My Magic Age

Even in midsummer, there are not many pedestrians in the square at the entrance of the Tower of Pride. It is called the magician's palace and is a very sacred place in the eyes of the people of the imperial capital. Few people are willing to go there when they are wandering around. Come here.

Yulin Street is adjacent to the square. Although there are endless carriages and pedestrians on the street, the square in front of the Tower of Pride looks deserted. Two rows of huge round marble pillars stand alone in the square, arranged in a pattern. There are two arcs, and there are strips of marble connecting the stone pillars. The stones are engraved with reliefs of various patterns. Each set of reliefs records a story.

The mage tower at the top of the majestic Tower of Arrogance reaches straight into the sky, and together with the other six mage towers, supports the entire defensive magic array of the imperial capital.

There were only a few white clouds floating in the blue sky. A row of green-tailed egrets flew past the floating imperial city. They were seen by a gryphon that poked its head out from the wall of the royal city. After a cry, The egrets were frightened and fled in all directions.

The dazzling sunlight fell on the square, scorching the gray-white granite slabs.

Qige walked down from the magic caravan in a long palace dress, with a large expanse of white on her chest. She had her black hair as smooth as satin, holding a magic book in her hand and gently lifting it with her other hand. She was wearing a skirt, walking very lightly, and the ruby ​​on her neck was shining dazzlingly in the sun.

Takama walked out of the caravan holding a black umbrella to block the scorching sun above Qige's head. She wore a set of tight-fitting leather armor, which made her slender figure very slender and well-proportioned. She had a pair of hair tied behind her head. The ponytail is tied with a hairband at the end. When walking, the light brown tail is beating constantly.

Qige saw me standing in the shadow of the stone pillar at a glance, and walked towards me, "Didn't you say that you can't come today if you have something to do?"

I leaned against the marble pillar, feeling the coolness on the stone pillar, and said to Qige: "Yes, but I still have a little time in the morning, and I happened to think of something, so I came to the institute to look for Yerkes. Scholar. I’ve made an appointment with someone this afternoon to visit a friend. Do you want to go with me?”

Qige glanced at me and asked with a half-smile, "Are you sure you want to come with me?"

I touched my nose guiltily and said, "Well...it's better to keep a low profile recently. That man has probably become a hero of the Green Empire now. If he finds out about us now, will he? In a rage, abandon the army in your hand and fight back directly from the military formation? "

She squinted her eyes, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and asked, "Do you feel some pressure?"

I was a little stunned, and then asked myself: Is it really stressful?

"Otherwise, let's just wander around the magic material trading market on the first floor!" Qige said while looking at the door of the Tower of Pride. Then she added: "Don't you need to use the leather of those swamp crocodiles to make a batch of hard leather armor? The business of those leather shops is very sluggish now, but it is a good opportunity. Don't you still have a piece of Yalong leather? Think about it. What was it used for?”

I said: "It's best to make a suit of leather armor. After all, it's Yaron leather. I should be able to make a good set of magic patterns!"

Qige said with a smile: "On one side is the loyal and sexy beast girl, and on the other side is the charming Catalina. I really look forward to who you will give this Yaron Leather Armor to after you make it."

I asked strangely: "Why can't it be me? You see, I actually like wearing leather armor too."

Qige then asked: "Don't you like wearing magic robes that much? Do you know what role magic robes have for magicians?"

"Of course I know, because the magic embroidery in the magic robe contains magic patterns that speed up the recovery of magic power, speed up spell casting, increase the capacity of the magic pool, increase magic defense, etc.," I thought for a while and said.

Then he added: "But I think leather armor with these properties can be made as well, and I think leather armor looks stronger than magic robes."

"Hmph..."

Qige just made two nasal noises and walked past me. What does this mean?

Walking in the magic material trading hall on the first floor of the Tower of Pride, I saw some magic herbal shops posting notice boards at the door, which read information about the magic herbs held in the herbal shops. At the top of the plaque, it read very eye-catching A few words for 'Massive Recycling of Magical Herbs'. The most scarce thing in the magic market now is magic herbs. Originally, only therapeutic magic herbs were scarce. Two months later, this scarcity has spread to the entire industry.

Upon closer inspection, there is no way around this.

More than 70% of magic herbs have always come from many undeveloped planes. Now these planes are caught in the flames of war. Many planes rich in magic medicine have stopped supplying magic medicine, which has led to the scarcity of magic herbs.

In fact, other magic industries have also been affected to a certain extent. Many big lords with many planes have been involved in wars, and major mines have stopped mining. This has directly led to the continuous increase in the price of magic metals.

The price of Warcraft leather and materials also fluctuates greatly. The fluctuations in the prices of these Warcraft materials are directly related to the progress of wars in various planes.

If some plane wars achieve staged victories, certain Warcraft materials will be transported back to the Green Empire in batches.

Some plane wars have fallen into a quagmire, and the Green Empire's armies are constantly defeated, so there will be no production of Warcraft materials on this plane.

Seeing the somewhat bleak hall on the first floor of the Tower of Pride, I sighed softly. There were many leather shops on this street, but many of them were already semi-closed. Most of the wooden racks used to dry leather had been used up. Put it away, fold it and pile it up like a pile of firewood. The strong smell of the cooked leather potion in the past is no longer so spicy and pungent. Qige is wearing a white gauze scarf, walking into a store that looks like it is definitely not that big. A large leatherworking shop.

The waiter at the door of the shop was sitting on a wooden stool, leaning against the door frame and dozing off. His head was like an ear of wheat in the autumn rice fields, and it slowly sank when blown by the wind. After the gust of wind passed, it sank again. It will float up like wheat waves.

Even if Qi Ge stepped in through the door, he could not wake up the waiter.

I followed Qige, and when I crossed the threshold, I knocked the threshold with my heel, making a "bang" sound, which woke up the waiter from his sleep.

He looked around in panic, and then realized that there were already three customers standing in the shop, rubbing their sleepy eyes, and their minds were not so clear. He took two steps forward, and just as he was about to speak to us, the lizard maid Takama turned her head slightly, and looked at the waiter with cold eyes in her golden eyes, making him feel like he was being greeted by a bucket of ice water. After pouring it down, I shivered intelligently all over my body.

Suddenly, the waiter at the door of the leather shop woke up. His eyes fell on the magic badges of the institute on the chests of me and Qige. Qige’s badge showed that she was a great scholar in the institute, and I She is just a magician's assistant, and Takama is just a personal maid.

In the imperial capital, many times, the only proof of identity is the badge on the chest. These badges can be worn at the same time or only one kind. Like me, I have several badges at the same time. The most important ones are:

Magician badge, this badge shows my status and level as a magician.

The Order of the Earl of Peerage, this badge proves my noble status and rank.

Royal Academy of Magic badge, this badge means that I study at the Royal Academy of Magic.

Imperial Academy Assistant Badge, this badge allows me to enter and leave the Magic Academy freely.

Sword and Rose Society emblem, Water Magic Alliance emblem...etc.

Of course, these badges do not need to be hung on the chest, but wearing some important badges when going out is indispensable.

"Oh, distinguished magic scholar, welcome to Pompeii Leatherworking Shop."

"We have the best leatherworkers in the Imperial City here. If you have any customized leather armor, repaired leather armor, or purchased leather armor pieces, then you have come to the right place. However, the Pompeii plane is caught in the flames of war. , our leather supply has been cut off, our store has sold out all salamander leather, and we are currently not accepting orders for salamander leather armor.”

I saw a recliner behind the counter in the leather shop, and a leather craftsman wearing leather suspenders was lying on the recliner, sleeping soundly.

So he walked up to the waiter and asked: "Can you process leather armor? I want to bring materials to process a batch of leather from the giant swamp crocodile. Well... make some hard leather armor. Can you take the order?"

Perhaps it was because there had been no business for too long. The young waiter hesitated for a moment, and then answered ecstatically: "Um...of course! Are you bringing the main ingredients yourself?"

I definitely said: "Yes!"

The tanner who was lying in the chair suddenly stood up and replied to me: "That's no problem. It's great when there is work to do. I lie on the chair all day and my whole body is about to get rusty."

The leatherworker stretched his muscles and looked at me expectantly. Seeing that the tanner was ready to receive me personally, the waiter retreated to the door.

I asked the tanner: "How do you calculate the price?"

The leatherworker was silent for a moment and then said, "Can you take a look at the leather first?"

There are many opinions in leathermaking, especially the quality of the leather, which directly affects the difficulty of making leather armor.

So I readily replied, "Of course."

Then, I pulled out a bundle of swamp crocodile leather from the magic waist bag, untied the rope tied to it, and spread the entire crocodile leather on the ground. This was a perfect swamp crocodile skin. The leathermaker saw this When I opened the piece of leather, I was attracted by it at first sight.

"What a good leather! This is a very complete piece of swamp crocodile leather." Looking at the swamp crocodile leather, the leatherworker admired.

Then he turned around, got back into the counter, found a volume of parchment from a bookshelf, then placed it on the counter in front of me, unfolded the pages of the book casually, and introduced to me: "The album here has The style of hard leather armor, depending on the style, each piece of leather armor is made There will be some differences in difficulty, and there will be some slight differences in price, as well as the later treatment of the remaining leather corners, as well as the hard leather nail shaping treatment, aging treatment, heat-setting treatment, and surface treatment for ironing dark lines. , every craft has a clear price tag.”

I just flipped through it casually, and I remembered that Uncle Fred told me that hard leather armor does not require much processing, so I said: "Oh, it only needs to be shaped and processed, and no other flashy craftsmanship is needed!"

The leatherworker looked at me deeply, and then he saw the shortcomings of this leather at a glance: "Okay, so... Hey, the outermost layer of the leather of these swamp giant crocodiles is actually made of a high-grade leather. The craftsmanship has been peeled off. Although the texture of your crocodile skin is not bad and the properties of the leather will not be damaged, the leather armor made of these leathers cannot be engraved with magic patterns, and it cannot be made into magic patterns in the future. Construct.”

I said calmly: "It doesn't matter. The leather of these swamp giant crocodiles was not originally intended to be made into magic patterns."

Then, I started to take out the crocodile leather, one bundle after another.

The bundles of hides piled up in a small mountain in front of me, and the tanner was so surprised that he asked me, "Oh my God, how many hides do you have?"

I just smiled.

Then he said to the leatherworker: "This is a big business, and you don't need to pay too much attention to the smooth leather surface, nor do you need to reserve the smoothest part of the leather for engraving magic patterns. This will save a lot of materials. ”

Then he said: "You can also measure the crocodile leather, and then use specific positions to make the same armor. These are twenty-three pieces of swamp crocodile leather. If you don't plan to engrave magic patterns in the future, each set of hard leather armor will be difficult to process. It’s a lot less, and the subsequent processing is extremely simple. In this case, the processing fee for each piece of hard leather armor is thirty silver!”

I told the leatherworker my conditions: "If twenty-three pieces can make twenty-three sets of hard leather armor, then I will pay you twenty-five silver coins per set."

The tanner obviously didn't want to be lowered by me, so he protested and said to me: "This is no good, it's too little. If I remove some consumables, what else will I have left?"

I patted his shoulder, asking him to calm down, and let me finish my sentence for the time being: "Listen to me, after all, this whole piece of leather is very big, and it should be enough to make a hard leather armor suit from one piece of leather. More than enough, if you can save a little, you should be able to put it together with the remaining scraps into an additional set of hard leather armor. For each additional set of hard leather armor you process, I will not only pay you an additional twenty-five silver coins, but I will also raise the previously set price by one silver coin. By analogy, when the price of hard leather armor rises to thirty pieces, the increase will automatically stop."

When the leatherworker heard this, he said: "This is really a good proposal, I accept it."

I handed a roll of parchment to the leatherworker and said, "Here are the dimensions for hard leather armor, follow these measurements."

When he saw my drawings for making hard leather armor, he sincerely praised me and said, "The warriors under your command are really strong!"

I smiled, leaned against the door and asked the leatherworker: "How long will it take to make these magic pattern structures?"

The tanner calculated the time carefully and said, "Two months."

I waved my hand and just said: "One and a half months, time can't go any longer, I don't want to wait."

The tanner hesitated for a long time before saying: "Okay, I will do what you want!"