Abe the Wizard - Chapter 61

Chapter 61

Chapter 61: Super Cow Cart
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

The first he needed was to fix up the stability of the horse carriage . Abel added 4 groups of bulky springs between the wheels and the body of the carriage as shock absorbers .

Abel was sure that the quality of these springs would be unmatchable . This was not only because Abel remembers how to make the spiral springs from his past incarnation, but it was also due to his incomparable strength .

When it came to making these springs, one needed to through the spring iron into the furnace . Then slowly strike it until it became a thick stick of iron . Afterward, one needed to wrap the stick of iron around an iron rod . Since Abel did not have the equipment for this, that’s where his enormous strength could shine . Although these spring irons were not as strong as the 100 skills irons, it was still impossible for a normal human to bend . If Abel’s body did not develop in such a rapid pace in these past few days, there’s no way he could do this .

There were 4 springs in a group . Every group was secured by a sheet of metal at the bottom of the carriage between the wheels . It took Abel a large amount of time and effort to secure this total of 16 springs .

The shock absorbers had been completed . Then, it was the most crucial step . Before this, Abel had already forged 20 thick rectangle sheets of 100 skills iron .

Only Abel would have used 100 skills iron to form an ordinary sheet . Normally, these type of iron was only used in the weapons of the highest value, such as a big sword . In fact, they were treated as treasures by all blacksmiths .

Abel drew out a rough area on the sheet and proceeded to throw it in the furnace . after it was burning red, he took it out with a tong . Then he put a hole for the gem on the sheet with a hammer drill .

After Abel drilled a hole in all 20 of the sheets, he threw them all into the water for cooling . After he whipped them dry, it was rune drawing time .

He had prepared to draw some ice magic runes, which he was way too familiar with . However, this time he would be using the intermediate ice magic rune ink he had combined . The rune path created by these intermediate rune ink was often very fragile, so it was better to still be very careful .

On top of that, Abel would be using this on his own carriage, so safety was definitely a priority . However, these rune inks were combined anyway, so it didn’t actually cost that much .

Since Abel’s power of the will had increased, drawing runes were like a walk in the park . He had drawn 5 runes in a roll until he felt his power of the will depleting . He rested for 30 minutes before drawing another 5 runes . Just like that, 10 ice magic runes were complete .

Abel then took out the intermediate fire magic rune ink and turned the other 10 iron sheets into fire magic iron sheets .

In the hole of each of the sheets, Abel separately placed 10 blue gems and 10 red gems . All of these gems were combined by Abel, so the cost was low as well .

Afterward, Abel used some normal iron to forged 2 large boxes . He then puts some small holes on it with a hammer drill and placed each of them on each side of the carriage .

Then, Abel secured some fan arms on to each of the holes inside the cupboard . There were conveyor belts connecting the fan arm to the wheels, allowing it to spin .

That’s where the 20 sheets of iron could show it’s power . He secured the 10 ice magic iron sheets on each of the 10 fan arms on one of the large boxes . Outside the cupboard, Abel added a handle . There were 10 different modes to the handle . If one pulled on the handle on the lowest mode, it would only ignite to 1 ice magic iron sheet, thus only unleashing a small amount of ice magic power . As the gears went higher, the more magic sheet it would ignite, thus the ice magic power would increase as well .

When the carriage was moving, the conveyor belt would spin these sheets inside the large box according to the motion of the wheels . When the ice magic power was ignited, cool air would blow out from those small holes of the box .

This was a special ice magic air conditioner designed by Abel . It used the same technology as those ice magic big sword of his . Since a big sword normally would be sold for 20 thousand gold coins in an auction . If each sheet of iron worth the same amount of a big sword, this air conditioner could worth more than 200 thousand gold coins .

Of course, if you want to calculate the price of this thing, who could forget about the intermediate rune ink . Since the material for these ink was extremely rare, they were almost priceless . Therefore it was very hard to calculate the actual price .

With the same method, Abel installed the 10 fire magic sheets into the other large box, thus creating a fire magic heater .

This entire air conditioning system could cost well over 400 thousand gold coins . Abel wondered if he should mass-produce it . A mere air conditioning system like this could pay for the training fees for his entire life .

Normally when a horse carriage was made, the gap between the wheels and the body of the carriage was only filled with some lubricants . This method seemed very outdated to Abel . Since he had now installed the springs on to each of the wheels, they could continue moving despite the bumpy roads . It would also go faster since it required much less effort for the bull or horse to pull .

Abel also did some upgrades to the wheels of the carriage . He wrapped layers of orc skin on each of its rims, the outermost layer was equipped with the highest quality orc skin . These orc skins were found in the secret collection of the Knight of Marshall . Due to their small surface area, they could not be turned in to armors . Therefore they were just gathering dust in the storage, only until now, Abel had taken it out to use it as tires for the carriage .

Just like that, the super luxurious horse carriage has completed its upgrade . Abel called in some carpenter from the castle . He told them to secure the 2 large boxes of the air conditioner with wood and turn it into 2 tables . Now, both the front and back of the carriage was equipped with 2 sofas, 2 tables on each side, and under which was an air conditioning system .

Abel had sacrificed 3 days of effort to make this horse carriage, or bull carriage since it would be pulled by inferno bulls . He was sure that the Lord of Marshall would be very satisfied to receive this as a birthday gift .

Abel then took out the 2 different rune signs he got from the wargon . Although he had never seen these runes before, according to the Knight of Saroya, who was the leader of the knight brigade that battled the orcs, a wargon had also taken out a sign like this when it was being attacked, it hugely reduced the impact of the 33 knight’s combined combat qi strike .

As far as Abel could remember, there weren’t many runes in Diablo 2 that could reduce impact . If Abel’s train of thoughts was correct, these 2 rune signs could very well be the “12#SOL Thor” runes .

12 # SOL thor:

+9 the lowest impact

Offset physical impact 7

Abel didn’t know what “offset physical impact 7” meant in reality . However, he was reminded of the wound that was on a White cloud . Although it was long, it wasn’t too deep, Abel speculated the rune sign must have drastically reduced the power of the 33 knight’s combined combat qi . Therefore, “offset physical impact 7” should be around the force of around 30 official knights .

Although Abel was unsure how much power a commander would have, this rune should be more than capable of defending against an elite, or below knight .

Abel had an idea, he should make a shield out of this rune . Since it was still too challenging for him to make great defending weapons such as the “Ancient vow” with rune language . These single rune weapons should be doable .

Although Abel was not used to making shields, he didn’t think it would be a problem because of his incredible strength and his increasing power of the will .

Abel decided to make a knight’s shield, also known as the kite shield . These shields were flat on the top and sharp at the bottom . They were very commonly used by knights . Its surface was often color painted with the knight’s family’s coat of arms . It was practical and functional .

Abel picked out the best iron from the iron ore . He decided to start from scratch, it was the first time he would make a rough iron model since his strength has developed drastically .

This time, he struck the iron with a 100-pound hammer, he couldn’t help it . The 30-pound hammer he used before felt like a toothpick in his hand . Although this 100-pound hammer still felt a bit light, it was already the heaviest one he could find .

He started from 1 skill and forged it into 80 skills with almost no effort at all . He realized he didn’t even need to utilize his power of the will to do this, he could just use his brutal force . As he kept striking the iron with this nonsensical method, soon it had turned in to 100 skills . By this point, he was no longer satisfied with a 100 skills model of iron . If he had used his power of the will on top of this, who knows how many more skills could he forge?