[Fusion Tempering Furnace Blueprint: Place weapons into the tempering furnace. According to the furnace's instructions, insert the required special materials to temper and fuse equipment with the same or different attributes. Construction Requirements: Advanced Stone 6452/1000, Enchanted Ore 1934/200, Black Gold 548/100, Five-Colored Beast Cores 50/50]
[P.S.: There is a certain chance of failure, but you can add Life Spring Crystals to increase the success rate. (I wouldn't tell just anyone.)]
Fusion Tempering Furnace.
The moment Ethan got this blueprint, his eyes lit up.
He even wanted to build one on the spot and fuse all of his weapons together.
Sometimes, having more weapons wasn't necessarily better.
Especially once the number of choices increased people would start to feel troubled.
It was a bit of a humblebrag.
But there was always the feeling that this weapon seemed better than that one.
If he could fuse all the weapons into one, not only would the trouble of choosing be solved, but the weapon's effects would probably rise by several levels as well.
Most importantly... if he could fuse the Lucky Brand Radio with his crystal ball... then wouldn't he have no more use for that damned Prophetic Statue?
Bzz~
Just then, even though Ethan hadn't inserted any spirit stones into the damned Prophetic Statue, it activated on its own. It flashed a few times before lighting up.
And without Ethan's permission, it spoke directly into his mind, ["What would you like to predict?"]
Ethan rolled his eyes and said coldly, "I'm not planning to make a prediction. No money!"
The Prophetic Statue shamelessly said, ["Discount available. Limited-time 50% off. As long as you predict your way out within one minute, I won't charge you fifteen thousand spirit stones, or even ten thousand spirit stones. I only want seven thousand four hundred and ninety-nine spirit stones. Isn't that a great deal?"]
Ethan: "DON'T! NEED! IT!"
Prophetic Statue: ["The sale only lasts one minute! Once the time's up, no bargaining! Fifty-eight seconds... fifty-six seconds... fifty-two seconds..."]
Ethan: "I said I don't need it. Don't you understand?"
Prophetic Statue: ["Then name your price! If it's reasonable, we can still talk."]
Ethan: "One spirit stone!"
Prophetic Statue: ["Is that how you do business? Five thousand spirit stones at the very least."]
Ethan: "One spirit stone!"
Prophetic Statue: Bzz...
The Prophetic Statue shut itself down.
'It panicked! It panicked!'
'Heh! Heh!'
When Ethan saw the Prophetic Statue shut itself off (it was practically sulking), he understood that this profiteer had lost its nerve.
It had definitely foreseen that he would successfully fuse the Lucky Brand Radio with his crystal ball, so it hurried out and lowered its own price just to make this damned deal.
But there was no way Ethan was going to let it have its way.
It wasn't about the money.
Rather... being able to disgust this Prophetic Statue also made Ethan happy.
But the problem now was whether, after building the [Fusion Tempering Furnace], he would be unable to move it.
Surely he couldn't come all the way into the Goblin Maze every time he wanted to fuse something in the future?
Besides... wasn't the Mastermind about to flood the place?
By then, whether anyone could even get back into the Goblin Maze would still be a question.
Bzz~
The Prophetic Statue seemed to have read Ethan's thoughts again and immediately popped out to say, ["So, have you thought it over? See? Building a large furnace like this here is definitely not suitable."]
["Once the flood comes, you won't be able to get down here anymore."]
["The materials needed for this tempering furnace aren't few. Not only does it require a pile of Advanced Stone, but also precious Black Gold."]
["Of course!"]
["That's not even the main point."]
["The rarest material here is still those fifty Five-Colored Beast Cores. You've been collecting them for quite a while, haven't you?"]
["Surely... you don't really want to watch these treasures become one-time-use items?"]
Ethan: "..."
He had to admit, the Prophetic Statue's words were quite convincing.
It made Ethan fall into deep thought.
The Prophetic Statue struck while the iron was hot. ["You really can't bear to part with them, can you? How about this? In the spirit of friendly negotiation, I'll give you the lowest discount possible. Say no more. Ninety percent off. Last chance. Just spend one thousand five hundred spirit stones, and I'll make the prediction immediately."]
["A guaranteed escape route. A guaranteed fast way out. If it's not accurate, you don't pay. If it's not accurate, I'll even compensate you."]
["Miss this chance and it's gone! Countdown, ten seconds!"]
["Nine... eight... seven..."]
["Three... two..."]
This Prophetic Statue really did have the talent of a profiteer.
It had even mastered all of Ethan's tricks for cheating people.
But just then...
[Warning: Profiteer Attack!]
[Warning: Profiteer Attack!]
[Warning: Profiteer Attack!]
'Oh?'
'Trying to trick me again, huh?'
'If I didn't have the Profiteer System, I really might have fallen for it.'
Ethan learned the blueprint first. Learning it didn't mean building it anyway.
Sure enough... the moment he learned the [Fusion Tempering Furnace] blueprint, Ethan saw a new prompt.