After nightfall, Angel left the warm little home of Red Rose Street again and took the subway that ran late into the night to West Borough to visit an "old acquaintance", Ms. Artisan Kavi of "Machinery Hivemind".
When Enmat Harbor contacted her, the woman claimed that she was just Appraiser of Sequence 7, so she became the target of Tomaz who was seeking promotion. However, judging from her frequent "production" of Beyonder Weapon at this time, she may have been promoted again and became the real "Artisan".
This made Angel look forward to this meeting.
Before leaving home, she had put all the Beyonder Ingredients she had collected into a small secret compartment she had remade in the basement, instead of the original one in the study. Although the previous tenant, Feysac people, who was kidnapped by gangs before returning the rent, was probably dead, but to be on the safe side, she no longer used that secret compartment.
Since Sevillea "generously" provided Succubus's hair, the remaining items in the Potion formula are only Real Mummy Ashes. She has not yet collected them all, but after an experience of being cheated, she no longer dares to buy at will, but is ready to wait for the Beyonder party to be held and buy it there.
At this time, I visited Ms. Kavi. She actually wanted to buy a powerful weapon similar to "Bloodthirst". After all, the Gold Pound originally intended to be used to purchase Beyonder Ingredients had no use for it.
After getting off the subway, Angel took a hired carriage to Green Park Street in West Borough. Although this is not an industrial area, it is close to the original West Baylun Shipyard. There are many small factories nearby, mainly for precision processing and customized parts.
She looked toward the Tasok River, and she could vaguely see the towering crane on the riverside, which looked like a hidden giant under the crimson moonlight.
There is West Baylun Shipyard. As most of the factories have gradually moved to East Borough and Docklands with lower labor costs, the shipyard here has been almost abandoned. It is said that it is ready to be rebuilt to cope with the gradually expanding river transportation.
It was quite painful to pay the 5 soli fare. Angel regretted accepting "Master Key" as an extra reward for helping Father Utravsky. These days, in order to prevent If she gets lost, the cost of hiring a carriage is close to 10 pounds, and as she often travels to and from West Borough, Empress Borough, locations far away from home, the transportation costs are increasing rapidly, which has visibly reduced her savings.
"When the promotion issue is resolved, I have to find a time to meet with Priest from Earth Mother and have a good 'talk' about the fare..."
She complained in a low voice, forced herself to correct her involuntary steps towards an unknown alley, returned to Green Park Street, and came to a church.
"Lever Church" is the only church in Church of Steam located in West Borough. Since most of the church's believers are not wealthy, they are very busy during the day and cannot even rest on weekends. Therefore, they can only pray and confess at night. All major churches will open the church until the early morning. It is already past 8 o'clock in the evening. There are still many believers coming in and out of Lever Church, most of them dressed as workers.
Angel came to the opposite side of the church and quickly found "Kavi Clock Shop". Compared with the "predecessor" in Enmat Harbor, this store is more beautifully decorated, and it seems that it was recently renovated.
Seeing that the lights were still on inside, Angel knocked on the door a few times, then pushed it open and walked in.
Seeing that "Artisan" Kavi, who had helped him and saved his life, was sitting behind the counter and fiddling with a pocket watch in his hand, Angel breathed a sigh of relief quietly.
Fortunately, it's not the same name...
Then she remembered the battle in Enmat Harbor's watch shop, and the white-haired old man who died at the hands of Tomaz, the "Machinery Hivemind" defector, in order to protect Kavi, and felt a little sad.
Hearing the sound of Door Opening, this lady in her thirties, with long brown hair messily draped behind her back, raised her head. She wore a monocular with overlapping lenses and a magnifying function in her right eye, and her exposed left eye showed a trace of confusion.
"What's the matter?"
"I want to buy a pocket watch as a gift, so I can look at it casually."
Angel answered casually, walked into the watch store, and looked at the pocket watch in the transparent window.
They were all dull under Spirit Vision. They were not Mystical Item, nor did they have the outward appearance of Spirituality. They were obviously ordinary mechanical watches, and she immediately lost interest.
"These watches are not very good. Can they be customized? I mean customized items like Beyonder Ability."
Kavi sighed, put down the pocket watch in his hand, took off the monocular magnifying glass, walked to the door and turned the "Closed Store" sign to the outside, then looked back at Angel.
"I just said, why would anyone look at a pocket watch so late at night... Who introduced you here?"
She obviously did not recognize the acquaintance wearing "Madness Ring".
"A lady at the 'Eye of Wisdom' party, she asked me to come to 'Artisan' Kavi."
Angel replied.
"I know, she told me about you, the person who sold her the formula." Kavi showed a clear look and returned to the counter to sit down. "My name is Kavi, which is what she called 'Artisan', but customized weapons are not cheap, and you will probably need to provide materials... What type of weapon do you want? A dagger, a revolver, or a special-purpose item?"
"What if I want to customize other types of pistols? Not wheel-fed, but magazine-fed?"
"Magazine feeding, you said it's similar to a rifle feeding method?"
"Yes, magazine-fed, double-action bolt, side-ejection cartridges..."
"Ha, I thought it was some kind of new design," Kavi was not surprised when he heard it. Instead, he sneered, "The pistol you are talking about has appeared in various fanciful design drawings drawn by Roselle before he changed from a consul to an emperor. Did you know that it was even formed earlier than the revolver."
Huh?
Angel secretly thought something was wrong when he heard the name of this familiar senior time traveler.
Emperor Roselle really does not give any chance of survival to latecomers in all directions...
"Due to the large number of parts and complex design of this type of pistol, the production technology at the time simply could not meet the requirements for use. It frequently jammed or malfunctioned. It was not long before it was eliminated by the revolver. So now, more than a hundred years later, the revolver still occupies the mainstream. Only military rifles have gradually absorbed the former's design ideas and become the current style."
As Kavi explained, he quickly assembled the pocket watch in his hand, quickly put the internal parts back into place, closed the watch cover, and threw it into the box next to him.
"Of course, the manufacturing process is constantly improving now, and some people have proposed this type of pistol with a large ammunition supply and fast bullet change. Over at Segal, it is said that Artisan has made a new prototype that uses a bridge clip to load ammunition. Although it is not as good as a magazine for ammunition, the design is simpler. Unfortunately, those shortcomings still exist. Jamming and bullet failure will make the pistol unable to work."
Angel was a little confused after hearing this. She did not expect that with the current manufacturing process, a revolver would be the best choice.
Although the revolver can only hold a few rounds of bullets and the reloading speed is very slow, it is more reliable. When the bullet fails and cannot be fired, you can just pull the trigger again to skip the stink bomb and continue shooting. For Beyonder, reliability is often more important than loading more rounds of bullets.
"Then let's customize the revolver."
She reluctantly gave in.
"I'm glad we can reach an agreement," Persuasion called the "customer", and a smile appeared on Kavi's face. "The next step is to choose the weapon effect. What kind of attack characteristics do you want, or what targets do you want?"
"It's powerful and can use special bullets, and it's best to enhance the effect of the bullet itself. Well, the negative effects should not affect the battle." Angel described his requirements according to the effect of "Bloodthirst".
Ms. Artisan nodded, thought for a moment and replied, "Does that mean we want the 'real' Mystical Item?"
"Is there anything less true?"
After hearing what she said, Angel asked curiously.
"Of course, most Beyonder Weapon are actually made of Spiritual Materials. They are effective until the Spirituality of the material disappears completely, but they usually only last 1-2 years. The advantage is that they are relatively cheap and cost-effective, such as in Beyonder Those sold at the party," Kavi explained patiently, "And your request, especially the ability to enhance the effect of special bullets, can only be achieved by Beyonder Weapon made with Beyonder Characteristic, which can be called Mystical Item."
It turns out that the 500-pound weapons sold at the "Eye of Wisdom" party can only be regarded as "cheap versions"...
Angel was thinking about the price of the "genuine" product. Artisan showed her familiar sly smile and said:
"It just so happens that I have a revolver that has been made, customized by another customer, but he has not shown up for a long time. According to the agreement, if he does not show up by the end of the month, I have the right to dispose of it myself.
"It only costs £3,500."