16 Equipment

Zion looked at the medium-sized stone building in front of him.

He walked forward and snooped a little in the door; when he saw the equipment displayed, he immediately put on his monocle and entered the shop without any more hesitation.

As he walked in, he observed a robust, tall man who seemed to be immersed in making a sword.

The man looked to be in his 40s, with deep black eyes, a well-built body, and slightly brown skin. He was bald with a gray mustache curled up.

Ting, ting, ting,

As the robust man hammered, Zion could feel the strength and pressure of the hammering; he even saw its speed of the robust man hammering.

For Zion, he only saw the hammering go to different places on the sword, but unknown to him, from the robust man's perspective, he could see the places that are weak and are not in proportion to the balance of the sword, its sharpness, and its smoothness.

Bam... the robust man let go of the forging hammer and placed it on the table as he wiped his sweat from his forehead with the towel beside him and took off his leather apron.

As he felt someone was observing him, he looked in the direction of Zion, who was standing not too far from him, as he gave a business smile and walked toward Zion.

"Sorry customer.

I didn't see you there, as I was immersed in my work."

Zion heard the man apologize. By his own mistake in not attending to its customer instantly,

He understood the man's passion for his work; he could already tell that even though the man felt guilty for making him wait, he had been in this situation before, so being bold, putting on a smile, and apologizing instantly was not new to the robust man anymore, as he had always been careless about being immersed in his work because he loved the feeling of smiting too much.

Zion shook his head and smiled at the robust man.

"Don't worry about it,

It's alright, as I didn't wait for long anyway."

When the robust man heard Zion, he became delighted, and his business smile grew wider as he held Zion's shoulder and dragged him to the equipment.

"If that is so, then welcome,

To the Arnold Equipment shop.

Sword, armor, knife, and even cooking utensil—I got them all here—just name it.

I also customize equipment and other items, haha."

"Then can I see your armor; I prefer it to be light once."

"Armor that is light?

If that is so, I suggest you use leather,

It's your luck. Just yesterday, I finished a durable leather armor with five parts of protection: the armor, facemask, vambrace, gauntlet, and leather boots.

I know you're wondering why it customizes like that; well, to tell you the truth, I'm trying to customize an armor that is made with leather and a combination of some ores to some certain parts of the body."

"Did you succeed then?"

"Well, yes, I succeeded. It still maintains its lightweight qualities as before, and the mix of some ores helped strengthen the leather too.

I just thought to make these five parts as they are the most important to create; after all, some leather is just armor for the upper part of the body and not fully equip in the body."

"Well, that's also true, haha."

"Here's the customized armor according to your physique. The armor will fit you perfectly. Maybe this is fate hahaha."

Zion looked at the leather armor in amazement as he saw the stats the armor could give to its wearer.

[Heart of protection

A deep, dark armor made by a middle-level blacksmith with great skill, potential, and thinking

Due to the eyesight and desire of the blacksmith and its material combination research, the armor was affected and has unintentionally created a weak rune protection, boosting the defense to 20% and the speed and attack to 15%]

The leather armor was black, with a removable dark hooded cape and a dagger belt. It was designed with a drawn dragon on the belly, and the back of the armor was the dragon's wings.

The facemask was a simple all-black design, and the boots,  vambrace, and gauntlet were designed to look like the lifelike scales of a dragon. All in all, it was an all-black suit of armor.

"Like it?

I spent a week making it."

"I love it. The color was great, and the imposing style and the armor parts really fit my wish that my movement wouldn't be disrupted and slowed."

"I thought so too, haha.

With all the parts, that would be three gold coins."

"Eh?

Did you say three gold coins?"

"Hmm, yes, haha, the ore mix and the leather are high-quality minerals and a star-rank beast type after all, haha."

Zion shook its head; he wanted to lower the price, but he couldn't refute the words of the man after all, it was really a work of art with a good stat boost.

"Alright, I will buy it."

"Great haha

Are you also searching for a sword or any other equipment?"

Zion nodded as he already locked his eyes on a twin dagger in the left corner of the shop.

When the robust man saw this, his grin got even bigger as he followed Zion's eyesight.

In his mind, he had to find a rich customer who was willing to pay some money for his weapon.

"Come, look at the twin daggers. I called them heart and courage.

Just like the armor, these twin daggers are made of 5%  mythril, which I bid on in an auction, even though it's a little quantity to be proud of. I also added four more metals that could mix with the  mythril, including a star-rank monster bone and fang.

And again, I created a piece of work I'm proud of.

This twin dagger price would be seven gold coins."

"…" Zion