Hamfist led Ryan and the other three people around the tree-lined Magic Guild. After walking for about 10 minutes, they came to a spacious place with about 5 or 6 circular buildings. Each building is about a hundred meters away from each other, and there are many magic circles to isolate each other. The Demos officer has been waiting outside the hall of Production Workshop No. 1 for a long time. Mfist and the others came over, and Deimos hurriedly greeted them and led them into the No. 1 production workshop.
As the headquarters of the Magic Guild, a workshop like this used to make magic items is naturally indispensable. The workshop chosen by Hamfist is the top workshop of the Magic Guild in the entire Imperial Capital. It not only provides free There are a variety of normal magic materials, and there are even more than a dozen large-scale production instruments, such as the octagonal-shaped super-large magic furnace placed in an inconspicuous corner. Ryan learned about it from the book that Blair gave him. Most people cannot afford to use such a furnace to smelt magic materials, because the fuel value required when using it is almost equal to that of mithril.
"So, the tools here are quite complete, right?" Hamfist said with a little show off: "As far as I know, there is no production workshop of this level in the entire continent, except for Moon City. There are three, although it is said that the elves have similar ones, but almost no one has seen them with their own eyes, and no humans have personally used them, so they can be ignored."
"It's really good." Ryan praised sincerely: "I once went to a well-known chamber of commerce in the south that makes and sells magic items. A large number of magic items are made there every day, but they are almost all made by magicians. It was designed and made independently, using nothing more than some small tools, and it seems that no one is using this furnace at all.”
After Ryan said these words, he pointed with his hand at the furnace he just saw in the corner. Hamfist understood what Ryan was referring to without having to look with his eyes. He laughed and said: "Actually, we are here There is only one of them, that thing is used to smelt certain rare treasures, and usually it may not be used once every few years."
"Yes, if you want to drive it, the energy consumed is too much, and the gain outweighs the loss." Ryan also nodded and said,
"Well, that's the truth." Hamfist said: "We usually use these tools here. For example, if we want to smelt some metal ores, we use this small magic furnace. The power it uses is our magic. With the magic power of the master, as long as several magisters take turns to relay it, there is really nothing that it cannot dissolve, but it will take a little more time."
Ryan followed Hamfist's finger and saw a furnace similar to the anvil used in an ordinary blacksmith shop, except that there was an extra bracket near the furnace with a large crystal ball on it. It seems that this is probably the part used to receive magic power.
"It's easy to use. You throw the ore on the anvil, and then put your hand on the crystal ball to start the furnace, so that the ore can slowly melt. As for what shape you want, you can instruct the craftsmen to use it. The hammer will forge it for you." Hamfist explained: "If you want to add magic, there is a production station over there, and your mithril quota for this month has already been placed there."
Ryan nodded. He had already seen the ten mithril ingots placed on the production table aside. The mithril ingots were not very big. Ryan could hold them all in the palm of his hand. Hamfist again He said: "This is just for you to smelt magic items. As for the magic circle and magic scroll you need to draw, the mithril powder used is an additional quota. Oh, by the way, you still have one hundred thousand gold coins every month. For subsidies, you can entrust the Magic Guild to help you purchase or collect materials, or you can take them all and use them yourself. The Magic Guild does not care about the whereabouts of these gold coins."
"It sounds like this is a very attractive position." Ryan said with a smile: "You don't have to do anything, you can receive 100,000 gold coins every month, and there are a lot of valuable materials. Haha, I would have known that there would be such a generous treatment. , I didn’t have to run around for a few gold coins back then.”
"Haha, you really know how to joke." Hamfist also laughed a few times, and then said seriously: "If you use these gold coins to enjoy yourself, I guess even a viscount with a large fiefdom may not be able to You are comfortable, but if a magician spends his time on the research of magic, the consumption will be a terrible number. A magic experiment may cost tens of thousands of gold coins. Making a magic item may only cost the materials. The gold coins are not enough at all, so we need to borrow additional money from the guild, and then use the future quota to pay it back slowly."
"Yes, studying magic is equivalent to burning gold coins to a certain extent. Without certain financial resources, it is impossible to survive." Ryan also said sternly: "So almost all magicians will choose to join a certain force, because just relying on him I am afraid that my personal strength cannot sustain it at all. I remember Victor once said that making a magic scroll for the Gate of Time and Space would cost millions in raw materials alone, not counting what he spent on himself. thought."
"Well, let's not talk about this. Barbara, go and put the piece of stainless steel ore on the anvil." Ryan changed the topic back. He watched Barbara carefully arrange the ore, and then waited until Barbara After pulling away, he put his hand on the crystal ball,
The colorless and transparent crystal ball immediately glowed with red flames after receiving the continuous magic power from Ryan's palm, and the anvil with the fine steel ore slowly began to glow red, and a heat came from it. It surged out and spread in all directions. Vivian, who was standing next to her, felt the heat rushing towards her face. She quickly pulled Barbara back a dozen steps, and did not stand down until she could no longer feel the heat.
The magic furnace that absorbed Ryan's mana quickly reached the designated temperature. The fine steel ore placed on the anvil began to soften slowly. The originally black ore actually gave off a red halo. Obviously, it It was about to be melted. Ryan knew that the so-called fine steel ore was also called fine gold after it was smelted. These are just two different names for a metal. The former tells the hardness of the metal, while the latter describes the image. described it as valuable as gold,
Hamfist saw that Ryan had gone all out as soon as he came up, and it only took a few minutes to soften the ore. He deliberately reminded Ryan that after all, smelting ore is a long-term thing, even if it takes several minutes, It was normal for an hour. He didn't want Ryan to cause the entire production to fail because he consumed too much at the beginning. That would embarrass even the Imperial Capital Magic Guild.
Unexpectedly, before Hamfist opened his mouth, he actually heard Ryan's voice speaking: "Barbara, with such a small amount of ore, we can only make a dagger. You can decide which style you like first. Wait a moment." Let me guide you to make the finished product. Well, Vivian, please go get a piece of mithril, wait a moment to see how much fine gold is smelted, and then add mithril to it in a ratio of 1:1."
"Okay." Vivian agreed, turned around and went to get the mithril, while Barbara squatted down and kept drawing on the ground, her heart filled with longing for her first magic weapon, and Hamfist kept his mouth firmly shut, but he actually dared to speak at this time. Moreover, Ryan's expression was quite relaxed, which showed that he had enough power to deal with it, so why did he have to talk too much
After another ten minutes, the high temperature of the entire furnace had completely dissipated, half of the workshop hall was filled with heat, and the fine steel ore on the anvil had almost melted into a pool of liquid, and as the The impurities in the ore are dissolved by the high temperature, and the color of the entire fine steel begins to slowly turn gray. This is the true color of fine steel.
"Well, let's throw in all the pieces. I think this material is a bit short, so I have to use mithril to make up the number." What Ryan said to Vivian almost made Hamfist cry, although this mithril It's free, but you can't just use it to make up the numbers. If we strictly discuss the value, the fine steel ore is not as good as mithril even if it costs ten yuan. This is not because the fine steel itself is not as valuable as mithril, but because the fine steel ore is not as valuable as mithril. The finished product must be produced to truly double the value, and Mithril can be used in various places as long as it is smelted. The use value of the two is simply incomparable.
Vivian didn't care how ugly Hamfist's face looked at the moment. She liked the little girl Barbara very much and naturally hoped that her magic weapons would be as powerful as possible. So after listening to Ryan's words, Vivian threw in a whole mithril ingot without hesitation.
The mithril ingot melted at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye. Soon the white mithril melted into gold. It slowly mixed with the gray steel and looked very ugly. Ryan did not hesitate to melt the mithril in his body. Magical energy was supplied to this magic furnace. He controlled the magic furnace to repeatedly fuse two different metals, mithril and fine steel, until the color of the entire body turned into a bright gray-white, and then he spoke to Barbara. He said: "It's almost done. Have you figured out the style? Come here quickly and I can guide you in shaping the dagger."
Barbara was very conflicted at this time, because she had two different ideas in her head, but she didn't know which one to choose, so there was a look of hesitation on her face. Vivian was Having gone through this stage, she certainly understood Barbara's mood, so she pushed Barbara hard from behind and whispered: "The style doesn't matter, the key is that it is convenient for you to use, so don't hurry up."
Barbara was reminded by Vivian and immediately made up her mind. She quickly came to Ryan and pressed her hands on the crystal ball according to Ryan's request, while Ryan pressed his right hand on the crystal ball. placed in Barbara's hands to guide her thoughts to control the magic furnace, just like how Ryan guided the magical energy in Barbara's body so that she could learn how to use this energy.
The pool of sperm on the anvil slowly condensed, forming a rough dagger shape. Gradually, the temperature on the anvil began to cool down, and the red light all over the rough embryo of the dagger slowly faded. It dimmed, and after a while, when the entire magic furnace stopped working completely, a strange-shaped dagger appeared in front of everyone.