C21: Twin-Saber Style - Leaving the Primordial Tower!

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Morning,

Third Day

Kai let Roland in the room and shut the door. "How much did they cost?"

"What happened to you?" Roland asked, stunned.

Kai looked like someone had sucked out flesh off a chicken, leaving behind feathers. His face was pale, and his eyes had dark circles under them.

Roland continued, getting no reply. "400 Mission Credits for each saber and another 300 for the armor."

1100 Mission Credits, Kai reflected. I would have never gotten those many, at least not that easily.

After a talk with Jack, Kai had made the armorer forge two sabers using the talons and an armor using crushed leftover talons and bones.

Roland passed over the armor first. "For the newly forged Items, whoever put them in the Inventory first will become the owner," he explained. "Also, you can't just put someone else' Item in your Inventory. If you steal someone's Item, and he or she were to die, then the Item will go back to their Inventory, regardless of where you are."

Kai nodded and held the armor then, his gaze falling on the dull-gray Stats hovering above it.

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Item: Steel-Bone Brigandine

Grade: Common

Specification: A studded leather vest made of Hippogriff's hide, lined with its crushed talons and bones

Requirement: Strength 11, Stamina 10

Attributes: Weight 3.5 kg

Skill: Not Applicable

Effect: Defense +7 Agility - 1

Quality: 66%

]

...

It's like wearing my own skin over myself, Kai thought, his eyes lighting up.

He immediately wore it over his shirt. It was plain brown from outside, only showing blurry white protrusions where the lining had been carried out over chest and back.

Wonderful! Now I can resume my fighting style, Kai thought, flexing his arms.

"Why only 66%?" Kai asked, recalling the Quality. "I thought it would be 100%. Certainly, the materials were fresh."

"No, it's not that." Roland had almost left the room leaving the sabers behind. "Materials matter, but it is an innate flaw of Contestants who are also armorers. If you want an Item beyond 80%, you can only get one in the Random Worlds, or have it made by the armorers within the Random Worlds."

"How much would that cost me?" Kai passively asked.

"Humph!" Roland snorted in reply. "Get ready, we are leaving in an hour."

When the Marine had gone, Kai took out a black saber, his heart thumping in anticipation.

...

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Item: Black-Steel Saber

Grade: Common

Specification: A saber forged using Hippogriff's talons

Requirement: Strength 11, Agility 12, Perception 11

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