134 They're All Taken

Ikaris brought his right hand up to his face and counted the rings on each of his fingers with a sigh. Except for his thumb, all his fingers were occupied. He lowered it and put the ring on his left middle finger. His ring finger was already encumbered with the ruby ring.

[Aura Concealment Ring (Gold): Allows you to reduce all auras emitted by the wearer to a limit equivalent to a Third Class Lord Sorcerer. NB: Not being able to actively use your spiritual energy Anaphiel set it so that only your Sorcerer cultivation is exposed.]

He was dumbfounded as he scanned the item. Gold Artifact? This woman, barely more exuberant than a reptile, was unexpectedly generous.

"That's quite a collection of rings you have there..." Anaphiel praised with a connoisseur's tone as she looked at his two ring-covered hands. "I wonder where you got them. You had that ruby ring last time, but where did the others come from?

"The ruby ring." Ikaris shrugged, unswerving.