Being an otaku in the world of American comics

#163 - Despicable Me

"Bard, I need to remind you, don't forget to pay taxes to the town leader tomorrow."

After completing this transaction, Liang Yue and his group left contentedly, and the family in the wooden house fell into silence.

The three children in the bedroom had come out and were sitting quietly with Bard in the living room, staring blankly at the three large gold ingots on the table.

For this family of small-town residents who were used to a life of poverty, these three gold ingots were definitely a huge sum of money.

At this time, the person he called Alfred was standing at the door of his house, grabbing the door frame on one side with both hands, his eyes full of jealousy and greed.

He stared unblinkingly at the gold ingots on the table.

From time to time, he would swallow a few times and twitch his nose, looking like he couldn't wait to take the golden things as his own immediately.

It wasn't until Bard blocked his sight with his strong body that Alfred looked up at this excessively lucky boatman.

Under the uneven mood, his chest began to rise and fall rapidly.

Then he narrowed his eyes, like a poisonous snake, releasing a trace of dangerous look in his eyes.

"Remember my words, Bard, you have to go to the town leader to pay taxes early tomorrow morning, otherwise, the town leader will definitely not let go of someone who tries to steal money from his money bag!"

After speaking, Alfred took another deep look at the gold on the table through the gap between the wooden door and Bard's body, and then left reluctantly.

"He's such an asshole~"

......

On the other side, after leaving Bard's cottage, everyone temporarily rested in a courtyard owned by the forest elves in Lake Town.

The black arrow was still being passed around and watched by Arwen and Thorin and others.

However, Liang Yue did not listen to Bard's previous suggestion to dismantle the wind crossbow from the tallest building in the town.

After all, according to the plot development in the original plot, the power generated by using the wind crossbow to fire the black arrow is not very effective when dealing with Smaug.

At least in Liang Yue's opinion, the so-called wind crossbow plus black arrow seems to be not as useful as the Poison Scorpion Giant Crossbow in A Song of Ice and Fire.

Not to mention the lack of power, the accuracy needs to be improved~

In addition, Liang Yue felt that if the black arrow was used by him barehanded, the power might be the greatest...

Of course, when he really faces Smaug, it remains to be seen whether Liang Yue needs to use the black arrow.

After all, he prides himself on being well prepared!

"Well... in terms of equipment and enchantment, I am indeed well prepared. I will upgrade the newly bought Rabbit Scout Hat later, and the rest is just a little trick~"

At this time, Liang Yue was sitting cross-legged on the side of a stone trough, constantly cutting the bright red ghost peppers in his hand with scissors, thinking like this in his heart.

In the stone trough in front of him, small pieces of chili peppers have now been accumulated to a full half a cubic meter.

The awe-inspiring aura constantly emanating from the air made Liang Yue, a being without emotions, couldn't help but burst into tears.

Everyone else had already hid far away, unwilling to get close.

"The quantity is about the same, hiss~ Well, I just don't know if the alcohol content of my wine is enough!"

"Speaking of~ the extraction steps for capsaicin should be correct, right?"

"First chop the chili peppers into pieces, and then soak them in alcohol for a period of time. It is said that that thing can be dissolved in alcohol."

"Then, filter out the impurities, and wait for the alcohol to evaporate, and the rest is capsaicin."

"However~ isn't this a bit redundant? Even if it's non-volatile chili alcohol, the power should be strong enough, right?"

"After all, this is a ghost pepper..."

Thinking of this, Liang Yue directly turned his sleeves over and took out a large bucket of ale from his storage space, and then unscrewed the faucet to let the wine slowly pour into the stone trough in front of him.

After filling the entire stone trough, Liang Yue continued to take out a wooden stick and began to slowly stir it inside.

Turning clockwise, without a trace of disorder~

After the white foam of the ale in front of him disappeared without a trace, and the original yellow wine turned red, he stopped.

Subconsciously rubbing his slightly red nose, he then began to take out the Rabbit Scout Hat he had just bought from the mall and skillfully upgraded it with stones~

Why choose to wear a Rabbit Scout Hat?

One of the reasons is naturally that this piece of equipment, at full level, when the state is fully open, can increase the wearer's speed by a full 70%!

Coupled with the Qinggong of 《 Crossing the River on a Reed 》, and Liang Yue's physical fitness that was originally far beyond ordinary people~

With such a set of combinations, it can almost be called the biggest reliance of his dragon slaying plan this time, without one!

After all, even if the enchanted weapon in his hand can't break Smaug's scales, he can still use this speed to run away~

As for the second reason, it is related to the small pool of chili alcohol water in front of Liang Yue~

Speaking of~ what is the most powerful ability of a dragon?

Nearly unsolvable defense?

Strong body and claws?

Or is it the dragon breath flame that can be spit out from the mouth anytime and anywhere?

In fact, no matter which ability is stronger, it doesn't matter~

After all, the evil dragon Smaug that exists in this Middle-earth world is just a low-level dragon, and it can't be ranked in the heavens and worlds at all.

As long as he can think of a way to blind its eyes and make its nose malfunction~

Without special positioning abilities such as divine sense lock, this Western dragon who is both blind and unable to smell, in Liang Yue's hands, isn't it just a big lizard for him to slaughter?

So, how can he make Smaug lose his vision and smell? Even if it's only temporary~

Pepper spray, high-concentration chili water, is almost the cheapest and easiest to make auxiliary supplies that Liang Yue can think of.

However, in order to prevent accidentally hurting himself when using this powerful weapon.

A reliable enough goggles and a mask have naturally become a must-have for Liang Yue's trip.

The Rabbit Scout Hat can almost perfectly meet his needs!

In addition, the defense, warmth, and even acceleration functions of this hat are actually just extra overflow attributes~

"Speaking of~ am I a bit bad, being so despicable, shameless, and unscrupulous?"