BXBX NOVEL Vol. 9 - Chapter 449 - Heavy User people
Monsters above A Rank were rare, so just selling the materials of one could fetch hundreds of thousands of gold coins.
Those monsters were already in Prostia. Other than Magic Stones, a third of the bodies were left intact and transported directly to Patlanta. S Rank monsters were tens of meters long, some even hundreds, so cutting them up was a hassle Allen's Army could not take.
If Allen's Army also had to butcher them, it would take them at least a year. Letting the Adventurers' Guild do that work cost a third of the monster's price. But that would help Prostia's economy recover, so it was the perfect arrangement.
Two thirds remained, but a third was offered to Kasagoma. All of Allen's Army's trading with Prostia would also be conducted through Kasagoma, which he gladly agreed to.
The dwarves had their workshops near the mountain, both the Magic Engineers and blacksmiths. Kasagoma did not revere the Goddess of Fire, so his workshop was placed next to the lake of Coure.
This way Allen had the best Talents at his reach, and the best equipment. That alone made any price worth it. Allen was looking around the workshop now, and Kasagoma spoke to him.
"Oh right, the other bracelet was already picked up by Kiel."
The other Makris' Bracelet had been picked up by Kiel.
"That's completely fine, thank you."
Kiel had wanted a Makris' Bracelet really badly. It was not as a gift, he had not fallen in love or anything.
Hundreds of people had died from Allen's Army and Helmios' Army in the frontlines. In a way those were small numbers, as they had fought 13 Demon Generals, 100 S Rank monsters, and 100000 A Rank monsters.
Kiel had tried to resurrect as many of the dead as he could. Makris' Bracelets would often have the property of halving cooldowns. If one equipped two of those, a cooldown of 24 hours would be reduced to 6 hours. With that, as long as the bodies were in good shape, Kiel could revive a lot of the fallen.
There were around 3 people with the same Extra Skill as Kiel in Allen's Army, Kiel included. Kiel wanted all of them to have Makris' Bracelets and help him revive even more people.
In the end, they had been able to resurrect around 60 people in the month since the battle. They were all from either Allen's Army or the Hero's Army. Many soldiers gained more respect for Keil, who did not discriminate between either army.
Rehearsing the performance was not the only reason why it took a month for Fiona to get a Sacred Bead from Makris. Allen's Army was trying to save as many lives as they could.
Kiel was still living as a priest.
Allen's Army gained 2000 mermen soldiers after the battle. Most of them had supportive buffind abilities, or were spearmen. Rather than swords or bows, mermen were more capable with spears. Underwater arrows would be slowed down by water resistance, and marine monsters were too aggressive to fight with a weapon of short range like swords. They were born with Talents that helped their life as a blessing from Aqua.
[Allen's Army's composition and abilities]: -2000 beastmen, close range fighters, scouts -2000 elves, archers, attack buffs and healing from spirits -1000 dark elves, archers, attack debuffs from spirits -200 dwarves, golem pilots and Magic Engineers -2000 mermen, medium range fighters with spears, buffs
The Magic Crafters were a separate unit of around a few dozen members.
Since there had been losses after the battle, each country sent new members to take the empty spots. Albahar, Rosenheim, Fabraze, and Prostia knew that the armies would suffer losses in time.
Allen wanted to save as many lives as he could, but he knew fighting the Demon King would take some sacrifices.
Peromus and Fiona were ready to move to the next location, and Allen and Cecile followed them.
"This is the city of Carle."
"Ohh."
Carle did not have any highlighting feature, so there was little to talk about. Allen noticed something as he watched Peromus and Fiona on the Bird B summon.
"Hmm, I guess this is a new type of honeymoon."
"What's that?"
Allen's friends would often get to hear weird things from Allen, who had a past life. Cecile reacted to that, hearing a word from Allen's lingo that she had never heard before. She seemed strangely interested in it though. Going on a honeymoon did not seem to be common in this world full of monsters.
"Ah, in my past life couples would go on a trip together after marrying, and called it a honeymoon. They would often go to Hawaii or somewhere."
Allen gave a rough explanation, he had been single the 35 years he lived in his past world.
"Hawaii?"
"It's an island with a pretty beach. It's not a floating island though. Couples go run on the sand and stuff."
(I've never been there though. Gamers never leave their home.)
Allen explained another word for Allen's lingo's dictionary.
"I see. And Heavy User Island is like that too then."
Cecile seemed to have multiple misconceptions about it.
While they spoke about honeymoons, they reached Murha, with dome-shaped houses in the sand.
(Oh right, I have to bring Luck back from his village soon.)
Looking at Murha reminded Allen of the dark elf village Fabraze in the desert. Luck, whose mental age was 8 years old, had returned there, either because he missed his parents, or to tell them about Prostia.
Now they flew above the farms, and Allen began to think he should bring Luck back soon.
"And that building next to the farm is where the Arbiter God resides."
"Ohhh…wait, that's just a stable. Why is a god inside there?"
"I know. I think it's because she looks like a horse."
Peromus started talking about the Arbiter God. The Arbiter God Pharnemes seemed depressed and was gone for a few days, but then she returned like nothing happened. Cecile seemed to remember something as Peromus talked about it.
"She didn't tell us anything more in the end, huh."
"Well, she gave Kurena various hints, maybe that's all she could say."
Allen tried to get more details about the Dragon God's descendants, but Pharnemes just said 'Go there, see for yourself, and decide for yourself.'
It seemed to be something very important, but she refused to elaborate further.
After that they went to the workshops at the foot of the mountain.
The workshops were vital to strengthen Allen's Army.
"This is Master Craftsman Habarak's workshop. Excuse me…"
"Ohh, I can hear the sound of hammers."
They entered the workshop, and Habarak soon came to meet them.
"Ah, welcome Mayor Peromus. Thank you for bringing the crystal seeds! I still could use some more sea dragon fangs and…if possible…ehm…um…"
Habarak was quite excited to talk with Peromus, but he quickly fell silent when he noticed Fiona.
In exchange for fighting the Demon King's Army, Prostia had agreed to give them a good amount of crystal seeds.
Habarak was also excited to obtain materials from rare S Rank monsters. His head was filled with that the moment he saw Peromus.
Cecile just sighed watching that.
"I guess there's only Heavy Users on this island."
Allen had explained the name Heavy User as "Someone who pursues a single truth and will sacrifice anything to attain it."
"Yes, it's incredible."
Allen seemed to think that was a good thing.
Cecile thought Habarak had gone insane. He was working day in and day out using all the materials, adamantite, and orichalcum Allen brought, crafting powerful equipment.
He had been swinging his hammer without rest, and his assistants were having a hard time trying to get him to take a break.
(A master's equipment really is on a different level.)
Meanwhile Allen was thoroughly impressed.
It was possible to obtain equipment from dungeons in this world. Or one could buy them from a blacksmith or an arms dealer.
Blacksmiths had a [Forging] Skill. It allowed them to put ingots and ore into fire and manufacture weapons.
Usually forged weapons were superior to those found in dungeons. Armor would also be more resistant.
Habarka's orichalcum weapons, like a greatsword, had 10000 Attack. Those found in dungeons only had 5000.
[Blacksmith Skills]: -Forging shaped ingots and ore into weapons -Tempering enhanced stats like Attack or Endurance -Alchemy added extra effects to equipment
The more Stars their Talent had, the better those Skills worked. Extra materials were needed for Tempering and Alchemy. For the best results, precious materials like mana seeds were necessary.
[Tempering] and [Alchemy] did not always succeed either. Hard minerals would sometimes cause the Skills to fail. Sometimes the equipment being worked on would also be lost when Tempering or Alchemy failed.
Habarak had an Extra Skill that allowed him to work on something without breaking it. But its cooldown lasted a day.
Tempering gave Kurena's orichalcum greatsword 12000 Attack.
All the top officials of Allen's Army had adamantite equipment or better, which had been enhanced to the limit by Habarak.
Peromus wrote down all the materials Habarak wanted, listening attentively. That made Fiona realize just how dedicated Peromus was to his job.
Once that was done, they went to Larappa's workshop. As soon as they entered, Larappa ran up to Allen this time.
"You came at just the right moment, Commandant Allen. I finished your request!!"
Before anyone could say a greeting, she pulled Allen into the workshop.
"Seriously, there's only Heavy Users on this island."
Cecile muttered, sighing as she watched Allen vanish inside the workshop dragged by Larappa.