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Ding!
Commanding the system to bring up his Technology Tree, Valyr swiftly focused onto the tree's Innovation branch after a screen was brought out. Taking a look at the advancents he had unlocked so far, a bitter smile gradually crept up onto his lips.
Though the number of advancents he had unlocked so far was at least double the number of advancents an average blacksmith would have unlocked in his rank, the young man still felt like he had neglected it. After all, he currently had close to 10,000 Technology Points under his na, all of which were waiting to be used.
'I'll have to focus most of my attention on advancents starting from the Ancient Age onwards.' Thinking about how he was going to approach experinting the creation of guns, Valyr took a look at the advancents he had unlocked once more. After a while, he nodded in faint satisfaction, seeing that he had maxed out every advancent that could be unlocked up to the Copper Age.
However, when it ca to the advancents from the Iron Age, about half of them were still locked under prerequisite advancents that hadn't been obtained. In fact, by the ti he shifted his gaze towards the advancents he had unlocked within the Ancient Age, a wry smile appeared on his face, staring at the few advancents lit up within that technological era that hadn't even reached their max level.
'At the very least, the Necklace of Enlightennt mostly unlocked advancents that would bring closer to making guns.' Consoling himself as he told himself that he was going to right these wrongs soon enough, Valyr eventually thought about the necklace from Riekan, thinking about how he would have only unlocked one advancent within the Ancient Age if not for it.
Taking in a deep breath as Valyr prompted the gears in his mind to start turning, the young man had begun to start allocating Technology Points in a way that brought him closer to the creation of guns. Unfortunately for him, before he could even unlock a single advancent, Julian had returned to the workshop, looking at him with a calm expression.
"Are you sure that's all you want in exchange for the blueprint?" Letting out a low sigh, the man looked at Valyr, not minding the fact that he had nowhere to sit down. "After all, that blueprint would basically help out the entire human race. In fact, I wouldn't have been surprised if you wanted an obscene amount of money as a condition."
"That really is all I want for the blueprint." Inwardly sighing from the interruption, Valyr closed the screen and put his thoughts of experintation to the side for the anti, focusing his attention on the man that appeared before him. "After all, if I were to obtain an obscene amount of money all of a sudden and people with malicious intent find out, I would surely be hounded to no end."
"Of course, the Blacksmith Guild will help safeguard that money for you." Listening to the young man's words, Julian slightly frowned. "Heck, I could probably even enlist the help of the Imperial Production Guild in making sure no one dares to land a finger on you because of that."
"I appreciate the fact that you're looking out for , but I really have no need for the money just yet." Though Valyr widened his eyes in surprise, the young man still stuck to his initial conditions. "If anything, obtaining greater knowledge would be of greater help to in the long run, don't you think?"
'Plus, if I wanted to get my hands on an obscene amount of money in one go, I could just forge the armor set I'm currently wearing,' thought Valyr to himself not long after, thanking the man before him for giving him the idea.
"Haah…" Scratching the back of his head for quite so ti, Julian eventually gave up on persuading the young man to obtain more benefits from the deal, instead deciding to increase the benefits the young man would get from it on his own.
"Alright. I'll relay your request to the other directors of the Blacksmith Guild." With his mind set, the man thought that it was ti for him to leave the young man on his own once more. "Though part of your requests would be slightly difficult to obtain approval of, I'll find a way for it to happen."
"Now that I think about it, the fact that you haven't requested any amount of money from this would probably make the process a lot easier." Julian slightly chuckled, wondering to himself whether the young man had the thought in mind while making his requests. "For now, be on standby. I'll let you know when you'll need to give the blueprint to , though it'll most likely be on the day before the inheritance with how hard-headed so of them are."
"Got it." Seeing that he was going to be left to his own devices once again, Valyr inwardly beca excited as he thought that he could now put his experintation into full swing. Though, before he let the entirety of his mind be occupied with the thoughts of creating a gun, the young man recalled sothing Julian had yet to tell him.
"Wait a minute!" scread Valyr, prompting Julian to stop in his tracks as he turned around. "What happened to the negotiation with the Nicholas clan?"
"Oh, right." Realizing that the other reason he had co to et Valyr had slipped past him, Julian looked back at Valyr with an apologetic smile before responding. "The deal has been completed. From this point onward, the kid and the kid's parents are no longer slaves of the Nicholas clan."
"I requested so of those from my clan to help the kid's parents acclimate to their newfound status, even going so far as to give them soplace to live in for the anti to start their new lives," added Julian, prompting Valyr to nod as he continued listening. "I suppose you're going to take care of the kid?"
"Already am." Valyr grinned, to which Julian let out a chuckle in response. After talking a bit more about what both sides would do with Edward and his parents, it was only then did Julian leave Valyr on his own for good, finally allowing the latter to continue where he had left off.
"System, open up the Technology Tree." Rubbing his hands in expectation, the young man looked at the screen that appeared before him with an enthusiastic smile. With the conversation between him and Julian giving him so ti to think about the advancents he would be unlocking to start experinting with guns, it did not take long for him to start going on a Technology Point spending spree.
Ding!
[You have unlocked the advancent .]
[You have unlocked the advancent .]
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[You have upgraded the advancent to Level 5 (MAX).]
[You have upgraded the advancent to Level 5 (MAX).]
[You have unlocked the advancent .]
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[You have unlocked the advancent .]
[You have unlocked the advancent .]
[You have upgraded the advancent to Level 5 (MAX).]
Not minding how much Technology Points he would have left after the spending spree, Valyr focused all of his attention on reaching the most important advancent he would need to start experinting with gun creation, which was the advancent that told him how to make gunpowder.
From what he could rember from his past life, gunpowder was initially supposed to be an experint done by a person aiming to create an elixir that would allow them to live longer. However, what the person ended up making instead was sothing that connoted death more than life, bringing about the birth of weapons of mass destruction.
'Then again, ultimate skills are far more destructive than guns in comparison,' briefly thought the young man with a mocking chuckle, feeling sowhat giddy as ideas of how he would use guns in a predominantly magic-based world to his favor gradually surfaced in his mind.
By the end of his spending spree, only a couple hundred Technology Points remained, with all of the advancents that he had yet to unlock now all needing a few hundred of them just to beco available. Nevertheless, with his spending spree, he was able to unlock most of the advancents within the Iron Age, upgrading the advancents that he deed necessary to be maxed for the experint.
On the other hand, with a lot of things happening during the Ancient Age in Earth's history, Valyr was only able to unlock around a third of the advancents that could be unlocked within the technological era. Aside from so advancents that he felt would help him out in the future, most of the advancents he had unlocked within this era all had to do with warfare and weapons.
Though, last but not the least, he had also unlocked a few more advancents stemming from the Early Middle Ages, granting him the knowledge needed to create guns in the first place.
"Ti to begin our experint." Shivering with delight, the young man closed the screen before him as he rubbed his hands in excitent. Though, not long after, this excitent swiftly disappeared as he was reminded of the other thing he would need to begin experinting.
"Right…" At this realization, Valyr bitterly smiled as he requested an attendant to co to his workshop.
"Forgot about resources."
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