The shield that before shone with a purple shine lost the purple elegance that it once had and it now shone bright red, it made Kajus who looked at the shield in a shocked expression suddenly felt very angry while looking at the shield not enough for one to act out this anger but enough to feels one anger rising.
Igor frowned "strange, very strange. You shrunk it but it no longer has the purple glow" Igor said.
"I don't know what I did. I am sorry" Kajus didn't feel apologetic but he felt that he needed to say something.
"don't be sorry, this is a very good thing I think, The only explanation I have is that there is an even stronger enchantment that has dulled the time and space magic, which is to say the least very, very rare"
Kajus pondered abit and found this situation very pleasing 'hehe Igor you've already sold it don't even think about getting it back now hehe' The greed took over Kajus mind and it was visible to Igor who suddenly laughed
"Don't worry son of Olaf I won't take the shield back, but do you mind if I inspect it?"
Kajus hesitated, his greed meter to the max, he didn't really want to part with it, he knew he could trust Igor but what if this enchantment could real Igor in several thousand gold? what then?, a loyal customer will real in more money in the long run but getting instant value is the more popular choice, it might be stupid but humans made stupid decisions all the time and often never picking the best choice even if the best optimal choice was right in-front of their face.
"sure" Kajus reluctantly gave the shield to Igor but at the same moment that Kajus let go of the shield the red glow dimmed and vanished and the soft purple glow came back.
Igor frowned even harder seeing this, he took the shield and walked away giving Kajus a small heart attack, Igor walked in a side room with Kajus in his heels and sat down, he put the now small shield onto a table, Igor put on a pair of glowing gloves and touched the shield he then frowned even harder he did this several times until he put his head down and sighed.
"I don't know what to tell you about Kajus, I have no clue what that red glow was and I can't find any other enchantments on this shield besides the space and time enchantment."
"Is this a good thing?" Kajus asked
"Both yes and no, Yes that whatever this enchantment is, it is very strong and I can't even imagine who has enchanted this. No in the sense that I don't know what it does in battle and as I said before information is key"
"But if it is strong it can't be a bad thing though? since whatever it does on the battlefield it must be positive right?" Kajus couldn't really think of this as a negative thing, no matter if it shoots fire or negates damage it shouldn't become a negative thing he just needs to be ready!
"No. What if you didn't know that an arrow for instance would blow up if it hit its target and you accidentally dropped the arrow because you were careless since you would never think in a million years that an arrow could kill you if dropped? then you would blow up and you would be none the wiser, I've known many good men and so has your father who has died because their own "powerful" enchantments has blown up in their face, I recommend you to not use the shield son of Olaf"
Kajus nodded, he understood this logic but he also really needed a shield and this one fit his dream shield like a glove, it was like craving an ice cream for several weeks and when you finally get it but you can't eat it because you find out that that ice cream had milk in it and you are allergic to milk, 'NO you would eat that ice cream and then suffer the consequences' Kajus quickly reasoned in his head.
"Or we can test it out" Kajus asked
Igor laughed "I guess we can do that"
Igor handed Kajus the shield and picked up a hammer "okay defend yourself" he said as he swung down the hammer
Getting caught off guard Kajus adrenaline surged and he subconsciously activated the shield making it big, instantly it became big and started to shine bright red, not enough for one to hurt ones eyes when looking at it but enough to stand out. The hammer collided right in the center of the shield and..... nothing, Kajus didn't feel anything, it was like a cool breeze hit the shield.
'wow' was the only thought Kajus had in his mind.
Igor kept hitting it, there were loud sounds coming from the collision but no "weight", Kajus didn't feel a single thing.
'wow'
seconds went but and Igor kept hitting it 'isn't this enough testing' Kajus thought
Collision sounds went off like a steady machine and the sounds kept getting louder and louder. 5 whole minutes passed until Kajus spoke out. "Hey Igor isn't this enough I think the shield has a negate type ability I cant feel a single ounce of the impact"
Igor suddenly fell to his ass and started breathing heavily, he suddenly started laughing.
"What's so funny?"
"The shield doesn't negate impact Kajus it is something else entirely" Igor stopped and started laughing again.
'well tell me damn you' Kajus thought
After a breather Igor spoke again. "It's hard to explain, I didn't feel it when I started hitting the shield but I don't know when but I couldn't stop hitting the shield and I got lost in a trance, the only thing in my mind was the obsession I had with hitting that shield..... Amazing" Igor had a glint of happiness in his eyes when explaining what he felt or maybe not happiness but more like excitement.
"This shield will serve you well Kajus, there is not a single such item on the market so treasure it!" Igor said in a laud voice.
They talked a little more until Kajus felt the day's urgent matter blow on his back so he quickly excused himself and went back to the clan house.
'alright I'm going to eat something and by the time I am done they should be awake so I can debrief my team on the mission!' Kajus felt very nervous but he has never been this excited before!