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(Walson)

After three days of travel in the dwarven kingdom, we finally stopped temporarily in a secluded cave to organize our belongings.

During our stay in Josephton, besides rebuilding the village, I also carried out a comprehensive renovation of the [Dog House]... The reason for doing this is that the [Dog House] is too large and conspicuous. It often attracts trouble when passing through major town checkpoints. In the Teigitan Kingdom, I could avoid inspection relying on the honor titles of others or by using Derisha's identity as the princess. But now that we are traveling abroad, we can't do that anymore.

After all, the [Enchanted Books], [Brewing Station], [Potions], and other items on the carriage are not things that can be exposed casually. The [Sacrament Wardens] themselves are a good warning for others.

Therefore, each section of the current [Dog House] can be disassembled into three parts after unlocking the locks. You might understand now; yes, this size allows me to store it in the [Inventory]. In a lightly equipped state, with Grace's spatial jumps, even Felia Belle, a [Hero], is unlikely to be able to catch up.

"Woof! Woof woof!"

"Good boy, here, have a treat." I put a saddle and reins on Rifle while soothing him with a small piece of meat.

Derisha fed some carrots to Little Black on the side and hung various items disguised as luggage.

Speaking of this horse called Little Black, it's supposedly the short for... "Mischievous Darkstar"? At least that's what told me.

Little Black has a shiny black coat, silver mane, tangled muscles, and a large body, meeting the standards of a great warhorse in both my past life and now... Hmm, if it were red, it would probably look like the Red Hare of the famous China general, Lu Bu Fengxian— The normal horse version, not the FGO version where the red hare is half human.

This mount, which matches Derisha so well, has behaved very docilely during our journey, showing no arrogance at all. Could it be because of Rifle's influence?

Although this horse looks much cooler compared to the horse from my past life, when compared to a giant wolf larger than it, all its brilliance fades instantly... Right, Alice seemed to have mentioned that Little Black is not an ordinary horse but a rare magical beast.

With Derisha's level growth, it should become an even cooler horse, right? I don't have any tutorial books on magical beast patterns right now, but I should be able to find some in an old book stall in the city.

Thinking this way, I hung two boxes filled with spices on Rifle's waist, just like how Derisha hung luggage on Little Black, all for the purpose of disguising our group as merchants and adventurers.

Melon took out the [Blade Bee]— for those who forgot, this thing was the weapon that I gave to Melon when she was young.

The conceptual prototype is a military knife called the "Wasp Injection Knife" from my past life. Here, the tail needle of a wasp queen is used as the blade, and a [Magic Stone (Air)] replaces the high-pressure gas cylinder. It injects gas into the enemy's body, causing a lot of damage.

Although Melon hasn't used it much since she could kill a ground dragon with her bare hands... After all, Melon is better at using her fists, and what the knife can do, Melon's wrist seems to be able to do better. This early-game artifact has become a stuff that can only be stored in the [Pouch], being left to dust, but it's just right for disguising as a swordsman adventurer. I'll temporarily put her [Band of the Bold] in my [Inventory].

As for Grace and Barella, their appearances are very straightforward as "mage and archer," so they don't need much disguise.

Of course, Barella changed his clothes, not directly wearing that flashy rich outfit.

"Walson—!" Just as we were about to finish packing, a female voice rushed into the cave from outside the sky, ran on the ground for a while, and then came to me after a buffer.

"Oh, it's Barella, right? Thank you for your hard work! How's the situation?"

"I estimate that if we continue west for another two to three hours, we will reach the labyrinth city." Barella, wearing the [Wing of The Wasp], took off her windproof goggles.

Her dress was a bit messy due to the wind pressure, but she smiled happily.

This girl might be a genius. She can quickly master new things as soon as you give them to her... At least I didn't expect her to completely master the usage of the [Wing of The Wasp] within a month, from the look of it, it seems Barella greatly enjoys the feeling of flying while conducting terrain reconnaissance at the same time.

Thinking about it carefully, it's really amazing! Being able to overcome the fear of heights immediately, and not only that, she has even started practicing shooting at targets on the ground in such a state, she has become sort of a flying jet! With her [Apollo] as a missile, and [Apache] as her machine gun.

Currently, the [Wing of The Wasp] is still in beta, with the drawback of being not slow when turning, and it has not been used in actual combat.

Hmm, it seems that it's about time for me to make some real improvements to it.

I handed Barella a wet towel and some adventurer's clothes, allowing her to bathe and change quickly.

"...You really have created some novel equipment." A cold snort came from the side. Oh right, I almost forgot about this girl.

"How about it? Aren't these things charming?"

"Indeed, it's quite charming," Belle said.

"I told you." Hmph, finally, some respect for me?

"Unfortunately, the creator has no charm at all." Well, okay, then.

I suddenly felt bored, took out the X Curry Stick she borrowed from me last night from the [Inventory], and threw it back to her.

The current [Holy Silver Weapon - Rapier] looks slightly different from its original appearance. Its blade has changed from the initial pure white to a metallic sheen with a hint of copper color. In addition, there are golden spiderweb radial patterns on it.

...Yes, those spiderweb patterns were originally cracks, just like how a glass would make a crack if you smash it with a hammer. But here's the problem. After a little test last night, I found that [Holy Silver] is a material that can be said to made with the combined advantages of both [Mithril] and [Orichalcum Steel], not only has very high magical conductivity, but it also has high hardness!

Although the hardness is still not at the level of [Orichalcum Steel] that cannot be processed at all, but... what kind of strength is needed to create such crack marks on this stiff thing!?

When I asked Belle, she just smiled and said, "These cracks are my pride"...

Oh well, even without knowing what kind of shit she put this rapier through, it doesn't affect the process of repairing it.

That coppery sheen, yes, that's [Orichalcum Steel], the material also commonly known as [Mountain Copper] in some places. Only this metal is worthy of being combined with [Holy Silver].... I have to negotiate a good deal with Belle later. After all, heroes should be quite rich, right?

In short, the process of repairing this thing is similar to the process of repairing Derisha's weapon from before. First, put the [Orichalcum Steel Ingot] into the [Furnace] for smelting.

I have to say that Minecraft's [Furnace] is really a cheat item. In the game, when players mine metal ores like [Iron] or [Gold], they must refine them into ingots through the [Furnace] before using them—The [Furnace], which can refine a bunch of metal with just a small piece of coal, is simply cheating!

This thing is basically a multi-functional electric cooker in the game. It can cook, roast meat, and refine ores!

When I put the [Orichalcum Steel Ingot] in, I was skeptical whether it could be done, but the [Furnace] did not disappoint me. It only burned one piece of charcoal to melt the so-called unprocessable [Orichalcum Steel] into liquid.

Finally, after synthesizing the liquid with the [Holy Silver Weapon - Rapier] full of cracks and roasting it in the [Furnace], taking it out and cooling it down, it became this appearance... and it used the same piece of charcoal... Wow, the [Holy Silver]. part was so easily mixed with [Orichalcum Steel] to form an alloy, and the entire sword took on this appearance.

As her proud cracks did not disappear but turned into a golden color! Maybe I really am a top-notch blacksmith.

Feels great! Although I couldn't help but use a [Sharpness V] enchantment book after finishing, thinking about my harvest still made me feel happy.

First of all, the weight of this [Orichalcum Steel] is much heavier than [Holy Silver].. Considering this, before I secretly used the [Cross Draft] to knock off a bit of [Holy Silver] before refining (so apart from the cracks, there are also a few holes I dug out filled with metal liquid), thinking that I can knock some more later with her— heroes and such must be a big fat sheep!

"Take good care of your X Curry Stick, and remember to pay me for the repairs later!" Watching Belle anxiously catch her X Curry Stick, I laughed triumphantly and left the cave like that.