Niya's Chamber.In a cramped chamber, a tentacled creature was diligently tinkering with various armor pieces and assorted jewelry, surrounded by scattered monster crystals and magical tools.
Meanwhile, on the bed beside the tentacled creature, a fair-haired maiden was delightfully examining a magical crystal card, her slender legs swaying rhythmically while she hummed a tune.
It was evident that Niya was truly ecstatic.
"Niya, have you had enough excitement?" Yann was quite exasperated; Niya had been like this ever since they returned from the auction.
One hundred thousand gold coins, minus a 5% handling fee and one hundred coins, left a balance of 94,900 gold coins. Such a sum couldn't be taken directly; it would be exhausting!
However, in the mainland, there were magic crystal cards similar to bank cards. By depositing gold coins into them, one could use them after swiping, or exchange them at specific points. Every city had several exchange points.
After purchasing a series of magical items, there was still over ninety thousand left on the card!
Niya, who had never seen so much money, had completely turned into a miser, unable to get enough of her magic crystal card.
"Not quite enough, hehe."
Yann sighed and continued with his work.
Anyway, when Niya had enough fun, it would be fine.
Yann diligently pursued his work.
He extended several tentacles, some polishing magic crystals, some inscribing magic arrays on armor, some drawing on blueprints, and some embedding armor.
Yann couldn't cultivate his body, so he had to rely on external objects to enhance his strength. Undoubtedly, forging a set of magical weapons was the fastest way.
With powerful equipment, even ordinary people could defeat mages!
Others would never go mad enough to arm ordinary people with magical weapons to fight mages. With money, one could become infinitely powerful!
Magical weapons were extremely valuable. Those who could afford them were either rich or noble. Just imagine, carving a sharp magic array on an iron sword could easily chop down a tree as thick as a water barrel.
Coupled with the terrifyingly high failure rate of enchanting weapons, the price of a magical weapon could often soar to tens or even hundreds of gold coins. Magical weapons forged by masters could even fetch sky-high prices of tens of thousands of gold coins.
Yann slowly carved a recess on the armor with a knife, then placed a grade-five earth-element monster crystal inside.
Then, Yann concentrated, using multiple tentacles to inscribe magic arrays on the armor, centered around the monster crystal.
Monster crystals couldn't be used directly, just like uranium in the natural world. After undergoing special procedures, uranium could be made into nuclear weapons, but ordinary, untreated uranium was just a useless natural element.
Monster crystals were the same. In the world where Niya lived, many technologies were developed based on monster crystals, and this magic array was one of them.
In addition, there were other inventions such as magic cannons, magic airships, magic motorcycles, magic massagers, and so on...
After a few minutes, Yann finally completed the first earth-element magic array, while Niya was still engrossed in her magic crystal card.
"Earth's Protection," a commonplace name, its only function was to enhance the caster's resistance to attacks, turning a normal person into a punching bag! However, as Yann inscribed it on the armor, it enhanced the protective power of the entire set of armor. Several times stronger than before!
For magic practitioners specializing in magic array inscription, "Earth's Protection" was an extremely difficult magic array. Even skilled mages had a failure rate of over eighty percent when inscribing it, and it took several hours of work!
After spending a few minutes inscribing "Earth's Protection," Yann began inscribing other magic arrays.
He inscribed "Fiery Blaze" on the gauntlets, a first-tier minor magic, but as Yann, a great lich, and with the use of a grade-five magic core, its power was extraordinary! Its function was to turn the gauntlets into a mobile barbecue grill! Used for cooking during travels, and for roasting enemies during battles!
On the boots was "Swift Steps," a magic with the same name as a certain character's skill in a certain game, allowing the caster to move as swiftly as the wind, an excellent magic for escape! Sometimes, assassins would also learn this magic to provide an additional guarantee for their assassination plans.
The cloak was "Distortion of Light," another rare magic, rarer than "Death's Touch," but its level hadn't reached seven yet. However, its effect was considerable, requiring a water-element magic core. Anything surrounded by this cloak would exhibit a partial invisibility effect, achieved by distorting light from various directions.
The longsword was "Wound Rend + Sharpness," by combining two different magics and using "Sharpness" to cut through the opponent's defenses, "Wound Rend" would easily enlarge the wound, causing continuous bleeding.
The shield, the leg armor...
After a few hours of hard work, Yann finally completed all his work, and Niya had also recovered from her excitement and was now doing her homework.
It's not that she didn't want to help Yann, but after seeing that none of Yann's work was something she could assist with, Niya gave up.
"Too high-profile!" Yann looked at the set of dark armor in front of him and said with satisfaction.
A few hours ago, this was just a set of heavy armor that could be bought for less than a hundred gold coins.
But after a few hours of Yann's modifications, its price had multiplied by more than a hundred!
Look at those flashy magic cores embedded in the armor and weapons, look at those mysterious magic array patterns, it even smelled of glittering gold coins!
Yann clicked his tongue, feeling that this seemed a bit too abrupt. Anyone who saw these magic arrays and magic cores on the full armor would know the strength of this equipment. Yann didn't want to attract attention while walking on the street wearing a suit of plate armor.
Yann spent a little more time and created a small magic array to hide the magic array patterns and magic cores on top.
This was more appropriate; Yann was very satisfied with his work and nodded.
Niya was a bookworm, completely immersed in her books now.
Next up was Niya's equipment. Yann found several newly purchased sandalwood sticks, rings, and jewelry and began intricately inscribing them.
Niya wasn't clear about this phase; her enchanting face was buried in her book.