Free Life Fantasy Online

Hmm? ….Ah, the improved efficiency for refining will increase work speed and magic efficiency.
Production will increase and the stock in the shops will increase, as a result.
There’s no effect on the raw materials, so it shouldn’t affect the market price, but… I wonder.
Well, if the prices in shops change, there will be information on the BBS.

What I’m interested in is the housing.
What will happen to the alchemy room? The alchemy formation is carved into the floor of the room, so it’s a bit inconvenient if it doesn’t affect this.
The housing menu is….ohh? There’s a new one!

[Furniture] Improved Alchemy Room　Rarity: Le　Quality: C
An improved version of the alchemy room, with the enhanced formation.
The room itself is engraved with an alchemy formation, and you can convert or build a room to benefit from it.
Increase in alchemy quality: max.

Renovation 800,000 / Extension 1,400,000 / Replacement 100,000…I see.
It’s only about 100,000 more than the original alchemy room, if I remember correctly.
Let’s replace the room immediately.
It’s going to rewrite the current formation with the new one.
Checking the room, I can see that the only change in appearance is the pattern of the alchemy formation.
That was the whole point, so of course.

I tell Elianora, who has been waiting nearby, that I am heading out, then transfer away.
I want to go and see my master, so to the Starting Town.
Now that I think of it, I didn’t check on Sophie-san… I didn’t hear anything from Elianora or any of the others though, so there shouldn’t be any problems.

“Master.”
“Ah, you’re here.
Take this with you.
I was happy about my work becoming easier.”
“I’m glad to hear that.”

I received an improved alchemy kit.

“I’ll take the older kit and cores back, if you don’t need them.”
“Sure, please do.”

I won’t be using the old one any more.
It will only become fertiliser in my storage, so I’ll hand it over.
After talking for a little while, I leave master’s shop.

So, where to next.

“Ah, Princess!”
“Good day, Primula-san.”
“Good day! Do you have some time now?”
“I should have?”
“Then come to my place!”

It seems like she has something she wants to show me, so I’ll go take a look.
But Primula-san is a woodworker, isn’t she? I don’t think there’s anything in particular I would use…
For the time being, I’ll follow her.
From the central square where the statue is, to Primula-san’s shop.
I’m guided to the workshop, where the saws and other tools are placed.

“This, this.”
“This is…”

[Tools] Dismantling Tool Set (Medium)　Rarity: Ep　Quality: A
A set of tools for dismantling prey up to medium size.
All of the dismantling tools included are standardised to the medium size.
Can also be used as a housing item.
Woodworker: Primula
Blacksmith: Ertz

In short, it’s like a crafting kit that gives a bonus to manual dismantling.
Then, it’s in the position of being something of an expansion kit.
…I’m not sure there will be that many people wanting it, will there?

“And this? Take a look.”

[Tools] Dismantling Tool Set (Minimum ~ Maximum)
A set with all the necessary tools for dismantling.
All of the included tools are required for the kit to be used, excepting optional components, and the effect is matched to the one of lowest quality.
Can also be used as a housing item.

Blood draining tower (Minimum ~ Maximum): Affects the quality of meat and skin.
Blood pool (Minimum ~ Maximum): Affects the quality of blood.
Dismantling table (Minimum ~ Maximum): Affects the quality of meat and other materials.
Water container (Minimum ~ Maximum): Affects the overall quality.
Dismantling knife A (Minimum ~ Maximum): Affects the quality of skin and the work speed.
Dismantling knife B (Minimum ~ Maximum): Affects the quality of meat and the work speed.
Dismantling knife C (Minimum ~ Maximum): Affects the quality of work speed and other materials.
Knife holder (Minimum ~ Maximum): Affects the overall quality and work speed.

Optional
Dismantling doll: Performs manual dismantling on behalf of the deployer, using their «Dismantling» skill.
The quality of the doll affects the overall performance.
Material rack (Minimum ~ Maximum): A container for various dismantled materials.

“Dismantling doll?”
“That’s the part that would catch your interest, right? Do you know anything about it?”
“It’s a substitute for manual dismantling, so it must be an automatic doll.
In that case, the doll side would probably require the third tier of «Doll Maker», which was «Doll Doctor».
But I think Abbie is still in the second tier…”
“Muu….”
“I already have the doll core recipe on the «Alchemist» side.”
“Really!?”
“I can’t make it yet, though.”
“I see… If you could leave it to do manual dismantling, I think there would be a lot of demand.”
“#1 should also be able to do manual dismantling in my place, but it would take a while… By the way, how much is it?”
“I haven’t decided yet.
But the material cost is quite high.”

I’m shown the recipe, but Primula-san is a woodworker, so she should only need about half of the total wood that it lists.
Medium size means that it will cover up to 4 metres, as of this update.
The tools are going to be of an appropriate size, so it goes without saying that it will be quite large when deployed.
The required amount of the main material is 10 for minimum.
25 for small.
50 for medium.
75 for large.
100 for extra large.
150 for maximum.
And the grade of the required materials goes up, so the cost of materials alone certainly is considerable.
Housing-level amounts of money will need to be spent on it.

“…The initial investment is painful, but is it possible to aim for the high quality materials?”
“From my point of view, I’d happily use high quality materials, but it depends on the doll and «Dismantling», doesn’t it?”
“If you raise «Dismantling», manual dismantling becomes more efficient, the work time decreases and the quality increases, right?”
“I think you could make a lot of money with it? Apparently there’s a hunter on the cooking board who does manual dismantling.”
“Doing it all himself…is it?”
“Right, right.
It seems to result in high quality.”

So there are people playing as hunters who hunt in the east and do manual dismantling.
People who go to the trouble of dismantling manually are quite rare, so there isn’t much information on it.
In any case, this item isn’t worth talking about without the dismantling doll.
Most people don’t want to dismantle enemies themselves, and I don’t want to either.
I could leave it to #1, but in the case of #1…would it be AI level?

“Don’t you want to buy it, Princess?”
“Hmm…if I used a worker to dismantle manually by proxy, maybe, but I take in most corpses for capacity…”

“Ahh….but nobody else is likely to buy it.”

Yeah, even if a worker could be used to dismantle by proxy, I think most necromancy users would prioritise capacity.
I mean, I don’t want to do manual dismantling, but did she think I might? I think that’s pretty different from working with undead.

“Ah, but you can use biological materials in alchemy…”
“Like blood? Salute-san mentioned that.”

That might be necessary for «Mixing».
A classic example would be dragon’s blood.

“Do you feel like it’s difficult to go above medium at the moment?”
“The materials are impossible.
But if you go along with the testing, I could give you the next size cheaper?”
“…Then it can’t be helped.
If I can get #1 to dismantle for me, I’ll buy it.”
“Yes! Let’s go find a wolf to sacrifice.”

Following Primula-san, who is happily skipping along, I leave the Starting Town through the west gate, for the sake of testing.

“Oh, is it fine if it’s a rabbit?”
“Well, either will do.
I’ll call #1 for the time being…as a worker.
Summoned…and deploy the dismantling tool set.
Isn’t this a terrorist attack on the surroundings?”
“It should be filtered by default for others, so it should be okay.”
“It looks like I can have him dismantle in my place.”

Speaking of which, the tamer’s wyvern was filtered when it was eating, wasn’t it.
…The side doing the eating is fine, being AI, but I wonder if the player side is safe.
Was that ever brought up?
…Okay, if it looks too nasty, I’ll use [Short Jump].
I can move to the very edge of my field of view, so it’s easy to get out of range.

I defeat a rabbit with a tentacle, then pass it to the worker waiting in front of the dismantling tools.

“So, No.1, please dismantle it manually.”
“Kakun”

….Safe!

“It doesn’t show you.”
“I don’t want it to show me.”

The rabbit is hung on the blood draining tower, letting it drain into the blood pool.
While there, it is skinned, then moved to the dismantling table, where it gets turned into a game item-like block of meat.
I try to add another rabbit, but #1 is pointing at the blood pool with a “katakata”.

“It looks like the blood pool needs to be emptied between each one.”
“Even though it’s the same species.”
“…I don’t have any empty bottles with me.”
“Ah…neither do I.”
“Discarding it then.”

The worker cleans it with [Washing], then dismantles the second rabbit.
Primula-san is checking the BBS next to me.

“How many did you get?”
“One skin and two pieces of meat from each.”
“It increased.
Does it not vary?”
“We’ll have to kill a few more to find out, but the quality is high at A.”
“Isn’t that pretty good?”

The problem is that the benefit of «Connoisseur», which increases the chance of drops and rare items of quality C and above, is questionable.
Well, it’s a matter of either saving the time and effort for manual dismantling, or betting on the probability of «Connoisseur»…maybe it’s best to just use whatever fits the situation.

I’ll add more rabbits and wolves to the pile to increase the amount of trials.
Testing is all about numbers, Aniki.

“Skin and meat confirmed?”
“Yes.
At least these two are confirmed.
When the size is the same, the amount that can be harvested is the same, and the quality is A- or A.”

Rabbits give meat and skin.
Wolves give meat, skin and claws.

“Is there any information from the hunters about what happens to rare items such as angus ribs?”
“It’s just like a game, and you still need to get the regular rare drop to get them.”
“Saddening.”
“It’s the usual game phenomenon of ‘picking up what you see in front of you’.”

There’s no choice but to let it convince you that you fought badly and made a tattered mess of the enemy.
The ribs are torn to pieces.
Yeah, the ribs.
So much that there’s not even a piece of meat left.

“If they could be gotten through manual dismantling, it would be great.”
“It’s that manual dismantling that’s the problem.
How much should I charge? There’s the amount I bought from Ertz, and the materials used…”

Primula-san is staring at her UI.
I think the item itself is very good.
The item that is.
The problem is the demand.
Currently, the hurdle of manual dismantling is too high.
The first step would be to find something that can do dismantling by proxy, other than undead workers and dismantling dolls.
I could aim to make a dismantling doll, but I’ve yet to find the materials for the doll core… It might be a good idea to switch to exploring the fields, rather than levelling in dungeons.

“Hmmm~! 400,000!”
“I wonder if that’s okay for this set.”
“I think it’s about right, considering the amount of materials required?”
“It can’t be helped, then.
I’ll buy it.”
“Yay~”

If the quality of the materials increases, the quality of the product will go up too, and money should come in.
It’s a necessary expense.
I’ll have to concern myself more with whether to take corpses in or dismantle them.
If they are drops like in the ruins dungeon, dismantling will be okay.
The magic iron is delicious.

“You saved me, Princess!”
“The price is likely to go up once the dismantling dolls show up, so it’s fine.”
“It’s a lot of work to make, so it might go up even more.”

If you include the optional parts, it’s an integrated product of 10 pieces.
If the demand increases, the price should rise too.
Especially if it’s hard to make.

“Oops, it’s already this late.”
“Dinner!”
“Right.
Then let’s leave it at this.”
“Thank you.”

It’s a weekday, so I’ll do some crafting to replenish my consumables after dinner.
But back to town and log out, for now.