The Great Thief - Chapter 665

Chapter 665

"Qum…" Elon thought a moment before asking, "Did that Dwarf know how to Enchant?"

There was a hint of taunting and envy in that sentence; there weren't many Dwarves who knew how to Enchant and Qum had inherited the technique from Aegwynn's Enchanting Arts . It wasn't something that most people could do, but in Elon's eyes, it was possible that hehad tainted their profession .

"He was someone who was very knowledgeable in Strengthening Equipment," Lu Li said, continuing to spout his nonsense .

"Strengthening Equipment is a science . Those who try to just throw a piece of equipment into the furnace are stupid . " After hearing that an Enchanting master couldn't study Casting, Elon looked much better .

"So, can you help me? I have come from the distant Moon Shadow Valley . "

Lu Li had actually just used a Transportation Portal, but he wanted to get more sympathy .

Elon didn't continue to shirk his responsibility and nodded, "Very well . I will teach you the skills of Strengthening Equipment . "

Strengthening Equipment in a cast was one of the things that players were the most excited about .

This could improve the quality of equipment, thereby increase a player's strength . However, all players who did this had to face the possibility of the Strengthening to fail .

What they needed to invest in was a Strengthening Stone, some gold coins and their mental fortitude .

The poor mental fortitude of most players meant that they simply did not dare to strengthen their equipment . It was great when you succeeded, but when you heard sad sound of a Strengthening Stone breaking, it was truly heartbreaking .

The NPC's strengthening skill involved many things – there were specialized techniques for equipment, materials and so on .

For a player, the process wasn't that complicated as the game was made to be playable . You just needed to put the equipment into the furnace, then pay a Strengthening Stone and some gold . In the future, rare materials may also be required, but the player could then confirm the process and see the results .

Elon's so-called advice was actually teaching Lu Li a skill .

In his previous life, Lu Li had learned a skill named 'Strengthen Equipment' . There were several places that it could be learned, but the quest in Thelsama was the easiest way to do it, especially because of its low level .

The other quests were for players who were level 50 and above .

The description of the Strengthen Equipment skill was simple . It increased the strengthening process to somewhere between 10% to 15% . In his past life, the number that he gotten was about 13% .

Elon waved his hand at Lu Li and the System prompted him to learn Strengthen Equipment .

He couldn't want to open his skills panel to see how much he had received this time . The difference between 10% to 15% seemed small, but was very noticeable in application .

Many players with a 10% success rate would choose to find a 15% success rate player to Strengthen their equipment .

The price was worth it compared to wasting a Strengthening Stone, so there were certain players that just strengthened equipment all day .

When Lu Li saw the number on his skills panel, he was dumbfounded .

20%!?

It wasn't that he didn't want more, but how could he get a number higher than the maximum?

Lu Li was a little compulsive, or perhaps he just liked being in control, but he didn't like it when something happened and he couldn't understand it .

"For the sake of Old Cresso, I've taught you a little bit more," Elon said with a look of exhaustion .

"Thank you . I will not bring shame to Cresso's name . "

It turned out that it was the NPC that had given him a little extra . This time he really was sincerely grateful .

The System had set it up such that Elon could only give between 10% to 15%, no matter how lucky or charismatic a player was . However, Lu Li was the exception because he had used Cresso's Hammer to trigger a deeper story . If he was a luckier person, perhaps his gains could have been even higher .

Even so, Lu Li was satisfied . He now had a 20% success rate, which meant that his trip wasn't in vain .

Thelsama was a place famous for Forging, Fishing, Logging and so on . Naturally, there was no shortage of strengthening furnaces for his equipment . The quests here also involved monsters that weren't as difficult, which meant that there were fewer players . As such, Lu Li decided to strengthen his equipment here .

The strengthening furnaces weren't the same as the casting furnaces – they were vertical structures with many more complicated runes inscribed on their surfaces . The casting furnace was a horizontal structure that only had a few runes on its top and bottom .

Although Thelsama was just a small town, the furnace was from the Ironfroge workshop and was no different from the ones in the large blacksmith workshop there .

Lu Li looked at the equipment he had and first removed his necklace .

Pamela's Gift . This was a memorable piece of equipment, from the little girl in the Darong County . Lu Li hadn't been back there ever since, so as to not arouse those sad memories .

He put the necklace into the compartment of the strengthening furnace, placed in a Strengthening Stone and inserted some gold coins into the corresponding slot .

The first strengthening required a Strengthening Stone and ten gold coins .

He confirmed the process and after a few seconds, Lu Li heard the System prompt .

System: Congratulations, you have successfully strengthened Pamela's Gift for the first time .

The first time really was the easiest, not to mention that Lu Li had the skill which gave him an increase in success rate of 20% . All of these factors added up meant that it was likely his chance of failure was not more than 20% .

After removing the necklace, Lu Li looked at it and found that the Pamela's Sweet Water Tea effect had been enhanced . It originally regenerated 20% HP, but this had been increased to 21% .

For Lu Li who currently had 3200HP, 1% was 32 HP, which was better than nothing . Perhaps at a crucial time, it could save his life .

He repeated his last few actions and put in two Strengthening Stones and 20 gold . This was definitely something that only a rich person could do; each strengthening cost a couple of thousand dollars .

The second strengthening also upgraded the Pamela's Sweet Water Tea effect . Now, the effect could immediately regenerate 23% HP .

Lu Li stopped and walked around the furnace three times before starting the third strengthening . This kind of seemingly stupid behavior would become more and more common in future . Everyone would develop their own strategy for when they strengthened their equipment . Some, like Lu Li, would walk around the furnace a certain number of times . Others would stand on their head, or roll on the floor, or even cry and howl . If you could think of it, there was probably some player doing it .