Chapter 229: 229
The next morning, Draco and his two beauties woke up simultaneously for once . Even more shocking was the fact that they both hadn't vented their comfort all over him .
Chuckling all the while, they cleaned themselves up in their bath . Draco lazed around contently as Hikari and Eva washed each other slowly and with gentleness .
It was clear that the two had become close . This also made the fellow satisfied deep down .
Soon after, they finished with their little washup and got back to business . Eva and Hikari once again headed to Vita City State after informing Draco of the various developments .
Draco went down to the castle's library, which also functioned as a Tradeskill area for Scribes, Cartographers and all other Tradeskills that involved writing .
The room was well decorated, with rows and rows of books laid out in shelves . So many of them that Draco doubted he would ever be able to finish reading them before the mainstream players hit Rank 5 .
Draco saw the librarian, who was an old woman with her hair tied into a bun . She had a sharp face and a perpetual frown, telling him that she was the type who was extremely strict with a no-nonsense attitude .
She was at her desk reading a book with her eyebrows furrowed, revealing that she was struggling to understand the vague and abstract concepts propounded within .
When she saw Draco, she rose to her feet and approached him, bowing with a noblewoman's curtsy as she did .
"Good day, Lord Draco . How can I be of assistance?" She asked deferentially .
Draco smiled and greeted her politely . "Good day, beautiful madam . I am here to do some writing . May I know where the appropriate area is located?"
Hearing Draco's compliment, the older woman's harsh expression smoothened into a smile . "Please follow me, my Lord . I shall take you there . "
Draco quietly followed her to their destination . It was a small area with many tables and chairs, as well as empty ink bottles, quills and some clean parchments .
The lighting here was good, so one would never have to strain their eyes to see . The table was level and had a soft padding so that one's arms wouldn't feel pain after residing there for longer periods of time .
The chairs were also designed for comfort while maintaining rigidity, alleviating possible back pains various writers could suffer from after extended use .
The tables had a small stand for the writing, so that one's quill wouldn't poke through the parchment due to the table's softness .
Not to mention that this was a work area for Tradeskills in the castle, so everything here was naturally at the Legendary Rank . Draco saw more than a few Rank 5 NPCs of various Tradeskills that focused on writing here .
Once they learned this, everyone got back to their work . They were all rushing to become Grandmasters so their position in the Rank 7 Castle could become secure .
Not only that, but they would also be able to negotiate better terms with Draco on other matters . Right now, they didn't even have the right to breathe too loudly in his presence .
Draco knew what they were all thinking and approved it . If they became Grandmasters, of course he would treat them much better while maintaining their "slave" contract's base terms .
He hadn't encountered a single Grandmaster who would have been willing to craft for him, even at Rank 6, despite him managing to bring up Hellscape to the Divine Rank from nothing . If this time around he could 'own' a Grandmaster in every Tradeskill, he could focus on combat solely and leave the work to them .
Draco put such thoughts aside . Many of them were theoretically close to the Grandmaster Rank, but it took more than just gathering Tradeskill experience to cross that barrier .
Draco sat down at an open table and analyzed the tools provided for him . The quill was a Legendary one, and so was the ink bottle . Since they didn't have to be replenished, it was understandable for them to exist as such .
However, the parchment and the ink itself were at the Epic Rank . Naturally, one couldn't buy Primal Papyrus or the Special Inkstone easily . One went for 200,000 platinum while the other went for 400,000 .
Back then, Draco had only left about 25,000 platinum in the Castle's coffers for management . The fact that they could even outfit the Tradeskill workers with Epic materials was amazing in and of itself, considering that the Castle had many other costs to pay .
Draco shook his head and activated the Scrivener Tradeskill at last . Unlike the Epic Tradeskills though, he wasn't taken to a new realm or had a personal whatever .
He just noticed a screen pop up before him, one that was special compared to all others because it was specially designed with the faded image of a book and quill in the background .
On this new screen, he saw four options . The first was titled 'Vault of Techniques', the second was 'Conversion to Skills', the third was 'Creation of Skillbook' and the final option was 'Enhancements' .
From a cursory glance, Draco could tell that Scrivening was not as extraneous as Tactics or Magical Engineering . He wasn't sure if this held true for all other Legendary Tradeskills, but this one in particular appeared quite straight forward .
Draco first selected the Vault of Techniques . The new screen showed the background of a faded-out library, and in the center of the screen two options awaited him .
The first was to 'Add a new Technique' and the second was to 'Merge Techniques' . The second option really impressed Draco, for if he could merge two techniques properly, they would certainly become great .
Draco went back and selected the second option on the home screen, which was the Conversion to Skills option . Here, the background was of a man slashing something on one side being changed into the form of an illustration on the other, with a directional arrow in between .
Here, he saw two options in the center of the screen again, this time being 'Convert a Technique into a Skill', and the second was to 'Convert a Technique to a Spell' .
Both options were good . Draco was aware that he could make spellbooks with Scrivening because techniques weren't limited to physical combat only .
In fact, Draco would be able turn the Orb of Destruction, his ultimate Manifestation Technique and all others into skill books . He could also turn his 360 swords skills, into those as well .
Naturally he didn't forget about his Three Pound Origin Technique for Blacksmithing or his Refined Star Technique for Alchemy . Even his Star Shot technique from Archery was available for conversion .
But Draco shook his head with a smile . He would certainly love to convert some of these techniques, but he understood that more than 90% of them would rank above Uncommon .
As such, it should be impossible right now . Just like Magical Engineering, Draco was certain that Scrivening would only allow him to output skill and spellbooks equivalent to his Tradeskill Rank .
So, in essence, he would be limited to making skills and spellbooks at the Common Rank until he hit the Elite Rank in Scrivening . This meant his climb would be slow, but at least it would be smoother than Tactics which required a special circumstance to work .
Draco left this screen and chose the third option on the home screen, which was Creation of Skillbook . This one had the background of a man bent over a table while writing furiously .
There were three choices here . The first was 'Prepare Ink', the second was 'Prepare Paper' and the final was 'Scriven' .
It seemed like this section handled what everyone would have expected Scrivening to be about, which was the actual writing . One seemed to require a special type of ink and paper in order for the skill/spellbook to be made .
After that was the putting it onto paper itself, which Draco assumed would be the hardest part . After all, to make a skillbook was basically stealing one of the system's biggest functions .
There were no Scriveners in this world anymore, meaning that aside from drops, the system was the sole distributor of all skill/spellbooks .
Before he had chanced upon the Scrivener Tradeskill, Draco had been sure that this was how everything was designed .
In his mind, there couldn't be a way for players or NPCs to make such an item, because it should be a core aspect of any RPG game .
Creating techniques was one thing, but who in their right mind would basically hand over modding tools to a player so they could potentially break the game?
Draco put aside his thoughts and returned to the homescreen, selecting the final option, which was Enhancements . Here, the background was an upward directional arrow beside a book .
There was only one option, which was to 'Enhance Skill/Spellbook' . Draco was sure that he would have to pay some price in order to get this done, because he would be upgrading a finished product which was one of the hardest things to do in Boundless .
After inspecting the various options, Draco pondered silently for a bit . There was no tutorial or guiding voice like Sofia for this Legendary Tradeskill, meaning he would have to figure out everything for himself .
It was mostly self-explanatory, but Draco knew Boundless . This game was all about the devil in the details, which one could not afford to overlook .
Well, the best way to understand everything would be to do what humans in the early ages always did, which was the classic trial and error .
Draco returned to the Vault of Techniques . He directly selected to add a new technique when he came to its sub-screen, and the magical warping of his mind that had been forgone finally occurred .
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