Bab 40: Equipment Upgrade
Artix and Rolith saw Alex freezing on the spot, as if in deep thought, Artix went to him and patted his shoulder.
Artix: Hey Alexander, are you alright?
Alex: U-Uh… Oh right, sorry. I was thinking about something…
Then he took out his adventurer's card and looked through it.
>Name: Alexander Carter
>Race: C͡h̛͞͝҉͠ŕ̷̷̀͟o̢͝n͜͝o͏҉d̀͏ŗ̶̛͠à́g̡̧ó̶͞n̴̴͘
>Sex: Male
>Level: 2
>Skill Points: 29
>Stats: Attack: 13 + 6
Vitality: 14
Dexterity: 11 + 5
Intelligence: 15
Wisdom: 13
Luck: 10
>Skills: …
...Ok, there was something quite problematic, why isn't he human? What the hell was written in the race status?
And HOW did he leveled up?!
Anyway, even if he didn't know, this was something extremely good! If he could level up here and then turn back to his other world, then he could continue his mission to kill the Demon King, and can still be an adventurer and be called for emergencies.
But… Should he go against Drakath?
To get stronger, he needs to beat stronger enemies, and the ones that stand at the peak now are Drakath and his allies… But he will be in danger. However, if he won't do anything and find other sources for experience points, then he will be targeted indirectly anyway due to what is there for the future.
Either he would be targeted directly or indirectly, however there were 2 things he needed to find out about, the first is how to get back to his old world, the second is the presence of the "Hero", the player.
Alex: Hey Artix, I heard that someone proclaimed as a Hero would come here, is it true?
Artix: Hero? I don't know what you are talking about.
Alex: Then nevermind…
Well, the Hero didn't exist, this made things more complicated… For now let's go with the flow.
Artix: Hey Alexander, follow us, you need to get a new armor.
Alex tilted his head and looked down, his light armor was a bit ruined with every fight he did, and in future he needed more defense, so buying a new armor might be a good choice.
Alex followed Artix and Rolith inside the keep, and soon they reached a dark blue skinned elf, a Dark Elf with white hair and dressed in a dark crimson dress.
Rolith: Hey Trisiana.
The Dark Elf named Trisiana turned around and waved at Rolith and Artix.
Trisiana: Hey guys! You need more potions?
Artix: No, this time we need a proper armor for a newcomer.
Alex stepped forth and waved.
Alex: Hey there, I'm Alexander.
Then he shook his hand with Trisiana.
Trisiana: My name is Trisiana, I manage a shop for adventurers. So, what do you need? Since we are in a mess, I can give you something for free depending on your request.
Alex: Great, I want a light armor for now.
Trisiana: That's alright, let me search…
Then she went to the back of her shop and searched through her things, before she came out with a steel chestplate, gauntlets,, greaves, and something for knees and elbows.
Trisiana: These are made of steel, for the moment, this is a good armor, but I don't suggest to use this against monsters that are much stronger than these undeads.
Alex: I see, it's ok.
Then Trisiana gave Alex the pieces of armors, which he wore there. He tried to move in the armor, and nodded in satisfaction.
Trisiana: I suggest to go to Cysero to enchant the armor, he should be at the end of the road.
Then she pointed to a road at Alex's left, he nodded and then him, Artix and Rolith walked away after bidding bye to Trisiana. While they were walking towards Cysero, they met with some undeads that were easily dispatched from Artix, and finally they reached the destination after a dozen of minutes.
Sitting in front of a forgery, there was a muscular man dressed in green, he had pauldrons with the letter C imprinted in them, and was wielding a big hammer. He had also brown hair that covered his eyes.
Artix: Hey Cysero.
Cysero glanced at Artix and stood up from his chair.
Cysero: Yo, Artix, you need something?
Artix: Yeah, I would like for you to enchant the armor of the newcomer, Alex. I will cover the cost.
Alex raised his hand, and Cysero glanced at him, before nodding.
Cysero: Alright, give me the armor for a moment, I'll do a fast job.
Alex nodded and removed the pieces of armor on him, before handing them to Cysero, the latter placed the pieces of armor in a table and took out a scroll from a bag that was near him. He placed an hand on the armors and started to chant something.
Cysero: O̵̴͝'̵͘ ̧̨̛̕͜E͏͡t̸̛͝e̛̛r̶͝͠n̴͢ą҉l̷͡͝ ̢̀̀͡Ẃ̨̛͘á̶r̡͘r̸͢͝i̧ớ͞͡r̀͢͝͞,̕͢ ͡͏̵g̵̴̡҉r̕͞a̡҉͡ǹ̨ţ̢͞͏ ̛҉t̸́h͏͟͝í͟s͟͡͝ ̵̧̡̛̀ì̸̶͡͠r̀̕͜o̴͞n̶̶̢̢ ̴ţ̵h̷̶̨͠è̴̕͟ ̛͠a̡̕҉͘͞b̸̨̢í̷̕l͢͡i̢͠t͏͠҉͟y̢͟ ̴̡t҉̧́͡o̸҉҉͢͟ ̷̷̢̕ś҉́u̧͘ṕ͜͏p̸̴̨ò̶r̴̢͢t̢̕͜͜͞ ͏̨͟͢y͘҉o̶͏̡̡ư҉r̢͟͡ ̵̧̡̛̕d̵̸͝ę̨͢҉̵s̴̴̛͢c̷̡̛ȩ̵̀̀ņ̢͝d̶͠͡a̡͘͢ǹ̕͏t̶̢̀͢s̷͠ ͏̶ą̸́̀͠n̶d̢̛̕ ̴̵̢t͏̸͢͠h̶̷́́́e̵̸ ̶͏͟ą̢͠͝b͘҉̶͘͞i̶͠l̴̵̕͝i̷̸̵͜͞t̶̛y͏̴̸̶ ҉͢͝͡t͟͡o͢͟͠ ̴̕͢͝a͟t̶̀͢͞͠t̴͢a̛͟҉c̡͘͟͠k҉̡̡̕͢ ̶͜t̢̛͞͝h̸̴̶e̛̕ ̸͡e͟҉̷́͜n̴̶͝͠é̵҉̷͢m̢͘͟i̴͠é̡̨̀͘s͡͠ ̸́ò͏̶҉̴f̧͢҉ ͏̸̛ỳ͟ǫ̸u̶҉r̡̛͞͏̷ ̨́͞͝d́̕͜͝è̷̢̛͟ś̴̛ç̶̶̢̕é̵̢n̶͜d̸̛͜a̶̧͏͜n̶͡t̶̛͘s̷͘.̸̷̵҉͝
In a language Alex never heard of, Cysero spoke extremely fast, the pieces of armor glowed as runes appeared over them, before they vanished together with the glow while the scroll on Cysero's hand turned to dust.
Cysero: Hehe, done! Enchanted set of a steel light armor.
Then he handed the pieces back to Alex, who grinned and wore them.
Alex: Hah, thank you!
Cysero: It's nothing, just be sure to end this assault.
Alex: I'll do it. Then, what is the next thing to look out for?
He said the first sentence to Cysero before turning to Artix, who pointed back.
Artix: We need some potions in the case we need them. Rolith, you go to check the gate and see if there are any dangerous monster.
Alex nodded and followed Artix while Rolith headed back to the gate. Soon, Alex and Artix reached a purple haired woman handing out red and blue potions, which should be health and mana potions to soldiers.
Artix: Alina!
The woman named Alina stopped what she was doing and turned towards Artix.
Alina: Oh, it's you! How is it going?
Artix: Good, everyone is safe, we also oot a great help, hey Alexander, she is Alina, she is the one responsible with handing out potions.
Alex nodded and both him and Alina nodded to greet each other.
Alina: So, what potions do you want, Alexander?
Alex: Well, first of all I need a bag to hold them…
Alina: I have one here.
She crouched down under the table that was holding the potions and picked up a bag, before giving it to Alex.
Alina: Here, use this. This one is a Magical Inventory, it can contain 30 different items, stacks of a certain items counts as one.
Alex: Oh, that's great!
He picked up the fist-sized bag, and tried to fit in Nightmare, which entered inside without any problems. He took it out and placed the weapon on his bag while he put the bag on his hip.
Alex: Alright, I need 3 mana potions for now.
Alina: Incoming!
Then she turned around and picked up the 3 mana potions that Alex asked for, and gave them to him, who placed them inside his Inventory.
Alex: Alright, I think I have everything now, right?
Artix: Yeah, now let's go to slaughter undeads!
...He seemed a bit TOO eager to kill undeads… Now that Alex thought about it, there was something like that in Doomwood, the region of the undead… Heh, maybe he should go there for a bit.
For now, Alex just followed Artix towards the gate of the fortress to meet with Rolith.
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