Chapter 73: Laeva"s Equipment Although I was experiencing h.e.l.l"s grueling training in the Adventurers Guild thanks to Barack-san, everyone spends their time on their respective objectives.
Before I realized it, my objective had become mastering taijutsu. According to Barack-san, my objective is to awaken the advanced skill Fist King Technique from the Taijutsu skill. He also said that there were a handful of people who"ve awakened to the Fist King Technique in the continent. Naturally, Barack-san has awakened to the Fist King Technique skill. However, raising the skill level to become someone at Barack-san"s cla.s.s is apparently very difficult. To resolve that, it seems you need to fight with an opponent who has the same Fist King Technique skill.
I wonder what you look for in an alchemist.
In the warm workshop with Heater MD, Kaede and Maria were making cloth with the thread twisting machine and weaving loom. Sitting next to each other at the table, Laeva and I had a discussion about her equipment.
Naturally, I made and gave a mithril ring for Laeva"s Mage job.
Laeva is a pure Mage, but rear guards have nothing to lose in polis.h.i.+ng their close combat skills. Should they exhaust they magic power in battle, mages wouldn"t become sitting ducks. I explained the importance of close combat skills, and left the choice to Laeva.
「Umm, if it"s Cane Arts then I can use it fairly well. So would it be alright to stay with Cane Arts?」
Right, Laeva"s Cane Arts skill is at level 4 and is at a sufficient level to be useable.
「Then your main weapon is a staff, then keep a dagger as your sub weapon.」
There"s nothing better than getting used to knives and daggers for self defense.
Kaede normally fights using her threads which are stronger than adamant.i.te. The attack of something that can freely manipulate any number of threads will be dreadful.
First, I thought of making a magic staff for Laeva. She"s already using the magic invocation ring, but she might be able to fight with both magic and her staff.
The material used for the staff will. of course. be Elder Treant Wood. Since it has excellent magic power conductivity as well being stronger and more durable than iron, I believe that with its hardness and toughness, it is the best material for a magic staff. Even more, to make it stronger, just like our spearheads, I enveloped the exterior with a thin layer of mithril alloy and carved a complex design on it. The staff was adorned with s.h.i.+ny silver metal and carvings, making it nonslip as well.
「Laeva, if I bestow a knife or dagger with an attribute, which among the Light, Dark, or Fire attribute is good? In the case of Dark attribute, I can"t do it alone and will need your cooperation though.」
If Light attribute is granted on a weapon, it has a special attack against Undead-type monsters. If it"s Dark attribute granted with Laeva"s current skill level, I think it can have attacks with added poison or be a cursed sword that deals mental damage to the cut opponents.
「Hmm, Dark attribute is fine. I was thinking that it might possibly be good if it can be given confusion or paralysis.」
「Paralysis might be good.」
I"m looking forward to doing things with the Dark attribute so that"s enough thinking for Laeva"s dagger. Now what to do for Kaede…………, Kaede"s lower half is a spider"s body while her upper body is no different to a child"s. A weapon not too large and will not be a hindrance to the manipulation of her strong threads.
「It might be difficult to handle, but do you want to try claws?」
「Claws~? Ok, will try~!」
I decided to make a gauntlet that will become claws for Kaede. Since it"s Kaede, she can smear her own poison on the claws when fighting.
Afterwards, I finished Laeva and Kaede"s equipment with Laeva"s help. Although I say Laeva can do it, she has to pour her magic power into 『Decomposition』 『Extraction』 『Synthesis』 magic circles to support her though.