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Chapter 64 The Wizard's Staff
Poor Frost Lord.

The dragon egg was lost, and the advancement failed.

Fortunately, he survived.

Apart from its intelligence, all other intelligence is in the royal city.

Loren came to the royal city for three reasons.

First, we need to find a skilled blacksmith to forge the weapon; it would be even better if we could take it to Sandstone Town.

Secondly, we need to find a fashion designer to customize wedding dresses.

Third, a band will be hired to perform for Fran at the wedding banquet.

The intelligence happened to contain information about a band, and it was a band composed of noble girls.

Girls should be in bands!

There are also the Aster Flower Fairy outside the city.

If the opportunity arises, we must find a way to subdue them.

But subduing the great elf right under the Elf Queen's nose seems unrealistic...

Finally, there was the caravan returning from the Ice and Snow Empire.

They won't appear until mid-February; Loren doesn't plan to stay in the royal city that long.

Although he was eager to learn about the Ice Empire.

In the annual intelligence report.

The ancient ruins are located in the kobold territory of the orc tribe.

The Emerald Realm is located south of the Orc Tribe.

The Elf Kingdom and the Orc Tribe are constantly at odds, making these two places difficult to explore.

The mysterious object is located in the ocean city, underwater, making it even more difficult to reach.

After much thought, the Ice and Snow Maze of the Ice and Snow Empire is the most suitable place to explore.

The Elf Kingdom and the Ice and Snow Empire lived in peace, and merchants occasionally traded between the two countries.

The divine essence deep within the labyrinth sounds like a very powerful treasure.

Loren wanted to gather as much information as possible about the Ice Empire and the Ice Labyrinth.

If I have the chance, I might try my luck in the maze.

These are all things for later.

What he needs to do now is find the owner of the blacksmith shop in the royal city to forge some weapons.

The blacksmith shop in Wangcheng was quite famous.

Most of the knights in the city have their equipment made from this shop.

Loren quickly learned the location of the blacksmith's shop after making a few inquiries.

He brought Xuefu and Liz to this place.

The sound of blacksmithing could be heard coming from inside the shop, indicating that many people were probably working on blacksmithing.

The blacksmith's owner was named Otto.

It was the middle-aged, burly man at the entrance, who was forging equipment.

Because the area around the blacksmith shop is very noisy, very few pedestrians pass by.

Those who appear here are mostly there to craft equipment.

Upon seeing Loren and the others arrive, Otto stopped what he was doing.

Are you looking to buy equipment?

"Yes."

Otto called in the shop's apprentices.

"Please take a few guests inside to have a look."

The blacksmith's apprentice respectfully led Loren and the others into the house.

There were many important figures in the capital, and he dared not be negligent in the slightest.

The shop was filled with weapons and armor, and there was even a staff hanging on the wall.

Before the apprentice could introduce it, Loren spoke first, "What is that?"

The apprentice looked in the direction the finger was pointing. "That's a wizard's staff, a wizard's weapon."

"Oh? Take it off and let me see."

The apprentice took off his staff and handed it to Loren.

A red gemstone is set into the light brown staff.

Loren slightly mobilized the magic power within his body.

The red gemstone flashed.

This gem is used to amplify the power of magic.

I just don't know how effective the amplification will be.

"How much does this staff cost?"

The blacksmith apprentice was completely dumbfounded.

This staff is just for show. There are no wizards in the Elf Kingdom, so why would anyone buy it?

"please wait."

The apprentice went out to ask his boss.

A moment later, Otto entered the room and looked at Loren in surprise, "You want to buy this wizard's staff?"

"Not bad, the gems on it look quite nice."

Otto's eyes were strange. "I bought this red gem on a whim, for a thousand gold coins. The staff isn't difficult to make either. If you're interested, just give me 2000 gold coins."

Two thousand gold coins?

Very affordable price.

This is likely the only staff in the Elf Kingdom.

Although the exact boost effect is unknown, two thousand gold coins is definitely not a loss.

Loren continued, "Boss, do you have any knight's longswords or knight's armor here?"

"What quality of longsword do you want to buy? Fine longswords are suitable for high-ranking knights, while top-quality longswords need to be custom-made, and you'll have to provide the materials yourself."

Loren took out a piece of magic ore.

"Boss, I want to use this magic ore to forge a few top-quality weapons."

Otto's eyes flickered slightly.

Even in the royal city, magic ore and fine stones are rare.

"To forge top-tier equipment, magic ore and refined stones alone are not enough."

Loren knew nothing about weapon forging, so he humbly asked, "What other materials are needed?"

"It depends on your needs. If you want to forge fire-type weapons, you'll need magic flame stones; if you want to forge ice-type weapons, you'll need ice crystal stones."

How many magic flame stones are needed to craft a longsword?

"Not many, three will be enough. I have all the other materials here."

Loren happened to have brought some magic flame stones with him.

He and Xuefu planned to use these Demon Flame Stones to cultivate along the way.

However, both customizing equipment takes time and transporting equipment is troublesome.

Loren preferred to hire a skilled blacksmith to take him back.

"Boss, how long have you been in the royal city?"

"It's been decades."

Have you considered moving to a different place?

Otto looked at Loren in confusion. "What do you mean?"

“My territory is in dire need of a skilled blacksmith.”

Otto let out a hearty laugh, "You should find someone else. I'm used to staying in the royal city."

An expected answer.

Loren was just asking casually, and Otto most likely wouldn't agree.

"Do you know anyone whose forging skills are just as good as yours?"

Otto thought for a moment, “If you can pay enough wages, some of the apprentices in the shop should be willing to go with you.”

If you're looking for a more skilled blacksmith, try the slave market; you might get lucky and find a dwarf.

Loren pondered for a moment.

The apprentices in the shop are probably not as good as the blacksmiths in Haikou City.

The probability of dwarves appearing in slave markets was even lower.

The dwarves live at the southernmost tip of the magical continent, so how could they possibly appear in the elven kingdom?
Left with no other choice, Loren had to abandon the idea of ​​finding a blacksmith for the time being.

"Boss, how long will it take to forge three top-quality longswords?"

Otto thought for a moment, "I need to complete other people's requests first, so your weapon will have to wait at least two months."

Two months is too long; Loren can't wait that long.

"Once it's finished, can you send someone to Shashi Town?"

“Sandstone Town?” Otto had no recollection of the place name.

"The easternmost part of the Elf Kingdom, near the Elf Sea and the Monster Mountain Range."

"The distance is too far, so an extra fee will be required."

"Including this wizard's staff, how much will it cost in total?"

"Ten thousand eleven hundred gold coins."

Excluding the two thousand gold for the Wizard's Staff, the crafting cost for a top-tier piece of equipment is approximately three thousand gold.

The core materials were provided by Loren himself.

In other words, the three thousand gold coins are simply the forging cost.

"Boss, isn't your price a bit too high?"

Otto remained unfazed. "Everyone pays this price, including Her Majesty the Queen. You can ask around in the capital if you don't believe me."

(End of this chapter)