Chapter 418: 418
Draco smacked his lips . Since his accumulation of top-grade Aether Crystals made him into a bonafide silk-pants young master, he didn't have to think long about it and just bought them all . Some of these devices were bound to be useful . He was especially eyeing that exothermic device, which was just fancy talk for a bomb .
He had always wondered how the Goblins and Gnomes were able to craft those contraptions of theirs . With his current knowledge, it wouldn't surprise Draco if they simply turned out to be like Master Rank Magical Engineers . Perhaps he should visit them after this Unique Quest was done . If his theory turned out to be right, the wealth of their items and skill might surpass his prior estimation .
(Author's Note: I think I may have hinted at it somewhere before, but when stuff like 'no one can afford this on the main plane' is mentioned, it's referring primarily to humans, who get brutalized every 1,000 years . Most other races are largely fine and live in other continents that are either inaccessible until the players reach a certain point, or the exact location is just unknown overall . )
He had used a Goblinwerk bomb before when he had been Rank 0 to get rid of some losers in the marketplace of Stagnant Moss town . To Draco, those first few hours since he reincarnated and entered the game were like a fever dream .
He almost felt like it wasn't himself, but someone else being guided by the hands of a dashing fellow with limitless grandeur behind the screen… but he knew that it was just his imagination .
If anything, it was a dashing retard with limitless idiocy that would be the one in such a situation, so Draco snickered and activated the lesson for the Exothermic Implosion Device .
As he expected, it was the same bomb he had used back then . He was even in the body of a goblin this time, though the system once again prevented him from suffering any mental burdens that might occur for such a change .
Draco had a sinking feeling that most designs from this point would no longer be created by humans, but those vile green skins . Draco disdained goblins and orcs secretly, since they had butchered him many times in his newbie phase during the previous timeline!
After learning the design for the Exothermic Implosion Device, Draco went on to learn the designs for the rest of his purchases . It was no problem, barely an inconvenience for him with his eidetic and muscle memory .
What did bother him was that the materials for some of the parts were not readily accessible outside . Of course, in here he could easily get them for all grades, but in the main plane? Too hard .
At least at the current time . Things would drastically change after the Great War . In the previous timeline, the destruction and mayhem had been greatly reduced due to the presence of players, though they had been slaughtered like dogs in the process .
This was only natural . Under normal circumstances about 99% of the overall human population would have been killed, leaving 1% to furiously reproduce each time to restore the previous number . Instead of conquering new land, what they mostly did was just re-take the old land that had been lost .
What was the point? We take new land and get slaughtered anyway, so let's just maintain civilization as best as we can until something changes .
Players had become the factor to change that status quo . After the Great War, the status of players had skyrocketed to obscene heights . This was how losers like the old edgy Draco and the tormented Riveting Night managed to eventually get access to the Divine Auction .
For these types of materials and stuff to become commonly available, the Great War had to come and pass . This time, with the presence of Draco, Eva, and Umbra… the Demons would be lucky to kill 5% of humanity, meaning that the growth boom afterward would be horrendous for monsters and non-humans .
Just like in the previous timeline, all other races would realize the benefit the Demons had given them by slaughtering humans . However, the next Great War was 1,000 years away, more than enough time for humans to completely flip the world over .
In this timeline, it would be far worse, since Draco would be leading the charge . As the future overlord of the entire Western Fantasy section, he planned to sow some seeds here and there to make his later conquest easier .
Draco paused for a bit to rest as he assimilated the knowledge into his mind . Once he was done, he requested the necessary materials from Hoover and began crafting the simplest of the lot, the Basic Personnel Identification Device .
This tool would not really be useful for players, since they could easily tell who was who through nametags or guild emblems, but it would be a hotcake among NPC organizations . Of course, its value would not surpass the Advanced Spatial Creation Device, as very little could do so, but it was good enough for practice and to earn some cheap change, or gain some favors .
Draco spent 3 days making 200 of them . Firstly, they were much smaller than the Advanced Spatial Creation Device, and secondly, their complexity was nowhere near the latter .
Ultimately, he had only earned 64% Tradeskill experience, making him shake his head . Trying to rise quickly in Epic and above Tradeskills was like scaling Mount Everest with your donger flapping in the wind - or titties for a woman - and the end result can be imagined .
He moved onto the Basic Area Cloaking Device . This one was basically a tool for hiding certain things like buildings, rooms, or whatnot from most forms of detection like sight, smell, and hearing .
It would be useful for hiding things like treasuries and precious items or secret warehouses for lower-tier organizations . Draco knuckled down and started work on one .
Unfortunately, the complexity of this particular device was far higher than the one before, so after spending 5 days on them he ended up with 50! At least, the Tradeskill experience was better, reaching a total of 123% .
After putting these aside, Draco took a short break by taking an actual bath, chatting with Ophie, and checking up on Doris, who was still wrapped in bandages from head to toe like a mummy .
Draco cast a few healing spells on her but was told not to worry by Hoover . She would recover in about 3 months, so she just needed to rest .
As for Natasha, Draco avoided her . It wasn't that he wanted to ignore her, but that he had been slightly traumatized by the weight of her lust . He was used to being the dominant party during sex, but he feared the kind of beast Natasha would become if that sea of lust was set free .
He feared that it might end in a situation similar to him losing his virginity to Maria in the previous timeline . She might even press him down and do the pounding instead!
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