Chapter 132 Out shopping. (1/2)
Roland glanced at his pouch that containedover his shoulder, wondering if souild would mark him after he came out of the bank with both Robert and Lucille
Luckily he did not see any shadowy figures loo around the bank made sure to re was also in the inneret in, a person needed to get past another gate that was surrounded by a large wall This was recently created and most of the rich merchants lived in this section of the city This of course pushed any poor citizens that previously lived here out into the slums that as alere kept hidden away from the main roads
“Well then, I’ll excuse myself… you two take care…”
Roland said while nodding slightly With the o prepare a list of materials that he needed He didn’t even have ti scheuildhere, for now, he was successful in keeping his identity hidden but this could change It didn’t see, this washere It was clear that he was lovestruck and had a pile of roses inside his brain keeping him occupied
“Wait Sir Wayland!”
“U else you needed?”
Roland asked while stepping down into the road
“Yes, we have a request but it isn’t froht that was acco her Roland turned his head towards his brother that instantly evaded his gaze
‘Why is he acting all shy all of a sudden…’
The suspicious behavior was quickly explained by Robert's next words
“Yes, I have a request Could you create a runic shi+eld like the one you lent eon? I will of course cover all the cost ofout a sack filled with some coins
“You want me tohere for another six days… is that not enough time to make one?”
Robert asked while his broere furrowed The shi+eld that he lent to Robert had mostly turned into scrap iven it back later but the only thing he could do with it was to et the deep steel back
Six days were actually enough to create a shi+eld froh slab of metal that he could cut into the shape of the shi+eld then shape it further with his ha the handle and some mana stones was probably the more strenuous process as it requiredwould be left, this he could probably knock out in a day or tith his current skill levels With his high h it without needing that many breaks This also depended on the complexity of the runes as some of the lesser runes he could fashi+on in a couple of hours
“Six days ht be a bit…”
He lied, as he tried to refuse the offer Even if he could do it, he still wanted to minimize the interactions with his brother It was a half-lie, taking into consideration that he wanted to do so on his radar
“It would be difficult… is that so that’s a shaue about it as he accepted the refusal but before Roland could escape this predicae spoke up
“How about we just buy a good shi+eld at the store and Sir Wayland just adds his runes to it? That should save a lot of tihtly as he couldn’t deny that fact
“Would that be possible?”
Robert’s eyes lit up in anticipation as he looked at Lucille
“Yes,runes There is no need for Sir Wayland to craft the whole shi+eld, with his skills he shouldn’t need ht Sir Wayland?”
Lucille looked at Roland with a big sreat advice She looked like a puppy that wanted to be petted but he wanted to punt her instead
“I guess you are right…”
Not wanting to see to a noble lady with high status She was his ticket into the e, it would be unwise to alienate her She ht seee
“That’s great, do you know any good shops Sir Wayland?”
Lucille asked while Roland just thought about his next move and how to minimize his interactions with Robert
“Good shops? I mostly send my assistant to buy resources and I also craft my oeapons…”
He did visit so shops just to see how the city was structured This he did to see if he could ‘borrow’ any new runic designs
“But there are a few large weapon and armor shops here, I’m not sure which one would be the best, ill need a deep steel shi+eld at least…”
Roland turned to Robert and started asking questions
“What kind of runes would you like me to inscribe? Would you rather have aspecific, both have their pros and cons”
“Multipurpose?”
Robert asked as he was not sure what Roland was talking about Most of the ical equipment that people came across had one or two enchantments on it
A suit of ar rune that for instance increased the user’s strength Then it would also have one active skill like a ical shi+eld that could be activated on command
Roland’s own armor could not be used by anyone that didn’t possess a runecrafting skill Without access to the runic code inside the item, it would be impossible to activate all of their features This hen Robert previously used his runic shi+eld he could only activate one of its effects that was set as default by Roland
“Yes, I could place activation runes at the shi+elds handles, you’d just need to focus your mana towards the activation rune to activate the spell I wouldn’t put too h, the more there are the quicker the shi+eld will deteriorate”
This explanation revealed some of his techniques This was mostly learned by him when he was a runic blacksmith and when he had to be creative There he just used spots in the weapons that when a person injected their mana into it would then activate the desired effect
“Fascinating, a multipurpose runic structure… it sounds so elementary but also quite difficult if you take into consideration that the runesmith would have to customize the already created runic structure to fit the weapon…”
“It shouldn’t be that tough… you just have to alter the schehtly…”
“Alter the schematics?”
Lucille’s reaction to Roland’s stateirl’s eyes ide and she looked like the first time she saw his runic are of the basic runesht but this was not due to hi it Due to this, he was still unaware of how other runesht back to all the schematics that he lifted from the stores
That ti able to enter the inner parts of the stores He thought that these runes were just the basics that everyone used and then altered forthis see an already established rune was not an easy task
“By Solaria, you y Sir Wayland, I just must inform the Professor about this, I’m sure you’ll have soaround like an overzealous slime monster It took a few moments for her to calm down before the conversation could continue
“How about we go to a store and pick out a shi+eld for Sir Robert here…”
“Ah yes… the shi+eld!”
The group nodded and they finallydistrict where most of the weapon and armor shops were at As expected most of them were run by dwarfs That hen another probleud’s armor shop, how kin ah hulp ye?”
A robust dwarf asked after seeing Robert co Runesed