A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 507 Safety Blasting
"No need, I can smell the lingering scent of shadow elements on you."

The dwarf put away his weapon and did not pick up the void essence on the ground. Instead, after saying this, he ran to a large box in the corner of the cave and searched for a long time. Finally, he took out a book and handed it to Leon.

"Dwarven Safety Manual (Book): A book that records how dwarves can avoid explosion damage when using explosives in mines."

"Grimoire detected—Dwarven Safety Manual. Study it?"

The moment I got the book, the system prompt came as expected, along with an additional question.

"of course."

Hearing this prompt, Leon nodded without hesitation. The next moment, the book opened in Leon's hand, quickly flipping through the title page to the end, and finally disappeared in Leon's hand.

"After reading the Dwarf Safety Manual, you have a deep understanding of the range and power of bomb explosions. The special skill, Safe Demolition, has been unlocked.

Safe Demolition: Visualizes the explosion range of all bombs, resists 25% of the damage caused by all bomb explosions, and is immune to the impact of the explosion.

"Forehead."

When reading about this new special ability, Leon's expression was somewhat disappointed. He had originally thought that this new gadget he had never heard of could allow him to remain unscathed in the bomb, but now it seemed that it could only reduce the damage by a quarter, which seemed a bit useless.

After all, no one wants to take a shower in a bomb, so this 25% defense effect is not very meaningful.

However, it does not mean that this ability is meaningless. At least Leon will not have to worry about being attacked by bombs in the future. The visual bomb explosion range should be a passive one that takes effect at any time. Another advantage is also good, that is, immunity to the impact of the explosion. In a sense, it is also quite powerful.

It’s a pity that it’s not easy for Leon to test the specific demonstration of this ability on the dwarf’s side now, but overall, he is quite satisfied with the reward from the dwarf.

"The stuff is good. If you have this kind of commission next time, you can come to me. I'm also a legitimate explorer affiliated with the Explorers' Guild."

It can be seen that the dwarf seems to have a lot of good things on hand, and Lyon doesn't want to miss this opportunity.

"I'm not used to asking others for help, and this time I'm asking them to do me a favor just to eliminate your risk." The dwarf shook his head, and a dull voice came from under his helmet.

"So, human, you came here specifically to trade with me. Do you have enough gold coins?"

"Then you have to let me see what goods you have here first."

Lyon complained.

"Here's the list of goods. Please choose what you want. The prices are marked. However, I may not have some of the goods available at the moment. If you need them, you may have to wait for a while."

After the dwarf finished speaking, he handed Lyon a parchment scroll. Unfolding it, Lyon discovered that there were quite a few things in this long scroll, much more choices than in the game.

Apart from the three types of bombs, there is only one miner's special supply that looks familiar. The other items are not sold by dwarves in the game. What's interesting is that the rare scarecrow and dwarf-style items that should be sold by dwarves do not exist in this inventory.

Scallion oil and life potions are also missing from the dwarven inventory. Instead, they're replaced by four types of crystal balls, along with the various unique minerals and gemstones they contain. Basically, any mineral found in a mine can be found here, and they're quite expensive. For example, a piece of amethyst sells for 400G, significantly more than what Leon would pay.

However, there are some pretty good items. For example, the basic bombs like the Cherry Bomb are 50G each, the Bomb is 100G each, and the Super Bomb is 200G each.

In terms of cost, these bombs are basically affordable or cheap.

Although Leon himself did not unlock the bomb formula and could not obtain bombs and super bombs, he was very clear about the cost of these things.

For example, a super bomb requires a sun essence, a void essence and four pieces of gold ore. The sun essence and void essence both cost 180 when bought from Krobus. This price plus the four pieces of gold ore is far more than the 200G super bomb no matter how you calculate it.

"Your bomb is quite cheap." However, although it was cheap, Leon still planned to ask about the price of the bomb to avoid buying a rip-off.

"Besides pickaxes, the most commonly used tools among our dwarf tribe for mining are bombs. In each of our strongholds, there is an assembly line specializing in the production of various bombs, so the prices are very cheap," explained the dwarf.

"What about the effect of the bomb?" Leon asked.

"Definitely the best batch." The dwarf answered confidently.

"Let's try a cherry bomb first and see the effect." Lyon disagreed with this. Although the system was silent and had little presence most of the time, Lyon was very sure that everything it produced was top-notch and useful.

If you want to know how effective the bombs provided by the dwarves are, just compare them with the cherry bombs you made.

"Okay, this one is for you." The dwarf didn't waste any time and took out a cherry bomb from his pocket and handed it to Leon.

Leon was sure that the dwarf took out the bomb from his clothes, rather than using any spatial magic or storage equipment. He immediately gave the dwarf a thumbs up and said, "You are really brave. You even carry bombs with you."

The dwarf said nothing, but handed the cherry bomb to Leon.

In line with the principle of not wasting, Leon took the bomb and slipped out. He took the elevator to the 25th floor, found a mining area, and lit the cherry bomb made by the dwarves in his hand and threw it out.

The cherry bomb that fell to the ground began to expand, and then Leon noticed that in his field of vision, with the cherry bomb as the center, the area within a two-meter diameter was all a scarlet highlighted area. Leon was sure that this was the visualization effect of the bomb explosion range in the safety blasting.

At this moment, the fuse of the cherry bomb also burned home, and the last wisp of flame activated the gunpowder buried under the copper shell. The flame rolled around like a balloon exploding, destroying all the minerals and stones around it. The impact that was compressed into a shock wave when it passed by Lyon did not even lift up his sleeves.

The effect of immunity to explosive shock is very obvious.

Lyon picked up the fallen stones, then chose a mining area, took out the cherry bomb he made, lit it and threw it out.

The visible range of the explosion displayed this time was three meters with the cherry bomb as the center, which was a whole circle larger than the dwarf's bomb, and the fire was brighter.

(End of this chapter)