my age of magic

Chapter 796 296. Making Hard Leather Armor

Even in midsummer, there are not many pedestrians on the square in front of the Tower of Pride. It is called the palace of magicians, and it is a very sacred place in the eyes of the people of the imperial capital. Few people would like to go there when they are wandering. come here.

Yulin Street is adjacent to the square. Although there is a constant flow of carriages and pedestrians on the street, the square in front of the Tower of Pride is deserted. Two rows of huge round marble stone pillars stand alone on the square, forming a There are two arcs, and there are strips of marble between the stone pillars. Those stones are engraved with reliefs of various patterns, and each set of reliefs records a story.

The mage tower at the top of the majestic tower of arrogance pierces straight into the sky, supporting the entire defensive magic circle of the imperial capital together with the other six mage towers.

There were only a few wisps of white clouds floating in the blue sky. A row of white-headed egrets flew past the floating imperial city. They were seen by a lion eagle sticking out of the city wall. After a cry, Scared those egrets and fled in all directions.

The glare of the sun fell on the square, scorching the off-white granite slabs.

Qige stepped down from the magic caravan wearing a long palace dress, a large white snow was exposed on her chest, her black hair was as smooth as satin, she held a magic book in her hand, and gently raised it with the other hand. She wore a skirt and walked very lightly. The ruby ​​on her neck shone brightly in the sun.

Takama stepped down from the caravan holding a black umbrella, shielding Qige from the scorching sun above her head. She was wearing a set of tight leather armor, which made her slender figure very slender and well-proportioned. There is a ponytail, and a hair band is tied at the end of the hair. When walking, the light brown tail is beating non-stop.

Qige saw me standing in the shadow of the stone pillar at a glance, and walked towards me, "Didn't you say that you can't come today because of something?"

I leaned on the marble pillar, feeling the coolness on the stone pillar, and said to Qige: "Yes, but there is still a little time in the morning, and I happened to think of something, so I came to the research institute to find Yerkes." Scholar. I made an appointment with someone in the afternoon to visit a friend, do you want to go together?"

Qige glanced at me and asked with a half-smile: "Are you sure you want to be with me?"

I rubbed my nose guiltily, and said, "Uh... it's better to keep a low profile recently, that one has probably become a hero of the Grimm Empire, if he knows about us now, will he not Under the rage, throw away the army in your hand, and come back directly from the front of the army?"

She squinted her eyes, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and asked, "Do you feel some pressure?"

I was a little stunned, and then asked myself: Is there really any pressure?

"Otherwise, let's just wander around the magic material trading market on the first floor!" Qige said, looking at the gate of the Tower of Pride.Then she said: "Don't you want to make a batch of hard leather armor from the leather of your swamp giant crocodile? Now that the business of those leather shops is very sluggish, it is a very good time. Don't you still have a piece of Wulong leather? Think about it What did you use it for?"

I said, "It's best to make a suit of leather armor. After all, it's Yalong leather. It should be able to make a good set of magic patterns!"

Qige said with a smile: "On one side is the loyal and sexy beast girl, and on the other side is the charming and charming Katerina. I am really looking forward to who you will give this sub-dragon leather armor to after you make it."

I asked strangely: "Why can't it be me, you see I actually like wearing leather armor very much."

Qige then asked again: "Don't you just dislike wearing magic robes so much? Do you know what role magic robes have for magicians?"

"Of course I know, because the magic embroidery of the magic robe contains the magic circle that speeds up the recovery of mana, speeds up the speed of casting spells, increases the capacity of the magic pool, increases the magic defense, etc., about these aspects." I thought for a while and said.

Then he said: "However, I think leather armor with these attributes can be made, and I think leather armor looks a little stronger than magic robes."

"Hum..."

Qige just made two nasal sounds and walked past me. What is this?
Walking in the magic material trading hall on the first floor of the Tower of Pride, I saw some magic herbal medicine shops posting notice boards at the door, which said information about the magic herbs owned by the herbal medicine shops. On the top of the board, it was very eye-catching. A few words 'Mass Recycled Magic Herbs'.The most scarce thing in the magic market now is magic herbs. Originally, only healing magic herbs were scarce. After two months, this scarcity has spread to the entire industry.

On closer inspection, this is also impossible.

For a long time, more than [-]% of magic herbs come from many undeveloped planes. Now these planes are caught in the flames of war. Many planes rich in potions have stopped supplying potions, which has led to the scarcity of magic herbs.

In fact, other magic industries have also been affected to a certain extent. Many great lords with many planes have fallen into war, and major mines have stopped mining, which directly led to the continuous rise in the price of magic metals.

The prices of Warcraft leather and materials also fluctuate greatly. The price fluctuations of these Warcraft materials are directly related to the progress of wars in various planes.

Some plane wars have achieved phased victories, and certain Warcraft materials will be shipped back to the Grimm Empire in batches.

Some plane wars have fallen into the quagmire, and the army of the Green Empire has been continuously defeated, so there will not be any monster materials produced on this plane.

Seeing the somewhat depressed lobby on the first floor of the Tower of Pride, I sighed softly. There are many leather shops on this street, but many of them have been half closed. Put it away, fold it up like a firewood stack, the strong potion smell of cooked leather in the past is no longer so pungent and pungent, Qige is covered with a white gauze scarf, walking into a store that looks like it is definitely not the size Large leather shop.

The waiter at the door of the shop was sitting on a wooden bench, dozing off with his body leaning against the door frame. His head was like an ear of wheat in an autumn rice field, which slowly sank when blown by the wind. Will come up like a wheat wave.

Even Qige stepped in through the door, but failed to wake up the waiter.

I followed Qige, and when I crossed the threshold, I knocked on the threshold with the heel of my shoe, making a 'bang' sound, which woke the waiter from his sleep.

He looked around in a panic, only to find that there were already three customers standing in the shop, rubbing their sleepy eyes, their minds still not so clear.He took two steps forward, and just when he was about to speak to us, Takama, the lizard maidservant, turned her head slightly, and the cold gaze in the golden eyes met the waiter, making him seem to be hit by a bucket of ice water It poured down, and shivered shiveringly all over.

Suddenly, the waiter at the door of the leather shop came to his senses. His eyes fell on the magic badges of the Institute on the chests of me and Qige. Qige’s badge showed that she was a university student in the Institute, and I It is just a magician's assistant, and Takama is just a personal maid.

In the imperial capital, in many cases, the only proof of identity is the badge on the chest. These badges can be worn at the same time, or only one kind. Like me, I have several badges at the same time. The most important ones are:

Mage badge, this badge shows my status and rank as a magician.

Earl Nobility Medal, this badge proves my noble status and rank of honor.

The badge of the Royal Academy of Magic, this badge means that I am studying at the Royal Academy of Magic.

The assistant badge of the Imperial Capital Research Institute, this badge allows me to freely enter and exit the Magic Research Institute.

Badges of the Sword and Rose Society, badges of the Water Magic Alliance...etc.

Of course, it is not necessary to hang all these badges on the chest, but it is essential to wear some important badges to go out.

"Oh, distinguished magic scholar, welcome to the Pompeii Leather Shop."

"We have the best leather makers in the imperial capital here. If you have any custom-made leather armor, repair leather armor, or buy leather armor pieces, then you are in the right place, but the Pompeii plane is caught in the flames of war. Among them, our leather supply here has been cut off, and the salamander leather in our store has been sold out, and we are not accepting orders for salamander leather armor at present."

I saw a reclining chair behind the counter in the leather shop. A leather craftsman in suspenders was lying on the reclining chair and sleeping soundly.

So he stepped up and asked the waiter, "Can you process leather armor on behalf of me? I want to process a batch of swamp giant crocodile leather with materials, um... make some hard leather armor, can you take the order?"

Maybe it was too long without business, the young waiter hesitated for a moment, and then replied ecstatically: "Um...Of course! Did you bring the main ingredients yourself?"

I said with certainty: "Yes!"

The cobbler who was lying in the chair suddenly stood up and replied to me: "That's no problem. It's great when there is work to do. I lie on the chair all day, and my whole body is almost rusty."

The cobbler master stretched his muscles and bones, and looked at me expectantly.Seeing that the tanner was about to receive me in person, the waiter retreated to the door.

I asked the tanner, "How do you calculate the price?"

The tanner was silent for a while, and then said, "Can I have a look at the leather first?"

There are many opinions in leather making, especially the quality of leather, which directly affects the difficulty of making leather armor.

So I quickly replied, "Of course."

Then, I took out a bundle of swamp giant crocodile leather from my magic pocket, untied the rope tied to it, and spread the entire crocodile leather on the ground. This is a very perfect swamp giant crocodile skin. The leathermaker saw this When I opened the skin, I was attracted by it at a glance.

"What a nice leather! This is a very complete leather of the swamp giant crocodile." Looking at the leather of the swamp giant crocodile, the tanner exclaimed in admiration.

Then he turned around, drilled back into the counter, found a volume of parchment from a bookshelf, and placed it on the counter in front of me, unfolded the pages, and introduced to me: "There is a book here. The style of the hard leather armor, depending on the style, there will be some differences in the difficulty of making each piece of leather armor, and the price will also have some slight differences, as well as the processing of the remaining leftover leather materials and the shaping of the hard leather armor in the later stage. Treatment, aging treatment, thermosetting treatment, surface treatment of ironing dark lines, each process has a clearly marked price."

I just flipped through it casually. I remembered that Uncle Fred told me that hard leather armor does not need too much processing technology, so I said: "Oh, as long as it is shaped, no other flashy craftsmanship is required!"

The tanner took a deep look at me, and then saw the defect of this leather at a glance: "Well, so... Well, the outermost layer of the leather of these swamp giant crocodiles is actually covered with a high-quality leather. The craftsmanship is peeled off. Although your crocodile skin is not bad, and the properties of the leather will not be damaged, but the leather armor made of these leathers cannot be engraved with magic patterns, and cannot be made into magic patterns in the future. Construct."

I said calmly, "It doesn't matter, the leather of these swamp giant crocodiles was never intended to be made into a magic pattern structure."

Then, I started to get those crocodile leathers outside, and moved them out bundle after bundle.

The bales of hides piled up in front of me in a hill, and to the amazement of the tanner, he asked me, "My God, how many hides do you have?"

I just smiled.

Then he said to the leather craftsman: "This is a big business, and you don't need to pay too much attention to the smooth leather surface, and you don't need to reserve the smoothest part of the leather for engraving the magic pattern, which will save a lot of materials." .”

Then he said: "You can also measure the crocodile leather, and then choose a specific position to make the same armor. These are 23 pieces of swamp giant crocodile leather. If you don't plan to engrave the magic pattern in the future, it will be less difficult to process each set of hard leather armor. A lot, and the follow-up processing is extremely simple, so the processing fee for each piece of hard leather armor is thirty silver!"

I stated my condition to the tanner: "If 23 sets of hard leather armor can be made from 23 pieces, then I will pay you at the price of 25 silver coins per set."

The tanner obviously didn't want to be lowered by me, so he protested and said to me: "This is not good, it's too little, remove some consumables, what else can I have left?"

I patted him on the shoulder to calm him down, and let me finish my sentence temporarily: "Listen to me, after all, this whole piece of leather is very big, and it should be a piece of leather to make a hard leather suit. More than enough, if you can save a little, the remaining leftovers should be able to piece together an extra set of hard leather armor. For each additional set of hard leather armor you process, I will not only pay you an extra 25 silver pieces, but also It will increase the previously determined price by one silver coin, and so on, when the price of the hard leather armor rises to thirty pieces, the increase will automatically stop."

Upon hearing this, the cobbler said, "That's a really good proposal, and I accept it."

I handed a roll of parchment to the tanner, and said, "This is the processing size of the hard leather armor. Make it according to these sizes."

Seeing my blueprint for making hard leather armor, I sincerely praised: "The fighters under your command are really strong!"

I smiled, leaned against the door and asked the cobbler, "How long will it take to make these magic pattern structures?"

The cobbler carefully calculated the time and said, "Two months."

With a wave of my hand, I just said: "One and a half months, the time can't be too long, I don't want to wait."

The cobbler hesitated for a long time before saying: "Well, I will do what you wish!"

(End of this chapter)