Chapter 72 - 72. Keatings Enhanced Weapon Supplies. (1/2)

”Aye Audemars, my young man. What can I do for you.” the moment Blake enters the Great Hall he greeted me and patted me on my back. 'It's been such quite some time since you had entered my smithy, ya? What have you got in store for us?” he continued as I returned the gesture by patting his shoulders too.

Bruce that had entered didn't know what was it all about and seeing Bruce is quite acquainted with me, somehow had brought a smile on his weary face. He had last seen me when I entered his store asking if he had seen a triple bolt crossbow names Avelyn and until now he had not managed to produce the item for me.

”Gentlemen, I heard that your businesses had not been doing very well so far and it had been rumoured that you might be closing up soon. Is that true?” I asked after I had thought the best way to address these senior tradesmen.

”Aye, it is true, Audemars, my young friend. First, the iron plates had been robbed from NoOne who had been our merchant for so long. Then after that, it was retrieved by you after entering the goblin's hideout. You had been a good friend, Audemars, and a trusted one.”

”Aye, business had been bad and the apprentices that were employed by me had been laid off work because there were no more orders from the adventurers anymore. So Far you had been the only one we knew, Audemars,” replied Blake as he sat there, looking mournfully at his unlit pipe. He was wondering if he could smoke his pipe or not.

”Aye, matey... Me business is not doing very well too. You had been the last person to buy the 2500 credit light crossbow and that's it. There had not been any purchase and I had not been making any more crossbows, Light bows or even the blunderbuss. It seems as if this is going to be a dying trade.”

Bruce looked pitifully at me through his sunken eyes as if he had been losing sleep for several weeks due to his dwindling business.

”Sigh... It is so sad to hear from you tradesman whom I was also a Blacksmith as well as a bowsmith. Ok, I have a proposition for you. This is what that been arranged by the owner of the atelier and me much earlier.”

I soon narrated to him and even demonstrated the slicing and stabbing of my tunic to show how I had also been an atelier and somehow had developed a new product. Now I would like to use their products to actually sell it is that they would have a steady income.

All I need from Bruce is a light crossbow, a light bow, a quiver, some bolts, arrowheads and some arrows. I reassured to Bruce that this would be a purchase. As for Blake, I need a short dagger, a short sword, a long sword as well as an Assassin karambit or a talon dagger. Bronze or Iron it doesn't matter, I said.

”A light bow cost 1100 credits, light crossbow costs 2500 credits, those broad arrowheads and 50 Arrows with quiver costs 500 credits. Altogether it would be 4,100 credits,” said Bruce to me and I knew he was selling those at his base price to me. I nodded as I agree to his price and asked his assistant to gather the items for me.

”A short dagger costs 500 credits, a talon dagger costs 900 credits, a short sword and long swords cost 1200 and 1700 respectively. They were all low-grade iron, my friend. I hope you realised that these weapon grades are lesser than your lowest armour right now. That's a total of 4,300 credits, my good friend.”

”Alright Blake, get your assistant over and bring them to me. We are both in this trade, but only Blake can quote for me the price for his tools now. Here, how much would you think this iron dagger and blade costs?” I said as I presented my iron pommel Cross and Victory blade on the table.

”This dagger alone would be 1500 credits, a talon dagger might cost 2000 credits. The long sword would cost at least 5500 credits. As for a short sword of this quality, it might be 3500 credits.” answered Blake as he handled the sword and admired its Level 4 Iron quality. Bruce handled the dagger and was surprised that it could be forged with a higher iron material not found elsewhere.

At last, my secret as a Blacksmith and forger had been exposed and Bruce was taken aback and he thought I was just a nerdy Adventurer out looking for some kills and then that's it. No more than that and he didn't realise I was the one that singlehandedly took out the band of thieves that call themselves the White Hand.

Actually, Prius was the one who leaked the information to them after he had returned from his task of getting the painters and gathering the new merchants for their debrief. The other 15 delivery boys were in standby too and would enter once the travelling merchants had gone through their initial briefing.

”What I need from you is to advertise these weapons with the atelier. I had 2 sets of classes that would be displayed on the glass storefront. One is an Assassin and the other is a Ranger. If anyone wanted to be a Warrior Class, they would be heading to the respective stores.”