He still had another “private” quest to do: to make a chain for Bobota.
The chain was not complex to build, but this was the first “customized” item he was going to make, so Angor intended to give it his best.
Since it was easy to make, Angor planned to give the chain some extra decoration, so as to go with Bobota’s great reward. Angor picked up his tablet and searched for runes suitable in limited space. Bobota required weight on the chain as well as the ability to be used on a Blood Altar, which meant Angor had to choose something not corrodible by blood.
In the end, he chose the Vacuum Iron, which was of a pale blue color the same as clear sky, as the main material,
As for decorating the color… Angor decided to engrave white clouds on the chain which would look perfect along with the color of the sky.
It took him about half a day to make a six-meter-long chain. Before applying Rune of Silence to it, he began to paint cloud patterns on the item carefully.
The work bestowed a significantly better appearance to the otherwise ordinary iron chain. The item now looked like an ancient yet elegant tool from a foreign civilization.
Angor could already imagine what kind of beautiful sight could be created when someone wielded it.
The next step was giving the chain Rune of Silence. This was still an uncommon rune to him, so Angor had to rely on a projection to draw it.
It went smoothly. After going through Condense, an exquisitely-crafted chain shining with the power of magic rune came into being.
Angor was quite satisfied with his work. Now he only needed to find out whether Bobota could say the same.
…
It was around four in the afternoon. Angor placed the chain into a space capsule while storing all the other weapons into another separate one.
The capsule for the chain was provided by Bobota. The remaining ones came from the questing hall, and that would cost a small fee.
With the capsules, Angor left his villa.
His first stop was the Cave Field. Unfortunately, Nausica and Sailum were still nowhere to be found. Angor began to worry that those two might have already moved away. However, if that was the case, their rooms should have changed owners.
He went to the underground market next and checked out the Sky Tower. The place was still overcrowded.
Now Angor was feeling a little anxious about the safety of his friends. When arriving at Prome’s Alchemy Shop, Angor pondered whether he should hire someone to look into Nausica’s information.
Dave also noticed Angor’s unusual mood. After hearing Angor out, he suggested with a smile, “If you want to hear from your friends, you can always pay some money to Bartterfly Pub. They usually provide any information as long as it’s not something extremely uncommon.”
Angor recalled that Tesla found out the information about purification garden in the same way. However, the pub only provided the info several hours before the questing hall announced the info to everyone, so he did not really trust the place. Besides, “Bartterfly Pub” sounded like a very cheap copycat to him.
Still, he would check out the place anyway.
Dave closed up the shop and accompanied Angor to the pub.
The middle-aged bartender working in the pub was their informant, who instantly recognized Angor when he approached.
“Mister Padt, how can I help you?”
“You know me?”
“You’ve earned yourself quite a name when you entered Brute Cavern, have you not?”
Angor remembered the day how he drew everyone’s attention in the resource distribution hall. Many random people around the bus stop already learned his name in the same day.
Besides, someone who sold information to people had to have his own sources, so Angor decided not to ask too much.
“I want the information about someone.”
“Who is it?”
“Nausica Asbel.”
The bartender pondered and took out a gold-colored booklet whose cover was decorated with a pair of eyes.
“You mean a lady who goes by the title ‘King of Blackberry’, sir?”
Angor nodded. “Can you tell me something about her?”
“Two magic crystals.” The bartender extended a hand, and Angor paid without much of a thought.
“If my intelligence’s not mistaken, this lady accepted a quest and went to the Moonfrost Passage.”
“Moonfrost Passage? She didn’t keep up her tower challenge?”
“She spent a week on the 11th floor. Judging from the result of her matches, her challenge did not go very well. It was already a miracle for her to make such an achievement by using a mere tiered alchemy weapon and several scrolls. She would need more than that to keep going. I assume she went to the passage looking for destiny.”
Angor understood Nausica’s decision. The Moonfrost Passage was connected to the Abyss Plane, where tons of monsters lurked. Many Bloodline Wizards would find bloodlines from those monsters to power up themselves. The vial of succubus blood that Saka found also came from that place.
“Is she accompanied by a boy called Sailum?”
The bartender reached out his hand again. “Two magic crystals.”
Angor complied.
“Yes.”
Dave spoke up before Angor could ask something again, “That’s it? A ‘yes’ for two crystals? Man, easy money!”
The bartender did not look up from his glass. “You’re asking for personal information, and I charge money by how many people you’re interested in. Simple as that.”
Dave wanted to protest but Angor quickly stopped him. “How are they doing now? Are they safe?”
The bartender shrugged. “I do not know about that. They went to the passage in a team one week ago. I don’t think they have run into any serious danger yet.”
So they are safe…
Angor stopped here. That was exactly what he wanted to know.