Chapter 254: Selecting Weapons

Before Goofy could explain, Umberto turned around and blamed Claire.

"You should know that I have always opposed minors joining gangs. Why did you bring this too young Mr. Justice to see me?"

"Brother Umberto, of course I know your rules, but Musk is in a very difficult situation. No one can protect this poor boy except coming to you."

Then, Claire introduced Musk's family situation. Both his parents were dead, and he was making a living in the circus. Life was already difficult, and he also offended two ruthless villains.

Claire noticed a hint of sympathy in Umberto's eyes, so she struck him while the iron was hot and said:

"Don't look at Musk's young age, but he is very capable. What's even more rare is his quick brain. You know, Mike and Billy from our circus, right? These two villains couldn't take advantage of Musk even if they joined forces. It was cheap, but he was seriously injured, and he is still lying on the bed!"

"You mean 'Hercules' Mike and 'Knife Thrower' Billy?" Umberto was dubious. "Musk really injured them by himself, and you really weren't there to help?"

"I dare to swear to the gods that I never interfered!" Claire replied sternly.

"Claire, I know you are not a braggart, but the things you just said are too outrageous!"

On the other side of the bar, a young man with a mustache interrupted with a smile.

"Mario, what I said is entirely true, it's up to you to believe it or not!" Claire replied angrily.

Umberto frowned and seemed to suspect that Claire's introduction to Musk was mixed with too much flattery, so he said to Gao Fei: "Musk, if you are really as brave and smart as Claire said, I will I don't think you would object to a test."

"Brother Umberto, if I can pass the test, will you allow me to join the 'Street Angels'?" Gao Fei asked.

"Yes, I always keep my word."

"Okay, what's the test about?"

"Yesterday the cook in the tavern told me that there are often strange noises coming from the sewers. Most of them are giant rats making noises. Musk, you have to help us clean the sewers and get rid of all the monsters hiding in the sewers."

"No problem, I'll go right away!"

Gao Fei received the system prompt and knew that this was a side mission, so he took it on without thinking.

"Don't be impatient. I want to warn you in advance." Umberto patted Goofy on the shoulder and motioned for him to sit down. "The sewer system of this city is very complex. It is no exaggeration to say that it is like an underground maze. There are all kinds of shady monsters, including giant rats, but also more dangerous ones like kobolds, ooze monsters, and scavengers. Every once in a while, we have to go down and clean it up.”

Umberto stared into Goofy's eyes and solemnly reminded him to pay attention to his safety.

"Musk, I don't ask much of you. It's enough to go to the sewer and kill three giant rats. Other more dangerous monsters are not something you can provoke now. Remember to cut off the tails of the giant rats and bring them back to me."

"I remember, Brother Umberto."

"Also, I will ask Claire to accompany you so that you don't get lost in the criss-crossing pipeline ditches."

Gao Fei hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but ask: "Brother Umberto, if you ask Sister Claire to accompany me, aren't you afraid that I will cheat and use the giant rat that Sister Claire hunted to pass off as my own prey?"

"You took the initiative to say this, which shows that you are indeed an honest child." Umberto raised the corners of his lips slightly and turned around to tell the handsome young man with a mustache: "Mario, you will accompany Musk to the sewer in a moment. Responsible for supervising this trial, you understand what I mean?"

"Understood!" The young man with a mustache smiled and nodded, and then introduced himself to Musk: "Little guy, my name is Mario Ricardo, known as 'Loyal and Honest Ricardo'. Don't expect me to do it in front of my face." Cheating!"

"Bah! You're a cunning thief, how can you be so loyal and honest!" Claire laughed and cursed, then said to Gao Fei, "Mario is the deputy of Brother Umberto, the number one in the Pattus Street Pickpocket Association." Thief! Musk, I have to give you a piece of advice, when Mario is walking around you, please keep your wallet tight!”

Gao Fei suppressed his laughter and secretly opened the astrolabe to check Mario Ricardo's data.

This person is a level 6 thief with strength 14, agility 20, constitution 16, intelligence 13, perception 14, and charisma 15. He is indeed very powerful.

Mario Ricardo's sharp gaze turned around Gao Fei twice and asked him: "Brother Musk, you don't have any weapons on you?"

Gao Fei nodded frankly.

"You can't go to the sewers to kill the giant rats without someone taking advantage of them. Brother Musk, what weapons are you good at?"

"This..." Gao Fei didn't know how to answer for a while.

The weapon he is best at is the battle axe. However, his current profession is that of an imitator rather than a berserker. The imitator profession is also very strange. He does not have weapon proficiency. Whatever mask he switches to, he is good at the weapon corresponding to the mask.

Seeing his hesitation, Umberto stood up, walked around to the wine cabinet on the wall of the bar, held an empty wine bottle placed on the second row of the wine cabinet, and rotated it 360 degrees, followed by the wine cabinet behind it. There was a sound of gears turning, and it slowly moved inward, revealing a secret door.

"Follow me."

Umberto opened the secret door and asked Gao Fei to follow him.

Claire and Mario followed.

Gao Fei walked into the secret room of the bar with curiosity and found that it was an armory. On the weapon rack against the wall, there were all kinds of cold weapons such as swords, bows and crossbows, but unfortunately there were no firearms.

"What weapon do you need? Choose one yourself. It's my gift to you." Umberto said to Gao Fei.

"Thank you, brother!"

Gao Fei opened the star chart and checked it. He found that the weapons collected in this room were all refined products. He couldn't help but admire Umberto's generosity a little more.

He stopped in front of the weapon rack and thought for a minute, and finally picked up a scabbard rapier.

The 12 magic masks of the mimic correspond to 12 basic professions, and the types of weapons they are good at are not the same.

If Gao Fei pursues the universality of weapons, he may only choose a dagger that can be used by all twelve professions.

However, simple weapons such as daggers are inherently insufficient. The damage dice is too low and the attack distance is too short. It is not much better than bare-handed melee.

Gao Fei finally chose the rapier because it was lightweight and had a high critical hit rate, and the basic damage dice of 1d6 was also acceptable.

In addition to warlocks, wizards, monks, and druids, other magic masks can match the rapier - priests and warlocks need to use "divine weapons" and "contract weapons" to obtain proficiency with the rapier.