Chapter 19

However, I can't blame her for thinking I'm an idiot. Anyone who saw my innocent appearance just now would think the same.

Is this my fault? Not really. Psychological experts analyze that when a person is alone, they often exhibit behaviors completely different from their daily life, to vent their suppressed emotions. This is a very normal behavior.

So, it's not her fault, nor is it mine. It's fate. When I thought I was alone, she just happened to be by my side. It's more appropriate to call it a rather awkward, unwanted entanglement...

But no matter what look she gives me, whether she thinks I'm an idiot, I still have to see her because she is the only blacksmith in this camp, Chaxi...

"Ms. Chaxi, hello! May the light of the gods forever shine upon you."

I stepped forward, placed my right hand over my chest, and elegantly made a noble pose.

"Uh~~ you... hello."

Chaxi clearly didn't appreciate my greeting, which I had learned from web novels. She was stunned for a moment before reacting.

"May I ask if there's anything I can help you with?"

Chaxi, having been a blacksmith for many years, quickly adjusted her mindset. She straightened up and said with a gentle face, trying to convince herself: whether the other person is a fool or an idiot, they are still a guest, and guests should be treated equally.

When Chaxi truly stood up, I realized how bleak our future was. Her height was only slightly shorter than Yao Ming's. If I kept my eyes fixed on her, I would definitely be considered a pervert.

Actually, in Akara, she had introduced me to this camp's only blacksmith who could repair equipment, a female barbarian. At the time, I didn't pay much attention because Akara told me that Chaxi's hammer, which she relied on for survival, had been stolen by a monster. With the ordinary hammer she now had, the probability of crafting equipment was no more than 0.1%. At best, she could only repair equipment for the job changers. So, it's best not to expect to buy weapons from her, although occasionally trying your luck isn't bad. Who knows, you might just hit that 0.1% chance.

Hearing this, I didn't have much hope for Chaxi. 0.1%, such a small probability. If her success rate was high, the city's enforcers wouldn't always be carrying wooden clubs.

So, I asked with great hope, "Do you have any equipment for sale?"

Why great hope instead of a little? Because I hoped she would say no. The reason? Well... the 10 gold coins Lar gave me were already used a little in the bar. I wonder if there's enough to repair the durability of the wooden club in my hand. Cough...

As expected, Chaxi's eyes dimmed, "I'm sorry, sir, I... I..."

She bit her lips hard, her brown eyes trembling violently, and she lowered her head like a child who had done something wrong.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I..."

I didn't realize that my casual words would have such a big impact on her. As one of the best blacksmiths among the barbarians, she couldn't make equipment because her hammer was stolen. It was like a young, strong, excellent football player who couldn't step onto the field. This pain gnawed at her heart like a nightmare.

Seeing her suffering, I felt a wave of guilt. But I'm not a psychologist and didn't know how to comfort her in such a situation. Seeing her dazed and pale, with her lips tightly pressed, I knew that even if I said something, she probably wouldn't hear it.

I could only choose to leave quietly.

"Wait."

I hadn't walked far when Chaxi suddenly called me back.

"In the monastery's barracks, there is a blacksmith. The hammer he holds, though not as good as the one I lost, is still usable for making equipment. If you can get that hammer, I can promise to make equipment for you for free. But be careful, the blacksmith's defense is very strong. His overall strength is almost on par with Andariel. Don't take the risk if you're not confident."

Chaxi said softly, then lowered her head again and began to hammer the iron block in her furnace. But in that moment, I clearly saw her red eyes.

Watching her hammer the innocent iron block forcefully, I knew without looking that she was hiding deep sorrow. As an excellent blacksmith, being looked at with hopeful eyes by thousands of job changers but unable to help them was a painful experience. She chose to escape, hiding in this sparsely populated corner, avoiding those hopeful gazes, and quietly making daily items. This was a great humiliation for her.

I made up my mind that when I have the strength, I will definitely farm the blacksmith ten or a hundred times to help her stand tall...

But, her chest is really big...

After meeting Chaxi, I remembered another place, or rather, three places: the gambler Kid, the teleportation point in the Rogue Camp, and the storage box. I don't have money to go to Kid yet, and considering Akara and Chaxi's situations, he might not have any equipment either, so I ignored it. As for the teleportation point, it's said that to prevent new job changers from overestimating themselves and teleporting to areas they can't defeat, they can only permanently activate a teleportation point after finding a local one in the wild. I haven't activated any teleportation points yet, so going there would be useless. Therefore, the only place worth visiting for me is the storage box.

When I met Lar, he told me that when I changed jobs, I would be given a crude wooden club with an attack of 0-2 and a rusty original shield with a defense of 2. At the time, Lar asked me where my wooden club and round shield were.

Who can tell me how to answer? Say I dropped them while running from an enemy?

Great, I might already be minced meat by Lar and the barbarian brothers after saying that. This is a disgrace to job changers.

Accidentally lost? That won't work either. If I say that, they might not kill me in anger, but their attitude towards me would definitely change. After all, a job changer who doesn't respect equipment and carelessly loses it doesn't deserve respect. They might just leave me in the wilderness.

So, I can only say that I put the wooden club and round shield in the storage box. I just wanted to go out for a walk and clear my mind, and I accidentally got lost. Although I was mocked for being a newbie for a long time, it was still a decent outcome.

I want to go to the storage box, to see if I really hit the jackpot. When God threw me into the wilderness without giving me equipment, did He randomly put the equipment I should have had in the storage box?

At first, I was a bit resentful. After all, throwing me into the wilderness without giving me equipment is too much. At least other new job changers get a wooden club and a shield. I, with a high probability, was directly brought here by God. This identity is different, like working for a commoner versus working for an emperor. Although the work is the same, I at least have a bit of the "royal family" aura. As the saying goes, the prime minister's gate has three ranks of officials, so giving me some divine equipment wouldn't be too much.

But then, I was very grateful that I was thrown into the Blood Moor instead of the inventory or storage box, where I might have turned into an object with "attack 0-0, non-durable, and spiritual" attributes. That would be even more tragic. If someone took it as a divine weapon, it would be better, but the chances of that are very small. A weapon formed by a naked man in a very strange posture is more likely to be beaten up!

In short, my real purpose is to go to the storage box to see if, since God threw me into this world, I have any other benefits besides being a job changer and a redeemer...

The storage box is located in the center of the camp, near the most magnificent fountain. After a few turns, I quickly reached my destination.

This is a very large square. In the center of the square is a rhombic column emitting a white light. According to Akara, this crystal was created by Tal Rasha during the most advanced period of spatial magic, imitating the Worldstone. Although it failed, the failed product, this rhombic column, has an unexpected function. It has a storage space, but that's not the main feature. The main feature is its independence and interconnectedness. Independence means it provides each job changer with a private, limited storage space with confidentiality, like a DNA test. Once you put something in, only you can access it.

Interconnectedness, in simple terms, is like the sharing function of the internet. You can put something in one place and take it out from another.

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