CH602

With his jacket finished and beyond his expectations, along with a couple new levels to go with it, Ben took some time to look at the rest of his equipment as well.

Of the things he would regularly wear, he had all of his rings which there was no real way to improve on given that they were just there for the convenience of his enchanting and connect. Likewise were his three mythril bands that were ever-wrapped around his arm to be enchanted on at all times, letting him practice and grow his enchanting in a manner that felt almost passive with how casual it was for him, even if anyone else would see enchantments forming and breaking constantly across all of them at all times.

When it came to his moribusial and deathstone bands, there wasn’t much he could do to improve them either. He’d periodically compare the amount of mana and life force that would be drained from him against his regeneration rates but since both were largely just worn while he was asleep neither were things to be improved.

Which just leaves the bracelet Falk gave me and my barrier shoes for my more permanent bits of equipment, along with my knife and gun for when I’m going for a fight. I can’t improve the first but I can work on the shoes at least, I might end up needing them with everything to come, and then I think I’m happy with where the other two currently stand. Okay, just improving the barrier shoes it is I guess.

That at least was mostly a matter of remaking their enchantments, trying to make them stronger while at the same time activating faster so he wouldn’t have another unfortunate moment where he’d be forced to watch it slowly going up as attacks were already getting past the barrier as it went up.

Of course, there’s only so much I can do about that. He thought with a sigh. As my minds gets faster then there’s only so much I can do to make the enchantment activation speed keep up. I’ll just need to try and be mindful of that fact when activating them. Oh well, what’s next?

By that point he’d decided he wasn’t going to bother with sleep that night so wanted to move on to another project, finding one waiting in the form of some ongoing work he was still struggling with. Among his many projects, he still had a body to make for Inux, with the talos’s soul still contained back at home, and with a brand new level to both his crafting and enchanting it had officially become the perfect time to put them to the test.

“Okay, here’s hoping this doesn’t work too well, otherwise I may end up a little hurt.”

<Which is why you should be waiting for either your teacher or else grabbing Thera to protect you.>

“Don’t worry, if I’m in danger then that’s good news! It means that I’m on the right track!”

<I hate hearing you calling something like that good news. Just try not to get yourself killed by your own creation. I’d rather you didn’t become an allegory for hubris.>

“Not to worry, in a pinch I think I’ll be able to handle myself, just gotta add the finishing touches.”

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