I'm not a magician

Bud felt that there might be something wrong with the young man's brain, so he held back his temper and doubted Gu Jichi: "Is he really good? You don't know the weapon competition yet. In this competition, the individual ability of the weapon technician is not the most important thing. The concept and cooperation between famous equipment engineers is the key."

Bud was talking to Ji Chi, but his eyes were seriously examining Linton: "You have to remember, whether it's an equipment competition or a professional team in the future Combat Academy, the excellence of a team is definitely not in the number of people. A wrong Cogs that will destroy all efforts."

He was tactfully rejecting Linton.

When Bud decided to participate in the competition, he didn't want to let extra people join. In his opinion, Ji Chi and Chloe are good enough children. Although the time for the three of them will be very tight, but with his rich experience It is not impossible to take control and win the championship.

Linton stared blankly at Bard, and suddenly knelt down in front of Bard, looking at him with a bit of pleading in his eyes: "Master Borg! Please let me join your team! I promise to obey." Your order, as long as... as long as I can follow you!"

Bud took a step back and shook his head slightly: "I'm sorry, child, the order is not important, it's because I don't understand you, and our ideas may not match."

Linton panicked, with beads of sweat dripping from his forehead, he said anxiously: "No! You have always been my idea and the direction to guide me... Oh! Yes, yes! You can take a look at my works, please Take a look at my work! As you once said, a work is a mirror of a person's soul!"

Linton lowered his head and frantically rummaged through the magic bag on his waist.

He bought himself the cheapest magic bag, the space inside was small and messy, and he searched for a long time before he took out a silver staff.

Linton was still kneeling on the ground, holding it in both hands, and sent it to Bard, his gray eyes were full of piety: "This is my first work. After I read your notes, based on your hope The perception, the Dawn staff made..."

"At that time, I didn't have gold coins to buy Dawnwood, so I replaced it with white wood. But the magic pattern on it was carved out by me with great hope. I have always imagined that one day I can show it to you. I want you to know that there is A person who is trapped in the mud has gained hope like the dawn because of you."

Bud stared blankly at the staff, slowly raised his wrinkled hand, and took it.

This staff of Dawn is very rough, with inferior materials, immature brushwork, and even because of unfamiliarity with the magic pattern, it has been carved in several places wrongly.

Not to mention the superior performance of this kind of wand, if you use it to attack, there is a high probability that the magic ball will jump into your face.

Bud couldn't help laughing. This work is definitely a dark history of the equipment master's life. It really takes a lot of sincerity and courage for this kid to dare to take it out.

On the other hand, Bard's eyebrows softened. If Ivan was here, he would find that it was very similar to the Dawn Staff in his hand.The similarity is not in shape or texture, but in the emotion embedded in it.

A gentle smile flickered between Bud's brows and eyes, and his old hands stroked the staff delicately and slowly.

Ji Chi and Linton noticed Bud's expression, and they both breathed a sigh of relief silently, which can be regarded as accepting him...

Suddenly, Bud frowned fiercely, and he touched a shallow notch at the end of the staff, which was a crooked mark.

Seeing this, Linton scratched his head embarrassedly and smiled: "This is the appearance of the apple tree in front of my house when I was a child. I didn't think too much about it at the time, and I used it as a mark subconsciously. Now I can't change it with my habits."

Some well-known equipment engineers will engrave their own special marks on their works, like a long-standing brand, proudly accepting the pursuit of others.

"Master Nat?" Bud asked, knowing the mark, but the meaning was unclear.

"Hey, it's me, that's my mother's original surname, she is..."

Before Linton could finish speaking, Bud threw the staff back.

The light staff bounced a few times in Linton's palm before he grabbed it in a hurry.

Bud ignored his puzzled eyes, turned around and didn't look at him: "Go out, it's not difficult for you to join a strong team."

There was injury in Linton's eyes, and with a hoarse voice, he asked softly, "Why..."

Bud laughed mockingly: "With Master Nat's strength, as long as you say a word, many nobles will pay and work to invite you. Why do you force yourself to be used by an old man?"

Master Nat is a young master who has recently gained fame in Wangcheng. His works are creative, bold and stable, and are very popular with the middle and upper nobles of the empire.

This master is very low-key and doesn't show up much, but he is extremely greedy for money. As long as the bid is generous, he can negotiate any conditions. The refined works are very popular in the aristocratic circle.

Ji Chi suddenly understood the reason for Bud's sudden change of face. His former student Anthony also made a fortune by making a name for himself by this method.

Ji Chi understands Bud's feeling of being afraid of well ropes after being bitten by a snake for ten years, but this is not the standard for him to easily deny a person.

He also darkened his face slightly: "Bud, you shouldn't vent your own fear on others. Linton is not that kind of person."

Bud took a deep look at Ji Chi: "How long have you known him? How can you be sure who he is? I have taught Anthony for 30 years! It's not until it's too late to see what he is Such a person!"

"Then how long have we known each other, and how long have you known Chloe? Only those who are not short of money can make you let go of your guard?" Ji Chi frowned and choked with him, "Amassing money is never something worth guarding against ! The process and purpose of making money is!"

As Ji Chi was talking, he suddenly crossed his arms and smiled, "Oh, I almost forgot, you've been making money like crazy lately, after all, you still owe me 700 million..."

Bud's eyes widened and he couldn't refute, his face turned blue and white, and he muttered and cursed a few times in a low voice.

"Well, I really like gold coins very much, very, very much." Linton seemed not to have heard their argument, and sat there calmly, holding his staff tightly in both hands, "This feeling will never fade away, Because it has become my instinct."

Linton smiled shallowly, and looked up at Ji Chi: "Do you remember what I said when I first met you? I didn't lie to you, my mother was indeed suffering from a serious illness, and my brother was indeed suffering from a serious illness." Seriously injured, my sister...has been starving for a long time. And these three lives can be bought with just one gold coin! How can I not want it!"

Linton almost roared when he said that, his eyes were red, and his back arched a tight curve: "But I don't have it... I also tried my best to earn it, but it's still too late, I can't afford them..."

"Since then, I have always lacked a gold coin in my hand, and that is also the motivation for me to live." After Linton finished speaking, he slowly propped himself up, closed his eyes to calm down, and carefully put the staff back into the magic bag. He bowed to Bud, "Sorry, I can't change this, I was the one who was rude today."

Bud pursed his lips tightly. He was still very soft-hearted towards the hard-working civilian children, but he was really afraid of meeting the next Anthony. Two strong emotions were torn in his heart.

Ji Chi closed his eyes and asked softly, "Then how many lives have you bought now?"

Linton was stunned for a moment, then looked back into Ji Chi's eyes, and suddenly understood everything, he laughed, with a little pride: "310 [-], I also met a very good person, half of them are also He saved, I was only responsible for providing gold coins."

Ji Chi nodded: "That's good. Your family members must have followed them to visit you. It must have been more than 100 times."

Linton grinned: "Yes, but it's not enough. I also want to save some money so that they can come and accompany me more."

Chloe kept turning her head to look at the two of them. It was the first time she encountered such complicated emotions. It took a long time and she still couldn't tell whether their faces were joy or sadness.

She simply gave up thinking about it, and tilted her head: "Is Linton short of gold coins? Chloe can give you the gold coins."

As she spoke, she wanted to reach out for her stomach again, but Bud held her down.

Bud sighed deeply, and turned his back slowly: "Sorry, I was stubborn, I hope you can keep your heart forever... Come with me, we don't have much time left."

Linton's smile froze at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes gradually filled with disbelief and surprise.

When Ji Chi passed by, he patted Linton on the shoulder, followed Bud, bowed his head and said to him, "Don't worry, you won't regret it, maybe it's still a surprise."

Bud snorted heavily: "Farewell to the surprise, the last surprise almost cost me half my life."

Knowing that he was talking about classics, Ji Chi laughed and said, "I'm sorry, sorry, I should have reminded you more bluntly, then in order to make amends, you don't have to return the 700 million gold coins to me."

Bud turned his head in a principled manner: "No! I will do what I say, are you mocking me for paying me back!"

Ji Chi snorted and pressed in a low voice, "How can you save money from abusing good people..."

Bard's staff shop has become very different from before because of the addition of Chloe. The original narrow space has been expanded a lot, and the manuscript parts discarded randomly are piled up in one corner. The monotonous and simple interior is also It is piled up by many novelty toys.

Chloe sat on her small soft stool, habitually picked up a puppet with black hair and black pupils from Bud's workbench, and held it in her arms.

Bud brewed several cups of rich and fragrant scented tea and handed them to them. Chloe held one of the cups, put it in her palm and smelled it carefully, but did not drink it.

Linton didn't notice Chloe's abnormality. All his attention was now on Bud. He drank the tea in two or three gulps, his hands were straight on his knees, and his gray eyes were surprisingly bright.

Bud turned around and took a piece of light yellow manuscript paper from the workbench, spread it on the small table in front of them, and held a quill pen in his hand. The golden nib scratched the paper with a rustling sound: "I am in the game of tools." I took two students to participate once and won the championship. At that time, the scale of the competition was not so big, and the rewards were very ordinary, mainly to train the two of them..."

Bud realized that his memory was far away, coughed, and continued: "But after so many years, the rules of the competition haven't changed much."

"There are three selections in this competition. The first is the selection of the design drawings. The participating teams must submit the design drawings within the specified time. The design drawings will be evaluated by the equipment engineers of each Imperial Equipment Academy. Qualified contestant."

"The second selection is about to start scoring. Contestants need to bring materials, complete the design drawing on the field, and finally be evaluated by specially invited equipment masters. Starting from this selection, the scoring will be counted Rise up and merge to the end."

"The last selection is to give the entries a chance to improve. When we were in the second selection, we could only rank No.3, but at the last moment, Fei... my student suddenly thought of a wonderful improvement method , Only then won the championship in one fell swoop, which is really thrilling."

Bud thought of the thrilling scene at that time, a smile appeared in his eyes, and he quickly restrained himself: "The general process is like this. There is no specific evaluation standard for competition equipment, but the most noteworthy thing is quality and creativity."

"However, in today's increasingly grand competition, high-quality equipment is no longer scarce. The most important thing is to test whether the equipment engineers can create brand-new items." Bud said lightly, and looked up at the three boys and girls on the opposite side. , "Do you guys have any ideas?"