After work, start to speedrun the other world-Chapter 75 - 3: Choose the Queen, or the Teacher

"Thank you," Lota tried to stand up, but his trembling legs and the pain in his buttocks made him fall back to the ground.

He propped himself up with his hands, his buttocks slightly sticking out, and displayed a pleading look towards Xi Mu, saying,

"Could you please help me?"

"..."

Xi Mu hesitated for a moment before turning away indifferently, ignoring the request that followed him.

Leaving the mansion, it took him about ten minutes to arrive at the dwarf master’s blacksmith shop.

By then, he had changed into a set of clothes that made him look like a wealthy young master, although the clothes were swiped from an aristocratic house.

In front of the blacksmith shop.

The dwarf master, holding a hammer, looked at the knight outside the temple, scratched his head, and said, "I didn’t expect you to deliver so quickly."

"These meteorites can enhance your weapon to plus four." Xi Mu took out a bag of meteorites, and upon hearing this, the dwarf master took the meteorites, opened the bag to check, and confirmed they were indeed the meteorites needed for upgrading equipment.

Then he asked curiously.

"What does plus four enhancement mean?"

"There is another special weapon that you need to forge." Xi Mu handed out a piece of paper, which was the design diagram for the golden needle given to him by the Witch of Death.

The dwarf master took it, looked at it, then looked up at Xi Mu and said, "You’ve been infected by the fire of Surter, haven’t you?"

Xi Mu did not answer.

However, the dwarf master continued on his own, his expression very melancholic, "Perhaps because we are the ones closest to Surter. As a result, some dwarfs have started worshipping Surter. They have gone mad to such an extent that, in order to burn this world, they are always trying to find ways to unleash the Flame Giant Surter."

He sighed, and asked Xi Mu,

"You’ve encountered them, haven’t you?"

"..."

Xi Mu did not respond, and seeing this, the dwarf master sighed again, his expression showing a bit of guilt, feeling pity for the unfortunate knight’s plight.

He looked down at the design again.

"It’s a very ingenious design. As long as the golden needle is successfully forged, it can indeed play a role in suppressing the fire of Surter."

Under normal circumstances, a person infected with the fire of Surter inevitably heads toward death, but this design of the ’golden needle’ can actually suppress the fire of Surter, although the solution is somewhat unorthodox."

Since the fire of Surter aims to burn life, as long as ’life’ is sealed, bringing life to a state close to death, yet not quite dead,

in such a state, Surter would not have much life to burn, and the overflow of sealed vitality can ensure that the infected person survives.

The person who designed this golden needle seems to understand very well at what extent a human can step into death.

"So, can you do it?" Xi Mu asked again, with no intention of continuing the conversation with the dwarf master, otherwise it would trigger a series of dialogues, revealing some information that he already knew, which was truly unnecessary.

The dwarf master, upon hearing this, paused for a moment, his fingers gently touching the design. His smile was confident, "No problem, I am a forging master."

"I urgently need the golden needle," Xi Mu added, and upon hearing this, the dwarf master burst out laughing, very confidently.

"Understood, I will prioritize forging the golden needle, and I will give you a cost price, this time I really won’t charge exorbitantly."

It’s because you always charge exorbitantly, that’s why you end up being killed all the time.

Xi Mu thought so, but did not say it aloud. He nodded to the dwarf master and then turned and left without hesitation.

Now that the matter of forging the golden needle had been settled, he should next consider taking down the children of the Magic Queen.

Returning to the hotel.

He pushed the door and entered.

"Boss, you’ve gotten even more handsome!" exclaimed Jed as he stood up from the sofa and came toward him with surprise and delight.

Jed had his hands clasped behind his back, his lively eyes sizing up Xi Mu, who was dressed in a suit, seemingly very surprised.

"Previously, boss, you were always in that suit of armor, as if you never really dressed up seriously."

Xi Mu countered, "Red Dragon Blood Armor, isn’t it super cool?"

In fact, he wore the Red Dragon Blood Armor not only because it provided enhanced defense against dragons, but also because it was very cool.

Otherwise, he could now look for an even cooler armor and find a shield with full counter, then enhance both the shield and the armor to the max.

At that point, even if he stood still, with this set of armor, most people would not be able to break through his defense.

However, he was not interested in the play style of shield counter, not only because it was too cumbersome but also not cool enough, and it did not reflect the skills of a multi-playthrough player like him.

"Cool is cool, but one can get tired of it," Jed remarked, and upon hearing this, Xi Mu looked at him with a disappointed expression and sighed,

"Are you tired of me already?"

"No... not at all," Jed instinctively refuted, but then Xi Mu sighed, disappointed, and headed toward the living room couch.

Seeing this, Jed fell silent for a moment, then suddenly widened his eyes, "Wait, boss, don’t you think that sounded a bit weird?" 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

"No need to explain, I understand." Xi Mu sat on the couch and poured himself a cup of tea, while Jed grimaced, knowing that if outsiders heard their conversation, they might misunderstand something.

The nearby Yasiraqi found the scene quite amusing. She never thought of Xi Mu as a rigid knight; otherwise, during the dragon subjugation, he wouldn’t have used so many underhanded tactics, nor would he have dragged her into paying the money.