Goblin Dependency-Chapter 276 - 147: Handling Porcelain Bumping and Bone Stick - 2

Chapter 276: Chapter 147: Handling Porcelain Bumping and Bone Stick - 2

Theoretically, even if you’re wearing pajamas and carrying a kitchen knife to take a couple of laps around the grassland on the forest edge, you can still call yourself an adventurer.

Because of the widespread rumors of high income, the low-level adventurers not yet sifted through by demons are a mixed bunch of good and bad.

All kinds of people are involved. ƒгeewebnovёl_com

As the owner of the most famous blacksmith shop in town, Barn deals with a large number of customers daily.

In this case, encountering one or two oddballs occasionally is actually normal.

To put it in context, that’s in River Valley Town.

If it were in "Flint Bridge Town" or "Dumb Iron Castle," dwarf-populated areas, faced with such accusations targeting equipment quality.

His loud brothers and sisters, with personalities fiercer than the flame in the forge, would not let the party leave the shop with their limbs intact.

Thinking this, Barn suddenly realized that over the many years in town, his temper had been worn down significantly.

If it had been his younger self...

"Forget it." He pulled out a cloth from his waist and wiped the counter desk twice, "Haven’t seen you in a while, how’s Hunting Day..."

Barn only managed to say half a sentence, then suddenly shut his mouth.

He seemed to have noticed something, his brows furrowing, and his pair of eyes scanned up and down the body of Xia Nan standing in front of him.

"You... really became a professional?"

Although he had heard rumors related to the "Gray Sword," he thought they were just exaggerated by rumor spreading.

Unexpectedly, when Xia Nan stood in front of him, Barn genuinely sensed a presence similar to those senior adventurer regulars of his.

"Just lucky."

Not deliberately hiding the fact that he had obtained a professional level, Xia Nan nodded in response.

"There was a bit of a hiccup during the task, I’ll need to trouble you to take a look at these two pieces of equipment on me."

The expression on his face still retained the surprise of Xia Nan’s promotion to a professional, and upon hearing this, a familiar oddness suddenly appeared.

"Broken again?"

"Yes."

Looking at the two pieces of armor Xia Nan handed over, which had noticeable damage marks on the surface.

At this moment, Barn began to question whether there was really an issue with his forging skills.

Seemingly sensing the other’s thoughts, Xia Nan placed the newly purchased "Rock Heart Black Beer" from White Sparrow on the counter.

Mastering a bit of human relations.

"The armor is very good; it helped me a lot in battle."

"The damage... has nothing to do with the quality of the equipment itself."

Barn was originally only surprised by the frequency of damage to Xia Nan’s equipment, without any other extra thoughts.

Seeing such actions from the other party, his originally friendly attitude couldn’t help but become a bit more enthusiastic.

He accepted the black beer and tucked it inside the counter.

——Not drinking during working hours is his habit.

Then he started carefully checking the extent of the armor’s damage.

His fingertips rubbed over the iron rings on the surface of the chain mail, carefully scanning several nearly imperceptible details on it.

Frowning once more.

"What’s wrong, can it be repaired, or do I need a replacement?"

Seeing the other’s expression, Xia Nan scratched his head and asked.

"You should know, chain mail as equipment, the reason it can be popular among adventurers for so long is its unique structure composed of metal ring links; even if some parts are damaged in battle, without considering other aspects of durability, you just need to replace the corresponding position’s iron rings to quickly repair it."

Barn lifted both sides of the chain mail with his hands, spreading it out in front of him, and explained to Xia Nan as he closely examined it.

"I don’t mean to pry, but your set of chain mail, although it looks seriously damaged only around the front chest area, other parts, especially at the connection points between the rings, have also been corroded by some kind of force."

"If you have any doubts about this, you can also take this equipment to other blacksmith shops in town, and I believe most of them would also give the same conclusion as me."

Upon hearing this, Xia Nan couldn’t help recalling the dark red energy flames from the opponent’s bone stick during the previous battle with the Bear Goblins.

He pondered, maybe that was the cause.

"So it can’t be repaired, right?"

"If you want to ensure the defense strength, repairing indeed..."

"Then just get me a new one instead." Xia Nan waved his hand and said.

He trusted that the other wouldn’t ruin the good reputation accumulated over the years for such a small amount of money.

Based on past practices, he had already prepared for a complete replacement before coming.

And together it wouldn’t cost more than a hundred gold, which was a breeze for someone like him, with savings already reaching seven hundred and fifty-six gold.

Surprisingly, possibly because the chain mail blocked most of the energy impact, the studded leather armor worn inside hadn’t been seriously affected by energy corrosion.

It only needed simple repairs to be put back into service.

Saving Xia Nan 45 gold.

Just as he planned to choose another piece of outer armor, he saw Barn’s gaze sweeping over his hand from behind the counter.

He pointed to the arm shield he wore on his left hand and asked:

"It’s been a while since you used it, hasn’t it? How is it, still good?"

"Of course." Xia Nan gently stroked the dark surface of the Snake Scale Arm Shield, feeling the cold touch transmitted from the fingertips, "Great craftsmanship, the equipment is very reliable."

Hearing this, Barn couldn’t help but laugh heartily.

Though in his heart, he knew he only did some inlay work, as ninety-nine percent of the arm shield’s defensive performance came from that mysterious scale he couldn’t identify.

"Now that you’re a professional, it’s time to get yourself one or two pieces of enchanted equipment."

"This scale is extremely strong, perfectly sufficient as the main material for equipment and could save you quite a bit."

Xia Nan nodded in agreement, but inside, he wasn’t particularly excited.

The gold coins on him now were more than enough for daily life and simple equipment replacements.

However, when it came to the realm of magic equipment, it was just a drop in the ocean.

His current situation hadn’t reached the point where he needed to go bankrupt or even into debt to acquire high-grade equipment.

Slowly accumulating funds, leaving himself ample maneuvering space was the way to go; there was no need to rush.

As for Barn’s suggestion that he should get one or two enchanted items...

It could only be said that, possessing the "golden finger" of an attribute panel, he was the least lacking in this area.

The "Dead Line" ring, the wooden sword [Green Pine], the "Destiny Coin"...

In some ways, although the "Beheading Longsword" was just ordinary quality, it inherently had durability and beheading damage attributes, no different from regular enchanted equipment.

Xia Nan didn’t feel that there was a Level 1 Professional with more equipment than him in the whole River Valley Town.

Thinking of this, seeing not many people in the blacksmith shop hall.

He took out the pale bone rod from the Red haired Bear Goblins and handed it to Barn.

"Also, this needs you to appraise it."

"Sure, let me take a look." Barn replied earnestly as he accepted it with both hands.

If it had been another ordinary adventurer, he might not have reacted this way.

Due to bizarre tales from minstrels, those adept at dreaming often claimed a bone or rusty weapon found in the forest to be dragon bones or artifact fragments and brought them to him.

Xia Nan, however, was different.

Firstly, because of his identity as a long-time customer and professional;

Secondly, due to the snake scale from before, Barn believed he could have some discernment.

Feeling the weight of the bone rod with both hands, lightly tapping the bone surface with his finger bones, listening carefully to the sharp sound it made.

Barn raised an eyebrow.

Indeed!

"Although I cannot yet determine the identity of this bone, based on hardness and quality, it’s most likely not an ordinary beast bone seen commonly."

He looked at Xia Nan standing before him:

"How are you planning to handle it?"

"Will you sell it directly, or turn it into equipment?"

As he spoke, he suddenly seemed to remember something, glancing at Xia Nan’s temporary snake scale arm shield on his left hand.

"Wait!"

"I have an idea."

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