Chapter 9: Weapon Forging Trade
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"My situation is a little special. Right now, I have a way to forge first or second tier beast drops into corresponding first or second tier weapons."
"About success rates, tier 1 might have a more stable success rate of 80% , while tier 2 would only have a 60% success rate."
"How about it? Even if your troop can hunt, don't you think you need something for self-defense?"
Aikasha's words were very reasonable. Even the Guardians of the troops that could hunt needed some means of self-defense.
One had to know that in a life-and-death battle in this jungle, their troop could not protect them at all times.
Moreover, Gray's situation was special. At this stage, the only one who could be considered to have combat strength was Gray. The Dragon's Might of the dragon egg was more focused as the fatal blow to the enemy. The rest of it needed Gray to complete.
If Gray was injured and his ability to move was affected, their next plan might be completely delayed, or even disrupted.
Therefore, before the next operation, it was very necessary to let Gray upgrade his equipment.
However, her unclear words made Gray somewhat hesitant. What was a special situation?
Special circumstances could be special enough to allow her to make weapons out of items dropped from beasts?
He realized that there must be some important information behind this, important information about the rules of this world.
If she was also a Guardian of this world who was on her first day, she must have obtained something from this world to be able to obtain the power of forging.
If he knew this information, would he also be able to obtain the power to create weapons?
After all, a weapon was just what he needed in a short period of time.
Gray planned to test the other party first:
"What you said concealed some very important information. This is clearly very insincere. It's very difficult for me to trust you and make a deal with you."
The other party replied very quickly. Her attitude was extremely cold and hard, as though she did not allow strangers to get close.
"No, that involves personal information and information about this world. These things are not within the scope of the deal."
The other party's rejection did not exceed Gray's expectations. It was very obvious that the other party had no intention of revealing her information from the start, and now she would not easily waver because of Gray's few words.
Gray still had other tricks up his sleeve. It was still the first day of transmigration, and a large number of Guardians were still worrying about survival supplies.
It was not easy for the other party to find an owner with items that could be traded. It was not easy for her to meet Gray alone, and she would not give up so easily. There was still a lot of room for Gray to test the waters:
"We have never met before, and there has never been a basis for cooperation before. The first day of survival is also the most precious day for resources. I feel that if we want to trade, it's better to be honest."
Gray's words made sense. In the beginning, when it came to the trading of resources, it was understandable for people to be more cautious.
For a moment, the other side fell into silence. It was obvious that they were debating whether or not to share some information.
Seeing that his words were effective, Gray gave the other party a critical blow:
"Friend, although the information you're hiding may be very valuable to you, as a member of the Guardians who can go out to hunt, I think I still have a chance to obtain the same amount of information."
"Moreover, in a few days, when a large number of Guardians' troops grow up, the information we obtained on the first day of exploration will quickly become common knowledge. At that time, I believe that you'll not be the only one who can forge weapons."
Actually, Gray had made a careless mistake with the other Guardian. Although he and dragon egg had successfully killed a gnawing rabbit, their kill was probably not the same as the other party's.
In terms of combat power alone, the other party was stronger than gray's dragon egg.
Although the dragon egg had the power of Dragon's Might, every time Dragon's Might was fired, it would have a cooldown of one hour. During this period of time, the use of the dragon egg would be very limited.
The other party also had the cooperation of Guardian and troop. Even if one of them temporarily lost their combat ability, the remaining one would still have the chance to finish Gray off.
It had to be known that just like what the other side had said, even if a troop already had combat abilities, how could he not have the ability to defend himself when exploring the forest?
This also meant that in certain aspects of exploration efficiency, the other side was clearly far superior to Gray and the dragon egg.
Gray was currently relying on the other side's misjudgment of Gray being able to kill a tier 2 beast on the first day of transmigration to trick the other side into handing over information.
It could be seen that Gray's words seemed to have hit the heart of that Guardian. After weighing the pros and cons, the other side finally opened up their own line of defense:
"Alright, you're right. You'll know about these things sooner or later. I'm only hiding this information to delay the time you know about it."
"Let's be honest. I want to ask you a question first. What tier is your troop at now?"
Gray looked at his metal dragon egg and answered without changing his expression:
"It's about to reach Tier 2."
Gray didn't want to give the other party the impression that he was too powerful, but he also didn't want the other party to underestimate him.
If he was a Guardian with decent strength in the early stages, then killing a few wild beasts and being about to break through to tier 2 was obviously a more suitable strength.
However, he did not expect the other party's reaction to be even greater than he had imagined:
"Why are you only at tier 1? Just how many beasts did you kill to obtain this drop?"
Was the other party's focus a little off?
What did being tier 1 have to do with the drop?
At this moment, an idea flashed through Gray's mind.
From the dragon egg's sensitive detection of the gnawing rabbit leading him to kill it, to Aikasha's attitude after asking Gray about his drop, it seemed to show Gray a fact.
It was not so easy to get dropped items.
But Gray, who had just killed a gnawing rabbit and obtained the mana crystal and the gnawing rabbit's teeth, did not feel the same way.
This was because he had followed the dragon egg's guidance all the way.
If the drops were really a precious resource, then what was the pattern to getting drops?
What was the relationship between the mana crystal that the dragon egg had guided them to find and the drops?
Or was the mana crystal actually a dropped item? Didn't that mean that the dragon egg could find wild beasts that have drops!
This guess made Gray feel a little restless in the depths of his heart.
He forced himself to suppress his emotions and calmly replied,
"Is it related to what we're talking about?"
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