Chapter 228: Operation: New Weapon!

Right after they left Blacksmith Olan's shop, Ragas Wyverson glanced to Pedro and asked, "Young master, something is bothering me… Can this lowly being ask a question?"

Pedro simply stole a glance at Ragas in response and smirked. Then, he said, "A question? Go ahead! Feel free to ask anything."

"Then, if you would not mind, young master! Can I know why did you need to learn the basics of weapon-making of humans? I mean… Isn't it that Dragons and Wyverns only need their fist to fight? I see no benefit from you—young master, in investing much time on such things!" Ragas said in a calm demeanor.

Pedro simply scoffed in response and said, "You are right… I only need my fist to fight as a Dragon. However… I am still only a young Dragon! Although I am of the Dragon race, my strength is only as strong as the humans. In fact… You know very well that some of the humans could even kill me in an instant! So… It would be best to have a few weapons at hand—and intentionally keep the fist combat a trump card! Besides… I have a great idea in mind…"

"The magic crystals… into weapons?" Ragas asked.

Pedro simply nodded with a smile on his face in response. Then, he said, "You might not understand what I am saying right now, but… If my theory is right, then we'd be making something cool! Anyway… Do you know anything about magic crystals?"

Ragas nodded in response and said, "Yes, young master! Is there something you want to know about magic crystals?"

Pedro rubbed his chin and said, "Other than store magical energy… does it have other use?"

"Hmm…" Ragas averted his gaze from Pedro as he entered into deep thought. Then, after almost a minute, he glanced back to Pedro and said, "As far as I know… Magic Crystals are only capable of storing magical energy and nothing more. There were some rumors about cursed Magic Crystals—which only sucks magical energy until it is full, but since I was born, even I was not able to encounter such 'Cursed Magic Crystals'!"

"I understand…" Pedro said in a calm demeanor. "It was the same case for me. Even in dungeons—which I am very familiar with, had no such case where magic crystals would only keep on absorbing magical energy. Add up the fact that the most unstable magic crystals were only found in dungeons, I think that cursed magic crystals are just purely rumors."

"But, with that in mind, young master… Why do you want to create a weapon made of magic crystals?" Ragas asked. "I mean… Magic Crystals only absorb magical energy, and it only releases magical energy through runic formations…"

Pedro simply smiled in response and nodded to Ragas as if saying that he just said a clue to his theory. Thus, Ragas could not help but be at loss for words for almost a minute, before he smirked and said, "A quite interesting idea you have, young master! I look forward to seeing what weapon you would create!"

"Haha…" Pedro scratched the back of his head and said, "There's nothing special about it… It just happened that I have some spare time at the moment and that I am curious about what would happen if my theory was right. So, it would not hurt for me to try what I have in mind."

"Is that the reason why you are heading to the so-called magic tower? To learn something about the runic formations?" Ragas asked.

Pedro simply nodded in response and said, "That's the gist of it. But other than that, it would not hurt to get acquainted with some mage or sorcerer. Why? Is there a problem with it?"

Ragas simply shook his head in response and said, "No, young master! However… If I may… I am quite knowledgeable about runic formations. If you—young master, would like to learn a thing or two about them, I think that it would be best for me to teach you about it instead. That said… If you want to get acquainted with some humans, then please simply ignore my suggestion!"

"Hmm… Getting acquainted with some mages or sorcerers is not necessarily important." Pedro said in a calm tone. "However… Ragas… Although I bought you and Clara from the Auction Den as slaves, there's still no strong contract that is binding us with each other. So… I do not know if I am even qualified to ask such things to you."

"Young Master…" Ragas drew a sharp breath in response. Then, he smiled and said, "Such things are trivial matters to me… Though you are right—we are not strongly bonded to each other, the fact remains the same—that I am your follower! And I chose to be your servant!"

Pedro could only force out a smile in response. He was at loss for words and could only scratch the back of his head out of embarrassment to Ragas. Then, after a minute or two, Pedro sighed and said, "Then, we'll have a change of plans… I guess?"

Ragas bowed slightly towards Pedro and said, "As you command, young master!"

Pedro took another sigh and said, "Then, it's settled! Let's go back to the Auction Den and ask Duke Albert to find us a good residence within the Kingdom. With that… We won't need to cramp up in the small VIP room, and we could establish an Ore Oven and try the theory I had in mind. That said… I would be troubling you to teach me things regarding runic formations."

"As you wish, young master!" Ragas said as he bowed slightly in response.

With that, Pedro and Ragas went back to the Auction Den. They headed straight to Duke Albert and immediately voiced out their plan.

Of course, being an important person to Duke Albert, Pedro's request was immediately handle. In fact, he was given a high-end residential area near the Auction Den for free.

Pedro was hesitant to accept the high-end residential area but in the end, he accepted it. After all, it would not be good to reject Duke Albert's goodwill.

And given the high-end residential area, the Ore Oven was just a trivial matter. Duke Albert arranged the best Ore Oven makers in the Kingdom to prepare one in Pedro's residence. At the same time, he even gifted Pedro several magic crystals that were only 'collecting dust' in the Auction Den's warehouse.

Duke Albert was even going to arrange a few blacksmiths, mage, and sorcerers to aid Pedro on his experiment. But Pedro simply rejected this offer because he wanted to do things by himself. That's the thrill of conducting an experiment… or so he said.

However, despite spoon-feeding Pedro with what he needed, these matters were simply handled by Duke Albert's men—since Duke Albert, himself, was busy with the matters regarding the Kingdom. Thus, Pedro and everyone else went to the high-end residence that Duke Albert had prepared.

It was just a few streets away from the Auction Den and was also along the towering walls of the Kingdom. That said, unlike the Auction Den, the residence area was only surrounded by seven feet high walls that are made of metal bars.

The high-end residence area was only half a hectare in size with one huge mansion in the middle and a spacious garden outside—which was big enough to grow vegetables and even keep livestock. On top of that, it was well maintained, decorated, and even guarded—consequently making it a special residence area for a high-ranking official.

With the help of Auction Guide Weese, Pedro was able to smoothly transfer to his residence, together with his slaves—both human and demi-humans. Unfortunately, since he was yet to establish the 'life bound' blood contract to the human slaves, he can only leave them in the cage-like carriages that were parked on one side of his garden.

The demi-human slaves—who had already formed a blood contract with Pedro, were the ones tasked to handle the matters regarding the human slaves. As for Clara, she was allowed by Pedro to do whatever she wanted. Thus, she simply decided to observe Pedro instead of guarding the slaves.

(Quick Author's Side Note: If you guys are thinking how the hell are the slaves answering nature's call… Then, worry not! Pedro had low-key ordered the demi-human slaves to dig a huge pit near the cage-like carriages. It was a few meters deep—where all of the slaves answer nature's call. And at the end of the day, a layer of soil would be returned to the pit to bury the 'fertilizers'.)

At that moment, Pedro did not dare waste time and simply wait for the construction of the Ore Ovens to finish. After getting toured around his mansion, he went straight into his office room with Ragas and Clara to start learning things about runic formation. An information that he did not personally know, even on his past life.

Pedro locked the door, walked past the seated Clara and Ragas, and sat in his chair. Then, he smirked mischievously and said, "Let's now discuss the first phase of Operation New Weapon!"