11 - 9. Workshop and new equipment

"Hey, you. What's your name?

Homura.

I see. I'm Luba. Homura is a mage, right?

He said it with a little disappointment.　You like brains?　I'm far from a gymnast, remember?

At first he was a dour, dour man, and now he's a vivacious old man. What has happened in such a short time?

I'd like to be a magic swordsman someday... but it's a long way off...

"Well, if you ever want a sword, let me know, a sword would be even better."

"You're a sword smith, aren't you? But I understand. Thank you.

No, he wasn't a muscleskier. He was a big old man with a tuft of hair that grew about 10 cm long in the back and the rest was short gray hair.

He did not seem to be in business, so I asked him if he could tell Kikuhime about it, but he stopped me from doing so. We talked for a while, and she told me about a good long stick workshop, and we parted.

Finally, I arrived at the long staff shop!

And lo and behold, it was the workshop of the maker of the cane I had seen in the arms shop. It seems that the family business is run by his son who became an apprentice, and that is the first cane he has sold. That's a long way.

"Well, let's go back to the armorer's shop and buy one of his wands... I have to confess that my father's wand is a little bit out of my budget.

"Do you like it?"

"Yes, I was looking for a cane based on that one. I was hoping to find something in the artisan district that was more powerful and less expensive, and if not, I was originally going to go back and buy that cane from the arms dealer.

The boy, who looks away and bashful for a moment, says he is 16 years old, but his petite body and pale blond hair make him look much younger. He looks so much younger because of his small body and pale blond hair.

"Wait a minute!"

After saying this, he disappeared into the back, and when he came back, he was holding a walking stick.

"Here, would you like to use it?"

The staff offered to me was identical in performance to the one I had seen at the arms store. The difference is that it looks a little thinner and whiter.

"I made it too thin for my hand, but it's the first cane my father told me I could sell. I was going to keep it as a souvenir. ......"

"I'm flattered, but I can't promise I won't break it if you use it."

"I'm sure the cane would be happier if you used it!　That's what we were born to do."

So I said, "No thanks," and was about to continue, when the following words came over me.

That's a royal craftsman's response!　If I only read the story as a story, I would have let it slide, but when it is said seriously in front of my eyes, I want to cherish the feelings of this novice craftsman.

I understand, thank you. I'll take good care of it."

I offer him 7,500 shillings. It hurts my wallet, but I'll be a fool if I don't give it to him.

I'm the one who asked for it, so take it.

"This costs a lot of money for materials and technology.

"Well, 5,000 shill. In return, let me make another one!

"Okay."

The boy gave me a cane and a partner card (patoka)!　It's inconvenient that I can't give you my own patrol car. Can you please improve this?

After that, almost being late for the meeting time, I ran to the robe shop that Ochazuke had told me about, bought a robe for 4,000 shillings, met up with the others, and took a streetcar back to the square. The carriage had several different routes, each costing a flat 100 shillings.

I was quietly drunk while everyone else was enjoying the speed and ease of the ride. I felt dizzy and sick, I never thought I had the constitution to get drunk even in the game world.

Everyone was buying shoes and accessories in addition to clothes and weapons, and we showed each other our loot. I'll go shopping again when I'm solo and time is not on my side.

The workshop with Julius deals in wands, books, and magic weapons in general, and even at a fixed price, the items are good, so I informed Ochazuke by e-mail, but he had already purchased them at a place specializing in short staffs. It was just in the nick of time, after all.

Then, [Weapons and Armor Appraisal] and [Tools and Medicine Appraisal] reached level 2, but everyone else had reached level 3. Is this the result of naked slacking off? If there was a skill like [Backdoor Appraisal], I'm sure it would have gone up.

Peter had sent a stray and received a patrol car at the clothing store where he had sent it, a young girl.

"So he was a pedophile after all."

Pedophile.

"You're a pedophile."

Pedophile!

I'm afraid for my life.

Wait!　You guys!

Leo was so liked by the workshop father that for some reason he took him on as a blacksmith's apprentice.

His behavior is too far out of line.

The restaurant is crowded a little after noon, though not as much as last night, and we are sitting on a bench in the plaza, eating a wide-mouthed unglazed jar with an oval bread instead of a lid, which we bought at the restaurant's outdoor food stand. The jar is filled with stewed moo tail, which tastes like beef. The contents of the jar are scooped out with shredded bread and eaten with the bread. It is difficult to find the right amount of bread, but it is delicious.

E!? The only time he has time to lose is when he is fighting.

"Well, now that we have new equipment, let's go for revenge on the wolves..."

That's what happened.

"[Slash], right!"

The gray wolf turns into light and disappears.

I have the gray wolf's pelt.

I have the fangs of the gray wolf.

"I stopped trying to [howl] on the way, but what was that attack going to be?"

Perhaps because of his experience with slime mucus, Peter has taken up the [Shime] skill, which allows him to block the activation of his enemies' skills, and he is now practicing it. He was able to stop [howl], but he has failed to stop any of the skills used by the wolves before that.

It seems that the timing is quite tight, and it differs for each skill used by the enemy. Moreover, even if you hit the target, the chance of activation is not 100%, and it is much lower against enemies who are higher ranked than you are. If it hits and does not activate, the damage will be 1 or 2, which means that you can tell whether it is activated or not.

"You mean, like being stuck by the pressure?"

"Rat math, wolf math, and more wolf service."

"I'd be willing to apply for the wolf more campaign."

This is what happened to the wolf that escaped with his life yesterday. It's not surprising, since the level of the wolves has improved since our first encounter, and their equipment is not only one level better, but also a lot better.

"Well, I'm going to join the attack, so let's ask the wolf to come..."

"Wahaha!　Or maybe it was the intimidation one!"

It was the one with more wolves.

Thanks to you, I'm level 10. Three wolves at the same time was a piece of cake, but when there were five wolves, the damage from Kikuhime's recovery shifted to Ochazuke, and there were some dangerous situations, but if we reduced the number of wolves before they reached five, there was no problem.

The levels of the skills [Intelligence Enhancement], [Water Magic], [Wood Magic], [Attentive Detection], and [Attentive Dilution] were raised.

He learned , which stops enemies in their tracks, and , which inflicts a small amount of damage on enemies every ten seconds.

I only know these two things since I'm still at level 2, but it may be that more magic will be added to the list of auxiliary magic. I'm also interested in [earth magic].

I took a chance and got it with [Skill Appraisal], since I have S! The first magic of "earth magic" is , and its effect is darkness.

After I learned [Earth Magic], [Wind Magic] was added to the list. I wonder if there are more magic spells than the initial one. The S! for [Wind Magic] is 1.0. is 2, of course I have learned it.

"Come to think of it, aren't there a few people here?

During a break, Shin looked suspicious as he ate a piece of manga meat, where he bought it.

"Oh, I heard that the others are fighting goblins at the west gate, and that goblins have a low probability of getting magic stones used to strengthen their equipment.

Ochazuke, who has been following the bulletin board closely, replies.

"Heh."

"Come to think of it, the constant requests for E-rank are also from goblins."

I answer while eating a grilled skewer, "E! The amount of recovery is becoming insufficient.

"I'm sure I'll make mistakes, but I can work up to +10 at the repair shop.

"Only what kind of failures?"

"The base value of endurance is lowered, and if you fail 10 times, it will break."

Even if it doesn't break, if the durability goes from 100/100 to 10/10, I think I'll have to repair it after every battle. No, rather, it will be broken in one battle. Reinforcement, I'm afraid.

"That's also something Leo and Shin would like..."

"Gambling!　Wa-ha-ha."

"Well, it'll be crowded and we'll be fighting over enemies, so if it's hard to get out, I'd rather do it during the hours when there are inn bonuses."

"Right."

"You can always set the initial equipment to 10, so you might as well do it for insurance, or maybe not."

We resumed the wolf hunt, and a few moments later, there was a pitch-black wolf. Unlike the gray wolves I had seen in the past, it had been accompanied by a gray wolf from the beginning, and it was unmistakably larger than the gray wolf.

"There's one that looks strong."

"Isn't he Shin's senior?　Tell him a few words from a junior."

It's so big and powerful!

"And you're the smallest Chrysanthemum Princess."

I think it's almost four times as big as me, the black wolf, the largest male wolf in the world.

I have four companions, and I think I'm okay now that I'm two levels up, but I don't know how strong the black wolf is. But since I found them, I decided to give it a try. I drank a lot of potions and tried to make H! M!? E! and E!

"I'm going to die!"

Wasn't that a little nuanced, now?

The tactic is that after Kikuhime takes the tag, I will provoke the black wolves and hit the others one by one and I will apply to them as I hit them.

Mud doesn't work or doesn't work well on the black wolves, so I cast <> on them and leave them alone for now.

The wolves join the attack on the gray wolf that Kikuhime is hitting, and when one of them sinks, the effect of <> wears off, so the same procedure as before is used to apply it again.

When one of them sinks, two of the remaining three wolves howl and call a new one. Peter stops one of them with a [仕手], but the number of them does not decrease. It's better that two wolves are not called like when there are only gray wolves. I tried to ignore the companions, whose number increases when they are defeated, and tried to kill the black wolves first, but they used [howl] after a certain period of time even if I didn't kill them.

Then, the black wolf's [Roar] put fear in them and prevented all of them from moving. They were able to move immediately, but their attacks and the skills they were using were canceled. The attack was on me, not on Kikuhime, who was the target of the attack, and I was hit by a single blow. The H! H! is gradually decreasing.

I was worried that my defense was that weak, but the attack of the black wolf that came after the [Roar] was random, and the other wolves were sure to have their H! I was afraid that they did not have such a good defense (or that they were too weak). I guess it is that kind of attack. It seems that [Roar] also strengthens the companion, and the attack power of the gray wolf is also increased.

It is more troublesome when the next attack of "Roar" hits Kikuhime. The gray wolf's attack is concentrated on Kikuhime before she recovers from the half damage, and if a critical hit occurs, she may be in danger.

It is likely to be a terrible war of attrition, though it is possible to win if one can hang on until the gray wolf stops calling for its companions.

Ochazuke is trying to heal Kikuhime while he is trying to get H! He is very busy recovering everyone's H! If you don't keep the H!

If you hit a wolf that is not howling, you will be served one wolf at a time, so there is a danger of hitting two wolves at random.

"It would be easier if the attack power was increased and the time to kill one wolf was shortened by one turn.

"It's tough to call your friends if you're a little late in defeating them."

Ochazuke and Peter analyze the war situation, though this time it may not be so much analysis. The two of them are still very logical in battle, they think as they look at the gray wolf. Leo, by the way, destroys that logic.

"Hmm?　Before [howling], didn't he lightly scratch the ground with his hind legs?"

It's hard to see because of the wagging of the tail that lacks fluff.

"OK, I got it!

I got 20 gray wolf pelts.

I got 18 gray wolf fangs.

I got the blood of a gray wolf x 6.

I got a black wolf pelt.

I got the fangs of the black wolf.

I got the black wolf's magic stone.

Earth magic is now at Lv. 2.

Fear Resistance] and [Hemostasis] have been added to the skill list.

The black wolf turned into light with Shin's quadruple combo and disappeared . It was quick after all the gray wolves were down.

A fighter with firepower is cool, but a shifu who does his job is also cool.

"It was tough, but I guess it was less stressful than slime."

"I think I'm going to get a [stockbroker] too."

"E!? I wonder if there is some kind of recovery medicine, it was hard to eat during the battle."

"I'd love to have some."

"Same here..."

After the break, we were divided into different groups to go to the mining point. I was fine because I was applying [Attention Detection] and [Attention Dilution], but Kikuhime got entangled nearby, so after I saved her, we went to the same place to collect.

I had been collecting at a little distance from Berry so as not to compete with each other, but I found out that other players can collect at the same place even if they have collected all the items that Berry can collect, and I did not have to worry about it.

There is also a difference in the food that can be picked by those who do not have [Gathering], such as berries, etc. When those who do not have [Gathering] gather, as it appears, one food is one food, but when they gather, they can gather one to three at a time with high efficiency.

Here, medicinal herbs, hemostatic herbs, and heart-stopping fruits were obtained, and from the names, it seems that medicines against black wolves can be made.

By the way, only one gray wolf was involved. potion, I managed to kill it before it howled. It's a good thing that her [Fire Magic] was at 4.

Night fell.

We are fighting again.

The location is the shallow forest where the horned rabbit used to be. Basically, they are in a low position to be attacked, but sometimes they flap their wings and stay out of reach, and use a skill called [bloodsucking], the effect is the standard damage to me and recovery to them.

My magic, oatmeal, and the two thieves' projectiles can reach them, so Shin and Kikuhime heal them with potions while the bat is on top of them.

After one battle, Kikuhime also took [throw]. Shin had to throw a S! and if the bat goes up after that, Shin is a healer. Before the second round begins, I give Shin a potion.

I was thinking how hard physics is, but it turns out that of [Wind Magic] can bring the bats down, though it's not a sure thing. It's easy to fight when you have a variety of professions, such as this one and the [Shikigami].

"Well, I guess we should take measures against flying enemies while we still can..."

Shin strokes his big hand through his scraggly beard and grumbles.

"I compared the damage with Kikuhime, but it seems that the projectile is not purely STR-dependent, but DEX-dependent."

"Of course, it's the initial skill of a sheikh."

Peter responds to Ochazuke's musings.

"I'll do something physical too, before enemies with magic resistance appear."

I wonder if gold magic will work. No, there might be some kind of chant blocking. Silence.

"Bats are inefficient... It's almost time to go back to the inn."

"I guess."

I agree with Ochazuke. It's two o'clock in the morning, and if I don't get some sleep, it will affect my work tomorrow.

Thus ended my first day.

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Increase...

Lv+3

Skills

[Wood Magic] [Earth Magic] [Wind Magic

Skill Appraisal

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Homura Lv.10

Rank E

Occupation Mage, Pharmacist

H!?　　214

M!?　　347

STR 10

VIT 11

INT 40 (+6)

MID 14

DEX 9

AGI 10

LUK 10

N!?C!?　Galahad] [-]

Title [Interactionist

Skill (2S!?)

■Magic and Magic

Wood magic Lv.2] [Fire magic Lv.4] [Earth magic Lv.2

Gold Magic Lv.3] [Water Magic Lv.3] [Wind Magic Lv.1

Production

Mixing Lv.1] [Alchemy Mixing Lv.1] [Cooking Lv.1

Collecting

Collecting

■ Appraisal and concealment

Tool medicine appraisal Lv.2] [Plant food appraisal Lv.2

Animal and Demon Appraisal Lv.3] [Skill Appraisal Lv.1

Weapons and Armor Appraisal Lv.2

Attention Detection Lv.2] [Attention Dilution Lv.2

Enhancement

Intellectual power enhancement Lv.2

Others

M! Natural Recovery], [Night Vision], [Map].