Volume 13 - Chapter 2 – Part 3 (1/2)
“So, here we are…is this the right place?”
shi+n looked at the storefront, then checked the s matched the characteristics marked in the n indicating the building was a shop
“The door’s open, so let’s try going inside”
“Yeah, you’re right If it’s not here, we’ll just start looking again”
shi+n put a hand on the door handle and peered inside The ht after all: he could see all sorts of weapons displayed inside Once they entered, they saw another roeapons lined up along the wall, which they had not been able to see froswords, tords, long and short spears, bows, and axes The swords and spears were all Legend grade, the bows and axes Unique grade A quick glance around the store revealed that the weapons, other than the ones lined along the walls, were all of Norrade, with some Rare ones here and there
“Looks like this is the place I don’t see any clerks though”
Each weapon had a price tag next to it, so shi+n was sure they were for sale The absence of a clerk was probably justified by the anti-theft skill attached to the store If sorab a weapon and run, they would be prevented fro it outside
“Excuse me! Is anyone there?”
“Yes, please wait a moment!”
shi+n called towards the back of the counter and a reply ca overalls and with a torapped around his head caize for the wait Did you have an appointment?”
“No, I heard that this is the best workshop in town, so I wanted to have ht to just barge in and demand to see their work, so shi+n planned to pick a half-used weapon from his item box, ask them to repair it, then see what level of skill they had
“Who recommended this store? If you have a letter of introduction, I would like to see it”
The young man was very polite shi+n pictured such workshops as places where people didn’t care thatured he was the blacksmith or an apprentice
“I heard it froana I haven’t asked for his nah”
shi+n didn’t have a letter of introduction, so he just said that he heard about the workshop from the hotel staff He had just asked about weapon stores to a passing clerk, so he didn’t know the naana, I see We are a bit busy at the ht with you?”
“How long would that be?”
“We would be able to start tomorrow afternoon It appears that lately the ed: the new monsters that appear areman explained that because of this, requests to repair weapons and for new equipment increased exponentially, so at present they lackedhappened often, but the young man replied that that was not the case
In that world too there were areas where powerful monsters spawned, but Erkunt was not one of therations, a possibility which was being currently investigated
“Our boss is a blacks, but even so, there is a limit to what he can do At present, we only accept orders from clients who can wait”
“Is that so I didn’t know about that monster business Time is not an issue for me, so please”
“Understood Can you let me check the status of the equipear could be repaired naturally depended on how daed it was Sometimes there were clients who presented items beyond repair, so blacksmiths always checked the ite whether to accept the job or not
shi+n and Schnee did not see uessed that they had weapons in iteuessing, so he took out an ite man did not bat an eye at the process Once he checked the weapon, however, he quickly lost his cool
“What the…!?”
The young man let out a surprised ht ahat kind of weapon shi+n had materialized
What shi+n had placed on the counter were a long spear and a short sword
The spear was the lower Unique grade 『Hollow Spear』, the short sword the lower Rare grade 『Azoth』
『Hollow Spear』 had a chance of inflicting paralysis if the opponent’s STR was lower than the user; 『Azoth』 slightly increased the user’swith Lecus and the others, enough to require repairs
“Not the slightest iic power distribution, and not even one impurity? What the…”
“Can I count on you, then?”
“Please excuse me, I need to call the boss Could you please wait aman had probably concluded that the job was too much for him He went behind the counter and was about to enter the corridor in the back, when he noticed so, boss?”
“I just felt a bizarre presence You were coht?”
A man in his fifties appeared frouessed that he was a Dwarf Maybe he was in a badshort of fierce
“Never seen your face around here I’m Vulcan, the owner of this workshop So, what happened?”
“It’s about these, I can’t really decide by myself”
“Really? You can’t?”
Vulcan looked at the youngan outfit suited to the boss of a pack of mountain bandits, looked like a boy who had found a new toy The sharp glint in his eyes showed that he was gauging what kind of person he was dealing with
“…I see, now I knohy you were flustered”
Vulcan took the 『Hollow Spear』 fro man’s hands, looked at it for a while, then spoke He did not add anything else and proceeded to check 『Azoth』
He examined the blade and decorations for several minutes, then placed it back on the counter
“You want us to perform maintenance on these?”
“Well, yes, is there a problem?”
Vulcan’s serious expressionoff with the weapons Vulcan did not answer i intently at shi+n instead
“Ehm…”
“Aren’t you better suited to take care of these?”
“Eh?”
shi+n instinctively flinched because of the unexpected question He had come all the way to a smithy, it would be normal to think that he couldn’t repair theain, with absolute confidence
“I don’t knohat you’re trying to do here, but you’re a blacksmith, aren’t you?”
“!?”
shi+n was at a loss for words, but Vulcan’s tone was co about shi+n’s appearance was supposed to suggest that he was a blacksmith
“You look like you don’t kno I can tell Well, if you exaht away, but I can tell if the person before , but I’m pretty well known in the business There are plenty of types that pretend to be noret close to ot good at spotting the their job”
“That’s, well, impressive”
“Spare the compliments So, what did you come here for anyway?”
“…I wanted to see how skilled this town’s blacksmiths were I wanted to know if there were techniques I didn’t know, but I didn’t plan to steal anything”