Karl got started on the list of things that Loros had made for the day, starting with the requested higher rank items that nobody in the shop could make. Now that they had Dora, they could make some higher quality items, but there were a few requests for Overlord and Monarch Ranked noncombat items as well.
Those were the first ones that Karl made, followed by one of the weapons that Ashbringer had prepared.
"Is that made of Corium and Elven Steel?" Delilah asked as Karl prepared to begin adding runes to the scimitar.
"Possibly? I'm not a blacksmith, so I don't know all the metals and alloys. I just have an arrangement with our smith that he will make a number of high-quality weapon blanks for me to finish. The difference between a master crafted weapon and a Runecrafted weapon is enormous, so it's good for our guild budget to make a few a month for auction.
Remi made a bunch of potions yesterday while everyone was relaxing as well, so the shop is pretty well stocked. They are just lacking some of the Overlord Grade supplies I usually provide.
I see that we have mostly utility magical items on the list for today, though. So, our clientele must be adapting to what is regularly available instead of demanding specialty or combat related items all the time." Karl explained.
The dragon chuckled as she ate. "Once you start making weapons, you can never stop, they will always want you to make more. It's better to get into something where the demand will one day dry up so that you don't end up making the same exact thing for the rest of your life.
So many of the clerics fall into that trap, and end up making simple healing potions or rice and beans for decades."
Karl finished the blade, and then took out a bag full of Royal Ranked gems that Dora had made. They were uncut, and just roughly polished into the shape of an egg, but that was perfect for carving spells into them.
It made them easier to hold as you worked, and the surface could be polished without damaging the runes.
The most common requests that they had were water creation and [Fireball], but water creation could be done without a spell. So, Karl started with the fireball spell gems that could be added to other items that the crafters made.
It was a relaxing start to the day, but their little fortress of solitude in the trees was slowly gaining more attention from the leaders of the army, who could sense the group of powerful individuals inside, but had no idea what Karl's group was up to. Or, Delilah's group, as they assumed it to be. The dragon was a Totem Ranked cleric, so it was only natural that the leadership of the group would go to her. But she saw herself as a lone individual, simply camping with Karl's team for convenience.
And for the large sunny cliff in his [Tiny World] where even an adult dragon could bask without anyone bothering them.
The fact that people kept moving in and out of the [Tiny World] only made the camps even more wary about what might be going on in the woods. To them, it felt like a small group of powerful combatants coming and going repeatedly, but without any updates as to where their allegiance lay, or what their mission was.
However, when enemy movement was spotted, they still send over a team to inform Karl's people that the invasion was imminent.
Ten ships of the Bomgon fleet, along with three entire Regiments of soldiers, coming from inland.
Hawk flew out to see what was going on, and then began reporting back increasingly disturbing messages as he approached.
[One in every ten is a Necromancer. The rest are Not Dana Mages. I can smell the dead, but I don't see any zombies or anything.] He reported as he passed over the approaching armies.
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