Chapter 26 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

An Attribute Equipment, it was an Attribute Equipment!

Even if it was the worst Attribute Equipment, it was much more precious than a White Slate Equipment.

If Ou Yangming had forged only one Attribute Equipment instead of five in just two days, Old Craftsman would still be extremely overjoyed. Therefore, when the old man saw the five pieces of Attribute Equipment laid in front of him, the shock he felt was indescribable.

“Ah…” Old Craftsman sighed. “Young fella, didn’t I tell you to rest a few days before smithing another Attribute Equipment? Why did you do it again so soon?”

“Old Man, you can’t blame me. After Sir Kang arranged a smithing workshop for me, he gave me enough raw materials, and sent ten precious ores over so that I could smith some pieces of Attribute Equipment as soon as possible.” Ou Yangming paused for a while before he continued, “He gave me a courtyard and a smithing workshop, and the arrangements made were great, so I should repay his kindness.”

“You’re repaying too much.” Old Craftsman scoffed, then continued after some thoughts, “Forget it. After all, Kang Weibo is the Armament Camp’s supervisor. I’m guessing that he was pressured by the task index, so he had no choice but to be thick-skinned to ask you for help.”

Ou Yangming chuckled. He naturally knew what was going on since he was a member of the military camp.

The Armament Camp was an exceptionally special part in the military camp, and it probably spent the most money a month, because the cost of precious ores was not of the common run.

Hence, there was an a.s.sessment criterion in the Armament Camp.

However, the criterion was not for the smithing and restoration or normal armaments. Honestly, while Military Fire Blacksmiths could smith normal armaments in a large amount and at a high speed, the main source of armaments was the munition factories in the empire.

It was said that the munition factories had an a.s.sembly line operation that increased a normal blacksmith’s efficiency by a few times, and a collaboration would be similar to the Military Fire Smithing Art in terms of speed.

With that, the main job of Military Fire Blacksmiths in the military camp was to smith Attribute Equipment. Needless to say, the smithing of top-notch equipment was time- and energy-consuming, so one needed to have sufficient energy and patience.

Under normal circ.u.mstances, a Military Fire Blacksmith would take a month to use ten precious ores, but the success rate this month had been terribly low.

Taking their military camp as an example, apart from Old Craftsman and two experienced Military Fire Blacksmiths, the others had a one-in-ten success rate. Sure enough, a two-in-ten success rate would be an unexpected joy, but it would be impossible to maintain that for a long time.

Being the Armament Camp’s supervisor, other than managing daily tasks, Kang Weibo paid special importance to supervising the amount of Attribute Equipment smithed.

Since Old Craftsman had been focusing on smithing a weapon for General Chen Yifan lately, he stopped forging Attribute Equipment.

With that, Kang Weibo had three less Attribute Equipment for the month, and he was so anxious that he simply wanted to remove a few pieces of equipment from a Military Fire Blacksmith to report on his task.

Despite that, he dared not put it into action, but he managed to seize Ou Yangming who made a timely appearance. As such, Kang Weibo would do anything to flatter the new and young blacksmith who agreed to the two-in-ten condition.

Old Craftsman tapped the armaments as he mentioned, “Kang Weibo may be sn.o.bbish, but he’s a decent man. Take these armaments to him, and tell him that three of them are to make up for what I owe him last month.”

Ou Yangming nodded. “Yes.”

“Ask for twenty more precious ores from him, and…” Old Craftsman paused for a moment, then continued, “Your control of the Military Fire is qualified, so you may use steel now.”

“Old Man, can I use special grade steel?” Ou Yangming’s eyes glowed.

“Hmph, in your dreams.” Old Craftsman stared at him. “Start with normal steel, because you’ll have to forge Fine Grade armaments using normal steel first before you can use special grade steel!”

Ou Yangming nodded. He quickly packed the armaments he smithed into a bundle wrapped in cloth, then hurried away.

Old Craftsman yelled at him, “B*stard, seal your lips, and don’t simply say anything!”

“Don’t worry, I know what to do,” Ou Yangming shouted back at him from far.

He was obviously not going to tell Kang Weibo the truth. If Kang Weibo knew that he used ten precious ores in two days, and had a fifty percent success rate, it would only cause him unnecessary trouble.

Ou Yangming did not want to bring trouble upon himself.

He arrived at the equipment depot with the armaments.

There were two big depots in the Armament Camp. One was an abandoned depot, which was treated as a dumpster, whereas the other one was an equipment depot, which was heavily guarded by soldiers.

The former could be accessed by anyone as it was a place where many blacksmiths and helpers picked usable items from. n.o.body would be stopped from entering, because it was an open secret and a benefit for everyone.

On the opposite, the latter was the most important place in the Armament Camp. Normal Military Fire Blacksmiths might not even be allowed to enter, let alone a helper.

Ou Yangming noticed Xiong Gaoan as soon as he arrived at the depot.