Chapter 372: A Tough Task
Translator: WQL Editor: EbonyFrost
The mont Zhang Tie left the tent, the other 3 guys had thrown weird glances towards Zerom.
"Zerom, I never would have imagined that you could have such a student! You didn’t ntion it before!" That tough man said.
"But I didn’t even know that he was here Jordan." Zerom shrugged his shoulder. "You heard that just now. When I left Blackhot City, he was in kalur. Several minutes ago, I still thought that he was in the Iron-Horn Army of the Norman Empire. I would never have guessed that I could et him here."
"This teenager is not weak!" Narrowing his eyes, professor Simon added, "I slt sothing related to death from him!"
"This set of heavy chain-type plate armor is nice. Zezeze, this is the best heavy chain-type plate armor produced by Huaiyuan Palace in Jinyun Country. Except for its heavyweight, this is definitely a non-rune equipnt that combines defensive capability and flexibility in the perfect way. Battleax rcenary Army tried to counterfeit such a batch of heavy chain-type plate armor for its middle- and senior-level officers. However, their fake goods could never match this original although at almost the sa cost. They finally stopped that plan..."
As the man in short brown hair said that, he touched the chain-type movable tal protective covering over Zhang Tie’s armor which was tightly connected; anwhile his eyes glead, "Zerom, your student might have a high position in Huaiyuan palace now. Otherwise, he couldn’t get such expensive equipnt. It is worth at least 100 gold coins. With him, we could easily finish our task in Heavens Cold City! Oh, what about his current fighting strength? I’ve been observing him but I failed to figure it out!"
"I don’t know either. When I left Blackhot City last year, he was LV 4. I think he might be LV 5 now!" After thinking for awhile, Zerom added, "This youngster is cultivating Iron-Blood Fist and had ford Iron-Blood Hidden Strength[1] easily. He’s the most excellent student that I’ve taught!"
"LV 5? He might have ford Iron-Blood Converted Strength[2] but he’s 18 years old at most! Jordan said.
"Perhaps!" Zerom nodded with feelings, "I didn’t know that he was a descendant of Count Long Wind. His parents were all commoners in Blackhot City and didn’t look special at all!"
"Many clan’s ancestral bloodlines and special genes could be expressed through atavistic heredity. His ancestor is Count Long Wind, who should be at least LV 15. Only very powerful knights would be conferred with titles of nobility. In such clans, so descendants might probably have talents in cultivation." Professor Simon concluded in an authoritative way.
"We can also ask him about all-purpose dicant. I was told that all-purpose dicant had appeared in Huaiyuan Prefecture. He must know more than us about that. Our boss paid high attention to this matter. Before we set out, he even especially ordered us to contact the alchemist who could produce all-purpose dicant in Huaiyuan Prefecture even though we failed the task in Heavens Cold City!"
Zerom nodded as he started to frown. After the event in Heavens Cold City broke out, prices of dicant started to surge across Blackson Human Race Corridor. Many people started to stockpile all kinds of dicant. As a result, the source and supply of dicant beca tense at once.
Now, not only Thor rcenary Army, even super-powerful rcenary armies such as Battleax, Hugesnake, Green Highland and the Steel & Iron Alliance in Ars had started to be short of various dicant. They were all thinking about a solution. If all-purpose dicant that appeared in Huaiyuan Prefecture was really more effective than preliminary antidote potion as was said, it would help Ars a lot.
Within the territory of Ars, poisonous substances exist almost everywhere. Therefore, people there need a lot of preliminary antidote potion each year. But due to the shortage of supply of various dicant, preliminary antidote potion was in short supply. For the lack of the other dicant, they might find other solutions. For Ars which was located in the long Snake God Mountain and was surrounded by endless smog and marshes. As long as preliminary antidote potion was in short supply, it ant many people would die every day due to various reasons.
All-purpose dicant was like a bright light in the darkness. For all the rcenary armies in Ars, a dicant that was more effective than preliminary antidote potion and could substitute the other dicant was definitely like a heavy rain after a long drought.
For those rcenaries who lived in Ars and lived using their sabers and swords, all-purpose dicant was definitely the best choice! More than 98% of functions that common rcenaries needed in preliminary antidote potion or low-rank dicant were contained in such a vial of dicant such as detoxification, curing wounds, intensifying spiritual energy, accelerating the recovery of wounds, improving various physical functions and curing various diseases, including chronic diseases without any side effect.
Therefore, before they set out for Jinyun Country, the boss of Thor rcenary Army emphasized that they had to contact the alchemist who produced this all-purpose dicant. It would be better if the alchemist could provide a batch of the all-purpose dicant for Thor rcenary Army every year.
The news that all-purpose dicant appeared in Huaiyuan Prefecture was passed from Jinyun Country to Ars by pioneers. When it reached Ars, the ssage had beco obscure. Therefore, hearing this news, everybody there thought it must be an alchemist who could produce all-purpose dicant and probably be a well-known senior alchemist. Because only a well-known senior alchemist might solve the problem that had puzzled the world of alchemist for hundreds of years.
The news of all-purpose dicant influenced Ars more than any other places. In a few days after Ars received the news of all-purpose dicant, the event in Heavens Cold City broke out. Therefore, the boss of Thor rcenary Army assigned so reliable fighters to Jinyun Country.
At that mont, Zerom only joined Thor rcenary Army for a short period. But his shrewd brain and fighting strength had won the favor of the managent of Thor rcenary Army. Therefore, he also ca here as a director of the mission while the other director of this mission was in the airship.
It was really a surprise for Zerom to et Zhang Tie here. If he could complete the mission in Heavens Cold City in such a dangerous situation, his position in Thor rcenary Army would be greatly improved and consolidated. However, thinking of that mission on all-purpose dicant, Zerom beca a bit worried.
As long as they ca to Huaiyuan Prefecture, Zerom was confident to contact with the alchemist who could produce all-purpose dicant. Although Thor rcenary Army was trivial in Jinyun Country, after all, it had more than 60,000 rcenaries which ant it was an influential power in Ars and the northern region of Blackson Human Race Corridor. Therefore, that alchemist could not refuse to et them.
However, to tell the truth, Zerom lacked confidence in establishing a trading relationship with that alchemist and persuading him to provide a lot of vials of the all-purpose dicant for Thor rcenary Army each year. Even though Thor rcenary Army had been prepared for a very high purchasing price, Zerom was still not sure whether he could make that. After all, it was all-purpose dicant, not stones in mining pits. If dicant could be easily produced on a mass scale, Ars and the whole Blackson Human Race Corridor would not lack dicant at all.
Additionally, it was said that the other rcenary armies in Ars also assigned people in Jinyun Country with the sa goal as Thor. This increased the difficulty of that task for Zerom.
"Could he really realize mass-production of all-purpose dicant?" Thinking of that tough mission, Zerom asked professor Simon.
"It’s possible. But I don’t know the exact possibility!" Simon shook his head. "Theoretically, an all-purpose dicant is a super enzy. According to the forming principle of an enzy, its fernting process could realize mass-production. However, as I have no relevant intelligence, I’m confused about the producing process of all-purpose dicant in Huaiyuan Prefecture. It might require sothing special and precious. Therefore, it depends."
"Hopefully, the God of rcenaries could bring so good luck to Thor!" Zerom revealed a bitter smile. "We will finish the task in Heavens Cold City first, then, we will think about the all-purpose dicant!"
"As you say! Now, various dicant started to be in short supply. Only in a couple of days, the prices of various dicant in the market in Ars had risen by at least 20%. So dicant were even in even shorter supply. We’re not the only party that’s focused on procuring the all-purpose dicant. Even if that alchemist could realize mass-production of the all-purpose dicant, it’s still difficult for us to gain more shares than our opponents."
For the second mission, old Simon beca a bit pessimistic. The influence of Thor rcenary Army was well reflected here near Heavens Cold City. A rcenary army of fewer than 100,000 people was only a trivial group for many big powers and figures; even though they were here, they were not even qualified to enter Heavens Cold City to have a look, not to ntion others...
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[1]Iron-Blood Hidden Strength. With no movent physically, the fighter could hold back the opponent’s attack through inner strength; however, if the opponent covered the point where the fighter released his hidden strength, the latter would not able to release his hidden strength.
[2]Iron-Blood Converted Strength. Like Iron-Blood Hidden Strength, with no movent physically, the fighter could hold back the opponent’s attack through inner strength; however, being different from Iron-Blood Hidden Strength, even if the opponent covered the point where the fighter released his hidden strength, the latter could still release his hidden strength facing the opponent’s attack; however, through displacent of skeletons, the fighter could take preemptive while changing the direction of his strength.
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