CH.428 The Weapons Competition, part 5

CH.428 The Weapons Competition, part 5

With yesterday’s madness now behind us, it was time for the weapon auction.

By the way, because of what happened yesterday, we ended up moving away from the inn we had been staying at and instead spent the night in Claus’ house. He was nice enough to offer us a place to stay, which had a bit more security.

The best part was that he let me trap this place as much as I wanted, so Trap Holes of different kinds were set up all across the yard. And with them only reacting to hostile presences, we don’t have to worry about them trapping anyone they aren’t supposed to trap. I’ll just remove them all before we leave and we will be golden.

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The traps actually ended up being needed, because a small group did break, well tried to break, into the house, but they were left in the bottom of my Trap Holes, either stuck in Adhesion Trap Hole or with broken legs in the standard ones. No deaths, so I didn’t have to worry about resurrecting them. Not that I likely would have, even if someone did die.

I’m not resurrecting a thief. There is a line I draw somewhere. The group wasn’t forced to attack. They just thought they could steal some weapons from us.

Had it been a situation like with Rin where she was forced to act the way she did because of the slave mark, then yes I’d resurrect a thief, but someone who just wants to steal because of money, nope. That isn’t my problem to fix.

And no, they weren’t from the States. Based on what we got out of them after they were turned into slaves. They were just after some easy money, which didn’t end up being that easy.

Also, in case you were wondering, I didn’t use Bottomless or Acid Trap Holes because the chance of them killing someone was just a bit too high. And I also employed A-Team: Trap Disposal Unit when I removed the leftover traps.

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But yeah. Enough about how we spent the night, time for the weapon auctions.

Originally, we didn’t plan on selling Wilma’s shield, but Karl hadn’t decided on his sword yet, but after they got the number one and three spots, most begged for them to go on sale, so both of my smiths agreed to sell them.

For those wondering what happened with Hugo’s sword, which isn’t Hugo’s sword, it ended up getting sold in the auction as well, but the true maker of the blade was revealed to be Wilma.

There was actually an interesting way we proved that. Wilma summoned Athena. Yes, we used a superior spirit as our proof, and it worked wonderfully. When someone that is basically a god, with a small g, says that someone made something, you tend to believe them.

And adding to that, I summoned Lachros the time spirit. She rolled back the time on the sword to the point where it was before Hugo’s involvement, so Wilma’s signature reappeared on it.

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Other than Rin and her job, we also took stock of our status.

Starting with Alice.

SpoilerName: Alice Mana WatchmanRace: Magical Girl !Level: 150 [+10]

HP: 2900 [+140]Mana: 8225 [+1230]Strength: 1972 [+298]Defense: 2132 [+238]Magic: 5979 [+986] Skills: Magical Girl LV.3 (unique-racial) Limit Break LV.1 (extra)Card Summoner LV.3 (extra)Magician’s Power LV.5 (extra)Erasure Magic LV.3 (extra)

Multicasting LV.5 (extra)Mana Flight LV.6 (extra) [+1]Telekinesis LV.5 (extra)Giant Slayer LV.3 (extra)Summon Dark Spirit (extra) Summon Fire Spirit (extra) Spiritual Dark Magic LV.11 Spiritual Fire Magic LV.10 [+1] Earth Magic LV.4 [+3]

Advanced Mana Control LV.14 [+1] [evolved]Magic Boost LV.9 [+1]Quick Cast LV.10 Instant Cast LV.6 Fast Mana Recovery LV.10 Magic resistance LV.5Polearm Technique LV.7 Staff Technique LV.4Designing LV.1 [new]

One with two SoulsOne who defeated the ImpossibleNyx’s Blessing Ninatia’s Blessing Language Comprehension (humanoid)Storage Access (Brian Wood)[collapse]

Alice also got the Designing skill. Sure it is only level 1, but she got it. The more important part is the Advanced Mana Control. With all the bathing she has done in the mana spring, she has finally been able to advance her mana circuits to the point where she can get the skill.

... and as you may have guessed, the same happened to Lua.

SpoilerName: LuciaRace: Dhampir Monarch !Level: 140 [+10]HP: 4170 [+290]Mana: 8835 [+870]Strength: 1883 [+120]Defense: 1877 [+105]Magic: 5850 [+480] Skills: Dhampir Princess LV.4 (Unique) Monarch of Magic LV.3 (Racial) True Blood Magic LV.12 (Racial) [+1]Vampiric Body Modification LV.7 (Racial) [+1] Limit Break LV.1 (extra)Holy Magic LV.2 (extra) [+1]

Card Summoner LV.4 (extra)Winged Flight LV.6 (extra) [+2]Summon Light Spirit (extra)

Summon Water Spirit (extra) Spiritual Water Magic LV.10 Spiritual Light Magic LV.8 Wind Magic LV.4 [+1]Mana Healing LV.7 Advanced Mana Control LV.14 [evolved] Magic Boost LV.10 Quick Cast LV.10 Fast Mana Recovery LV.10Knife Technique LV.2Staff Technique LV.8Blunt Weapon Technique LV.5 Designing LV.1 [new]

SaintEosther’s Blessing

Thalassa’s BlessingBlood Sucker (Racial)LifesaverLanguage Comprehension (humanoid)

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Like Alice, Lua also got the LV.1 Designing skill. Really shows how effective having a 3D design table is. Other than that, her levels are largely focused on her racial skills and Winged Flight. She has been using them a lot teaching the dhampirs.

Next up, Wilma.

SpoilerName: WilhelminaRace: Craftswoman (Dwarf) !Level: 88 [+2]HP: 3134 [+434]Mana: 3290 [+530]Strength: 1462 [+22]Defense: 1512 [+22]Magic: 1135 [+130] Skills: Advanced Crafting LV.5 (racial) Spiritual Metal Magic LV.2 (extra)

Card Summoner LV.1 (extra)

Item Box LV.4 (extra) Appraisal (extra)Mental Visual Designing (extra) [new]

Summon Metal Spirit (extra)

Blacksmithing LV.8 Crafting LV.8 [+1]Designing LV.7 [new] [+1]

Hammer Technique LV.3 Shield Technique LV.4Block LV.3Strength Boost LV.2Defense Boost LV.2

Mana Control LV.6Enchanting LV.7Earth Magic LV.2Fire Resistance LV.2 Athena’s Blessing Legendary Weapon Maker

Legendary Bladesmith Knowledge of Legendary Metals [new]

Language Comprehension (humanoid)

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Wilma originally got Designing as a LV.6 skill, but she quickly used one Level Up on it to get it to LV.7, and with that, she also got Mental Visual Designing.

Other than that, she has her reward for winning the competition, Knowledge of Legendary Metals. It gives her access to System information about the greatest metals and how you can make them, or where you can find them. It honestly is a huge reward, so we are living the dream with that.

Next, Karl.

SpoilerName: KarlRace: Blacksmith (Dwarf) [evolved]Level: 54 [+4]HP: 1762 [+246]Mana: 1124 [+272]Strength: 1631 [+38]Defense: 1118 [+34]Magic: 522 [+66] Skills:Metal Magic LV.1 (racial) Mining LV.5Blacksmithing LV.7 Crafting LV.3 [+1]Designing LV.4 [new]

Hammer Technique LV.3 Pickaxe Technique LV.3Strength Boost LV.5Defense Boost LV.3Mana Control LV.4 [+1]Fire Magic LV.1Earth Magic LV.2Fire Resistance LV.2Earth Resistance LV.2 Legendary Weapon Maker [new]Legendary Bladesmith

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Karl naturally also got Designing. At LV.4, which isn’t as high as what Wilma or I got, but it is still good.

Otherwise, his level ups to Crafting and Mana Control are there to hopefully help him with Metal Magic.

But there is one more person whose status had some interesting developments. ... myself.

SpoilerName: Brian WoodRace: One without a Race - User of Rare Skills (Advanced Human) ✯Level: 164

HP: 7540 (+25,000)Mana: 11,030 [+120] (+22,800)Strength: 2785 Defense: 3675Magic: 4400 [+10] Skills: One of Every Race LV.2 (unique-racial) - Draconic Body LV.2 (racial) - Draconic Magic LV.2 (racial) - Advanced Summoning Magic LV.3 (racial) - Spirit Magic LV.4 (racial) - True Blood Magic LV.2 (Racial)

Pack Opener LV.8 (unique)Different Dimension Factory LV.8 (unique)Storage LV.10 (unique) Limit Break LV.1 (extra)Spiritual Space Magic LV.5 (extra)Spiritual Time Magic LV.3 (extra)

Mana Vision LV.1 (extra) [new]

Telekinesis LV.8 (extra)Dark Chain LV.3 (extra)

Summoner’s Unity LV.10 (extra)Beast Union LV.2 (extra)

Mental Visual Designing (extra)

Dungeon Founder (extra)Summon Time Spirit (extra) Summon Space Spirit (extra) Summon Light Spirit (extra)

Summon Dark Spirit (extra)

Summon Earth Spirit (extra)

Summon Fire Spirit (extra) Summon Water Spirit (extra)Summon Nature Spirit (extra)

Summon Beast Spirit (extra) Health Conscious (extra) Sword Technique LV.5 Shield Technique LV.5

Advanced Mana Control LV.14Fast Mana Recovery LV.1 [new]

Taming LV.2Designing LV.5

Defense Boost LV.11 Dragon Life Dedication (Greater True Fire Dragon)Lachros’ Blessing Iris’ Blessing Eosther’s Blessing

Nyx’s Blessing

Gaia’s Blessing

Ninatia’s Blessing

Pan’s Blessing Water Spirits Blessing (Greater)Nature Spirits Blessing (Greater)

Friend of the SpiritsSS-Rank SummonerSkill Maker

Blood Sucker (racial)

Honorary Baron of Ruiso KingdomLanguage Comprehension (humanoid) (draconic)Slave MasterSlaves: Rhianna[collapse]

I managed to snag myself two new skills. Fast Mana Recovery is something I’ve been waiting on for a while, and now I finally got it. Sure it isn’t really necessary, but more skills means more stats and more stats means I’m more powerful.

The more interesting thing is Mana Vision. It is basically what I did when I saw Rin’s slave mark through her clothing, but the skill is way more impressive than just being able to see magic circles. With it, I can see through most things as long as I focus some mana into my eyes, and as long as whatever I’m looking at has mana. Sure for now I can just see random outlines, unless magic circles are involved, but that is already good. And with levels, I should be able to see just as well as I do with my regular eyes.