Lord Highlander

  Chapter 357 356. Encounter on the street

Suldak put these magic items back into his magic pocket, and then stood up and opened the curtains, letting the dazzling sunlight shine on the faded brown oak floor. He opened the window, and a sparrow fluttered from the side of the eaves. Flying away, the cold air blows in the face outside, the leaves in the small garden under the dormitory have all fallen, the low shrub wall and a few plane trees are bare, the lawn is covered with a layer of snow, and there are some messy trees on it. footprint.

There are a few trainee knights practicing swinging their swords in the middle of the small garden. Their movements are a little out of shape, and their lunges are not solid at all, but they are really serious. They also choose a practice wooden sword that is slightly heavier than a knight's long sword. .

  After the beginning of winter, there were two snowfalls. Although the afternoon sun was very bright, the cold wind blowing on the face still felt like a knife.

Suldak glanced at the heavy craftsman's sword at his waist. This craftsman's sword was re-accepted from the guard camp. The previous one had been damaged in Grenfell Manor, and Suldak burned that sword to the ground. After the black lacquered craftsman's sword was brought to the logistics department of the guard battalion, Gwendoline directly approved the scrapping form, and gave him a brand new one.

He doesn't intend to wear the standard full-coverage black iron armor all day, not to mention the bulkiness, but the main reason is that when he walks in the academy, he will be pointed at by others and called "Hailansa black dog". The title 'Clerk Knight' is more benign.

Many knights like to wear light and thin leather armor. Suldak's monster leather armor was damaged in the battle with the dark red knight. There are still some high-grade salamander leather in Dak's magic pocket, which is suitable for making leather armor.

  Suldak found a leather shop that can cut and make high-grade leather through Karl's introduction. In the afternoon, he made an appointment to go there to customize a set of salamander leather armor that fits better.

No. 59 Qilinluoka Street is located on the easternmost side of the small townhouse facing the street. This leather shop has no conspicuous plaque, but a leather curtain around the rain-proof eaves at the door. The glass windows of the attic are wiped very clean. Through the glass window, you can see many exquisite leather goods on the shelves inside. A shop clerk in a white shirt and leather vest is holding a brush and dipping in grease to maintain the leather goods on the shelf.

  Suldak got off the magic caravan, paid the driver a silver coin, turned and walked into the leather shop in front of him.

  When I pushed open the door, I touched a string of wind chimes hanging on the rainproof leather curtain, and then I thought of a series of pleasant wind chimes.

  The store clerk is a very handsome blond young man. He put down the leather protective gear in his hand, walked towards Suldak, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Knight, this is the Abby Leather Shop. What do you need?"

The room is full of wooden shelves, on which are various styles of leather items, such as leather armor, leather bags, and exquisite saddles. Surdak walked to a wooden figure, which was covered with a suit of leather Armor, the exquisite tailoring technique prevented Suldak from finding any seams on the leather armor, and the texture of this beige leather armor was very soft, it felt like a girl's skin to the touch.

  Suldak stopped in his tracks and said to the shop assistant, "I have an appointment with Master Aibei in the afternoon."

"Are you a Knight of Suldak?" The store clerk asked tentatively. Seeing Suldak nodded slightly, he quickly led him into the rest area inside, poured him a cup of warm milk tea, and said, "You Please sit here first, I will inform Teacher Aibei immediately."

There are many leathers hanging on the white walls around the rest area. There are handwritten notes under these palm-sized leathers. There are all kinds of skin samples of rhinoceros and other second-level monsters, and they all give very detailed explanations. A series of dark lines.

  Suldak wanted to lean over to take a closer look. A middle-aged man walked in from the door, and the young shop assistant followed behind him obediently.

  Suldak guessed that he should be the private leather master. When Karl introduced him to the Aibei leather master, he told him that the armor made by this master was very popular in Hailansa City.

Abe, the leather maker, looks to be in his forties or fifties, with a neatly trimmed beard, wearing a white shirt and a leather vest similar to that of a shop assistant. He looks shrewd and capable. walk out

When I came to Suldak, I looked at Suldak carefully from bottom to top, and then said straight to the point: "I am Abe, a leather craftsman in Hailansa city. I heard from Karl that your hand There are some salamander hides in it, and you plan to tailor a set of leather armor?"

  Suldak nodded quickly and said, "I'm officially here for this matter."

   Abe leaned on the sofa, brushed his messy curly hair, and asked, "Then are you going to make ordinary high-grade leather armor, or the base material for magic pattern construction?"

   "Master Aibei, is there any difference between the two?" Suldak asked a little puzzled.

"Of course!" said Aibei, the master leatherworker. He took out two blueprints from under the square table, and explained to Suldak referring to the blueprints: "Making a high-grade leather armor of ordinary style is not considered as complete for the integrity of Warcraft leather." High, as long as there is enough leather, it can be made. As for the base material of the magic pattern structure, you must be very particular about the texture of the high-grade leather used. In addition, if there are too many hidden wounds on the leather, it is not suitable for making magic patterns. The substrate of the magic pattern structure, those inscription masters have almost strict requirements for the substrate of the magic pattern structure."

   "Then I think..." Suldak hesitated, he had never thought about making magic pattern construction substrates before.

However, Suldak has learned more about the magic-weave structure recently, especially the Dark Red Knight and Captain Sauron both wear the magic-weave structure, showing extremely powerful combat power, Sur Dak had another spare cash on hand, so he naturally had some ideas.

  Seeing that Suldak was hesitant, Master Aibei smiled slightly and said, "Knight Suldak, you don't have to make a decision right away."

"I want to take a look at the high-grade leather you prepared first. I once met a customer who prepared ten pieces of high-grade white rock rhinoceros leather in one go to make a magic pattern construction base material, but these leathers were full of dark wounds. In the end I haven’t even been able to spell out a piece of magic pattern construction base material, I can only make some high-grade leather armor, since you have brought your own leather, I think it is necessary to do an appraisal first.”

  Suldak took out three stacked salamander skins from his magic pocket, and piled them on the square table. It looked like a huge pile, and said directly: "Then ask Master Abe to have a look!"

Master Aibei didn't expect Suldak to take out so many salamander skins in one go, and after carefully distinguishing them, he said: "These are three very good salamander skins, and the skinning method of this one is a bit too amateurish. It is not advisable to split the leather at the part. When I get the material in the future, I need to extend from the waist and belly leather to the inside of the hind legs. If the leather in these places can be connected together, it can be made into the front half of the breastplate without seams. , in order to reserve a large enough area in the magic pattern structure for the inscriber to engrave the magic pattern circle, the seams of the leather armor parts should naturally be as few as possible."

  Suldak said with some surprise: "It turns out... there are so many stories about skinning..."

Master Aibei gave a dry laugh: "Of course, but although the three pieces of salamander skins are not ideally divided, the texture of the leather is not bad, and the tail and belly skin are well preserved and fine. If you cut it, you can completely piece together two sets of base materials for the magic pattern structure, and you can still use the leftover material, so it is not a problem to make five sets of ordinary high-grade leather armor."

   "That... Actually, I only need one set." Suldak frowned slightly. He didn't plan to make so many sets of leather armor at once. Could he make them all for himself?

  Master Abe looked at Suldak in astonishment, and came to him to make high-grade leather armor. Isn't it just to piece together a few more sets of magic pattern construction substrates?

   Then he said: "It's a pity that this kind of high-grade leather is not used as a base material for magic pattern construction. You can think carefully before making a decision..."

   Walking out of Aibei's private tanning shop, Suldak took a deep breath.

He turned his head and waved to Master Aibei who was standing at the door to see him off, turned around and walked to the street, thinking as he walked: This tailor-made leather armor is really expensive, even ordinary high-end leather armor is more expensive than the outside The leather shop is quite a bit higher. As for the base material of the magic pattern structure, the production cost of a set is five times that of ordinary monster leather armor. Each set of magic pattern construction base material needs to pay ten gold coins to make, which is really scary expensive.

In the end, Suldak decided to follow the advice of Master Aibei, and make full use of these leathers to make a set of ordinary high-grade leather armor and three sets of base materials for the magic pattern structure. It is safer to do it here, and the success rate of making magic pattern structures will be greater in the future.

  He took out thirty-two gold coins at once, which made Suldak feel a pain in his heart.

   Fortunately, he got thirteen magic crystals from the black mage. Of course, this is why Suldak made four sets of high-level leather armor in one go.

In addition, there will be a lot of salamander leather leftovers. Although it can't be used as the base material of the magic pattern structure, it is not a problem to make ordinary monster leather armor, but of course these leftovers don't need to be all made into leather armor. It is of course best to keep the leather in hand, and there will be more options in the future.

According to Master Aibei, that set of ordinary leather armor can be used for normal wear, and the three sets of magic pattern construction base materials can be saved first. To make a magic pattern structure, ordinary inscribers draw the magic pattern structure, although there is a high probability of failure, but if you want to pile up a set of magic pattern structures with five sets of leather armor substrates, the chances are still very high.

Of course, the cost of asking an inscription master to make the magic pattern structure is even more outrageous. Many small nobles will regard the magic pattern structure as a fortune, which can be inherited to future generations almost like a territory. From this alone, it is not ugly Find out how expensive it is to draw a set of magweave builds.

Suldak was walking on the street when suddenly a magic caravan stopped. Dacie Christie pushed open the door of the car and leaned out her upper body. She was wearing a delicate long dress, and even in severe winter she still had to keep her shoulders When it was exposed, she was blown by the cold wind at this time, which made her shiver a little.

  She casually took a fur shawl from the maid behind her, then jumped out of the magic caravan, stood on the street and asked Suldak, "Suldak, why are you here?"

  She is tall and tall. Wearing dancing glass shoes, she is half a head taller than Suldak. No matter which man she stands in front of, she will bring some height pressure.

  Suldak pointed to the row of lofts on the street behind him, and then said: "Oh, hello, Daxi. I'm here to visit Master Aibei, and ask him to make a set of leather armor for me."

Dacie Christie nodded again and again, it seems that she also knows the leather maker Aibei, she said to Suldak: "The leather armor made by Master Aibei is barely okay, the main reason is that there is no better leathermaker in Hailansa City I just want to make a light armor, but I don't have any suitable leather materials at hand, I'm going to try my luck at the auction house tomorrow to see if I can buy a piece of thorntail crystal lion skin."

   "...Oh, I'm here to chat, I almost forgot to introduce you..."

Darcy Christie's expression was a bit exaggerated. It was obvious that she definitely didn't forget to introduce her to her friends because of chatting, but she was going to have a chat with Suldak first. She is an arrogant and selfish noble lady with a With some unconscious bad temper.

A young aristocratic lady came out of the carriage. She was dressed almost the same as Dacie Christie, but she was much shorter than Dacie Christie, and her appearance was not beautiful, but that quiet face was to Suldak's eyes. Said, but it is a little familiar.

A young nobleman jumped out of the carriage first, and then stretched out his hand to help Miss Hoyle jump out of the carriage. The young man showed an eager expression, and anyone could see that he and Miss Hoyle had an unusual relationship. Intimacy, since there was no news about Miss Hoyle's marriage, Suldak guessed that the two might be a couple.

Dacie Christie didn't think that Suldak would know Miss Hoyle, so she directly introduced: "This is Miss Hoyle, the mistress of the Hoyle Manor, who is about to confer the title of first-class viscount. This It's Knight Ivan Baruch of the Baruch family in Hailansa City, they are all my friends. This is Knight Suldak, my...colleague at the Knight Academy."

"Hello, Knight Suldak, I've been hearing your name from Darcy recently." Miss Hoyle stared deeply at Suldak, and she would never forget the tall man in front of her riding on the mountain path. The majestic look of the horse, he killed the robbers, and helped her when he was most embarrassed and needed help, and then put her on the horse's back without any consideration for reward or sympathy. An old horse carried her back to Hailansa City...She could have been more decent, and she didn't have to be so embarrassed, at least she had to change the skirt that was torn by the robbers. Thinking of this...she was grateful mixed with hatred.

   "Good afternoon, Miss Hoyle, Knight Baruch!" Suldak didn't expect that there would be a day to meet Miss Hoyle, and he smiled bitterly in his heart. The city of Hailansa is really small.

The young nobleman squeezed out a hypocritical smile, and said kindly to Suldak: "Please call me Ivan, it is rare to meet here, I suggest that we find a place to sit and have a drink !"

  ‘Here again... Is drinking drinking the way of communication for Hailansa people? ’ Suldak wanted to pat his forehead hard, turned around and left.

  (end of this chapter)