Broken remained silent, still riding the adrenaline and joy from successfully upgrading the gloves four times in a row. Now, they sat at +8. He turned to look at Ingolf. "What do you think, Ingolf?"
Ingolf's eyes widened with awe. "My Lord, this is the smoothest +8 upgrade I've ever seen in my entire career as a blacksmith. If it were up to me, I'd stop at +8 for now and use the remaining resources on the other equipment."
"But isn't +9 the safe point?"
Ingolf gave a hesitant smile. "Yes, My Lord."
Broken responded with a confident smile and decided to continue with the upgrade. With a single attempt, he successfully boosted the gloves to +9.
Ingolf visibly exhaled a sigh of relief; this was the most intense yet rewarding upgrade he had ever witnessed.
"I must say, your friend's words about your overwhelming luck seem to be true, My Lord. But do you think you can achieve the same with the other armor pieces?"
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