Chapter 138

"There you go."

I look at the armor set in front of me with a smile.

"What do they do? What kind of enchantment do you create?"

"The helm will give you a [Fortify Magicka] and [Fortify Magicka Regen]—the basic enchantment. The boots will provide you with resistance against Shock, Frost, and Wind. The last one is the hardest one to get because it requires a lot of luck, but it looks like you are lucky enough for me to get the last one."

"What resistance against wind do you have?"

"Huh? It will make all wind-based attacks useless, of course!"

"Right. Of course."

I can only say that with how she looks at me as if I am an idiot. It did not explain anything, of course. What kind of wind attack? Will the wind dragon create from flapping their wind work against me? Will a cyclone not work against me? It looks like I will not get the answer.

"What about the rest?"

"The gauntlet will increase any power of the bow you use by five times. The speed of the arrows and the piercing of the arrows will be increased by five times. Not only that, but it will also increase your power two times each time you are holding a one-handed weapon and a two-handed weapon."

"Nice."

I don't know if there is a limit to this enchantment or if it will continue to increase my power regardless of my base power increasing tenfold. Let's test it later.

"Lastly, the chest plate and the greaves. The two of them take the longest and hardest to enchant. However, these two also have the biggest amount of enchantment compared to the others. Let's start with the greaves. There are five enchantments in that thing. The first one is the resistance against the element. It will increase the resistance against Fire, Frost, and Shock even more than it already has. The fourth one is to give you resistance against disease. That includes Vampirism and Lycanthropy. However, remember that it is only one of the earlier stages, not the late stage of Vampirism and Lycanthropy."

That is great. Even though it is an early stage, it is still great.

"Will it cure someone if I give it to them?"

"Depends on their luck, but it can do that."

That is a great piece of enchantment. I guess now I understand the reason why it costs so much money to create. I learned this after talking to Rustleif about the price of dragon bones and scales.

And boy, I am surprised by the price he says one of the bones is worth. A relatively big scale will give me a thousand gold coins and two thousand coins for big bones. Now I understand the reason why Madena asked me for two of them and seven hundred. That is almost three thousand gold coins. That is the price of a house in the outer region of a city.

"That's good. What about the last enchantment?"

"Ah, the last one is an enchantment that will help you blend in the shadow. It is not the best enchantment, but it will help you sneak around in the dungeon or cave."

It is not as powerful as the others, but it is still good.

"Now, for the masterpiece. The chest piece will give you a high resistance against poison. Not only that, it doubles your Magicka when you wear this armor and cuts down all destruction, alteration, and restoration of Magicka consumption by half. The sixth enchantment is to increase your healing rate by three hundred percent. The next one is the enchantment that lets you wear all of them without worrying about outgrowing them. They will adjust to your size no matter how big or small you become. The last one is an enchantment that makes sure they stay clean. Feed them your magicka; they are as good as new."

I walk toward my armor set and store them in my requip magic. I smile a little when I see a connection appear in my mind. I now immediately equip them instead of putting them on manually.

I take a deep breath, and a second later, I equip them.

"What convenient magic."

I nod at Madena and put my armor away.

"Thank you, Madena. I am sorry for the rush order."

"Bah. Think nothing of it, boy. You already help us, and it is our turn to help you. The pale is now free of bandits because of your hard work. Anyway! I think it is time for you to leave if you want to reach Whiterun before the sun goes down."

"Of course. Say my greeting to the Jarl, okay?"

"Sure. I will do that."

I nod and leave the White Hall. Today is the day I will go to Whiterun and see the city where the beginning of the Dragonborn journey begins.

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|3rd POV|

Jarl Balgruuf looks at the letter in his hand and sighs. He received a letter from Jarl of Dawnstar and Jarl of Solitude asking him to receive their thanks and ensure he treats him well. If it is not a thane, he can receive him like another noble, but this man is also a Dragonborn.

A Dragonborn that is already helping the northern region of Skyrim. He is the hero of Haafingar and the Pale because he is the one helping the people there, from bandits, wild animals, and even necromancers.

He did not need another problem to appear in his city.

Two cities with different allegiances asking him to care for their thanes will be hard. If he leans over to the Haafingar more, it will be a sign of his supporting the Imperial, but if he leans over to the Pale more, it will be a sign of his supporting the Stormcloak.

Sometimes, he hates his job as a Jarl because of the headache it caused him for the past few years.

"Are you okay, my Jarl?"

Balgruuf looks to the side and smiles a little at the sight of his housecarl. He shakes his head and says.

"It is nothing, Irileth. It is just a headache coming from the job. I'm already used to it."

The Dunmer, Dark Elf, looks at her lord with worry before her eyes light up. She smiles at him and says.

"Then I suggest you take a nap, my lord. I shall… provide you with refreshments shortly."

Balgruuf looks at her for a moment and smiles.

"Very well. I love something sweet and raw if you don't mind. If the refreshment is hard and wild, it will be better."

"Don't worry, my lord. It will be wild, and you will be refreshed by the end of it."

Balgruuf grins and leaves his throne. He walks to his bed and looks forward to the plan Irileth makes for me.

Now, he remembers the reason why he took the position of a Jarl. Without this position, Irileth would not be accepted among the Nord population of Whiterun, and he wanted her to stay close to him.