Even though I possibly have a spot on the Menfis family expedition, I still have to find other opportunities to enter the dungeon. Because of the lack of guild and institute quests I have to focus on the dungeon in order to earn money to be able to buy the resources I need to maintain my cultivation speed.
But now I have to repair my armor that was damaged during the fight with the guardian, before I can go on the Menfis family expedition or enter the dungeon alone.
My armor has been damaged more than my upkeep can disguise, the leather may not have split anymore in some of the armor's arias it has lost the upper layers. The monsters' claws and weapons damaged several parts of the leather of my armor, the metal parts were just dented so their repair is quick.
The day after my short conversation with Viktor I took my equipment to Lofar for repair. It didn't take him long to sharpen my weapons and straighten out the metal parts of my armor, but Lofar doesn't believe I can wear this armor much longer, her leather is very worn and damaged if her rate of deterioration continues, she will last no more a month.
Her defense is designed for weak and medium level two attacks and I have been facing peak force level two attacks and dodge some level three attacks.
So, I have to get new armor, I have a good budget to spend on new armor now, but it wouldn't be much better than my current one to get really good armor I have to gather some more gold coins like five thousand coins to be able to order a full armor.
But getting this money is difficult, if I can again face the floors of the dungeons, I've already gone through I could gather this amount quickly, but when I enter the dungeon as part of a large group, I'll earn fewer gold coins but I won't have it either. to face the monsters alone.
The best situation for me would be to keep my bow in the rear, this will allow me to make a good contribution to the expedition and will greatly decrease my chances of being hit by monsters. If my armor doesn't damage anymore, it can still last a long time and so I can gather more gold coins to get a level two elemental armor or a level three simple armor.
I bought another quiver of level three normal arrows to replace the ones I lost here and already have some in reserve I also bought a small quiver with twenty-five level three elemental arrows their element and wind element if I use them with my element wind, they will have a great penetration power. Even a normal level three monster will not be able to resist an arrow with this power, only a level three defensive monster will be able to resist my strongest arrows.
The next few days I expected to hear from Hilda were calm and full of training, I can already release my aura into the air, I've mastered the extended cut, but firing the aura blade away I haven't fully mastered it yet. I can only release an aura blade a few feet away before the aura disperses into the air and its offensive power isn't too great.
I feel that my aura is not maintaining shape and consistency when traveling through the air, this makes my aura blade's offensive power low and decreases the longer it has to travel to hit the target.
But I feel I have made very good progress on my ability to apply my aura, I am already able to cover my weapon with my aura and increase the capacity of my blades, but I have not yet been able to apply my aura to cover my arrow. It may seem weird because an arrow is smaller than a sword, but the aura covering an arrow greatly affects the arrow's trajectory, if the aura coverage is not uniform and thin covering the entire arrow the performance of the arrow will change.
I can only put a little aura on my arrowheads to give the arrowhead an extra layer of resistance, the other type of exercise I've been doing is aura armor, which is the hallmark of warriors who can control completely the shape and consistency of your aura. An aura armor not only provides extra defense for the warrior, it also increases offensive power and increases the aura's characteristic.
As even warriors who don't have an elemental seed, they still have their elemental affinity like Erick and Sten have the wind element affinity, the speed boost and that their aura is sharper which are the characteristics that their aura has so as mine does too, but this characteristic will only be shown in all its potency when the warrior's aura manifests itself outside their body.
When Sten or Erick manage to create full armor, they will have an increase in their speed and the aura of their weapons will have a superior cutting power when compared to a fighter with a different affinity. My aura will be a little more complicated because I have two elements if I can't focus on the characteristic of one of my elements at a time, my aura won't be able to have a strengthening effect on my elements.
But creating an aura armor is quite complicated, I can barely cover a piece of armor with my aura, just a rough cover already and a test of my control. Keeping the aura stagnant in the form of armor is not easy.
But unfortunately, I still need a lot of training to use my aura in battle efficiently, as I still don't have as much aura in my core, I end up running out of aura quickly as I'm training my aura blade. And I doubt that I can use this technique in the heat of combat without expending more aura than normal.
So, using my aura blade in the dungeon means running out of aura and no resistance, releasing an aura blade as well and a burden to my body.
Three days after Hilda gave me the offer to go on the expedition with her the reply from the expedition leader arrived. She denied me entry, but after Hilda went after Captain Deneve's help the answer became a reluctant yes, the expedition leader is not too happy with my participation.
But I'm lucky that she respects and trusts Deneve, if it weren't for her convincing me that I'm not a useless person who will hinder the expedition, she wouldn't have accepted my participation in the expedition.
When the day of the expedition arrived, I accompanied Hilda and Ingredi to the bloody arena dungeon, with our arrival it was not difficult to find the Menfis family group. It was the only group I knew of the members in it I saw Deneve, Dauf and Niere to my confusion I didn't see Ron, the earth element warrior was not part of the expedition.
As we approached the group, Deneve came to talk to us.
"Good morning, girls and nosy brat."
I think someone might be in a bad mood.
"Good morning, Sister Deneve, how are preparations going to enter the dungeon today?"
"They are complete, Katarina is very angry today so try not to pick a fight with her, there were some problems with logistics today and it made her very angry. Ulric for the bow you are carrying, I believe you want to be in the rear, I thought you would fight on the front lines I didn't think I would buy a bow to be on the back line."
"I think you're kidding yourself about one thing Deneve, I'm an archer always have been, I was raised near the woods I spent years learning to be a hunter, I don't have a primary weapon like a swordsman, spearman, shield warrior or even an archer. I'm a hunter and kill my prey with the weapon that best fits the situation."
"Serious? Are you skilled with more than one weapon or do you just know the basics of them? It's difficult to learn well to fight with different weapons."
"Well, I won't say my skills are at the same level regardless of the weapon, but I have a pretty big repertoire and my skills have gone beyond basic on many weapons, but as I'm not rich I won't buy several different wing weapons qualities to use."
"So, I focused on my bow and a pair of weapons for close combat, but I use throwing weapons and snares as secondary weapons. Today I believe it would be better for me to stay as an archer, with my level three bow and arrows I can do some good damage than standing on the front lines and getting trampled by a level three monster."
"Good point, you can be protecting Ingredi with the other archers, if I explain to Katarina, she won't send you to fight on the front lines, but if you hit something that isn't a monster, she'll put you on the front lines without even a weapon."
That wouldn't be a threat that could come true, I doubt it could hit an ally in the back not too hard. If he's an idiot I might consider shooting an arrow or two at him.
"If everyone is ready, let's go or Katarina will start screaming."