"Not feeling well?"

While wondering why Ying didn't come for morning exercise, Carl turned on the machine and started working.

As a woman, there are always some days when things are not convenient for you.

Carl secretly made a note of this and planned to let Hope visit Ying after work was done.

Today's work is actually not complicated, it's just installing many parts.

Carl had already practiced it many times in the dream world, and now he was able to perform it in actual practice at an incredibly fast speed.

The new set of weapons he made for the film was based on the 3D mobile device that appeared in "Attack on Titan" and the hidden blade in "Assassin's Creed: Syndicate", but thanks to the existence of magic, the version made by Carl is more sophisticated and mini.

There is a pair of hidden blades, one for each hand, and the chain darts are made into a mechanical belt that can be activated or recovered using psionic energy.

The entire set of weapons fully combines the power of machinery and magic. Although it is probably only ordinary level according to the rating, the power and effect are definitely good.

Soon, all the equipment was assembled. Carl tried it himself and found that the effect was similar to what he expected. Then he took the equipment back to the first floor.

"Work completed?"

In the kitchen, Hope was boiling blood-replenishing herbs.

They were indeed two people who slept in the same bed. She also thought that Ying got up so late because the day had come.

At the dining table, Ying lowered her head slightly, not daring to look up at Carl and Hope, looking like a guilty thief.

"Well, I've already prepared equipment for you and Ying. If you have time, you can adjust it yourself. I'm going to go out and find a few similar adventurers as companions later."

Putting the things on the table, Carl picked up his breakfast and started eating.

Ying wanted to say something, but Hope quickly brought the herbs, so she had to grit her teeth and swallow the medicine.

After dinner, seeing that the two had already started using their new equipment, Carl rode his off-road motorcycle to the Adventurer's Guild in Storm Bay.

When I came here again, the air in the room still smelled as bad as before. It was probably because a banquet was held last night and many people were drunk in the hall.

The head of the association was wiping the glasses as usual, which made Carl wonder if all bartenders had this problem.

"Oh? It's you?"

Seeing Carl walk into the house, the boss seemed to recognize this newcomer who had just arrived in Xen'drik not long ago, and was a little surprised by Carl's current mental state.

He thought that Carl would have trouble with accommodation since he had just arrived.

"Please introduce a few adventurers with decent character. I can provide stable accommodation here. I am also a machinist and can help make equipment."

Upon hearing that Carl was actually a machinist, the boss's face became even more surprised.

In his opinion, no matter how bad a machinist is, he would not come to Xen'drik to make a living.

"This guy is probably here for the giant ruins or even the giant artifact."

If not for money, then it can only be for knowledge or objects.

The boss nodded in understanding, then took out a small notebook from his pocket.

After quickly flipping through the pages for a few moments, he tapped the counter with his fingers.

This means asking for an agency fee.

"How much?"

"10 silver."

"Here you go."

After stacking the ten silver coins on the counter, the boss slowly started talking about suitable candidates.

Most of these people are adventurers with families, and their strength and character are guaranteed to a certain extent.

Carl selected three of them.

After writing down their information, Carl went out and left.

Several young teenagers were trying to steal his off-road motorcycle, but this was obviously not an easy task.

The motorcycle has a built-in arcane lock, and Carl also used construct technology to give it an identification function.

"You should learn a skill as soon as possible when you have time. If you can't even use something like this, your future will be in jeopardy."

After driving the teenagers away, Carl sat on the seat and drove away on the motorcycle.

Most of these young men wanted to be thieves or warriors, but it was obvious that they did not learn well. Not only did they not have a formal profession, their physical fitness was not very good, and even their skills in breaking into houses and picking locks were very poor.

Judging from their clothes, it doesn’t look like their family can’t afford to eat, so they are probably just idle.

Looking at Carl's receding back, the children's faces were filled with envy. Some of the petty-minded ones even had hideous expressions of envy.

Soon, Carl arrived at the civilian area.

Compared with the commercial district in the center of the town, this place is relatively neat.

Although each household has limited space, they are still quite tidy.

Carl went to look for the address according to his memory, but it turned out that the people in the first house seemed to have gone out for adventure.

Helplessly, he had to find a second one.

But as soon as the other party opened the door, the person who opened the door and Karl were both stunned.

Because the person who opened the door was the Zhe Er who had followed Ying a few days ago.

"It's just a small matter, and you actually came to my door!"

Two scimitars quickly appeared in Zhuoer's hands, and a tense atmosphere began to spread between the two of them.

"Scorpion? What happened?"

However, when the orc saw Carl outside, he was also stunned.

"You, your hair... little brother, were you on the deserted island in Xen'drik before..."

After the orc’s reminder, part of Carl’s memory instantly overlapped with reality.

Isn’t the orc who walked out of the house the orc ranger from the adventure team that Carl and Hope met when they just returned to the main plane?

"Eh? Are you the orc brother from before? So your name is Bain!"

The drow elf beside him blinked and finally remembered what happened.

She even disguised herself as a human at that time.

After a few words, the misunderstanding was resolved. Bane was very happy to be able to go on an adventure with Carl and immediately prepared to pack up.

"It's you? Where's the tiefling?"

I don’t know what the drow named Scorpion was thinking, but the first thing he cared about after the misunderstanding was resolved was Hope’s whereabouts.

"In my newly built base, Ying is also here. By the way, where are your other companions?"

Hearing that the tiefling seemed to be following the little red-haired boy, Scorpion breathed a sigh of relief, just like a pure love fan seeing a pure love ending.

"Thorin is helping his relatives at the blacksmith shop. Something seems to have happened in Bill's hometown. He returned to the Talanta Plain with his accumulated wealth. As for Pastor Aaron..."

Speaking of the fellow priest whose ancestors had once been prominent, Baine and Scorpion fell silent.

I don’t know whether something happened to the other party or they parted ways on bad terms.

"Is it okay for your house to be empty like this?"

Seeing that the two were silent, Carl knew that he had asked a bad question, so he took the initiative to change the subject.

Scorpion looked at Carl gratefully, and then replied: "The rent for houses in the civilian area is paid on a daily basis, and it cannot exceed one week at most. Someone will come to collect tomorrow's rent at 12 noon, and we can leave during this time."

Carl originally thought that the house belonged to Bane and Scorpion, but he didn't expect it was rented.

The speed with which Scorpion and Bane cleaned up the mess also made Carl believe that this was a bit outrageous.

“Has the housing situation in Storm Bay become this serious?”

After helping to pack up the two people's belongings, Carl pushed the cart and took the two to the base.

Walking all the way to the entrance of the underground ruins, Scorpion then remembered that Carl seemed to live here.

But Bain agreed so quickly that she forgot about it.

"Is he going to live in that kind of fortress? I heard that the living space there is like the cold storage in the morgue. That's not right. This little red-haired guy is a strange mechanic. He shouldn't have fallen to this level."

While they were thinking about these things, the three of them had already arrived outside Carl's base.

From the outside, the base still looked like a slightly high earthen slope, but when Carl and the other two walked in, Scorpion and Bane discovered that there was a whole other world here.

"I have heard before that some large adventure groups relied on their large numbers to build bases in underground ruins. I didn't expect that you, Carl, would also..."

Looking at Carl with admiration, Bane knocked on the wall of the passage and found that the building material was quite strong.

"This is the advantage of being a machinist. I brought engineering machinery with me, and this base was built by them. Don't worry, there are enough houses and space, and the sound insulation is also quite good."

As they were talking, the three of them had already arrived at the residential area.

Ying had already changed into the ninja uniform that Carl had made for her, and had also put on her hidden blade and belt.

Seeing Carl coming back with new teammates, she was about to go up to say hello, but she saw Scorpion instead.

Bane naturally noticed something was wrong with his teammate Carl, so he asked his wife, "Scorpion? Do you know him?"

Embarrassed, Scorpion nodded, and then told the truth about what had happened before.

"Are you still trying to contact your fellow tribesmen to form an organization? Don't do this again. I don't care what the outside world thinks of the drow."

Putting his arm around his wife's shoulders, Bain tried to admonish her in a gentle tone.

Scorpion, who had always been acting like a strong woman, turned her head away shyly, then said "hmm" softly in Bane's arms as a response.

This scene made Carl and Ying feel uncomfortable for a while.

Just then, Hope also came out of the room.

"Carl? Is this the new teammate?"

Seeing Hope come out, Scorpion and Bane let go.

Seeing that the two people they met on the deserted island are still together now, Bane and Scorpion showed a certain expression of satisfaction on their faces.

Carl reminded Hope of the two men's identities, and Hope then remembered them.

"Time flies. More than three years have passed in a flash."

The encounter on the deserted island quickly brought the two sides closer together. Shadow, who had not experienced that incident, quickly accepted Scorpion and Bane because they were of the same race.

"I came to Xen'drik this time to explore the giant ruins. Do you have any suggestions?"

After becoming more familiar with each other, Carl began to turn the conversation to business.

Scorpion and Bain, both veteran adventurers in Xen'drik, also began to explain eloquently.

(End of this chapter)