Legend of Mir 2: Seeking the Truth in Marfa

Brooke went to the jewelry store.

According to the Weapon Master's secrets, the higher the stats of jewelry, the better. Brook also wanted to buy jewelry with an attack of 5 or higher, but the jewelry store didn't have any. Items like the Dragon Ring with 0-5 attack, the Ghost Necklace with 0-5 attack, and the Memory Necklace with 2-4 attack were all brand-name items, and no one would sell them to the store.

现在只能选择攻击低些的0-3攻击的骷髅戒指或0-4攻击的珊瑚戒指。按公式计算，这两种戒指对于升级武器的效果是一样的。至于攻击2-2的蓝翡翠项链，也是加4点属性，效果和骷髅戒指一样。

Brooke bought a lot of skull rings because they were the cheapest, costing 5000 gold coins each. He bought so many because he wanted to upgrade them multiple times, saving himself the trouble of having to buy more.

Brook returned to the weapon shop and handed the bronze axe, jewelry, and more than ten pieces of black iron ore to the weapon master.

"You can't just hand it to me. You have to hold the bronze axe in your hand first. Yes, hold it like this for a while, so that the weapon can be stained with your character's luck level. Okay, now you can give it to me." The weapon master patiently taught Brook who was upgrading his weapon for the first time.

After collecting all the upgrade materials, the weapon master started banging away by the fire.

Brooke waited patiently, not asking how long it would take. "Wait a moment, it's better not to disturb the master's work now."

Only a minute later, the weapon master handed the bronze axe to Brook. "Alright. Just pick a target and chop it. Try sharpening it."

"So soon?" Brooke thought he would have to wait for more than 10 minutes.

"It's just a bronze axe. Its structure is very simple. One minute is considered slow." The weapon master said lightly. If he hadn't been a little dizzy from drinking, the speed would have been even faster.

Brook looked at the newly upgraded bronze axe: Attack 0-15, Required Level 13, Durability 10. There was an asterisk (*) at the end. Apparently, after upgrading, unsharpened weapons have this marking.

Now I need to find a target to chop down. Brook looked around. There was no one else here except himself and the two merchants in the weapon shop. Besides the master in charge of weapon upgrades, the other weapon shop owner had already made a bed on the floor and was sleeping there.

You can't just kill both of them.

Brook set his sights on the skeleton baby, Xiaobai. Otherwise, he could just kill Xiaobai. Otherwise, he would have to run to Tucheng to find the alien warrior, which would be a bit troublesome.

It's you, Xiaobai. Brooke swung his axe at Xiaobai. The bronze axe shattered into pieces.

Oh~bad luck.

"It's okay, it's just a bronze axe. Try again." The weapon master comforted.

"Um, wait a minute, I just bought a bronze axe, I'll go buy some more. Oh, or you can wait for me for a while, I also need to buy some more black iron ore." Brook scratched his head.

The weapons master rolled his eyes again.

Brook looked at the owner of the weapons shop who was fast asleep on the other side. Never mind, I won't disturb him. Let's go to Tucheng to buy some. I still need to buy black iron ore anyway.

Brook used the scroll to fly back to Tucheng, ran into the weapon shop, and bought a dozen bronze axes. He looked around and saw a few more pieces of low-purity black iron ore. Someone was still mining at this late hour. Brook quickly bought them all.

Still not enough ore. Let's go to Beach.

Brook flew all the way to Beech's Weapon Shop. There was a lot of black iron ore here, and he even bought some with a purity of over 10. It must be that some people didn't know the market price and sold all the ore they dug to the shop.

Brook filled his backpack and went to the warehouse to store all the black iron ore. He went back to the Beech Weapon Shop to buy black iron ore. His backpack was full again. The shop still had black iron ore.

It seems that many people in Biqi City are mining, but very few are using black iron ore to upgrade their weapons. For Brook, this is of course a good thing.

Okay, this time I'm fully prepared. Brook returned to the Shabak Weapon Shop again, ready to continue upgrading the bronze axe.

Oh, and the Weapon Master mentioned that wearing an artifact might increase your character's luck. The Teleportation Ring is an artifact, so put it on now. Does the Memory Set count as an artifact? According to the one-armed old man in the Unknown Dark Temple, it probably does. Wear that, too.

One minute later, a new bronze axe was upgraded. Brook chopped at Xiaobai again. Hey~ this time the axe didn't break!

Brook looked at the attributes of the bronze axe, 0-16, and indeed the attack increased by 1 point.

Yes. Continuing his efforts, Brook continued to upgrade the bronze axe. One minute later, the axe chopped down on Xiaobai, hitting 1-0, another success!

OK, OK. Upgrade again. Success again. Bronze Axe Attack 0-18!

Hey, is this my luck? Wearing this magical weapon really makes a difference. Keep upgrading!

With a loud crash, the bronze axe shattered to the ground. Damn! The bronze axe with the 0-18 attack power was gone.

"It's normal. You'll get used to it," the Weapon Master consoled him.

Luckily, it was just a bronze axe, so if it broke, it broke. But even if it was a bronze axe, it would still be painful if it broke after upgrading 3 points. Fortunately, it wasn't a Wuji stick, otherwise I would have been banging my head against the wall in pain.

Upgrading weapons is risky.

Go ahead. Brook started upgrading the third bronze axe.

Then, sometimes it worked, sometimes it broke. One weapon in particular had already worked four times, but failed to break on the fifth attempt, driving Brook a little crazy.

So, Brook had to use Xiaodong's knife-padding technique. No matter if it worked or not, there was no other way now, so he had to try his luck.

Brook recorded the number of successes and failures, trying to find some patterns from them.

Success, failure, success, failure, success, failure, success, success, failure, oh, there seems to be no pattern.

It's okay, maybe you haven't upgraded enough. Go ahead and pick up a new bronze axe and try again.

Brook continued to upgrade his weapons. During this time, the bronze axe and jewelry in his backpack were all used up, so Brook went to the store to buy more. The black iron ore was also used up quickly, and even the black iron ore in the warehouse was used up. Brook had to go to the Beech Weapon Shop again and bought out all the black iron ore in the store.

As Brooke upgraded his weapons, he gained more experience. He had two more bronze axes that had been successfully used four times, which he kept in his backpack for now. He wasn't in a hurry. Once he figured out the pattern for the blade padding, he'd continue upgrading these two weapons.

Finally, the statistics of success and failure over the past 10 or so times showed a pattern: success, failure, success, failure, failure, success, failure, failure.

According to this rule, we should be successful next time.

Brook decisively picked up a bronze axe that had been successfully used four times and handed it to the weapon master for upgrading. He chopped it out and succeeded!

Okay! Following the pattern, the next step was failure. Brooke randomly picked up a new axe to upgrade, and sure enough, it failed and broke it.

Good job! The next two attempts were successful.

Brook followed this pattern and successfully upgraded the two bronze axes, which had originally been upgraded four times, twice more. Currently, the attack power of the two bronze axes has reached 2, and they can still be upgraded one last time.

The rules summarized by the pad knife are really useful. Brother Xiaodong is really a talent.

The next two attempts should be successful. Brook placed the bronze axe with attack 2 on it.

Crash, it broke into pieces!

Brooke's heart was broken.

You say this rule is useless, but it has been accurate for many times in a row before; you say it is accurate, but something went wrong in the end and all the efforts failed.

What to do now?

It was almost 1 a.m. Before he knew it, Brook had spent nearly two hours in the Shabak Weapon Shop, upgrading his weapons nearly a hundred times and spending over two million gold coins.

Brook took a deep breath. Time to rest, or else he wouldn't have the energy to level up tomorrow. Or maybe forget about it today; leveling up six times was pretty good.

There's only one left. So you're not going to upgrade? Impossible. You still have to upgrade.

If I try again tomorrow, I'll have to start all over again. I finally found the pattern today, but I have to start all over again tomorrow?

I can't accept this. Now that I believe in this pattern, I'll keep believing it. The next two attempts should have been successful. The failure just now was probably just a fluke. The next one will be successful again. Give it a try! Worst case scenario, if it breaks, I can just start over tomorrow with a new knife.

Brook picked up the last bronze axe that had been successfully upgraded six times, and handed over the remaining 6 pieces of jewelry and 10 pieces of black iron ore in his backpack to the weapon master. This was the last time, and the extra jewelry would be used to supplement the family expenses of the weapon master.

Upgrade completed. Brook retrieved the forged and upgraded bronze axe: Attack 0-21, required level 13, durability 10 (*)

Brook looked at the Weapon Master's curious eyes, it seemed that he also wanted to know whether it was a success or a failure.

"Master, it's getting late. I'm going back to sleep." Brook said lightly.

"Huh? You were chopping. Why don't you chop anymore?" the weapon master asked curiously.

"No more chopping." Brook put away his weapon.

"Oh my god! It's been 2 hours since I upgraded it, and you're not going to take the final blow?" The weapon master was a little anxious.

"Haha~ I won't chop here. I'll go back to my room in Tucheng Inn and chop." Brook laughed.

"Why do you want to go back to the room to chop?"

"The feng shui of that room in Tucheng is good. I can sleep through the night every day."

"If you don't chop here, you... I'm going to faint! How can I sleep tonight?" The weapon master said angrily.

"Haha~ If I come again tomorrow, it means I've failed; if I don't come tomorrow, it means I've succeeded. Master, I'll leave you with a suspense. Good night, goodbye!"