Mercenaries and Adventurers

Keir thought, the one-handed epee used by Knight Lanisa to deal with monsters seemed to be cast from black iron as a whole. That kind of heavy weapon that he has to drag on the ground to move is not something that mortals like them can use normally.

He watched the middle-aged fisherman Wick dancing and imagining the magic material oar he made with the whole black iron, so he had to give up his crazy idea.

"Stop for a second, Mr. Wick. Cough, I didn't make it clear just now. In fact, although the magic material black iron is 'cheap', it is also cheaper than other precious magic materials."

The old man Boss immediately understood what Keir meant: "So? Is the price of this black iron also very expensive? About how much, tell me."

Keir nodded, thought for a while, and then remembered the price of magic weapons introduced to him by the mysterious craftsman who was a weapon craftsman on one side and a priest from the God of Craftsmanship Church on the other side in the weapon forging workshop in Kendall City.

"The black iron magic material is about eight silver coins for half a kilogram. I didn't actually use much when making my weapons, so I didn't spend many coins."

"Eight silver coins for half a kilogram? Hey, it doesn't sound like a lot." Wick took the long sword in Boss's hand, shook his hands, thought for a while and said, "Look at it this way, I've saved it for a few years. Money, it seems that you can also make your own magic material weapon!"

The more he talked, the more excited he became, but Boss said to Keir sharply: "The black iron is very heavy, so how big is it in half a kilogram?"

Keir looked at Wick in embarrassment and gestured with his hand. He stretched out **** together: "It's probably a small square piece with the width of **** after taking off the gloves."

"Ah? It's so small, just, half a kilogram?" Wick was taken aback, and then stretched his arms again, gesturing about the approximate size of the paddle he usually uses.

"Then how much black iron is needed for such a big oar? How much does it cost?"

The old man Boss choked Wick at the right time: "It's not a matter of spending money, anyway, you can't save that much in your life, the real problem is that a small amount of black iron weighs half a kilogram, your boat The oars are all made of black iron, with the help of your family, you might not be able to lift them up, right?"

Wick pulled a face because of this, and stopped talking.

Keir originally wanted to remind the other party that there is no need to really make a metal oar as a weapon. After all, you can make one out of steel, and you can't use it yourself. It takes a lot of effort to lift it up, let alone hit someone with it.

But it's better for him to say less about such choking words, because he is not familiar with them after all. Unlike "Lake Divers" Boss and Wick who are both residents of the same village, and both are fishermen, this old one seems to have a good relationship in private.

People can say sarcasm casually, he, he can forget it, people who are not familiar with people who speak like this can easily make people disgusted and turn their faces.

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The middle-aged fisherman Wick's dream of a magic weapon was shattered before it even started, but he happened to have a magic sword used by a warrior sent by knights to solve troubles, so his attention was quickly diverted.

"Keir, can I take a look at the sword?" Wick asked cautiously. After all, the weapons of the warriors in the story are their lifeblood, and they are rarely used by outsiders.

But after all, Keir is not a real person who grew up in the local area. It has not been a year since he came here, and the stories in the tavern stopped a lot, but he did not regard some traditions of the soldiers as his own habits.

"I said yes. But, in fact, you can't do it at all." Kiel shrugged indifferently.

"Why?" the old man Boss asked, stroking his gray beard.

Kiel pointed to the hilt of the longsword Hunt.

"Because not only the blade and scabbard are extraordinary, but basically the whole sword is made of various magic materials. It is even difficult for you to hold the hilt, because you are not me, and it will resist your grip. And I can't pull the sword out of the scabbard, not because there is a buckle mechanism on the scabbard, but simply because I am the owner of this weapon."

Boss opened his eyes wide and said in surprise, "It has a soul!"

"Oh, no, it's not the soul. Knight Lanisa said it's a spiritual weapon."

"Spiritual weapon?" This time, both of them asked in doubt.

Kiel made a virtual gesture of holding a weapon and slashed into the air beside him: "Ah, after fighting, defeating the weapons that killed many beasts, monsters and enemies, those lives that died under its blade will become The nourishment of weapons gives them some character and spirituality. This is what adults explained to me, I don’t know if you can understand.”

Boss was thoughtful. It seems that in his relatively long life, he should have seen the appearance of the weapon described by Keel.

And Wick has lived in Wumi Lake Village since he was a child, and he is just the leader elected by some fishermen. Although his life is still stronger than many other villagers, he is much weaker than Boss.

"Then let me try?"

After he finished speaking, he saw Kiel stretching out his hand to signal him to be casual, so the tall and strong middle-aged fisherman held the scabbard in his left hand, and tried to hold the hilt with his right hand.

But when his hand was on the wooden hilt, he couldn't hold it anymore. Between the palm and the hilt, which is visible to the naked eye, there is a circle of scattered blue light that recurs.

It was these seemingly empty things that were resisting Wick's palm.

Wick gripped it hard again, but even though he blushed, and was finally out of breath, he couldn't let his fingers touch the hilt of the sword even a little bit.

Keir shrugged: "What I said, this is it."

The same is true of his fellow hunters, unable to hold the hilt at all, so at that time Kiel pulled the sword out of the scabbard first, and then let his companions hold the hilt in such an awkward void to build a defensive position on the rocky mountain.

However, after the reforging was completed at the beginning, the hunting spirit of this long sword was not so strong. Recently, it has become more and more powerful. It seems that the spirituality of the long sword before the reforging has recovered or returned.

Of course, compared with Kiel's two-handed ax that surpassed the head of the water, it is not a star and a half.

The two-handed ax with no handle attached, can only be swung up and thrown with a rope, and it can attack the selected target by itself according to Kiel's will.

However, that ax has a very temper. On the way here, let it cut down the little beast that was peeping in the woods. After being thrown out by Kiel, it disliked it and flew back on its own.

After talking and laughing for a while, the three of them became a little familiar. At this time, they all sat at the round wooden table again and discussed the actions to deal with the capsized fish.

Kiel didn't know much about sunfish, so he asked the two heads of fishermen to introduce him to this monster that entrenched in the water and could stop a large number of northern landwolves from swimming and attacking the village.

Wick and Boss looked at each other, and Wick first described this thing to Keir.

"Ah, flipper fish, first of all, this thing is very big. Look, from the table to the door of the house, the distance of six or seven meters is almost the same as their length."

Keel turned around and found that according to what Wick said, this thing is actually not very big. At least it wasn't bigger than Kiel had expected.

"please continue."

"Oh, Keel, you are not very surprised. Do you think they are a little smaller? Actually, no, it's just the length. In fact, the head and stomach of the sunfish are very large, and the size of the mouth can completely **** a northern land wolf directly. Put it into your mouth and chew it. And there are thick hard tumors on their heads, that thing looks like nothing, but it can easily pierce through the thick ice."

The old man next to him, Boss, sighed: "Hey, it's because of this loss that in the first winter after the introduction of sunfish, they devoured a whole team of ice-cutting fish on foot. Fishermen. That's how one of my youngest sons died near the shore at last."

Speaking of this, the old man was a little choked up, and covered his cheeks with his hands sadly, covering his red eyes with tears.

Wick snorted unhappily, fell silent for a while, and then seemed to be unable to bear it any longer, and shouted loudly at Boss, the "lake diver": "Isn't it all your fault! Back then, the priest repeatedly told the big guys The caperfish is powerful, and it can resist the northern landwolves attacking the village on the ice in any winter. You old **** is stubborn! Fighting against the priest, the result is good, and so many people died."

Then he lowered his voice and explained to Kiel. Although it did happen that many people died, the fishermen living in the north of the village never told outsiders because they wanted to appease the villagers. From the perspective of outsiders, at least from the perspective of caravans that are not afraid of northern land wolves from time to time, although there are northern land wolves on the road and sunfish in the lake in Wumi Lake Village, at least the sunken fish failed to kill people. There is still help.

Keir patted the scabbard of the long sword on the wooden table, and the slapping sound stopped the two from becoming more and more arguing.

"Hey, it's all in the past. If you complain now, it's better to discuss and find a way to deal with those sunken fish that harmed the villagers. Avenge the dead fishermen!"

Wick also slapped the table heavily: "That's right, kill those capsize fish."

Boss took a deep breath, gradually calmed down, and eased his emotions. He also said seriously: "Okay, avenge the dead people."

After speaking, he closed his eyes again in pain.

With a click of his mouth, Keel signaled Wick to continue introducing sunfish.

"Because there are tumors on the head that can pierce the ice surface, even in winter, no matter how thick the ice is on the lake, no man or beast dares to set foot on it. As for the huge belly of the sunfish, according to the priest, That is, it can absorb water when swallowing prey on the water surface so that the prey cannot escape at all, and it can also accommodate a huge stomach bag, which can swallow more than a dozen beasts the size of the northern land wolf in one breath."

"Not to mention people, it is impossible to send dozens of people to death one by one, and then deal with them after feeding the capsize fish."

Keel put his hands on the table when he heard this, and then propped his chin to think.

He felt that this was a trouble, but an effective and stupid way.

As long as they don't use people, but feed those sunfishes with other things, then they don't need to be afraid of being swallowed by the sunfishes for the time being. In this way, they can have a chance to avoid death to deal with the sunflowers on the ice.

But if the capsize fish is full and then stops swimming near the water surface, it will be troublesome.

After thinking about it, Keir felt that this method was not very good, and it could be regarded as a method of no solution, and it would be used in the end.

"By the way, I have a question." Keel asked.

"What's the problem, tell me."

"That's right, how many sunfishes are there? Also, they won't settle here to lay eggs, right?"

But after hearing Keir's question, the two breathed a sigh of relief: "This question is simple. There are four sunfish, and all of them are males, and they will not reproduce. This was arranged by the priest in the very beginning."

Keir narrowed his eyes: "Then why don't you ask that priest to kill the four sunfish in this lake? I'm not a local, but I've always heard that the priests of the Church of the Lord of Rivers and Lakes in Kendall are very powerful , has the ability to induce miracles?"

'Lake Divers' Boss smiled wryly: "After all, the wolf problem was solved by the lord not long ago. We didn't think so much about the future. But these days there is no threat of wolf disease, and everyone gradually feels that there is a capsized fish. The Wumi Lake is really not as good as before. I also asked the priest at the time, but the priest thought that it was disrespectful to the gods for him to clean up the sunken fish, and even asked all believers not to directly deal with the sunken fish in the future. Hurt the sunfish."

Wick continued: "It's not as good as before. It's not that there are fewer fish in the lake, it's not. It's that it's more difficult to cast a net to catch fish. When we are on the lake, everyone no longer sleeps peacefully. In the boat, everyone was always worried about the capsized fish under the water. When they saw the shadow of the big fish, they all panicked."

Boss went on to say: "And the children who have been born and grown up in recent years can't even swim in the water. Can you believe that? Our fishermen's children can't even swim. Hey, but what can we do?" Woolen cloth."

"Well, it seems that it's not just the northern land wolf's problem. The sunfish caused by it also brought a lot of trouble and difficulty to the fishermen in the village." Kiel concluded.

He went on to say: "Tell me, after all these years, you have no plans to deal with capsized fish?"

The two looked at each other, and then whispered: "Actually, there are."

The old man Boss said, "When my youngest son died in the mouth of a sunfish, I approached that young priest who had just come to the village not long ago. I said I wanted revenge and begged the priest to give me a chance."

"What did he say?" Keel asked curiously, lying on the table.

But Wick was a little surprised: "How dare you take revenge? Didn't you know that the sunfish is the only water surface barrier that helps our village resist the northern wolf?"

Boss glanced at Wick apologetically: "I know, I also asked the priest at the time, and I said that I couldn't bear to be so old, but lost my youngest son who had just grown up. In the end, the priest asked me to do whatever I wanted. , because when I went to find the priest, the priest happened to be alone talking with Yu God."

Having said this, Boss swallowed a mouthful of spit.

And the same goes for the other two in the room.

"What next?"

"The priest said that the gods also knew about this kind of thing directly, but the gods only gave me a chance to find a way to fight against the sunken fish. When I killed one, he sent another one. Let me do whatever I want , showcasing the skill and wisdom of the fishermen who live by the water."

"Oh?" Keel didn't expect this **** of nature to do this, and it seemed more like just watching the fun.

"I did some sneaky preparations afterwards, and then at the turn of spring and summer, I tried to hunt a sunfish."

"Did it work?" Wick asked urgently.

"What method do you use?" Keel also asked at the same time.

Boss squinted at Wick and said, "Of course it didn't work." Then he explained his method to Kiel.

"At that time, I asked my eldest son to follow the caravan to Kendall City with money, and found a pair of barbed throwing guns from the blacksmiths there. In addition, I have used the harpoon all my life. When I'm ready, I'll row the boat and set off."

"Hey, it turned out that the harpoon couldn't pierce the scales of the sunken fish at all, and threw a spear at the sunken fish's mouth. It went in, but the beast swallowed it directly into the mouth, without chewing it. Belly. Then the capsized fish headed straight towards my fishing boat. Fortunately, the fishing boat had connected the two boats together according to the method given by the lord, so it was not directly capsized by the big fish. "

Wick sneered: "So you escaped and came back later, and no one said anything?"

Boss was silent for a while, and said nothing more.

Regardless of the mental process of the old man Boss at this time, Keil turned to look at Wick: "What about you? Have you thought about it before, or made any plan to deal with the sunfish?"

Wick laughed: "Of course, although my family members didn't die in the mouth of the capsize fish, some of the guys under my command died in the incident of not listening to dissuasion in the early years~www.readwn.com~ Many people were injured by the sunfish. After we got used to this kind of life in the past two years, we also talked about such things when we got together."

Then he patted his chest: "Although I haven't tried this idea, it must be much more reliable than the old man's single-handed action. This is all thought up by everyone and discussed."

Keir's eyes lit up: "Oh, since you are so confident, let's talk about it."

"It's like this. Although those sunken fish are powerful, they are big fish without any brains after all. They only know how to swim in the water every day to hunt for food. Basically, when they see something on the water surface and ice, they will go directly to the bottom of the water. Then he opened his mouth and sucked the thing into his mouth, chewed it a few times and then swallowed it into his stomach."

Keel narrowed his eyes, seeming to think about what Wick was going to say next.

"So let's make a dangerous meat bait, shoot some animal from the forest out there, then empty out its stomach, fill it with sharp knives. Just feed this thing to the sunfish, huh! Eat up to the belly Then those capers will know not to put everything in their mouths!"

Keel felt that although he didn't know if this method would work, he could at least try it.

So he said: "I think Mr. Wick's method can be tried. At least there is no danger in this way. Well, how about you contact some brave fishermen and prepare one or two boats in the best condition. It is yours today. The kind used. And I went to the village chief, Corydon, and asked him to find a way to prepare some sharp knives in the village. Then I went out of the village and brought back five or six animals for us to use as Meat bait."

"Prepare for a few days, after everything is done, let's try this method!"

"good!"

"good!"