Chapter 3: Gearing Up

Caine had seen all the weapons and items on the wall of the Armory. Charon had brought him a few of the exceptional ones too, a long scythe with a Premium rarity, a long sword with a special trait of weightlessness. None of it stood out to him. He asked Charon, "Didn't you make all these? Why do they all suck?" Charons face turned red, "Why don't you try it, you little shit. Refining's not as easy as it looks." Caine honestly liked that idea, he thought if he could make his own gear he could look as cool as he wanted. "Let's try it," Caine said with excitement.

Charon brought him a variety of different materials. From common leather to chunks of ore with vibrant colors. A blue chunk of ore stood out to him.

<Rarity: Rare>

<Quality: Exceptional>

Consumed? Caine thought of a sword with a huge mouth eating other swords and chuckled. He put the ore aside and decided to use it. Another material stood out to him

<Rarity: Extinct>

<Quality: Perfect>

Enter/Exit Users body? Caine thought of nanobots entering someones body like in a comic book. As he put down the Onyx Leather Charon noticed his current choices, "Damn kid, you have an eye for good materials. I'd use this to compliment those two." Charon picked up a white piece of wood and placed it in front of Caine.

<Rarity: Divine>

<Quality: Transcendent>

Caines mouth gaped open when he recognized the potential of the Spirit Bark. "How much of this do you have Charon?" Caine asked intrigued. Charon replied "That's all of it," pointing to the single large branch. Charon felt proud of his new Orphan. He had the best eye for good materials He'd ever seen, besides his own. He was eager to test this kids refining skills.

Caine was pleased with his selection of materials, he was ready to try refining. Charon explained the process to Caine. Sense the energy in your body, bring that energy into your hands and use your mind to form and meld the materials in to what you want. Caine decided to try this process with different materials making small arrow heads first, He only had a small supply of the good stuff after all. Caine felt the energy in his body flowing calmly, like a stream. He tried to direct his energy gently into his hands, when he did this a message appeared.

<Downloading...>

New refining method? What did Caine just see? This seemed like a good thing, he was told to trust His system by his supposed Divine Ancestor after all. What was the worst that could happen?

As soon as the last message appeared Caine could feel the difference in his energy control. At first it felt like his energy was a long blob. But now, it felt like two, thick, long tendrils, almost like tentacle arms. He imagined an arrowhead in his mind and he could feel his energy flowing, he was controlling it. He could see his energy form 10 tendrils, they grabbed the sample of ore and split it into 10 equally sized portions and all 10 formed the exact image he had in his mind. A message appeared.

<100/1000>

Caines eyes popped open with excitement. Charon was amazed watching this, he had never seen such dexterous refining. Was this kid a fake Orphan? He had refining skills on par with a Child of Hephram, the God of Refining who taught humans how to refine using their energy instead of tools. Even he himself, an Artificer by trade, couldn't compete with the speed of this kids refining! 10 Arrowheads would take him at least an entire minute each, but this kid made 10 perfect ones in under 10 seconds! Charon started drooling thinking about the amount of money his new project could bring him. "Kid, c'mon. Try. I could make 100 of those things." Charon wanted to see how Caine would react to his teasing.

Caine couldn't see Charons bluff and tried again with a larger piece of ore. He shifted his energy into smaller tendrils and pulled the material into 30 different pieces. Caine broke a sweat controlling his energy with this much focus. All 30 pieces started shifting into arrow shapes when Caine saw a message.

<400/1000>

Charons face turned black. This kid who had just arrived in his arms, was a natural born Artificer! He had shown him up in his first attempt and obliterated his hopes and dreams with his second! 30 Arrow Heads was unfathomable for anyone who wasn't claimed by Hephram. 10 could be possible for their top refiners after years upon years of training. "Kid, you're the best Artificer I've ever seen. You're gonna make us rich," Charon said greedily.

Caine didn't have any knowledge of refining before today so he didn't realize how adept he was. Hearing Charon praise him, he was eager to try refining his new Gear. He had a new idea of what he wanted to make after seeing how the refining process worked. "I'm ready to try with my other materials now." Caine said, already gathering his energy into his hands. He closed his eyes and used his energy to move the materials. Charon watched as 3 of the most expensive materials were turned into familiar shapes. The Onyx Leather split into two and wrapped itself into Caines desired shape. The Halcitite shifted and wrapped around parts of the leather, forming fingertips. The Spirit Bark was split into fine fibers and formed an intricate pattern on the back of the leather. Charon smiled at the product of Caines third refining attempt. Caines energy started flowing back into his body as he opened his eyes.

<Rarity: Crafted>

<Quality: Exceptional>

<Materials: Onyx Leather, Halcitite, Spirit Bark>

<Owner: Caine (Bound)>

Caine put his newly made gloves on his hands and a message appeared.

Caines vision blurred and he fell to the ground, unconscious.

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