My Players Are So Fierce – Handsome dog Frank
Chapter 640 - 219.The Way of Making Money for the Blacksmith_3

Chapter 640: 219.The Way of Making Money for the Blacksmith_3

"If you aren’t placing an order for a weapon, step aside. I’m still training my apprentices here, and don’t have time for small talk."

"I am ordering, who said I’m not?"

Happy Stick quickly turned his gaze, pulled out a small bag of gold coins from his spiritual energy bag and tossed it onto the table nearby. He said to the two players who were obsessed with blacksmithing and surrounded by several NPC apprentices:

"I’m planning to form a guild and use this opportunity to requisition a batch of standard weapons for my brothers."

"Oh, a rich man, huh."

The nearby "Broken Sword Master" picked up the bag, glanced at it, and said:

"What style of weapon are you thinking of ordering? Also, we have a lot of orders right now, so you’ll probably have to wait around half a month to receive your goods."

"I’m in no rush."

Stick Brother said with a chuckle:

"Plus, I don’t want these ordinary weapons for novices. Can you guys create well-crafted weapons with special attributes?"

At his words, the two men, both adept blacksmiths in reality and totally in their element in the game, exchanged a glance.

A look of "we’ve finally found a sucker" appeared on their faces.

The Broken Sword Master rubbed his hands, enthusiastically invited Stick Brother into a nearby tent, and said:

"To be honest, my brother and I have been studying the crafting system in this game. We’ve found out that to forge equipment with special attributes, you have to add some unique materials into it.

Like this!

Bring us the required materials and we’ll only charge you labour costs."

After that, under Happy Stick’s dumbfounded gaze, a quest box popped up before his eyes.

[Order Quest "Pursuit of Fine Craftsmanship" initiated!

Quest Content: The official blacksmith of Crimson Castle, "Broken Sword Master," needs your help to collect a series of rare materials for forging your custom weapons. The list of required materials is as follows...

Time Limit: 48 hours.

Reward: 10 custom finely-crafted weapons, to be collected once the blacksmithing is finished.]

"!!!"

Happy Stick’s eyes bugged out as he stared at Broken Sword Master who wore a grin. He cried:

"You guys can give other players quests? That’s insane!"

"Heh, what’s so strange about that? It’s our ’exclusive privilege’ as crafters."

Broken Sword Master waved his hand and said:

"We spend our days in this smithy and have no interest in all the fighting and killing. We don’t have time to go out and level up or to find materials. That’s where battle-professionals like you come in.

Let’s make it like this, you bring the materials here, we’ll make your finely-crafted weapons, and in the process, we get to achieve mastery.

Heh, it’s a win-win."

"Wait!"

This was the first time Happy Stick was learning about the special mechanism for crafting players. He quickly voiced his doubt:

"But if you guys don’t fight monsters and only focus on leveling up your skills, what about the Black Iron Trial?"

"Ah, the Black Iron Trial is for battle professions. We craftsmen don’t care about that, our trial is the ’Craftsmanship Trial.’"

Broken Sword Master explained:

"Once you reach level 10 in the blacksmith profession, it gets triggered. The requirement is to independently and continuously craft three finely-crafted weapons, each with three or more special attributes. Once that’s done, it’s cleared.

Anyway, the crafting profession doesn’t interfere with the battle profession. Everyone gets three profession slots, so you can go out and fight monsters once you’re tired of crafting.

I must admit, this game offers a high degree of freedom.

Now, about that task, are you going to take it? Also, what type of weapons do you want to order for your guild members? Do you want a fantasy-style or a more practical classic style? Want my recommendations?"

"No need, Kabar will do."

Happy Stick accepted the order quest and spoke, perplexing Broken Sword Master who then caught on that this man was not ordinary.

He whispered:

"Want the classic version or the commemorative one? Just so we’re clear, the iron ingots provided by the camp aren’t of high quality, so don’t expect your finely-crafted weapons to be as durable as the original version.

Also, the commemorative type will cost more!

It also takes longer to make as the special rustproof treatment and the making of the hilt are quite troublesome. We need to collect some specific tools in-game before we can start."

"If you can make the commemorative version, that’s even better! Money’s not the issue. After all, it can’t be bought in reality. Having some fun with it in the game will do."

Stick Brother’s eyes lit up.

Then he looked at Broken Sword Master with a strange expression, his voice filled with reverence, he asked:

"What do you do in real life? Judging by what you said, do you have the actual commemorative version? Are you willing to sell it?"

"Oh, I’m just a humble man, owning a little knife company, making a living."

Broken Sword Master flashed a grin, gesturing with his hand and said:

"I do have it in stock, but I’m afraid you won’t be able to bear the price. It’s not necessary for those who aren’t specialized collectors to be fools in reality. After all, this game is so realistic, it’s fine to just play here.

My brother and I are preparing to start recreating classic knives soon, want to pre-order one?

Seeing that you are a man of the same trade, we can negotiate the price."

"Deal!"

Happy Stick thought for a moment and said:

"Start with the Emperor’s Command knife."

"Piece of cake, upfront deposit 30, total payment 100, pick-up after two months, ensuring the quality is above that of a well-crafted veteran weapon..."

"Damn! Why don’t you just rob people outright? This profit margin, I’m considering switching over to become a blacksmith myself."

"Why not? My brother and I also train apprentices. You can pay 10 gold coins as tuition fee, and we can start now? Don’t complain about the price. Do you know Lady Shui? She is a famous fashion designer, her birth comes with the ’Master Tailor’ talent. The three tailor NPCs in the camp are now her apprentices, and she can even collect special allowances from the office.

Indeed, knowledge is power!"