Chapter 42 - Equipnt
Once Ren was done picking a quest, he and Hilda were waiting for Lara to co back to the adventurers guild. While the two were waiting, Ren couldn't help but look at Hilda's equipnt. Compared to her other equipnt, which she used when going to dungeon, the one she was wearing now was pretty good.
Hilda who noticed Ren's staring at her spoke to him, with a wary look on her face. "Why do you keep on looking at like that?"
"I was admiring your equipnt. Compared to the one you used when we went into that dungeon, the one you're wearing now is so much better. Why didn't you wear that when we went into the dungeon? If you were better equipped, you might have beaten that steel golem with less effort."
Hearing Ren's comnt, Hilda felt like she was the bad guy. She didn't an to do it again but she did. She once again judged Ren based on her past experience with n. Turns out he wasn't looking at her, he was only interested in her armor.
"This armor was handcrafted by the dwarves in the mountains of Jattori. It was a gift by my father before I entered the knight academy. The weapons on the other hand are a family heirloom."
Ren got a bit excited, since Hilda said sothing unknown to him. "You said sothing about dwarves. Tell , what are dwarves?"
When Hilda heard Ren's question, she was shocked. There was soone in the kingdom that doesn't know about dwarves. When she thought about it for a bit, she then rembered that Ren was from a small village. There was a chance that stories about dwarves were never told to him.
"Dwarves are a race of sub-humans. They are small bearded people that live in the mountains, but do not underestimate them because of their height. Dwarves possess greater strength than humans, a dwarf child could lift a grown man with relative ease, and an a.d.u.l.t dwarf even without training can lift boulders with one hand. Though they are famous for their strength, what makes them truly stand out among the races is their unrivaled blacksmithing skills. Even the average dwarf blacksmith is more skilled than the best human blacksmith. So even say the best blacksmiths of the dwarves could make weapons that could harm even Gods."
Hearing that this race could create weapons that could harm Gods, made Ren even more excited. At this very mont Ren decided that he would find this the best blacksmith of the dwarves and ask whoever it is to make him a weapon. Just thinking about owning a weapon that can harm or even kill a God made Ren really excited.
"I see thank you for that explanation. So your armor was made by dwarves, then are your sword and shield also made by dwarves?"
"No they are not. In truth none from my family know where the sword and shield co from. They have simply been passed down from one generation to the next. The origins of the weapons have been lost in ti."
"I see..." Once they were done talking about Hilda's equipnt the conversation stopped and both were silent. After awhile Hilda broke the silence.
"Speaking about equipnt, why don't you and Lara buy so new ones? I know that your weapon that you used to beat the King Drake was nothing short of legendary. But Lara's bow and arrows looked like they were hand made by her. Even your leather armor looks so old, that at this point it doesn't serve its purpose."
"I guess, we could buy new equipnt, seeing as I do have a lot of money at the mont... Sure let's do that. So tell Hilda, where can I buy the best armor in this town?"
Hearing that question Hilda started explaining about the different armor shops in town. Each armor shop had their own specialty. So armor shops have thick armor that boast considerable defense but one losses maneuverability when worn. Others have excellent resistance to spells, but not much with bladed weapons.
As Hilda continued on with her explanation about the various armor shops in town, Lara had returned. She noticed from a distance that Hilda and Ren were having a very lively conversation. She didn't like the feeling that Hilda was getting close to Ren. So she sprinted onwards and interrupted their conversation.
Surprised by Lara's sudden appearance, Hilda stopped talking. Ren on the other hand had already noticed Lara's return a few seconds ago, wasn't really surprised.
"So Lara have you handed the money to our friend?" Lara nodded her head in response, and handed a letter to Ren.
"This is from that friend." Hearing what Lara said, Ren safely hidden the letter in his pocket. He decided to read it once he was alone.
"Now that we're all here, how about we head to one of those armor shops. Hilda if you would, please lead the way." Ren made an over dramatic gesture telling Hilda to go on first and show him and Lara to an armor shop.
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The group of three headed towards an armor shop that sold armor that could protect one from so minor damages and was light as well. The reason for choosing this kind of armor, was because Ren and Lara knew how to surround themselves with mana that acts out as their armor. So in reality they never needed armor in the first place. Though if the armor was better than their mana shield, then that was a different story, but unfortunately there wasn't anything like that in Grenton.
Still buying new armor was a bit fun for Lara. It was like trying so new clothes. Most importantly for her, it made Ren look even cooler, even though Ren was not really cool or handso looking.
Ren who was done picking out his armor, wore so plated shoulder guards, so enchanted silver armor, and enchanted silver greaves. He decided not to buy gauntlets cause it disrupts him from doing spells. Overall with this new look of his, even with his average looking face, he sohow looked a bit cool.
Lara was also able to buy new armor, and it made her even more eye catching. She wore a silver gauntlet on her left arm, which she uses to hold her bow. Her armor was a tight fitting leather armor, with matching leather boots. The shopkeeper liked her look so much that he even gave Ren a discount for it.
Once they were done buying armor. The three headed to a weapons shop, to buy Lara a new bow and arrows. With Ren's money they were able to buy the best bow in the shop, which wasn't much, since no one in town was very adept in using bows. Though it was a big improvent from Lara's old bow.
Now that the party was fully equipped and ready, they left town and headed to the location of their quests.
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Back in the knight academy, Valdel's swordsmanship was being ranked. The test was simple three Saint Rank swordsn would watch the person being ranked do so moves using his/her swordsmanship and they will evaluate it.
Valdel moved the way Ren thought him. There was no superfluous movent, it wasn't elegant or beautiful to look at, but it was powerful. Valdel's movents might look simple and easy to dodge, if looked at by lower level swordsn, but the Saint ranked swordsn gathered could see that Valdel's movents were precise and deadly.
Once Valdel was done showing his swordsmanship he stood before the three Saint ranked swordsn and waited for their verdict.
"Valdel first year student of the knight academy. You're talent is nothing short of miraculous. We are proud to witness the birth of a future legendary swordsman. From today forth you are ranked as a Master ranked swordsman. You young swordsman, we hope, that your journey be worthwhile."
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