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"However, I must make this clear upfront. My father is skilled at crafting weapons with dual attributes, but he has never tried three attributes. If he fails, it would be understandable."

"Even if we succeed in the end, the performance of the weapon will never be comparable to that of this spear."

"If you think it's acceptable, then pay five thousand gold coins as a deposit. If not, you can ask other workshops; I don't mind."

Chapter 256 Furnace Fire

The girl's honesty surprised Ryan.

Judging from her appearance, this girl seems to have a straightforward personality.

Ryan really enjoys dealing with this type of person. They're straightforward – yes or no, saving a lot of unnecessary chatter.

"So, let's call the merchants over."

The girl's lips curled into a smile, which, combined with the traces of oil wiped off her face, gave her a touch of playfulness and sassiness.

"Thanks, boss!"

Before long, two staff members in black and blue uniforms came over carrying two heavy leather suitcases and opened them in front of the two men.

Inside is an extremely sophisticated magical instrument, with a card slot in the middle for placing tickets.

Ryan put his dark gold ticket into one of the devices, while the girl put her light blue ticket into the other.

Finally, after obtaining the consent of both parties, the two staff members simultaneously activated the device.

The magical patterns on the tickets began to flow quietly. After a long while, a complex and dazzling magic circle appeared, slowly moving above the two devices before finally merging together.

With a crisp "ding," the magic circles separated and returned to their respective devices, interacting with the magical runes on the corresponding tickets. Approximately three minutes later, the magic circles dissipated, and the transaction was officially completed.

Five thousand gold coins transferred successfully.

The girl took her light blue ticket card, and when the staff returned the dark gold card to Ryan, they also handed him an envelope sealed with red wax.

"Dear Mr. Ryan, since you are a holder of the Dark Gold Ticket Card of the Grudal Merchant Guild..."

"As is customary, the Groodo Chamber of Commerce will send you an invitation to the annual meeting."

"The invitation has been enchanted. The location and specific time of the annual meeting will be revealed on the invitation one week before the meeting. At that time, you can use the invitation to go to the designated location and participate in the annual meeting."

"Not only celebrities from all walks of life, but even the president of the Gruda Chamber of Commerce will be there in person."

"I hope you will have a wonderful experience at the Grundfos Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting in the near future."

After saying this, the two staff members bowed respectfully to Ryan and then withdrew.

Ryan didn't seem to feel anything.

In his view, the so-called annual meeting was nothing more than a targeted sales exhibition for the rich and powerful.

You can go, but it's not necessary.

However, the girl opposite him nearly popped her eyes out after hearing these words.

She had been working at the Grudo Trading Company in Irkutsk for five years. In those five years, she had never seen the company's staff treat a customer with such respect.

And... the invitation to the annual meeting?

She had never even heard of the Grudow Chamber of Commerce having an annual meeting.

Although she didn't say anything, deep down she still regarded Ryan as a wealthy nobleman with an outstanding background.

"Alright, the transaction is complete."

"Well then, ma'am, it's time for us to introduce ourselves."

Ryan extended his hand first, offering a polite smile: "Heber Ryan."

The girl was about to reach out when she noticed many black oil stains on her hands. After wiping them on her clothes, she withdrew her hand.

"Just call me Annie."

“Sainz Annie”.

"Then, Ms. Anne..."

"Hey, I told you, just call me Annie!" Annie slung the Eclipse Spear over her shoulder and rubbed her nose with her thumb. "Calling me 'Lady' all the time just feels weird!"

Ryan smiled and said, "Well then, Anne, it's time to take me to see your father."

Anne pulled down the metal plate at the entrance of the shop, then hung up a sign that read "Closed" on it, and waved it at Ryan.

"Come with me!"

"Go to my house. My father should still be at home forging iron."

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Anne's home is located in the southwest corner of Irkutsk, the main city.

It was a very simple brick house.

The towering chimney, the ever-rising smoke, and the mountain of metal slag piled up at the entrance all suggest that the room's owner was a diligent craftsman.

Standing outside the door, you can hear clanging and knocking sounds coming from inside.

As Anne said, her father was working as a blacksmith.

“This is my home now.”

Annie knocked on the door and called out loudly, "Dad!"

"We're open to welcome guests!"

"And he's a wealthy and VIP guest!"

The sound of blacksmithing still echoed loudly in the room.

Annie clicked her tongue, raised her foot, and kicked the door open with a bang.

Ryan glanced at the wooden door hinges that had been repaired several times, guessing that Annie probably used this method to open the door quite often.

Inside the room, a burly middle-aged man stood with his back to the two men, continuously swinging a hammer in his hand.

His other hand held the iron clamp.

The front end is an iron ingot that has been hammered and deformed after being heated to a red-hot state.

only......

Perhaps because the room was too hot, the middle-aged man only used a white strip of cloth to cover his private parts.

His dark skin and well-defined muscles gleamed with a healthy glow in the firelight.

Anne strode over to the man, leaned close to his ear, took a deep breath, and shouted at the top of her lungs.

"Dad!"

"We have guests!!!"

The sound was so loud that even Ryan found it somewhat deafening and instinctively covered his ears.

However, the middle-aged man seemed to be used to it. He took off his goggles, glanced to the side, and his expression lit up.

"Oh my, isn't this my precious daughter?"

"Why are you back so early today?"

"Aren't there any customers in the store?"

Anne looked speechless and pointed to Ryan behind her with her thumb.

The middle-aged man only realized what was happening after he saw Ryan.

"So we had guests. Look at you, why didn't you say so earlier?"

The middle-aged man scratched his messy hair somewhat embarrassedly: "This guest, please let me go change my clothes first."

"Annie, why don't you show him around first?"

After saying that, he lifted the curtain and went into the inner room.

Annie found a small stool and sat down, stretching her legs and curling up like a kitten.

"Please make yourself at home, Mr. Ryan, don't worry about it."

"My dad was like that. He had an accident during a forging process once, and his ear was blown off, which made his hearing not very sensitive."

"If it weren't for this, my father's forging skills would rank among the top in the entire empire!"

Ryan began his tour of the workshop.

The room was just as rudimentary as it appeared on the outside; the damaged parts of the walls were simply patched up with a few pieces of wood nailed together.

Compared to the simplicity of the room, the weapon prototypes hanging upside down on the ceiling looked like works of art.

Both its luster and toughness are exceptional.

There are still many steps to go before it's finished, but you can tell from the blank that once it's forged, it will definitely become a weapon of exceptional quality.

Although still far from Fernandez's skill, the middle-aged man's forging skills certainly lived up to Anne's praise.

Soon, the middle-aged man came out after changing his clothes.

I shook hands with him and gave a brief self-introduction.

"Hello, I am Sainz Goode."

“Heber Lane”.

Anne handed over the Eclipse Spear.

"Dad, these are the products we're commissioning this time."

"This distinguished guest's request is to forge a weapon of the same quality as this spear."

Goode examined the Eclipse Spear, and then, just like Annie when she first saw it, he frowned slightly.

"This weapon has three attribute modules..."

“Craftsmen with such skills are rare even in the empire.”

"This is difficult to handle..."