Starting with the sentries on the frontier

Chapter 95 Shaving Coal Briquettes

Snowball offered another sound suggestion: "Or you could set up a stall on the black market and sell your skills directly, saying you can help with enchanting at a low price—provided you actually know how to enchant!"

That's certainly a valid point, and even feasible, but...

"Renting a stall costs 20 gold pounds. If you can't recoup that, it's a complete waste of money. Even if you find someone to share, you'd still have to split the cost several gold pounds, right? That's no small amount!"

This could easily cost him at least half a month's salary!

Furthermore, among the enchantments he knows, besides the ritual enchantment [Blessing Enchantment], there are five rune enchantments that don't have much effect: [Stone Enchantment], [Freeze Enchantment], [Scorch Enchantment], [Sun Enchantment], and [Paralysis Enchantment].

Strictly speaking, they cannot be considered "not very useful," but rather highly substitutable.

In particular, the [Frozen Enchantment], [Burning Enchantment], and [Sun Enchantment], although they are all attack-boosting enchantments, are easily replaced by some common spells, and their effects are often not as good as those low-level spells.

In comparison, the [Solid Stone Enchantment] and [Paralyzing Enchantment] are more worth selling, as the former can at least make some warriors' shields more durable—if shields can be considered "weapons".

The latter... is a very useful hunting enchantment, probably.

Because the paralysis effect of the [Paralysis Enchantment] varies from person to person, the more powerful the magical creature, the stronger its magic resistance, and the weaker the paralysis effect of the [Paralysis Enchantment] will be. If it is a magical creature of level 3 or above, the [Paralysis Enchantment] may not work at all.

Magical creatures of level 2 and below...

There's not much need for the [Paralysis Enchantment].

In short, this is a rather useless enchantment.

So it seems the only viable path is to enchant the weapon with the "Sunfire Enchantment," then tout it as a "holy weapon" specifically designed to counter undead creatures, in order to deceive... cough, to hype it up and sell it for money.

"If all else fails, buy some cheap iron swords and craft them into enchanted weapons specifically for undead creatures to sell... What do you think of the name 'Sword of Holy Light'? Doesn't it sound righteous?"

Snowball didn't hold back in criticizing: "It sounds like the name of a wooden sword that a fairy godmother in a fairy tale gives to a child."

After venting its frustration, it added a special reminder: "Besides, iron swords aren't cheap either. You also need to ensure that someone will actually buy them, especially on the black market. If someone is genuinely interested in this kind of thing, why not just buy the 'Blazing Sun Scroll'?"

"A scroll must cost at least a dozen gold pounds, right? An iron sword is only a few gold pounds at most... Wait, maybe I can buy a cheaper dagger? How about the name 'Dagger of Holy Light'? It's only a dozen shillings!"

Snowball rolled his eyes and retorted sharply, "You mean, you want some stupid Mordo to fight werewolves or vampires hand-to-hand with a dagger? If that stuff even had a market, Coalball's saliva would be worth money!"

"Alright, alright, we'll talk about making money through enchanting later. Let's get what we can get first..."

As he spoke, Zag stood up again, took out the razor he had just bought from the drawer, and looked at Helford with a fierce glint in his eyes: "Coal Ball, you'd better change quickly, or your dog hair won't sell. I'll shave your fur first to get some money, and it'll also cure your lice—you don't want to sleep on the floor every day, do you?"

Helford sighed, put on a face like he was holding in his poop, and tried to prepare himself. Then, his whole body—no, his whole dog—gradually grew larger, and his fur turned black.

The change stopped when its head was almost touching the ceiling.

The collar containing the stone blessed by Agora was almost torn apart by Helford, but fortunately, as his body began to change, he quickly used his claws to remove the collar.

The original werewolves were completely different from those who became werewolves after drinking alchemical potions. They were frighteningly large, with a burly back as strong as a bear, and their two front paws hanging down to their thighs. Their feet were even bigger than a snowball!

Compared to the vast forest, all the furniture in the cramped room looked like Barbie doll toys next to Herford—if it weren't for the werewolf's "clear" eyes and lack of ferocity, Zag would probably have gone weak in the knees.

Knowing that his size was indeed a bit exaggerated, Helford very considerately squatted down, making him appear only slightly taller than a normal adult man, which also made it easier for Zag to shave.

Because of the good food and the daily bathing sessions with Zag, Herford's fur was black and shiny, even having a satin-like sheen. Even Snowball couldn't help but exclaim, "Seriously, Coalball, if there were a fur beauty contest among you werewolves, you'd definitely win first place! I've never seen a werewolf with such clean and beautiful fur! Completely different from those smelly, overgrown dogs in the wild!"

"Uh, thanks... Um, could you leave me a little bit of hair?"

Helford was a little embarrassed by Snowball's praise, and even developed a slight desire to look good.

Zag glanced at Herford's bullfrog-like thighs and the elephant trunk hidden in thick fur, and replied, "Then leave some for your lower half."

Helford had more hair than Zag had imagined. Even with the two baskets packed tightly, they weren't enough to hold it all. In the end, Zag could only regretfully leave Helford with more hair and didn't touch his head or lower body.

Although it looks a bit strange, fortunately, werewolves are magical creatures that mostly walk upright, so a shaved upper body paired with a slick, oily lower body only looks slightly odd. But...

The scene becomes much more comical once Helford turns back into a big white dog.

Imagine a white, long-haired dog that only has hair on its rump, hind legs, and head, while the rest of its body is bald—

Coupled with Helford's still clueless expression, the comicality is doubled!

Snowball had been laughing so hard he rolled around on the bed several times, and Zag also laughed very rudely.

Fortunately, he remembered another purpose of shaving Helford's hair, so while laughing, he took out the insect repellent and applied it to Helford's body.

"It's alright, it's alright. Anyway, you don't go out for walks. Tomorrow I'll tell Mrs. Marsh that it was to treat your lice. It's not that funny, hahaha..."

It would probably be more convincing if Zag hadn't laughed so loudly.

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【Sunfire Enchantment】: Also known as 【Sunfire Enchantment】, as the name suggests, it is a rune enchantment derived from the 【Sunfire】 spell, which can make weapons exert powerful magical effects on undead creatures.

It's worth mentioning that although [Blazing Sun] is considered a healing spell, [Blazing Sun Enchantment] is an attack-effect enchantment.