Assimilate All Talents

Chapter 127: Lipon 6.0

Leaving the guild, Sol couldn’t help but be in a good mood. Though the fact that the guild knew of his direct involvement with the death of 30 B-Rank adventurers did weigh on his mind, it was completely overshadowed by the spatial ring he was currently holding.

’4000 gold… Where do I even begin in spending it all?’

"Weapons."

Amber spoke up from behind him, reminding him of the plan he made for today.

"Oh right. But now that I think about it, do we need to sell them? What will we even do with the money…"

"Food?"

"Haha. Amber, we have more than enough food for multiple lifetimes."

Chuckling at Amber’s priorities, Sol wondered what to do with the weapons.

’Ah right!’

"Alright, let’s sell some of the worst ones and keep the rest. I actually have a use for them."

The duo headed through the busy streets and stopped by a few weapons stores, selling half of their weapons. They sold the worst of the weapons, but even then, they were rare weapons and even a few unique ones. Even if they were unique, Amber only used daggers, and even if Sol kept them, he wouldn’t use them over what he currently had or the other better weapons. Of the weapons Sol kept, there were 3 swords, 2 spears, 2 axes, 1 hammer, 1 whip, 1 pair of spiked gloves, 3 different elemental staffs, and a throwing knife. Most of them were unique, with the exception of the throwing knife and the whip, which Sol just kept to give them a try.

After selling the rest of the weapons, they received an additional 2349 gold. Receiving even more gold, Sol gave up trying to process what to do with all of it for now. For someone like him who was used to living on a few copper a day, it was simply too much.

’Maybe when I find my parents, I can retire from adventuring…’

It was a small whisper in the back of his mind, but it was quickly denied.

’No, there is still so much I want to do. Maybe in a few years but not anytime soon.’

Done with selling the extra weapons, the duo headed into Gearworks. Unlike other stores that were full of adventurers trying to buy the best items and weapons they can afford, Gearworks was completely empty. It was a nice change of pace from the packed and loud stores.

The short man Fabio was seen cleaning one of the large clocks at the back of the store. When he looked up and saw Sol and Amber, he immediately went to greet them.

"My favorite customers! How has the Lipon been working out for ya?"

"Great honestly. The only big issue I have with it is the hassle in changing the pattern slot; it simply takes too much time. But besides that, it’s great!"

Fabio nodded in agreement, "I hear ya. The design flaw flew over my head when I was making it because I didn’t expect people to want to change the pattern slot often. But when you mentioned it last time, I began to think of a solution; follow me!"

The two were led to the back of the store where there were no longer clocks and other simple gadgets. Many weird and unique tools and creations were here that Sol had never seen before. Sol could generally understand the intended purpose of a few items like a chair with metal spider legs attached to it and a large metal glove that had a large spike attached to it.

They arrived at a workbench which had another Lipon like Sol’s. It looked a bit different but overall was essentially the same.

"This is the new and improved Lipon 6.0!"

"6.0?"

"Yes, I made a few versions before yours but there was always one thing or another that could be further improved upon. Extended cartridge, improved mana efficiency, a trigger for those who can’t wield mana… The list goes on. The point is I took your criticism to heart and made it possible to load three different pattern slots at once. Look here."

Fabio opened the pattern slot compartment that had been slightly increased to accommodate two more patterns.

"To switch between them is extremely easy; you just have to turn the top part of the handle one notch and it will instantly change the pattern to its new form."

The short man demonstrated it by turning it on and showcasing the water elemental sword swap between an axe and then into a mace.

Sol was impressed by the new additions.

"Woah… Does that mean this one is ready to go?"

"You want it?"

Sol nodded, he could already think of a use for it in battle.

"I could use a dagger pattern and change it to a long sword mid fight; the extended reach would definitely catch my opponents off guard."

"Huh, never thought of it that way. Alternatively, I could also make it so that the weapon produced by the Lipon can change its size on command. A dial that reduces or increases the mana supply would work…"

"Oh! I never thought of it that way…"

The conversation quickly sidetracked into how to further improve the Lipon’s capabilities. Though Sol didn’t know much about the technical aspect on how it would be done, he was providing his own opinion on how he would use it which led to a very insightful conversation.

During this time, Amber patiently waited nearby as the two men were in their heated discussion. It was not until half an hour later that Sol finally got to the point of why they came today.

"I initially wanted to ask if you could repair my Lipon, but I think I should just buy the new one."

Fabio handed over the latest Lipon to Sol while shaking his head.

"Nonsense you don’t have to buy it. It’s because of you I could improve it in the first place. Plus we have our deal going on, I want you to use my latest version to shine during the knight selection!"

"Please, I insist. I know you worked hard in making this one from scratch and I would feel bad just taking it for free. Name a price."

The two were both firm in their stance, neither wanting to budge. Eventually Sol conceded.

"Fine, you win. Can I buy some cartridges at least?"

"Sure how many?"

"300!"

"YOU CALL THAT SOME?!"