, the old dwarf stuffed his notebook into his arms:

"Don't worry, you can certainly handle it before you go back. When it's done, I'll ask someone to send it to you."

It seems to be another special NPC.

An Yizhi, a NPC of this kind, also met many people and didn't care. The clerk told master Clark that he wasn't there. Was it because of the Duke's authority that he suddenly ran out?

However, it is not.

The old dwarf then raised his head and stared at the wand in Ann's hand. To be exact, it was the dark purple gem on the head of the wand:

"Boy, tell me honestly, are you happy when you shoot in artillery mode?"

“……”

This question is a little dirty

Cara was quite surprised to see an, but what the sister had in mind was to solve the case, and her curiosity about an was still very limited.

The old dwarf picked up the tea cup, regardless of whether the hot black tea in it was hot or not, took a gulp and said:

"When your crazy master came in, he asked me to get a gem with the staff. There was a long list of technical requirements and shape indicators, but it really took me a lot of effort. In contrast, you are far worse than your master."

Clark would be willing to do it in the face of NIKU, otherwise he would dare to refuse even if the Imperial Emperor came in person, not to mention the authority of the Duke's family.

The technology and parts used by the magic wand in an Yizhi's hand can never be solved by NIKU alone. It can be said that he integrated all the technologies he can find and use. This has long been the legendary staff. It's not too much to say that it is the highest achievement of NIKU's life.

That's the same sentence. It's really nice of Nico to come to the apprentice

Seeing the old dwarf, he wanted to have a chat, such as talking about the black history of NIKU when he was young, while Carla quietly tugged at the corner of an Yizhi's clothes.

Anyway, the jewels are fixed, and the money is charged to the Duke's account. It's almost time to do business.

But as soon as Ann didn't ask what she was moving, she talked nonsense with the old dwarf, which made Carla anxious.

In fact, she is also anxious. She has no clue. Can she catch the prisoner?

"Look at me. I talk a lot when I'm old."

The old dwarf patted his forehead and said:

"As like as two peas, you are not just trying to set a jewel," said the boy. "You are not the same as your master."

Besides fixing gemstones... What other purposes?

Carla was a little confused, and the old dwarf looked at her and pointed out:

"I have been making gemstones in the imperial capital for nearly 300 years. I cut gemstones here before the Empire existed. I can tell you clearly that my store never sells any unprocessed magic gem materials."

Sure enough, he continued:

"And I can say without hesitation that my gem psychedelic has monopolized the gem business of the imperial capital. Some high-end magic gem materials can never flow out of my store, but I can't manage the low-end gem materials. In addition, there are some black market businessmen in the city, who may also start from them."

Carla asked eagerly:

"Do you know how to find black market businessmen?"

"Hey, look what you said. I'm just an old man who likes cutting gemstones. I don't know this."

The old dwarf got up and stood up with crutches. Before he left, he said one more sentence:

"Boy, the imperial capital is not peaceful recently. If you just come to travel, you'd better not get involved in a mess, otherwise it's easy to get involved and difficult to get out."

With that, he pushed the door and left without meaning to talk more.

–‐‐——–‐‐——

From the gem illusion, an Yizhi didn't take Kara's carriage and walked down the road completely ignoring his employer.

This made Carla think whether the goods had been paid and planned to break the contract. However, she was secretly happy because the case had made some progress, and didn't care about Ann Yizhi's behavior. Instead, she leaned over and followed him side by side, saying excitedly:

"Do you still want to find out the source of gems when you go to gem psychedelic? That's a good idea. Every time the murderer kills, he will leave gems. As long as you find the source of these gems, you can find the murderer. Why didn't I think of it before?"

Because you're stupid

Ann is a bit reluctant to make complaints about the blue hair girl.

Of course, she is not stupid, but professional.

After several years of military academy, I mainly learned how to arrange troops. Naturally, I don't know anything about criminal investigation. If you have to prove your value and intervene forcibly, you naturally have no way to start.

It's like you let a car repair expert repair an aircraft. It's not a supporting one at all. Naturally, you don't know how to do it.

It is indeed a way to follow this clue, but this method

To be honest, it's not reliable.