What's the point of having more equipment in the game? No matter what kind of equipment it is, you can slowly acquire it. But in reality, if you have an expert like Ci Dao, it's extraordinary for him and the Nie family. Maybe he can save your life at a critical moment.
It's definitely worth it to give up a few pieces of equipment to trick a super expert into joining.
Nie Yan waited in the Niu Ren Tribe guild's office. After a while, Guo Huai walked in.
"Someone asked me to bring you these things." Guo Huai traded the Evil Orb and several other items to Nie Yan.
"Where is he?" Nie Yan asked.
"He's already left. But he asked me to give you a message. He'll go to your company tomorrow during the day. Who is he?" Guo Huai asked, puzzled.
"A friend." Nie Yan smiled. With Wangzhe Tianxia's word, there was no problem. It seemed he had to make a trip to the company during the day. This matter was temporarily settled. He took out the design blueprint for the Frost Ironclad Trebuchet. This blueprint was divided into more than twenty fragments. To build one Frost Ironclad Trebuchet, it required thirteen advanced mechanics, five advanced alchemists, and a pharmacist and an enchanter working together for two days. The Niu Ren Tribe couldn't find so many advanced mechanics for the time being, so they could only slowly find a way to transfer all the advanced mechanics from the Garan Temple and the Holy Roman Empire guilds over.
During the Battle of Cripps Fortress, with Zhan Dao Shi Xue's strength, it was impossible to build an Ironclad Trebuchet. It was estimated that Angel Domination, the Mage Alliance, and Holy Guardian supported Zhan Dao Shi Xue with many advanced mechanics. The three Ironclad Trebuchets they made almost cost the Niu Ren Tribe their lives. When the Niu Ren Tribe's strength recovered, they would definitely retaliate in kind and let them taste the power of the Frost Ironclad Trebuchets.
Seeing the twenty blueprint fragments that Nie Yan took out, which turned out to be the Frost Ironclad Trebuchet, a level higher than the Ironclad Trebuchet, Guo Huai's eyes lit up and asked, "Where did you get these things?"
Guo Huai had witnessed the power of the Ironclad Trebuchet during the Battle of Cripps Fortress. He often wondered where to get a blueprint for the Ironclad Trebuchet. He didn't expect Nie Yan to find it so quickly.
The appearance of the Frost Ironclad Trebuchet made up for some of the Niu Ren Tribe's shortcomings. Although Carole City was stable now, they had to be prepared for danger in times of peace. The Niu Ren Tribe had to have trebuchets or similar items, otherwise they would be too passive if they were attacked.
"I got them while doing a quest. Hurry up and find someone to make the Frost Ironclad Trebuchet," Nie Yan said. The sooner they started building them, the more Frost Ironclad Trebuchets they would have.
"I'll find someone to do it right away," Guo Huai said excitedly.
"It's best to send someone to the War God Tribe's fortress in Nysode City to do it. Once the Ironclad Trebuchet is made, the battle there will basically be over." Nie Yan suddenly thought of something and stopped Guo Huai.
"Understood," Guo Huai nodded.
"By the way, is Sun's quest for the master-level gem craftsman Paggett finished?"
"It's already finished. I'll call him over immediately."
After a moment, Sun arrived in the office hall. Seeing Nie Yan, he greeted him and said, "Brother Nie Yan, what's up?"
"I have five Radiant Gems here. I want to upgrade some special items. Take me to see the gem craftsman master Paggett," Nie Yan said. Nie Yan had a bit of an impression of this master-level gem craftsman Paggett. As long as someone completed the quest he assigned, they could spend money to upgrade various items with gems, or they could bring friends to upgrade.
In his previous life, many people often hawked on the streets after completing Paggett's quest. They brought players who needed to upgrade items to Paggett and charged an intermediary fee. In his previous life, Paggett's place was very popular. However, most of these quests could only be completed at level seventy or eighty. Sun had challenged a more difficult quest ahead of time.
"Okay." Sun nodded in response.
Sun chatted with Nie Yan as they walked towards the center of Carole City.
On the busiest street in the central district of Carole City, there was a rather unique shop with twenty or thirty beginner gem craftsmen inside. They specialized in upgrading various equipment for players with gems. Generally, few people could see the master-level gem craftsman Paggett. Paggett usually didn't show his face.
Seeing Sun and Nie Yan walk in, a middle-aged man wearing a gem craftsman's robe came up and asked, "Respected Great Thief Sun, Respected Demon Hunter, Great Scholar, Great Thief Nie Yan, what do you need?"
"Mr. Danny, please take us to see Master Paggett."
"Please come with me." Danny turned around and walked inside. Nie Yan and Sun followed. The two entered the inside of the shop and walked up a narrow wooden staircase.
On the second floor, the floor was made of wood. There were some cabinets on both sides, filled with colorful and dazzling gems, emitting a hazy light, making the whole room look brilliant.
These gems were all usable, but players couldn't reach out and take them, otherwise the city guards would come over quickly, find you, and drag you into the prison for a few days. Of course, you would have to spit out everything you took.
After passing through a somewhat narrow aisle, they entered a slightly wider room. The ground was littered with various pendants and equipment. There was an old table in the middle.
Nie Yan saw the master-level gem craftsman Paggett, who he was somewhat familiar with from his previous life. He was wearing a gray-white short shirt, and his hair was a little messy and sloppy. He was concentrating on polishing a gem.
Nie Yan had also come here to upgrade items in his previous life. Among all the gem craftsmen, Paggett had the highest success rate. Paggett's image had not changed at all.
"Respected Mr. Paggett, Great Thief Sun has brought his friend to ask you to help upgrade equipment," Danny said cautiously.
Paggett raised his head, his cloudy eyes swept over the three people, and locked onto Sun and Nie Yan next to him. His gaze stopped on Nie Yan, his expression straightened, and he showed a bit of respect. Nie Yan's title was too strong. Whether it was Demon Hunter or Great Scholar, he had a high status in the entire Carole City, and even the Greenland Empire.
"Respected Mr. Paggett, can you help me upgrade some equipment?" Nie Yan took out five Radiant Gems, as well as five special items, including the Weaver's Ring, the Crawler's Ring, the Leaper's Ring, the Orb of Deception, and the Necklace of Deception. As for the Gnome Ring and the Shifter's Ring, he could only plan for them later.
Seeing the equipment that Nie Yan took out, Sun was really stunned. Any one of these five special items was very valuable. Players found it difficult to find them. Many people spent a lot of effort to find only one or two. How could Nie Yan be so well-equipped? He really couldn't figure out where Nie Yan got so many special items.
"Glad to be of service." Paggett said, he took the things from Nie Yan and began to polish the Radiant Gems.
Nie Yan remembered the Pandora's Box in his backpack, an item that could be called a god-level item for gem craftsmen. He took out the Pandora's Box and asked, "Can this item help you?"
Paggett raised his head and saw the Pandora's Box in Nie Yan's hand. A divine light suddenly flashed in his eyes. Nie Yan could feel the hard-to-suppress ecstasy in his eyes.
"Heavens! What am I seeing? It's actually Pandora's Box!" Paggett showed an unbelievable expression. "Of course it's useful. This magical item of destiny is the treasure pursued by countless gem craftsmen. With it, I only need one minute to upgrade these five special items!"
Nie Yan didn't expect Pandora's Box to make Paggett so失态 (shī tài, lose composure). In his heart, the value of Pandora's Box had increased a bit. It seemed that he still hadn't been able to fully utilize the effectiveness of this item.
Paggett barely calmed down his excited mood, and then said, "Respected Demon Hunter, Great Scholar, Great Thief Nie Yan, can you grant me a request? I would like to borrow your Pandora's Box to help me synthesize a necklace. This is the only wish of my deceased wife." Paggett's expression was a little sad.
"Yes, I hope it can help you." Nie Yan nodded. He didn't expect that Pandora's Box would involve some special side quests. Anyway, he didn't have to pay anything to use Pandora's Box to synthesize an item.
Sun looked at the Pandora's Box in Nie Yan's hand in surprise. He didn't expect that this square, somewhat strange, and dim box was another item that was not inferior to legendary equipment!
"Thank you, you are a kind person!" Paggett said respectfully. "I need your assistance, please put Pandora's Box on the table."
Paggett began to upgrade the special items for Nie Yan. He picked up the Weaver's Ring and a Radiant Gem, and put them together into the Pandora's Box, allowing Nie Yan to activate the Pandora's Box. The Pandora's Box suddenly emitted a dazzling white light, filling the entire room.
Nie Yan could feel what Paggett was doing in the white light. After a while, the white light gradually dimmed, and Nie Yan saw that the Weaver's Ring inside the Pandora's Box had been completely renewed. The brand-new Weaver's Ring was lying quietly in the Pandora's Box, as if it was cast in crystal water wax, and the whole body was shining and dazzling.
The tiny spider at the top of the ring was lying there, every part of it was extremely delicate and lifelike. The originally dim spider seemed to come alive.
The Weaver's Ring had also undergone earth-shattering changes.