Chapter 137 - Hammer and Tongs - II (2/2)
”You are the boss?! Isn't Crimson Power the guild leader?” asked Hammer.
”He is the guild leader, but he is my employee. You can confirm it with him,” said Shadow.
A few moments later Hammer's expression changed as he learned that Shadow was really the boss of the guild. ”Why can't you be the head forger? Even if you are the boss, what is stopping you from being the head forger of the guild?” asked Hammer.
”The same thing that is stopping me from being the guild leader. I have a job that wouldn't allow me to spend much time in the game,” said Shadow calmly.
”Oh!” said Hammer as he remembered about their conversation where Shadow told him that he works in the military.
”So, I guess you are interested?” asked Shadow.
”Yes.”
”Good. Let me test you. Can you make the Antelope horn spear?” asked Shadow.
”Yes.”
”Well, I will evaluate you on that, then,” said Shadow walking away from the forge and indicating Hammer to start working on it.
Hammer immediately pulled out the materials from his bag and started working on it. As he started using the forge, he realized how easy it was to handle ore with the Mystic Fire. ”Now, I understand why the intermediate forging room was so expensive,” thought Hammer.
Shadow took an antelope horn in the meantime and began to process it in the lathe machine. He made it into the proper shape and handed it over to Hammer by the time, he was done with the handle.
Most players hated it when multiple players worked on different parts of a weapon simultaneously as one's work might disturb the other. Most don't even let the others work in the same forging room as it might affect their concentration. Balthazar wasn't one of them, he had worked as an engineer too and believed that working together can help make items much faster.
”Thanks. So, you were the one who created the antelope horn spear, right?” asked Hammer as he took the processed horn from Shadow.
”Yes. I want to try and develop a few more,” said Shadow. ”I discovered an easy way to create new original equipment. I can help you make one if you want.”
Hammer almost lost his concentration and screwed up the attachment of the head of the spear to the pole. ”Is making a new original equipment that easy? Even if you wanted to brag, you could have waited for some time and not while I was working on equipment,” thought Hammer in irritation as his concentration was broken.
Shadow also noticed that Hammer's situation and didn't continue. Hammer also didn't respond any further and waited till he finished making the spear. He checked the product and put it up for system inspection which reported a successful creation of the spear.
”I hope this is up to your satisfaction,” said Hammer handing over the spear to Shadow. ”You told something about making original equipment?” he asked Shadow.
”Yes. I know a trick to make new original equipment. I teach you but only after we have decided on the matter of head forger,” said Shadow as he took out a contract for the head forger of the guild. ”Take a look at it, we can discuss anything that you want,” said Shadow.
Hammer was a bit surprised that Shadow proposed a contract at this time. He expected this to be done by Crimson Power. But he still took it to read it over. It stipulated his salary to be at least 10% of the amount for which his creations would be sold. That was fine as it was a new game with different criteria and one couldn't easily decide a fixed income at present. The other parts were also the common things that most guilds asked like keeping their secrets and so on until he came to part about the duration.
”A period of five years?” he asked looking at Shadow. ”Are you kidding?”
Shadow knew that he might have an issue with it. At the early stages of the game, neither guilds nor players would be willing to sign contracts for such long times as they don't know how capable the other party is. But Balthazar knew that later, the successful forgers would ask for longer durations.
”Yes. Moreover, the contract is with me personally, not the guild. If I am unable to contact you for a month, you can assume the contract nullified. I added that as a clause,” said Shadow pointing to a clause in the contract.
”I will employ you as head forger of the guild and you will work under Crimson Power,” said Shadow. ”You will have no lack of resource compared to any first rate guild. You can move around and explore the game world. I will place no restriction on that but will suggest you take some protection with you if you want to do that and not go to highly dangerous quests. I will leave those considerations to Crimson Power and if you feel that he is not being rational you can always contact me. That is why the remuneration is based on the amount your creations would be sold for,” he elaborated.
”This is completely different from my contract in the previous game. Why all these changes?” asked Hammer. Most guilds wouldn't give free reign and option to move around. They wouldn't allow them to get out of the contract if they are unable to communicate for a month either.
”This game is different compared to the other by a number of different things. That is why, I had to make such a contract. As you can see, I didn't add any clause that would be unfair to you. I doubt you can get a better one than this,” said Shadow. Balthazar was quite confident of it as most guilds would probably only recruit for a small duration and the only thing in common with this contract would be remuneration based on the amount for which the items would be sold.
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