The very next day Misaki, Chiho, Chizuru, Shinji, and Tetsu were all in a smaller meeting room with a few sets of armor in front of them. Standing next to the armor sets was an older man in his sixties with short hair and a clean shaven face. He had a long scar that started from the middle of his forehead and stretched out across his right eye before ending down on the middle of his cheek. His green bulky skin made it known that he was of the orc race now. Yes, this old man also had a system. This man's name was Ogata Sujuro.
"Young Miss as requested, the armor for your team is all light armor. I used the Starlight ore with a mix of the graphene carbon mix that we used for making our walls. I checked the results in my inventory after a bit of testing and I have to say just the breastplate alone shows some crazy stats. Each set comes with underclothes made from the skin of the large black snake that you had killed. Since your team was also has a lot of females I made sure to craft some undergarments as well." Ogata blushed after saying that last bit. But when he looked up he saw that Misaki and the others were all staring at the armor in a daze. "Ummm… Young Miss?"
Misaki was busy staring at the armor in front of her. She felt like she was seeing things so she leaned over and whispered to Chiho who was standing next to her. "Chiho am I seeing things or do these underclothes look like school uniforms to me?"
"No, they are definitely school uniforms..." Chiho answered quickly while nodding her head.
"My design did not look like a school uniform right?" Misaki asked.
Ogata coughed and held up the paper with a bunch of scribbles on it to show Misaki. The paper in his hand really looked like something a two year old would have drawn as there were no signs of any armor shape whatsoever. "Ahem… Young Miss, can you call this a design? To be honest I had no idea what you wanted me to make. I could only base what you wanted off the small notes you made that pointed to the scribbles. I mean Young Miss what exactly is this? It's a bunch of circles!"
Misaki's face instantly turned red. She reached up and grabbed the "armor designs" and quickly stuffed them into her inventory. "I-I made them in a hurry okay!"
"Master it's okay your designs were very beautiful. I happen to like abstract art myself! It's just some people who do not know how to appreciate a work of art. " Chizuru cut in with her own two cents. trying to make Misaki feel better.
But unfortunately, Chizuru's words cause Misaki to feel even more embarrassed. She really wanted to dig a hole and bury herself in it. Chiho and Shinji were on the side giggling away while Tetsu was making all kinds of weird faces. Seeing this Misaki shouted out: "Tetsu just laugh! No need to hold it in!"
These words broke Tetsu's front as he, well, now he is a she, burst out laughing. Feeling utterly embarrassed Misaki picked up her set of armor and tossed it into her inventory. She then equipped it from there. A bright flash of light was seen and after it dimmed Misaki was standing there in a black school uniform adorned with black armor. Chest plate, greaves, shoulder guards, wrist guards, and hand guards. The armor itself was like a night sky that was a deep dark black that had a shimmer of white dots that seemed to shine. There was a faint glow to the armor as if it was giving off a moon's subtle shine.
Misaki really liked how it looked. She went to her character screen to see the actual stats.
[Storm Snake Boots]
[Defense] 200
[Magic Defense] 100
[HP] +200
[Storm Snake Skirt]
[Defense] 300
[Magic Defense] 200
[HP] +300
[Storm Snake Chest]
[Defense] 500
[Magic Defense] 400
[HP] +500
[Storm Snake Gloves]
[Defense] 200
[Magic Defense] 100
[HP] +200
[Storm Snake Panties]
[Defense] 700
[Magic Defense] 600
[HP] +700
[Storm Snake Bra]
[Defense] 800
[Magic Defense] 700
[HP] +800
Misaki looked at the stats and her face turned black. 'What the hell is this!? The panties and bra give more defense and magic defense than the actual chest and skirt!? Is this the whole the less it covers the more defense it actually gives routine!?' Letting out a sigh Misaki looked at the actual armor pieces.
[Starlight Graphene Chest Plate]
[Defense] 2000
[Magic Defense] 2000
[HP] +1900
[Starlight Graphene Greaves]
[Defense] 500
[Magic Defense] 500
[HP] +400
[Starlight Graphene Shoulder Guards]
[Defense] 500
[Magic Defense] 500
[HP] +400
[Starlight Graphene Wrist Guards]
[Defense] 500
[Magic Defense] 500
[HP] +400
[Starlight Graphene Hand Guards]
[[Defense] 500
[Magic Defense] 500
[HP] +400
Misaki was surprised to see the stats of the armor. "Let's see that's 6700 more [Defense] and 6100 more [Magic Defense]. As for [HP]… that's an additional 6200 more. This set is really good! " Misaki noticed that there was additional information below the stats of the armor. "Set Bonus +1000 [HP]! Not bad at all. The quality of the armor is set to blue which means it's a rare item. Very nice!"
Hearing Misaki's words caused Chiho and the rest eyes to light up as they all quickly grabbed their armor and equipped it. Everyone had school uniforms except Shinji who had a long black robe with armor over it. All of the sets were very well made.
Ogata was very happy seeing the smiles on everyone's faces. He then took a small box out of his inventory and handed it over to Misaki. "I am not proficient in making accessories but this is something I came up with myself in hopes that it might suit Young Miss's tastes."
Misaki took the box and opened it. In the box laid a black circlet with a red gem that had swirls of flames inside of it.
[Starlight Graphene Phoenix Circlet]
[[Defense] 1000
[Magic Defense] 1000
[HP] +600
[Fire Resistance] 5%
"It's very beautiful." Misaki liked this circlet a lot, it was very much her style.
"I am glad the Young Miss likes it. I had found the red gem while gathering ores from in game. I noticed that it had a fire attribute to it. So when I decided to polish it up and create a circlet as a way of saying thanks for all the help you have given us Nagasawa clan members. If it was not for you Young Miss we might not have this safe environment we have now. We also would not be able to have these systems that can help us survive against the monsters that are taking over the land. We of the Nagasawa clan owe Young Miss a lot." Ogata gave a deep bow to Misaki.
Misaki looked at Ogata who was bowing to her. She really didn't know what to say. She was only helping out because of Grandpa Nagasawa and Chiho. "Mr. Ogata there is no need to bow to me. I am of the younger generation. Plus I have not done much that is worthy of thanks. But this circlet I will gratefully accept." Although Misaki did not feel she deserved any kind of thanks. She was still not one to reject others' goodwill.
"Young Miss is to humble. you have done a lot more than you think. If there is nothing else I will go back to work I still have your weapons to finish." Ogata gave another bow before leaving the room.
Misaki looked at her Chiho and the others who were now adorned with the new armor and smiled. "Now that we have new armor we will rush the Golem King's Lair until we are all in leveling range of each other. I want to be able to start gaining levels myself by the end of next week."
"Mitsu at the rate we are going it should only be a few more days before Tetsu catches up. Then we can go look for a new dungeon. I am almost level 49 which is in leveling range of you. Even my [XP] gain stopped after reaching your level range. Once Tetsu catches up we will all gain [XP] again." Chiho was very happy that she had finally caught up to Misaki and she also felt bad at the same time because Misaki has not had a chance to gain a level for quite some time now.
"Okay then let's go put our new armor to the test and see how well they hold up in game. Hopefully, do well. We will be getting new weapons in the next few days which will allow us all to really progress faster. " Misaki really could not wait to find a new dungeon and start earning [XP] again. just the thought of raising her level excited her.