Chapter 144 - 144. 384 Blacksmiths To Complete 135k Pieces Of Equipment?

"Good morrow my good brethren. Did you miss the both of us?" greeted a Bruce as he stepped into the Castle grounds and I sighed a huge sense of relief seeing those 2 who had returned after their scouring in the three cities; Northrup in the North, Emerald City in the East and Westinghouse in the West.

"Good Lord... I thought you were being kidnapped by some bewitching ladies and kept in their high towers and waiting for me to rescue the both of you...!!!" I can't contain my excitement as I rushed forward and clasped both of them on the shoulders.

"Wow... You seemed to be stronger than the last few days that I met you. You had been working out something or doing push up on the Missus lately?" Blake joked as he rubbed the part where I had clasped him earlier.

"Eh... Don't tell me the points I allocated earlier could even make a strong Blacksmith like Blake winch." I thought to myself and Ceres the system was silent as if her battery had gone flat or something.

"Well, as a usual brother. I had to forge all those Level 3 iron ingots to make those low-level weapons for Aermagh and you could imagine how many pieces I need to forge for each piece." I defended myself and thought that's the only plausible reason I could give at this moment.

"Talking about iron ingots, it does seem you do have quite a lot of iron ores in your smithy? I don't mean to be rude or to test your integrity but it seems you have an unlimited supply."

"Furthermore, you had not taken a single piece from me to forge and those iron ores were sitting there looking so lonely and lost. I had not been forging myself, and frankly, I'm getting to be a bit lazy myself since I'm entirely dependent on you. Hah hah hah... " stated Blake with his usual unlit pipe in his mouth.

"Don't worry about it brother. It is a small thing. So... Tell me about our trip to the 3 cities. From the looks on your face it would be terrific news, am I right? Huh... Huh... Huh...?" I ribbed Blake and Bruce as if we were three kids who liked teasing and playing the fool.

"Dear Brethren, let me tell you. This Macleod's Lucky Badge that you had asked us to wear, is indeed lucky... We never believed our luck when we approached the military advisor of those cities and when we showed the Level 3 weapons and armour, it was immediately appraised."

"Their current weapons were unable to cause a scratch on our shields but our daggers were able to slice their two-handed greatswords just by running the tip of the blade against their weapon. Even their shield was halved and it was like cutting through paper."

"Even the current Level 3 weapons and armours are superior to their current ones and of course, we didn't tell them about our Level 4 Iron weapons and armours that were currently being used by our adventurers. Hah hah..." Blake added as he inhaled his pipe even though it was unlit.

"Alright... So what have you for me this time, brother?" I was eager to see the sets of weapons and armours that I had not seen from other cities and I was a bit excited to see its design and so on.

"We were at Northrup when we had our first deal and we had weapons and armours for 4 classes. Paladin, Berserker, Ranger and Pikeman."

"4 kinds of body armours were given to us, a breastplate, a half plate, studded armour, chain mail shirt, a small buckler, medium shield and a bronze aspis."

"The design on the aspis was very eye-catching and it had two spaces where the pikeman would be able to wield his pike and shield at the same time."

"This small buckler is small enough to be slipped through the forearm and it is being used by the Rangers. It would be used to deflect Arrows and it would be fitted over their left forearm." Bruce showed how it was wielded and I saw that it was quite initiative.

"Here's something new I have not seen before. It has a nasal helm and a half-open mail coif and it was an all-rounder armour for all the 4 classes." Blake handed it to me and I saw that it would need the same number pieces of Iron ingot to forge a half plate.

"Next are the weapons. Pretty basic requirements here. A one-handed sword for the Rangers and Pikeman, two-handed greatswords for the Paladin and Berserker and a two-handed Warhammer with a 3-meter chain at the end of it."

"This Warhammer could be thrown, swung or wielded. Last but not least, a spectum for the pikeman. Just the head would do and the staff would be inserted. It would be cumbersome to transport a 2.5-meter long pike, wouldn't it?"

I looked at the collection and counted there are 4 body armour, 3 shields, 1 helm, 4 weapons. A total of 12 collections for Northrup.

"Boss, Northrup wishes for 2500 breastplate, 2500 half plate, 2500 Studded Leather armour 2500 chain mail shirt, 2500 small bucklers, 5000 medium shields, 2500 aspis, 10,000 helm and coif, 5000 one-handed swords, 5000 two-handed swords, 2500 Warhammer and 2500 spectum pike heads."

"That's a total of 45,000 pieces and we managed to get an average of 1.5k per item and we had a 70% deposit of 47 million and 250k credits out of 67.5 million credits." Blake described as he took out his notepad and made clear of the figure.

"Emerald City and Westinghouse ordered the same sets of weapons and armours since they wanted to make it standardised with Northrup. Both other cities had also paid 70% deposits and they would be expecting them anytime. There's a grand total of 202.5 million and we had collected 141.75 million of credits in the deposit."

"Here's your share Brethern, 40.5 million credits at 20% of the share. We don't know how to thank you, brother... We had made so much these past few weeks that it's hard for us to keep track."

"Earning millions was like earning thousands of credits and if not because of you that saved our business, we would have jumped off our beds and landed on the hard ground in committing suicide."

"We owe it all to you and Castle Keating-Macleod..." Blake added and he goes down on one knee and bowed his head as Bruce followed suit. The men knew how to be humble and know their roots and I told them it would be good to spare some money to give away as charity to those who need them.

"There are 87 Towns and I'm sure there are 87 orphanages. Why not spare a thousand or two for them and make those poor children happy?"

"They may need new clothes, some foods and candies or even a new soft toy. I don't know how many kids there are in each orphanage and I don't know if those orphanages do exist, but I'm sure small little things would go a long way."

"What do you think? Make small little hampers and put a 20 credit pouch in them along with some foods and kinds of stuff. I'm sure you would be more blessed in your endeavours."

I suggested since the got a major share of 80% and each of them earned double from what I had been given earlier.

"Its a good idea brother, let me check how many orphanages existed and how many children are there in each town and we would embark on our little 'giving back to the society' charity campaign. Blake replied as they made their move after they excused themselves.

I swiped all the weapons and all entered the storage bag. I wanted to hand the 40 million to Patricia but she refuses saying she already had the 60 million and it's more than enough. The sales of Beauty World would soon pick up and she can't wait for the production of the 100 New Products.

I grinned at her and told her that I would be in my study and I would be joining her in the pool later on. Since the children are out, we got the whole house to ourselves and play hide and seek. Hah hah hah... Hide and seek my ass. It's going to be under the covers for sure.

She smiled back and took the hint as the interns prepared the foods as arranged and I did check on them and find that on the fourth day they were able to be independent and able to work seamlessly in the kitchen. Time to spice up the snacks a bit since they had more free time on their hands for the next 25 days.

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Back in the Realm of Mind after I entered my meditative state and had fused the necessary pieces of iron ingot according to the required number of pieces per equipment, I cranked up the production for all the items and there was a total of 135,000 pieces of equipment altogether.

*Ding* Duplicate and separate them accordingly over 6 of these Fusion Chamber. It would take 5.2 days to complete the whole process due to the complexity of the duplication.

*Ding* You would earn +3510 on your base levels, and you would earn 146 levels across all the 6 professions that you have. You would also earn 1350 points on your allocation points due to the system upgrade and overhaul.

"Well, you lose some and win some. It is going to be 5 full days of churning those weapons out due to its size. If I could do it with 5 days, I wonder how long it would take for a team of Blacksmith to forge all those." I thought aloud and Ceres unexpectedly answered my question.

*Ding* For a team of 6 Blacksmiths, it would take 312 days for the completion of those 135k pieces of equipment. 156 days for a team of 12 blacksmiths, 78 days for 24 Blacksmith, 39 days for 48 Blacksmith, 19 days for 96 Blacksmith, 9 days 192 blacksmiths and 4.5 days for 384 blacksmiths working 24 hours without taking a single break. This figure is taken into consideration that there are 384 Level 5 blacksmiths in the whole of the continent.

I was stumped when Ceres, the system updated me the number of blacksmiths that are working 24 hours non stop for 4.5 days to produce these 135k pieces of equipment. "Should I lie again and says that I have 384 wisps helping me out as blacksmiths?"

I sighed as I logged off from my meditative state and returned to the real world. After I came out, I told Patricia that all the orders would be completed within 5 days who were already frolicking in the pool.

"Your wisps are really helpful dear, I wished to see your wisps one day...hope they aren't shy and then run off and would return months later to help you again," Patricia stated as she swam across the pool and came back again. She was like a mermaid, as her lithe body sliced through the waters underneath without a single thread on her body.

No wonder she swims like a mermaid... SHE'S STARK NAKED...!!!