“Castro’s Armor (Restricted)
Quality: Transcendent★
Super Dexterity (After special forging, grants 100% increased agility in the air while worn, and flight speed is increased by 100%)
Extreme Sharpness (Wing attacks have a 70% chance of directly cutting through armor below Transcendent★ quality; the lower the quality, the higher the chance)
Super Durability (Defense increased by 500%, with additional protection against collisions, corrosion, and piercing)
Super Toughness (Immune to Tier 4 and below spells, immune to temperatures below 8000 degrees, and immune to spells that remove armor, add weight, or soften texture)
Transcendent Traits: Auto-repair (Infused with a special alchemical array, capable of absorbing mana to repair itself), Transformation (Can change size along with the user’s body)
Description: Armor forged by the dwarf Grandmaster Smith Valen Brutehammer using mithril and other rare materials, ultimately blessed with transcendent power by a deity.”
Only a crude word like ‘badass’ could describe this armor.
Li De’s eyes were practically red from looking at it.
It was simply too powerful. These traits were insanely strong.
Super Dexterity, Extreme Sharpness, Super Durability, Super Toughness, plus two Transcendent traits: Auto-repair and Transformation.
A total of six traits, and every single one was absurdly powerful, there wasn’t a single useless one among them.
No wonder this set of gear required nearly 80 pounds of mithril, 50,000 Gold Pucks, 3000 points of faith energy, and the involvement of dozens of dwarves, with the dwarf grandmaster personally engraving the alchemical arrays.
Absolutely overpowered.
Li De was extremely satisfied.
Aside from the hefty cost, there was nothing wrong with it.
This armor was practically built by dumping money into it. The materials used to forge the two sets of armor cost a total of 100,000 Gold Pucks, with Castro’s set being lighter than Kosso’s, yet no less expensive. The 100,000 Gold Pucks’ worth of materials was split equally between the two.
And if you brought those 80 pounds of mithril to the market, it would definitely be worth a fortune.
The market price of a pound of mithril was around 4000 Gold Pucks, making those 80 pounds worth 320,000 Gold Pucks, and that’s if you could even find a seller. Mithril was so rare that there was price but no market. If you truly wanted to buy, the price could go up to 5000 per pound, and still, no one might be willing to sell.
It was a precious metal treasured even by kingdoms.
And that’s not even mentioning Li De’s contribution of faith energy or Valen’s unique alchemical array.
Just the materials used to forge this Transcendent equipment cost nearly 400,000 Gold Pucks. Factoring in other resource consumption, the cost could rise another 100,000 to 200,000 Gold Pucks.
Especially the faith energy, this wasn’t even about money anymore. Faith energy was something only deities possessed. You think you can just buy it no matter how rich you are?
You want to blaspheme against the gods? The Temple Knights will beat the crap out of you.
This was a piece of Transcendent equipment worth at least 500,000 Gold Pucks. Utterly luxurious.
With a personal set of Transcendent armor now in hand, Castro, who had already been formidable, was strengthened even further.
This absolute trump card was forcefully leveled up by Li De using nothing but Gold Pucks.
If the Level 18 beastmen king Kap Lionmane had known Li De spent hundreds of thousands of Gold Pucks to forge a single piece of equipment, he’d have cursed him to hell and back.
Compared to this filthy rich bastard, the beastmen, who couldn’t even fill their stomachs, weren’t just poor; they weren’t even fit to be called people.
Previously, because Castro was clad in heavy armor, Li De couldn’t bring him along. But now, with the Transformation trait, he could bring him anywhere without worry.
The personal bodyguard was back online.
Suddenly remembering something, Li De’s lips curled into a mischievous smile. He pointed at Castro and shouted in an extremely chuunibyou fashion.
“As you wish, my master~”
Before everyone’s eyes, Castro’s massive body shrank abruptly. In the blink of an eye, whoosh~ he turned into a palm-sized mini bat. Official source is novel-fire.net
The Transcendent armor didn’t remain behind but shrank together with this primal king.
Laughing heartily, Li De stretched out his hand. The scene fulfilled a childhood fantasy from watching cartoons, and he was in high spirits.
The now-miniature Castro flapped his wings a few times in the air before gently landing in Li De’s palm.
At this moment, the armor on Castro had not disappeared, instead, it had shrunk along with his body.
The armor snugly fit his new form, tightly wrapped around him. The dark metal laced with silver lines made the little bat look absolutely adorable. There was a dopey cuteness to it, almost like one of those delicate figurines in Li De’s collection.
Li De was even more pleased. Not bothering to have him transform back, he simply tossed Castro onto his own shoulder and let him perch there.
He had all the time in the world to study the Transcendent armor. No need to rush, there was something even more important waiting to be explored.
Other people had falcons perched on their shoulders. He wasn’t any worse, he had a bat. A very refined, cute little bat wearing miniature armor. Just ask yourself, are you scared? Even if you win the fight, you might die from the cuteness first.
After Castro transformed, everyone around was staring eagerly at him. Amused, Li De waved his hand and said generously,
“Get back to work. Anyone who wants to consult Grandmaster Valen, I’ll speak on his behalf. You’ve got two sun-hours.”
With that, he patted his backside and walked off.
The moment he left, the crowd erupted into cheers and immediately surged toward Valen.
“Grandmaster Valen, just now at that spot, why did you…”
“Grandmaster Valen, there was a step I didn’t quite understand. Could you explain it to me in more detail?”
Valen looked at Li De’s disappearing figure and shook his head with a wry smile. This lord of his really was... impossible to predict.