Chapter 97: Upgrades At Last
I stared at the forge for a moment before looking away to grab the hellstone bars I had left sitting in a pile close by.
I looked over to where I knew the bars would be, only to see that they were now surrounded by a ring of charred grass reaching several inches away from the pile.
I raised an eyebrow at the sight before subsequently facepalming.
"I forgot how flammable plants are." I muttered.
{Well on the bright side, you didn't start a forest fire.} The Gods joked.
"When is that ever a bright side?" I asked.
"When you don't start a forest fire?" Tinker said.
"How did you even get to forest fires?" I asked. "I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to be able to hear the council of idiots up there." I continued while pointing up.
I heard a loud {Oi!} from the Gods in response to my comment.
"Unless that creepy overlapping voice was the devil or something, I'm pretty sure I heard them." Tinker said.
{Hey! Our voice is not creepy!} The Gods barked.
"Did you hear them that time?" I asked.
"Nope." Tinker answered.
{We don't have any say in who hear what we say.} The Gods explained.
"Then who does?" I asked.
{The bog man in the sky.} The Gods commented.
"Bog man?" I questioned.
{Sorry, that was a typo.} They replied.
"I'm talking to you verbally." I deadpanned.
{We'll just shut up.}
"Please do."
Tinker stared at me in confusion due to only being able to hear my half of the conversation.
I looked over and saw the look of confusion on his face, and decided to clear up a part of the conversation.
"Typo." I explained.
Unsurprisingly, Tinker just became even more confused.
I just nodded sagely and turned away.
"Alright!" I exclaimed. "Now that I got the idiot bundle silenced, I can get to working on my upgrades!"
Tinker looked at me like I said something outrageous.
"What?" I said, seeing the look on Tinker's face.
"You actually remembered to start working?" He asked in shock.
I gave him an annoyed glare.
"I mat be an idiot, but I'm not dumb."
"That's news to me." Tinker commented.
I glared harder.
"Want another ride on the bee?" I asked.
His face immediately lost several shades of color, and he immediately began chanting 'no' once again.
My glare shifted into a smug look.
"That's what I thought." I said.
'Sweet revenge.' I thought in my mind.
Now ignoring the scared goblin, I walked over to the pile of molten hellstone bars.
'Weren't these things solid a literal minute ago?' I thought.
And as soon as that thought appeared, the molten metal resolidified into bars.
'That... does not seem healthy.' I commented in my head.
{It's metal. Since when was it ever healthy?}
'Fair point.' I responded while putting all the bars into my inventory.
As I put all the bars away, I couldn't help but wonder if there was a limit on how much my inventory could hold.
{There is, but we forgot what it was.}
'Helpful.' I thought dryly.
I turned to Tinker, who was still muttering incoherently.
"Do you have an anvil?" I asked.
The muttering continued, and I asked again.
"Do you have an anvil?"
Still no response.
"Do. You. Have. An. Anvil?" I asked in a strained tone.
The muttering continued, and my eye twitched.
"Do you have an anvil?!" I finally shouted, loud enough to knock him out of the stupor I totally didn't put him in.
"What?" Tinker asked, looking at me in confusion.
My eye twitched once more.
"Anvil." I stated.
Tinker simply pulled an entire anvil out of their pocket and handed it to me.
It took a large amount of strength for me to not fall over due to the weight of the item.
I looked over to tinker for a moment, and noted a single detail.
"Why do you look disappointed?" I asked.
"Because you didn't fall over." He answered
I glared at him before a grin grew on my face.
The goblin's face paled significantly the moment he realized why I was grinning.
"I keep my promises." I said, the grin growing even wider.
I pulled out the goggles and Tinker began running.
-A short bee ride later.-
I sat next to the anvil with a contented look on my face, while Tinker was nowhere in sight.
{We didn't know it was possible to be so scared of heights.} The Gods commented.
"Yeah." I said contentedly. "He passed out after we got rose over 150 feet."
I looked back at the anvil.
"I guess it's time to finally get a look at my new gear."
{Based off of your preferred weapon, we recommend the statigel helm.} The Gods said helpfully.
I decided to listen to the advice of the Gods for once, as it seemed to be helpful, unlike every other time.
I also heard the Gods mutter {Damn narrative.} under their breath.
I decided to ignore the remark, instead opting to focus on the main thing: armor.
I first crafted the helmet from the purified gel and hellstone bars, which were halfway to melting once again.
I placed both down and quickly crafted the chestplate, a piece of armor that was almost entirely blue except for the pink rings on the upper arms.
[Statigel Armor
Defense: 10
Body slot: Shirt
Tooltip: 5% increased critical strike chance]
I looked at the armor with interest, noting the effects of wearing the piece.
"That's pretty useful." I commented, quickly moving onto the next piece, which is the greaves.
This piece was also mostly blue, as the pink was simply a bar that wrapped around the backs of the legs in a 'U' shape on each side.
[Statigel Greaves
Defense: 8
Body slot: Pants
Tooltip: 5% increased damage and movement speed]
"Oh, this one has even more bonuses than the armor." I noted happily.
I moved onto the final piece of the set of armor, the helm.
The helm was another mostly blue piece, and the only place where the pink is located is under the eyeholes and the large symbol resembling the pointed side of a trident located on the forehead.
[Statigel Helm
Defense: 9
Body slot: Helmet
Tooltip: 10% increased melee damage and melee speed / 7% increased melee critical strike chance]
"Those are some powerful buffs." I commented with a whistle.
My eyes quickly turned to look at a new piece of information that popped up after I created the helm:
[Set bonus: When you take over 100 damage in one hit you become immune to damage for an extended period of time
Grants an extra jump and increased jump height]
I looked at the new bonus with interest.
"That is an interesting bonus..." I said. "Too bad it'll get me killed if I ever try exploiting it."
{This is why you need to go to the dungeon.} The Gods said. {There is a surplus of those crystals there.}
"Well, I guess I know where I'm going next." I said, happy to have discovered the new information.
I took off my old armor and don my new statigel suit.
"Onto the dungeon!" I said energetically.
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Cold_Housefire I apologize for leaving for the past few days.
I've just been lacking in drive, as well as the inspiration to write the story.
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