Chapter 143 Equipment

  After everyone sat down, the king sighed and said: "Power is a good thing, people often only see the benefits brought by power, one call and hundreds of responses, controlling life and death, bringing wealth. But who knows that the greater the power, the heavier the responsibility, while holding the power of a country, one must also be responsible for the future of this country, for the people of this country. If the chosen successor does not have this ability, it will be a disaster for both him and the country."

  Ivan smiled and nodded: "The king is right, if you don't have the appetite, don't eat so much food, or else you'll burst to death."

  The king burst out laughing and said: "This gentleman is right. If my two sons could understand this principle, there wouldn't be today's incident."

  "I smiled and said, 'Your Majesty, don't be too hard on yourself. The hardest thing for people is to see themselves clearly. If everyone had self-awareness, there wouldn't be so many people who are overly humble or arrogant. Those who understand themselves, I think, are not far from being saints. We often come to know ourselves through repeated failures and setbacks. Once the two princes have experienced more, they will naturally understand these principles.'"

  The king looked at me in surprise and asked: "I wonder who this is...?"

  "Earlier, Tong Chui told me that this person should be the magician Alick from the Floating City. The one who just spoke to you is the top assassin of humanity, Evan, and next to him is his sister Xilu, also an assassin. And this lady of the Elf tribe is the Holy Girl of the Elf tribe, Freya."

  The king's eyes narrowed to a slit under his thick golden eyebrows, nodding and saying: "You are all elites, the two of you just spoke with wisdom, Meng Chui, you should learn from them well."

  "Ah, yes, Father," Meng Chui lowered his head and said, "I will do my best to learn from them on this journey."

  The king stood up and said, "Alright, I'm also tired. You all stay here for two days first, and I'll have the copper hammer forge some necessary items for you. Whatever requirements you have, just speak up. There will be many more hardships on this journey, so get familiar with my son, and I hope you can become friends. Please take care of him."

  The king left under our escort, and the barbarian hammer walked up to us with a smile and said: "Everyone has had a hard journey, I'll take you to rest first, Tong Chui will communicate with you later, see what equipment you need, seize the opportunity, this time is free, next time we will charge."

  The accommodation arranged by Mo Huai was very comfortable, although the furnishings were not luxurious, but everything was practical and nothing was missing. As soon as we settled down, Tong Huai came over and said loudly: "What do you need for equipment? Make a list for me, I will make it according to your requirements."

  After discussion, Evan chose a set of black iron and beast skin-made leather armor, Xilu wanted a pair of fine iron and secret silver-made daggers, Dakuru selected a black iron war hammer. It is said that the original Shaman priest was not only good at magic, but also in close combat, no less than the best warriors. Fure didn't want anything, while I wanted a set of equipment that could store magical power, but the dwarves were not good at making such things.

  Tong Chui furrowed his brow, saying with difficulty: "Mr. Alick, I'm afraid we can't meet your requirements. This kind of thing is only understood by human alchemists..."

  "Hey, I've got an idea," said the barbarian on one side. "In our storage room, we have some spoils of war from many years ago when we fought against demons. There are some useful things that have been distributed to our tribe's warriors, but there are also some leftover items from magic-wielding demons that we haven't used yet. I'll take you to see them; maybe you can find something useful."

  Upon hearing that, I lit up and said: "Oh? Something left behind by the demon? I'm actually interested in taking a look. That would be troubling you though."

  "Come with me, point out whatever you like and I'll get it for you."

  We arrived at a warehouse on the outskirts of the royal palace, and when the door opened, we were suddenly stunned by what was inside. Various magical items were piled up like trash in the warehouse, each emitting a magical aura.

  I was stunned for a moment before saying, "Your Highness, are you treating these things like trash? These magical items are enough to equip an entire squad of mages!"

  "Call me Mo Dang, these things may be useful to you, but they are of no use to us dwarves. Today is not the day you said you needed magical items, maybe none of us would have thought of these things. You take a look, if there's anything useful, just take it!"

  I shook my head and said, "Mr. Meng... thank you for your generosity, but I won't take your things for nothing either. How about this? I've obtained some equipment suitable for you during my adventures, not much, but I'm willing to use it to exchange with you for these items. Let's see how many things here can be exchanged for the things I give you, and we'll do a barter."

  As we spoke, I took out a war hammer made of some unknown metal and a complete set of black iron armor from the storage ring. The style was exactly the same as the armor on the dwarf statue at the entrance of Iron Hammer Fortress.

  When I took out these two things, the eyes of both Bao Chui and Tong Chui straightened. Bao Chui excitedly ran forward, touching the armor and war hammer as if he had seen a long-lost son. After a long time, he said: "Mr. Alik, do you know what this is? You brought us the legendary magical War God's Armor and Bloodthirsty War Hammer of our dwarven tribe!"

  "I asked in puzzlement, 'What is this War God's armor and Bloodthirsty Battle Mace? Are these the legendary weapons? I don't understand what you're saying. When I got them, I just thought they were well-made and had a magical aura, maybe they're good things, but what exactly are you talking about?'"

  He calmed down his excited mood and said, "In the past, when our dwarf tribe fought against the demons from underground, we gathered the best craftsmen and Larsen's high-ranking alchemists to create two hundred sets of War God armor and two hundred Bloodthirsty war hammers. This armor can effectively withstand most mid-level magic and below, while the Bloodthirsty war hammer can increase the holder's strength by one point every time it is stained with fresh blood. It's a rare treasure. The dwarf warriors who were equipped with these two types of equipment were invincible on the battlefield, but unfortunately, almost all of the equipment disappeared in one night after the great war, and it remains a mystery to this day. Only one set of equipment was inherited by the king of the dwarves and passed down through generations, while another set was kept by Larsen's magician in the floating city. It is said that it was also lost due to an internal conflict later on. I estimate that the set you got is the one kept by Larsen. You really want to give it to me?"