"I need a production line that can produce qualified cold weapons, preferably one that can rely on sunlight to provide power. There is no shortage of sunlight there."

Balliard put forward his own conditions. Poor old Panson didn't know that the bread he provided to these people who seemed to like dragon bone bread was used for experiments.

"Cold weapons production line? For mortals?"

Jace thought for a while and felt that Balliard himself had no use for those things. So, the people who use these things should be mortals? But what is the use of mortals? Those mortals are not the victims of Salva.

If you are not a leader in some fields, no matter how good your weapons are, they will be of no use.

"Yes, weapons for mortals. In my monthly world line, rune energy is extremely thin. Even the bloodline of the giant dragons left in Rune Land will degrade. If there is no support for the existence of extraordinary beings there, we will pass.

You can only display your master-level strength, and mortals are the main force in that world line."

Balliard revealed the situation of his monthly exam world line to Jace. Jace was not a businessman and would not bargain with him like a businessman. Even if Balliard revealed that he desperately needed a weapons production line, Jace would not

I won't ask for exorbitant prices.

"...It looks like we can cooperate."

Jess carefully thought about Balliard's situation and the research he was currently conducting, and found that this was a very good decision.

"What research are you doing?"

Valyard did not refuse. He did need a logistics support person. Nasus, Ryze, Drizzt, and Heimerdinger. Although these four people could provide him with some logistics support and help him handle some things,

But he would be owed a favor for these things, because he did not have much entangled interests with these four people.

Even if there are three people here who seem to be his mentors and are responsible for training him, what if they don't pay attention? No one stipulates that mentors must be dedicated to their responsibilities. Anyway, even if the guardians don't have the help of mentors, they can all rely on themselves.

The power to become a demigod.

Balliard didn't want to owe these people too much, because these people would really use him as a tool. If he couldn't die anyway, then he would use him to die.

"Regarding the experiment of using external materials to strengthen ordinary equipment to improve its essence, in the experiments I have done so far, the keel bone has the best effect when used to strengthen ordinary weapons, or equipment in the mortal realm. However, usually

It is difficult for mortal weapons to be integrated into the dragon bone, I think this may be related to the characteristics of the dragon bone itself."

Jess began to explain his research to Balliard. The main purpose of his research was, of course, to further improve the survivability and combat capabilities of the victims. On the premise that his own strength could not be improved, the equipment used to enhance it was

the best choice.

And if these mortal realm equipment are strengthened with external materials and acquire the characteristics of transcendent-level weapons, there is no doubt that the survivability of these victims can be quickly improved.

It is impossible for Salva to equip every victim with a weapon used by a transcendent, but Salva can equip each of them with an enhanced mortal weapon, as long as Jace's research can be successful.

"Theoretically, when a weapon is strengthened with part of the keel, the weapon

The weapon will be stronger and can withstand more keels, but the actual situation is that the strengthening of the keel cannot be superimposed, and one strengthening cannot improve the essence of the weapon.

I need a lot of dragon bones to complete the experiment. You have enough dragon bones there, and you also need a lot of mortal weapons. We can cooperate."

"...That's true, but I want to know where your research has progressed."

Balliard suddenly felt that Jace was a trap. Everyone knew that scientific research required a very large investment. Balliard felt that he was talking about cooperation with a bottomless pit. Maybe before Jace's results came out, he had some

The keel was squeezed dry.

"Research has progressed to the point where an ordinary iron dagger can be strengthened to the point where it can tear steel."

Jace showed off his research results to Balliard, but Balliard saw some problems.

"Weapons of this level can also be made as long as the blacksmith's skills are better. Moreover, this kind of weapon does not pose any threat to extraordinary people. How many dragon bones have you wasted? How can you achieve this level of results?"

Balliard is now certain that Jace is a scammer. According to the tone of Panson's words, Jace usually orders a lot of goods. He may even place orders in the name of other guardians and communicate with these guardians in private.

trade.

And the consumption of so many keel bones can only achieve this little result. Although there are many keel bones on Ballyard's body, it can't make Jace suffer like this.

"Ah... this is because we have been conducting multiple keel strengthening experiments before, and we have not put any effort into one-time keel strengthening. Otherwise, it will definitely not be to this extent."

Jace felt like he was in the highest academy in Piltover, begging for research funds from the academy, trying every possible means to hope that Balliard would give him the keel.

"Tell me how many dragon bones you consumed, right?"

The more Jace said this, the more Balliard felt that there was a big problem behind it. He had to find out how many keels Jace had consumed before he could establish a cooperative relationship with Jace.

"This number."

Jace held up a finger.

"Ten thousand tons?"

Balliard opened his mouth to count, and Jace was confused.

"……no."

Ten thousand tons of keel bones? If the keel bones of an adult dragon weigh one thousand tons, this would be ten adult dragons. Where would Jace get so many keel bones? He is not the graveyard master of Shadow Island.

"One hundred thousand tons?"

Balliard further increased the number. In his view, scientific research has always only involved a lot of input in materials, and there has never been one that inputs a small amount of materials. If it is not 10,000 tons, then it is 100,000 tons, or even one million tons.

.

"...Alright."

Jace knew that Balliard regarded him as a scammer, and he was still constantly raising the number of keel bones he consumed in the experiment, but this made Jace identify Balliard as a big dog, and when he opened his mouth

It’s just a 10,000-ton keel, but there’s also a million tons on Balliard’s body, right?

He has been studying this thing for almost a year, including the time spent in the time acceleration laboratory, it has been three years.

For a period of time, he has been sparing the use of keels, and so far he has only consumed one ton of keels.

The key to restricting the progress of his experiments was that he did not have enough keels. Each experiment had to spend a lot of time on simulations, but the actual effects of these simulations were not high. So during this period of time, he did not

Didn't get a satisfactory result.

If he had funding from a wealthy businessman like Valliard, he would soon be able to break through the current limitations, rapidly increase the degree of strengthening of the first keel, and begin to solve the difficulties of the second strengthening.

Every time the secondary enhancement fails, it means that a weapon that has been strengthened by the keel is destroyed. And every time you try to break through the limitations of the primary keel enhancement, it means that part of the keel is wasted.

So it was very uncomfortable for Jess to study this thing, but there was no other material that could exceed or match the effect of keel reinforcement in a single strengthening.

"...let me think about it."

Balliard doesn't pay special attention to dragon bones. There are many adult dragon bones on Shadow Island, and there are even some ancient dragon bones. The palm of one hand of those ancient dragons is larger than an entire adult dragon.

And the mass is greater. The weight of a slap is equivalent to ten adult dragons, which is 10,000 tons.

Of course, this kind of weight cannot be compared with a monster like Korgas, but it is still a very exaggerated weight. Jess said that it only consumed 100,000 tons of keel, but when scientists report the demand, there will always be some

By hiding it, you can get some funding.

Balliard estimated that Jace may have consumed millions of tons of dragon bones. After all, he is a demigod who protects several world lines. It should not be a problem for Jace to find some dragon bones in the world lines he protects.

thing.

However, it is not impossible for Balliard to accept a million-ton keel. He has more than 100,000 tons of keel of an adult dragon. In addition, there is also an undead ancient dragon sleeping in his kingdom of the underworld.

If you steal a bone from time to time, it can be used for a while.

"What do you think?"

Jess was inexplicably panicked. What if Balliard discovered that he was falsely reporting material consumption? It is difficult to find a sponsor as big as Balliard in Salva. Balliard is such a big money person.

As long as he got the materials from Valyard once, Jace felt that he could produce the final result.

He has only consumed a few thousand tons of keel bones so far. There may be millions of tons of keel bones in Balliard's body. Even if only one-tenth is given to him, he can complete the experiment.

"...It's okay, but I won't give you all the keel bones at once. I will give you 10,000 tons of keel bones first. After you make some progress, I will give you some of the other keel bones. You see

How about it?"

Balliard doesn't have that much respect for Jace now. In his eyes, Jace is just a scientist asking him for research funds. They don't have enough capital to complete the research, but Balliard does, and Jace wants to complete it.

For research, either procrastinate for time and conduct experiments bit by bit frugally, or beg Balliard to provide materials.
Chapter completed!