Chapter 901 Showing the Goods

901 Showing the Goods

Hearing the question that came out of Julian's mouth, Valyr let out a bit of laughter in response as he thought that the man was joking around.

Though, when he looked at the man's face and noticed his genuine confusion, the young man began to doubt himself, scratching the back of his head for a bit as the gears in his mind turned.

"Do you really not know anything about the First Industrial Revolution?" asked Valyr after inwardly taking a deep breath.

In response, Julian firmly shook his head. "I have no idea what that is."

"It's the era of technology that comes after the Age of Scientific Revolution," explained the young man in the simplest way he could, his expression now that of slight concern.

Fortunately, Julian showed that he knew a bit about the era Valyr mentioned. "The Age of Scientific Revolution... that's the era that comes after the Renaissance Age, right?"

"That's the one." Valyr grinned as he nodded. "Then, the First Industrial Revolution comes after that, only to be followed up by the Second Industrial Revolution."

At those words, Julian returned to his confused state earlier. "Wait... huh? After the Renaissance Age there came three revolutions in a row, with two of them related to something called 'industrial'..."

"What's so significant about this 'industrial' thing that two revolutions happened?"

Listening to the words that came out of Julian's mouth at that point, Valyr let out a low sigh as he decided to explain the various eras to the man in greater detail.

Being reminded of what Nila had done for him up to the Digital Age, the young man took his time, feeling that this was a good starting point for him to share the things he gained from the inheritance to aid the humans in the war.

Starting off on information related to technological eras that the two of them were familiar with, Valyr gradually moved onto the more advanced ages, with information on the High and Late Middle Ages causing Julian's eyes to widen in shock.

By the time the young man was talking about the Renaissance Age, the man had gone completely silent, seemingly choosing to commit all of the information Valyr was telling him to memory.

In the end, it took a couple of hours in total for the young man to go from the Early Middle Ages up to the First Industrial Revolution in considerably great detail, which made the young man bitterly smile once he took a quick peek out the window.

"The sun's already about to set, huh..." muttered Valyr to himself, only to look back at Julian not long after.

Surprisingly, after the young man was done going through the various eras of technology, the man continued to remain silent as he sported a pensive expression.

With the gears in the man's mind working on overdrive, it only took a few more minutes for Julian to return to his previous state, looking at Valyr as if he was his lifelong mentor.

Closing his eyes for a bit, he returned his gaze towards the young man, his eyes brimming with gratitude. "You've definitely widened my horizons, Valyr," said Julian with a grateful smile. "If information like this was readily available to all of the blacksmiths under the empire, humanity wouldn't have been on the losing end against the orcs right now."

After that, the man let out a soft exhale. "Then again, even if it was readily available, the barrier of entry is extremely high."

"An arquebus, yeah." Valyr nodded, faintly grinning after a screen had appeared before the man's vision.

"How in the heavens..." Unsurprisingly, at the very moment information on the arquebus had appeared before Julian, the man was left at a complete loss for words after noticing the amount of Attack it gave.

"It hasn't even reached Legendary grade yet, but it's already boasting an Attack stat in the thousands?" Reading through more and more of the weapon's description, the more enamored Julian became with the weapon, imagining its destructive properties in the battlefield.

"Oh yeah. I also made this while I was in the inheritance." Getting the feeling that he already knew what was going on in Julian's mind, Valyr decided to bring out the pistol he'd forged and gave it to the man.

"Since the arquebus is the first weapon of that kind I made, it's received some special properties through the system," said Valyr. "This one is called a pistol, but it operates the same way as the arquebus does. Its stats are probably more in line with what would normally be the outcome."

"Even so, to boast an Attack stat in the high thousands while being at Rare grade..." Looking through the description of the pistol, it was no surprise that Julian was greatly interested in the pistol, especially after seeing the weapon's rarity.

After all, the weapon being of a lower rarity meant that it was easier to forge.

And the easier it was to forge, the more that could be produced...

Which could possibly turn the tides of the war to their side.

Feeling as if he'd looked at the two weapons Valyr brought out for long enough, Julian went silent for a bit before asking the young man a question. "Do you think it's possible to reduce the level requirement for this weapon?"

Valyr pondered over it for a bit. "It'll be slightly difficult since it has a lot of parts inside, but I think it could be lowered. It would probably result in a lower rarity, though."

"Would it still have an Attack stat over a thousand if that were the case?" asked Julian as he looked at Valyr with a slightly expectant gaze.

"I think so," replied the young man after mulling over it for a bit.

"Then that's fine," replied Julian with a relieved smile, looking at Valyr as if he had relieved the burdens of the entire Blacksmith Guild in one go.

Of course, Valyr already had an idea why Julian was asking him all this. "You plan on asking me for a blueprint so other blacksmiths could forge it for the war?"

At those words, Julian wryly smiled as he faintly nodded.

Though surprisingly, he let out a long sigh after that.

"If only you knew how much we've been struggling against the orcs as of late."

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