"Speak. What do you want with me?"
Reed sat atop the forging furnace. He had originally lived inside a pitch-black, sealed tomb, so to him, Reincarnation Paradise was practically heaven. More importantly, it offered infinite possibilities.
That was why Reed had shown only anger when meeting Su Xiao, without any resentment or similar emotions.
"Repairing some equipment."
Su Xiao took out the King's Reverence Armguard, Dragon Slayer Flash, and other equipment. As for firearms like the Silent Duke, Reed could not repair them. Equipment repair was not as simple as tossing something into a furnace and hammering it a few times. If the Silent Duke were damaged, it would be more reliable to have Machine Girl repair it. For blades and the like, however, Reed, who excelled at forging, was clearly superior.
Reed took the sheathed Dragon Slayer Flash. The long blade slid free, and when he saw its gleaming edge, he nodded. The blade had clearly been carefully maintained for a long time. His task was to inspect the tiny, nearly negligible marks on the edge and repair them.
"That'll be 75,800 Paradise Coins."
Reed quoted an exorbitant price. If it were repaired elsewhere, the cost would be at most around 6,000 Paradise Coins. Reed was not trying to swindle Su Xiao. He had an almost obsessive pursuit of forging. In his mind, if he did not do something, then he would not do it at all—but if he did, he would do it to perfection.
Su Xiao did not transfer Paradise Coins to Reed. Instead, he took out Reed's Medal. The moment Reed saw it, his whole expression turned awful. He suddenly had the feeling that he was being sold.
"You Hunters really are Paradise's 'favorite sons.'"
Two streams of white vapor spurted from Reed's nostrils. When Su