Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 110: Two-Star Dagger

Next, when Li Wei went to the market again, he immediately felt it was different from yesterday. Many people were discussing him, and they took the initiative to greet and talk to him.

When he went to buy salted fish again, there was still a limit of two, but it only cost three silver coins.

When he went to the caravan, the caravan boss's gaze was filled with craftiness and smugness. If this matter hadn't had his tacit approval, Li Wei wouldn't have believed it.

Without a doubt, this guy was also testing the waters, testing whether Li Wei was acting as a hook for the Lord.

After all, the practice of entrapment truly didn't differentiate between ancient and modern, domestic or foreign, or between Earth and another world.

Now that Li Wei had obtained the Right of Permanent Residence, although he was still a commoner, he was considered to possess a small measure of permanent property. Thus, while the transaction price couldn't be lowered, it proceeded exceedingly smoothly.

Li Wei spent several minutes before popping out of the covered wagon, and calmly departed amidst the boos of a crowd of men.

Hm, task completion progress—two-fifths!

Afterward, Li Wei wandered around the market again. He still didn't find any kind of seeds other than wheat and Beans. Not even at the caravan's stalls. Well, it wasn't that they didn't have any, but rather that they had already been handed over to the Lord's Farmstead manager the day before yesterday.

Because excellent seeds were likewise strategic resources.So it was probably because the season was wrong. It was currently late spring, not the time for autumn harvest. For him to want to buy seeds, he had truly come at the wrong time, because this was a time when all farmers needed seeds.

"It seems I can only think of another way."

Li Wei wasn't discouraged. Exiting the market, he headed straight for that row of stone houses in the west. Here, there were Blacksmith Shops, tailor shops, mill-and-bakeries, breweries, candle-making workshops, barber-and-surgery shops, the Masons' Guild, the Bricklayers' Guild, herb shops, leather workshops, as well as establishments whose functions Li Wei couldn't quite discern, but were filled with generous and affluent young ladies.

Also, it wasn't just on the side of the stone houses; some small workshops were also opened facing the street in the wooden house district to the east.

For instance, there was more than one bakery.

In any case, this place looked quite bustling. Prior to this, however, Li Wei wasn't qualified to enter a portion of the shops here, such as the Blacksmith Shop, the Masons' Guild, the leather workshop, and so on.

"Your Excellency, please halt. You look like an outsider. Apologies, but this is an operating establishment specially licensed by the Lord. If you cannot produce the relevant documents, you will not be allowed to enter here."

At the Blacksmith Shop, Li Wei was stopped by an ostensibly young blacksmith apprentice.

It's fine. I forgive your foolish dog eyes.

Li Wei directly produced his Right of Permanent Residence document. This was incredibly useful; that blacksmith apprentice immediately changed his expression and let Li Wei in.

This Blacksmith Shop was also a two-story stone house. The first floor served as the reception area for guests, kitchen, and living quarters for apprentices. The second floor housed the blacksmith's entire family. There was also a backyard, but no vegetables or fruits were planted there; instead, a decent-quality Small Blast Furnace had been constructed.

At this moment, a robust middle-aged man—bare-chested, with his beard and hair completely shaved off—was sitting dejectedly at a crude dining table, gnawing on a massive piece of bread. Seeing Li Wei enter, he didn't speak, as if still immersed in some kind of sorrow.

Yet another heartbroken person under the ravaging tide of the Plague.

The first-floor rooms led straight to the backyard. Three blacksmith apprentices were busy working. The oldest was no more than twenty-five, while the youngest—the one who had just asked Li Wei for his permanent residence document—was only fourteen or fifteen, and as skinny as a rack of ribs.

However, these three blacksmith apprentices were exceedingly strong and brawny. They worked methodically and were well-trained. In terms of professional accomplishment, they were absolutely on par with the previous version of Penny.

Therefore, corresponding to the criteria, this middle-aged blacksmith should at least be a Three-Star Blacksmith?

"Sir, may I ask what weapon you wish to purchase, or what weapon you'd like to have custom-forged?"

At this point, the oldest blacksmith apprentice stopped his forging work, straightened up, and looked at Li Wei. He was a resolute young man with a calm and seasoned gaze. He had clearly reached the level where he could graduate from his apprenticeship.

Perhaps he could be abducted to the family Camp?

Alright, that was a stupid idea, because Clyde was a Three-Star Blacksmith.

As long as he served as the Head of Household next month, he could use the Main Task method to have Clyde forge arrowheads. Except for the fact that they couldn't be brought out of this world, they would be excellent and convenient to use—and most importantly, free.

Therefore, Li Wei was purely curious, incidentally harboring thoughts of picking up a bargain. After all, all supplies purchased here belonged to his personal inventory.

"I'd like to purchase some feather arrows of sufficiently good quality, as well as a dagger. If you could forge a better spearhead for me, I would be extremely grateful."

Li Wei spoke calmly, while simultaneously rapidly sizing up everyone in the Blacksmith Shop, as well as the entire building's architectural structure, and envisioning how he should fight and retreat if the rooms were full of enemies and a sudden attack occurred...

Sigh, it had all become a habit.

However, upon hearing this, the blacksmith apprentice opposite him somewhat perfunctorily pointed to a row of shelves in the back. It wasn't that he looked down on Li Wei, but rather it felt as boring and uninteresting as a Platinum-tier expert being asked to carry a newbie against bots.

"Go choose yourself. Tell me if you catch sight of anything."

Hehe!

Li Wei didn't mind. He simply unslung his one-star Wooden Spear and handed it over, "Apologies, I need a spearhead that can match this form of Wooden Spear. In addition, whether it's daggers or feather arrows, they all need to be of this level."

That blacksmith apprentice glanced at Li Wei, then glanced at that one-star Wooden Spear. As an apprentice ready to graduate, he ought to have two-star level proficiency. With a single glance, he could spot the clues. His expression instantly became solemn as he took the one-star Wooden Spear and tested its piercing capabilities twice.

"So this is a Wooden Spear more suited for throwing? Alright, I'll give it a try. You can come pick it up the day after tomorrow. As for daggers and arrowheads, there are ready-made ones. Thomas, take this guest to see them."

Another blacksmith apprentice voiced his acknowledgment, yet proceeded to lead Li Wei from the backyard into the basement.

The space in the basement was somewhat large and a bit dim, but very dry and not suffocating at all. It seemed they had excellent ventilation methods.

At this point, he saw this apprentice named Thomas carry over a large wooden trunk. Upon opening it, there were waterproof, moisture-proof, and even fireproof sandbag layers inside. It was maintained quite excellently.

It seemed to be good stuff. Right now, Li Wei was even a bit worried that he didn't have enough gold coins.

After all, over these past two days, generating money truly flowed out like water.

"Guest, please look!"

Apprentice Thomas carefully took out a very exquisite dagger, which even had complex patterns engraved upon it.

"I don't want this one. I need something plainer and more practical." Li Wei directly refused. The quality of such a dagger wouldn't vary much, but its price might be several times more expensive.

"Oh, then I understand."

The blacksmith apprentice nodded, closed this large trunk, and brought out another large trunk. After opening it, there were two daggers inside, naturally a slightly longer and slightly thicker short sword, and finally a thrusting sword.

These were all premium items at a glance. Li Wei skipped right over that thrusting sword. Good as it was, it was outside the scope of what he could master.

In truth, the reason he wanted to buy a one-star dagger was entirely because it could be brought out of this world, and he didn't want to bid against those Senior Players anymore.

However, he seemed to have run into good luck this time, because these two daggers, as well as that short sword, were all quite good.

Wiping his hands, he picked up the most pleasing-looking dagger. This dagger was rather sharp, which had nothing to do with the material, but rather the blood grooves carved into it. It was very suitable for thrusting, but slightly unsuitable for cutting.

Looking at the other one, it belonged to a type that balanced both cutting and thrusting, each having its own merits.

At this time, Li Wei's three cards silently emerged, hovered, and vanished in a flash. Following this, he also saw the attributes of this dagger.

[Name: Bone Skinner]

[Quality: Two-Star]

[Crafted by Kakh City's Three-Star Blacksmith Ned. This is an extremely sharp quenched Refined Steel Dagger suited for thrusting. However, without sufficient close-quarters combat skills, it is very easy to injure oneself.]

[Damage +50]

[Trait: Bleeding. This was forged by Ned while mourning his deceased wife. The blood of sorrow, just like the rain of sorrow.]

[Warning: If your opponent is wearing chainmail, or excellently crafted laminated Leather Armor of two-star quality or above, then unless you have received the blessings of gods, or your Strength can break the critical threshold, you had better aim for their throat or other unarmored areas.]

[Price: 10 Standard Gold Coins. No bargaining, no credit allowed.]

[Can be carried out of this world.]

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What a treasure!

Li Wei liked it very much.

However, he still calculated his finances meticulously.

Initially, he had 53 gold coins, 5 silver coins, and some copper coins. Upgrading the Three-Star Farmer Card consumed 10 gold coins.

Bounty of 5 silver. Buying four salted fish used up seven silver coins. Buying food used one silver and all copper coins. Lodging cost one silver.

Buying Table Salt yesterday and today consumed four gold coins.

To buy the Right of Permanent Residence, he spent three gold coins, and he straight up bought those two One-Star Quality Eagle Feather Arrows from that caravan guard, costing another gold coin.

Up to this point, he still had 35 Standard Gold Coins and 1 silver coin in his hand.

If nothing unexpected happens in the next three days, he will still need to pay 6 gold coins and 3 silver coins. Thus, he would only have 28 Standard Gold Coins and 9 silver coins left.

Moreover, he also wants to buy some seeds, and even wants to buy a cow...

"Forget it, don't even think about cows or horses."

"I can't just consider the future development of the family; I also have to consider returning to the Headquarters after completing the mission pass, as well as entering the Chaotic Killing Battlefield. So, the goals are very simple."

"First, strive as much as possible for a consecutive term as Head of Household. That way, after the Task Settlement, another Bronze Quality Clearance Token can be obtained, which is exactly what's needed to upgrade the Hunter Card to three-star."

"Second, is to open up Private Fields and stockpile star-rated supplies that can be carried out of this world."

Upon thinking to this point, Li Wei didn't even look at that remaining dagger anymore.

"This is the one. Could you throw in a scabbard?"

"Guest, of course. This was meant to be included anyway."

That apprentice named Thomas was very pleased and quickly found a leather scabbard fitting this dagger. It had corkwood inside used for securing, plus a strapping band. Tying it to the waist made it considerably handy; even when doing somersaults, one didn't have to worry about this dagger falling out.

However, with just a slightly forceful pull, it could be very easily drawn. It was highly flexible.

However, moving forward, if he had time, Li Wei would have to practice some dagger combat techniques. Hm, it could also be used for throwing?