Chapter 87 - 87. Learning From The Books. (1/2)
”Hiya Bruce, hey you go. Assassin's compact crossbow. One-handed pistol grip sure-fire 180km/h self-loading unlimited bolt. Hah hah...” I greeted him as I went inside his store. There were a few customers waiting for the order and was inquiring when those new crossbows would come.
I found from those late-night adventurers that they were getting ripped off by Quentin and Romulus since their prices were almost double at what's being sold at Bruce's.
”I'm glad you came, my brethren. Ah... Fellow adventurers, here are the crossbows that you had been looking for. Just 5k credits and the damage rating is +30. It's being crafted by Yours Truly here.” Bruce mentioned to the adventurers and it quickly being snapped up as each of them bought two to arm themselves with both hands at the same time.
”Aawww... That's what I wanted to do too...” I said to myself. Fancy hitting those trolls with these two instead of relying on a single crossbow. *pcheeww pcheeww pcheeww* I made those sounds of bolts coming out of the crossbows in my mind as I was thinking how lucky these adventurers were. With money, they could get anything they wished. Must be from some rich bastards. Hah hah hah...
”Sorry to keep you waiting, guys. Thank you for your business, please do tell your fellow Assassins and Rangers to get their crossbows here.” Bruce thanked his customers and they quickly left after making the purchases. Bruce finally sat behind the counter and took out a flask and poured two shot glasses and offered one for me.
”I had been keeping this for a very long time. Here you go, brethren... To our health...!!” he said as he raised his shot glass at me and clinked my glass. I soon down the contents and felt the warm feeling of scotch entering my stomach. It was a fine feeling, my dear readers, for being treated as such. Hah hah.
”Thank you for the shot, brother. I am here asking about how things are going and wondered if you would be upgrading your ranged weapons or not.” I asked as I looked around his store and he had only added a single collection to his ranged weapons.
”I am not sure what you are getting at brethren, may I ask what's on your mind?” Bruce raised his flask and wanted to offer me another shot which I politely declined. ”You see, I am upgrading the range of weapons for Blake's and I thought I would do the same to you.”
”Do you have any books on weapon designs that you had no time to produce them? I could add a few flintlock pistols as well as a few blunderbusses if you want to. At least with these ranged weapons, who knows, you might open another class on its own?”
I explained and he told me to wait a while as he went to his backroom and produced three books on Archery, pistols and riles. These books were pretty well-thumbed and he simply said, ”Keep these book for your reference, brethren. I have not much use for them at this moment as Blake and I were totally dependent on you.”
”You had done a great job, brethren. You had saved us from closing this business and we really are indebted to House of Keating. Yes, I would like to have the idea of acquiring some new ranged weapons from you. My gratitude from the bottom of my soles, my dear brethren.”
As I took the book, some announcements rang in my head which means there are some designs which I had not known yet and they would prove to be useful in the long run in the business. Furthermore, it is unheard of for adventurers to take up as Gunslinger and no House would be able to accommodate them.
”Well, if there are any adventurers who come by and ask for membership or anything like that, you can direct them to the House of Keating. We are breeding a new batch of adventurers ourselves and adding a gunslinger class would be a good idea.”
”Our House of Keating is a versatile and flexible class for adventurers, even a warrior or berserker could even join us, provided they have the interest. Furthermore, we might be expanding into the unknown and may be involved in getting a few new classes of adventurers in time to come.”
I explained as I had the vision of getting memberships from adventurers who are looking for a modest start. ”By the way, do these House charge for the membership as well? I mean do they train these adventurers and charge them for credits?”