"Alright. First thing for the meeting. Enhancement Methods." Matthias spoke, leaning forwards. "What are yours? Have you shared them with each other yet?"

Kurose and Eorna looked at each other in confusion.

"Shared them?" Kurose asked slowly. "What do you mean by that?"

"We told each other, but we have just been using our own methods. Is there some way to use each others?" Eorna added on.

Matthias raised an eyebrow, but nodded his head. "Odd. Anyways, do you mind telling me still? I want to know if there's anything I should help you two to focus on."

Eorna and Kurose nodded slowly, and told them their methods quickly. The older hero seemed to accept it easily, messing around with his weapon menu before smiling. "I see. So that's what that meant…" The man spoke with a nod.

"That's what what meant?" Eorna questioned him.

"I'm not going to share that information yet." The man spoke simply. "Not to cause any harm to you." He added on quickly. "Simply because it is not currently relevant. However, I will tell you my method, if that will calm both of you down?"

Kurose nodded, and Eorna sighed before accepting it.

"Fantastic. My method is called 'Masterwork'." He began. "Each of my weapon forms have ten 'tiers' which I can give energy to. This energy is gotten from converting mob drops and materials, you two do know about mob drops, right?"

They both nodded, and he continued. "Anyways, I can convert both of them to energy, and give it to a weapon form. Each tier requires more energy than the last, and gives stat bonuses to the weapon form. At the end, it gains 'Masterwork' next to its name, and it can unlock the true abilities of the weapon. As well as-"

He stopped himself there, and Kurose couldn't help but feel there was still something missing from the method. Though whatever it was, he didn't question it. He trusted the man had a good reason for keeping it from them.

"Huh. That seems a bit like Item Enchant, doesn't it Kurose?" Eorna asked, nudging his side.

"The only resemblance I see is the energy bit." He spoke with a shrug.

"That's what I meant!" She whined.

"Then say that next time! Don't just generalize it to the entire thing." Kurose spoke, rolling his eyes jokingly.

Eorna laughed beside him for a moment before stopping.

"But yeah, your method is pretty cool! Though I do have a question, if that's fine?" Eorna questioned, getting a nod from Matthias.

"Sure. How about we do a question for a question. Makes things easier for all of us."

"Alright! Can I take the first question?" Eorna asked, turning to Kurose.

"Sure. I'll just take the time to figure out what I'm going to ask." He answered.

"Okay. Let's see… What was that skill you used, I think you called it Traversal Hammer?" Eorna asked Matthias.

"That? Yeah, I got it from absorbing some of the sand from the hourglass. Makes sense you two haven't done it yet, with everything going on in Ortensca. Basically lets me save up to three spots I can go to with the skill. Got a cooldown of an hour between uses."

"Could we get some of the sand?" Eorna asked him.

"Yeah sure. I'll get some things sorted out for you first thing tomorrow." he answered with a nod. "Now. Did you two have any idea about what the new king of Ortensca was talking about, when he spoke about taking a weapon?" He asked with a frown.

Kurose and Eorna both shook their heads.

"No idea." Kurose admitted. "He seemed set on taking the dagger though. He didn't want anything to do with my Accessory."

"Yeah! Do you think it's because he can't steal the accessory? Maybe he can only take lesser weapons?"

"That's an idea. Either way, I would go talk to him in person if I had a portal there, and I was sure that he wouldn't try to take my weapon. I'll have some people research information about people being able to steal weapons. We have a few books on heroes in our library."

"Great, thank you." Kurose spoke with a nod. "You said it was tough to get through the border, right? Surely you know why they have shut themselves off from everyone, right?"

"It was annoying, mainly because they would turn me away constantly. And I didn't exactly want to cause an incident by forcing my way into the country." He admitted. "As for why they have shut themselves off, hell if I know. Even the people stationed at the border didn't seem sure about why I, or anyone else, wasn't allowed through." He spoke with a shrug.

"Simple question from me this time. What level are the both of you?"

"I'm level 33 thanks to the wave." Kurose answered easily.

"35 for me!" Eorna spoke cheerfully. "The wave really gave me a lot of experience."

"Well, that is to be expected. It's a ton of monsters, and just so you don't waste a question, I'm level 97." He offered freely.

Kurose looked at him in shock. "Eh? How are you so high?" He asked in shock.

"Cheating, kind of." Matthias spoke. "Back when I was chosen, there was an Activation event going on. Expensive to get there, but worth the money. For your knowledge, an Activation event basically increases the experience gained from monsters, though only in the far north, near the Dead Zone."

"The Dead Zone?" Kurose asked with a frown. It sounded ominous, if he was being honest.

"That's another question, but I'll let you off for now." Matthias spoke with a smirk.

Kurose nodded, looking down.

"As for what the Dead Zone is, not really much on it. Only information that exists is kept in the Arbiters Sanctuary, and they didn't give me access to it last time I asked. Said it wasn't important." He shrugged.

"All I know is, I spent a while there, came back and sorted out the civil war with some help. Turns out being a high levelled hero makes fighting against you seem unappealing." He spoke easily.

Kurose nodded along. He certainly didn't want to imagine fighting against someone on Matthias' level, especially not if they held a lesser weapon.

"Anyways. I've only really got one final question for the both of you. I'm going to want an answer regardless, but if neither of you wants the other to hear it, I'll have to ask for you to stand outside, if that's fine." Matthias spoke easily.

"Alright." Kurose spoke slowly. Eorna nodded beside him, and Matthias sighed.

"Right. What I want to know is what you plan to do right now, and what you want in the future." Matthias spoke simply.

"I see." Eorna spoke quietly beside him. She gave Kurose a look, and he already knew that he was going to have to stand outside for what she had to say.

"If it's any help. I'm fine saying it in front of Eorna." Kurose spoke. "Though, I feel like Eorna might want to say hers without me being in the room."

"Eorna, is that true?" Matthias asked, getting a slight nod from her.

Kurose stood up from his seat, giving Eorna a small smile.

"Sorry Kurose. Just… I want to tell you, just not yet?" She offered weakly.

"It's fine. You'll tell me whenever you want. I'm not gonna hold it against you." He spoke with a shrug.

"Thanks." She spoke with a small smile.

With that, Kurose stepped out of the room, closing the door behind him.

Kurose had been standing outside of the room for only a couple of minutes, sorting through his mob drops and deciding what would be useful, only to be interrupted by a voice.

"Um… excuse me mister? Is my Father in there?" The voice spoke.

Kurose quickly closed his mob drops menu, looking down to find a red haired child looking up at him. The child wore dark blue robes with a gold trim. At his side was a bag which seemed to be full of something. Kurose noticed that he also resembled Matthias quite a bit.

"Mister?" The child repeated.

"Ah sorry about that. From the looks of it, your father is Matthias, right?" He asked, just to check.

"Yep! He is my Father. Do you know him?" He asked curiously, tilting his head.

"Not that well currently." Kurose answered honestly. "Though I get the feeling I will be getting to know him better pretty soon. But yeah, your father is in there. Wouldn't recommend going in now though." He added quickly, noticing how fast the kid reached for the door.

"He and my friend are having an important conversation right now. I'm not allowed back in until they are done."

"Oh…" The child looked down at that before shaking his head. "Ah, where are my manners! If Mother saw me, she would be disappointed! My name is Tommy! Tommy Orezmund!"

The child offered his hand to Kurose, and he took it with a smile. "My name is Kurose. I'm the Accessory Hero."

Tommy stared up at him in shock. "The Accessory Hero!? Can I see your weapon? Pretty please?"

Kurose blinked in surprise, but nodded his head. He took the amulet from around his neck, letting Tommy have a look at it.

Tommy poked at it a couple of times, before lifting it in his hands. "Wow… The gem is just like Fathers. Can you transform it into other things, or is it only an Amulet? Father can use anvils and all that, but he prefers to use hammers, so you must have a preferred form to use rig-"

Tommy stopped himself, his face turning red. "S-Sorry. I just get excited over hero weapons…" He spoke softly.

"Hey, no need to get embarrassed over that. I didn't actually know that your Father could swap to anvils and all that. Though I guess it makes sense with the name 'Jewelry tools'. As for what i prefer to use, I'm not really sure at the moment. I've just been using whatever has the best stats for me, though I'll probably decide on a form I like later on." He answered all of Tommy's questions patiently.

"Can you tell me what else you can swap to?" He asked Kurose.

"Sure. I cant swap right now, as I'm trying to unlock the bonuses from this, but I'll transform it a few times for you later if you want?" Tommy nodded happily at that, and Kurose smiled. "As for what I can switch it to. Well, I've got rings, amulets, necklaces, bracelets, scarves and parasols. Though I did recently unlock a set of earrings."

"Have you tried copying other types of Accessories?" Tommy asked him. "Father likes to try and copy any tools used for Jewelry at places he goes to. He's got a ton of bonuses from them, that's what he told me!"

"Not yet." Kurose answered with a shake of his head. "I've been a bit busy, but if your father says it's fine, I'll probably go to a Jewelry store and copy a ton of things from them. It should help me out a bit."

"If you do, I wanna come with you! It's always interesting hearing about bonuses that Father gets from copying hammers and all that, so I'm sure you copying any accessories will be just as good!"

"Sure. If you want to come with me when I do, that's fine. As long as you get permission from your dad."

"I will!" He spoke cheerfully, as the door opened.

"Yo, Kurose. You can come back in now." Matthias spoke, pausing as he saw Tommy.

Tommy did not however, launching himself at his father with surprising speed.

"Father!" He cried out, and Matthias caught him immediately.

"Slow down there Tommy. What if I couldn't catch you in time, huh?" He spoke cheerfully, lifting the boy up.

"But you did, so it's all fine!" Tommy responded immediately.

Matthias turned around, motioning for Kurose to come back into the room. Eorna looked nervous as he sat back in his seat, so he gave her another small smile.

"Right. You remember the question?" Matthias asked, getting a nod from Kurose in response. "Well then. Take your time. As long as I get an answer, I'm happy."

Kurose took a breath. He had intended to think about it more whilst he was outside, but he had gotten distracted by his mob drops and Tommy.

"Well, I'll start off with what I planned to do in the future, I guess. I was hoping that with Amarita's help, I would be able to find a way home, but now I'm not so sure what I want in the future."

Matthias looked at him, nodding his head. "If Amarita is helping, then I'm sure you'll find a way home. But why are you not sure about finding a way home? Anymore?"

"Well, I only really have one friend back home. My parents weren't exactly there, so there's not much left for me back home. I guess if I could do anything, it would probably be to go back and say a proper goodbye to her."

"I see." Matthias spoke slowly. "And what about now? What do you plan to do from this point onwards?" He asked.

"Well, that's simple. I'll fight the waves, reach the end hopefully in one piece, and then decide on my future. I'm sure that during all of this, I'll find something I can do in the future."

"So you'll still fight for Ortensca? Even after what the new king did?" He asked, earning a nod from Kurose.

"Yeah. I mean sure, the king did some stuff, made us go on the run until you got us, but it seems kind of stupid for me to not want to fight against the waves just because of that. If it only affected the king, then I would leave them to him. But it's not just him, is it?"

"Yeah, it's not just him that gets affected." Matthias nodded, leaning back at that.

Kurose remained silent whilst Matthias seemed to think something over. It was a few more moments before Matthias spoke.

"Well. That's decided it for me. You both still want to fight for the world, so I'm gonna put some faith in you both. I'll repeat my method from earlier, adding the part I omitted."

He repeated everything he said before, quickly getting to the part where he cut himself off before. "Masterworking weapon forms can increase the cap for methods. It increased the cap of Lapidary on some weapon forms for me. I tried it out on my Basic hammer, and it's got 10 slots now."

"Huh? You can use my methods?" Kurose asked with a frown, getting a nod from Matthias.

"That's unfair!" Eorna cried out, with Kurose agreeing with her.

"Yeah, you should be able to use them as well. You just need to believe I'm telling the truth, and you will be able to use them once you know how they work."

Kurose gave a look to Eorna, who seemed just as stunned as he did before nodding.

Matthias had no reason to lie to them. It seemed like a weird thing to lie about, so he might as well give it a try. He made his way to the help menu, and saw the method there.

Masterwork was available for him to use, and his thoughts went immediately to Eorna's method. If he could use Masterwork, then there was no reason he couldn't use hers. He scanned through it, and found it just under masterwork.

"It's there." He spoke in surprise.

"Same here! Jeez, it's a lot of things to strengthen my weapons." Eorna spoke, seemingly messing around with a weapon form.

Kurose opted to check on his Skill Mastery. It seemed like the Accessory had been keeping track of it in the background, even if he hadn't been aware of it. It was the same for the spells, though admittedly everything was incredibly low on that front, due to his lack of magic usage.

He then opened up the menu for his Amphelisk Parasol, wanting to test out Masterwork.

Amphelisk Parasol 15/15

(Abilities Unlocked) Equip Bonus: Stamina Increase (Small), Skill: "Volt Shot"

Equip Effect: Charge Up

Item Enchantment Lv 5: Magic Defense 10% Up

He already had plenty of energy left over from refusing to try and level up item enchantment anymore, so he got to work. It took a decent amount of energy per tier, but he could definitely see the increase in stats.

He was thankful that there wasn't any chance of failure, because he likely would have driven himself insane trying to masterwork a weapon as well as putting an enchantment on it.

He didn't feel like using all of his stored energy to masterwork it, especially not when he had a much better weapon form unlocking right now, so he left it at Tier 5.

Amphelisk Parasol (Tier 5) 15/20

(Abilities Unlocked) Equip Bonus: Stamina Increase (Small), Skill: "Volt Shot"

Equip Effect: Charge Up

Item Enchantment Lv 5: Magic Defense 10% Up

It hadn't changed the equip effect at all, but it had increased the Lapidary slots by 5 when it had reached Tier 5. Was it going to do that for every weapon upon reaching Tier 5? Or were some weapons exceptions?

He was taken out of his thoughts by Matthias.

"So I think that about sums it up for our hero meeting for the time being. I can't think of anything else to do. Anything you two wanna add?"

Kurose shook his head. He couldn't think of anything else to add, if he was being honest. Eorna could however.

"When will we be going to Dajero?" She asked Matthias. "We need to link up to that hourglass, so it's probably better to do it soon, right?"

"I was planning on doing it after the wave. To give you two more time to actually level up." Matthias answered her.

Eorna frowned at that, but nodded her head.

"Fantastic, now let's get to something actuall-" "Dear, are you in here?"

Matthias was interrupted by another voice opening the door. It revealed a lady wearing a colourful dress, with brown hair that went past her shoulders.

"Marissa, my love." Matthias spoke, standing up with a smile. "I've missed you."

"I've missed you too dear." Marissa spoke with a smile, moving to embrace him for a moment.

"Mother, Father!" Tommy whined, causing Kurose to jump. He had honestly forgotten he was there.

"We have guests!" He spoke with a sign.

"It's fine Tommy, they probably wanna sort out their weapon forms first, right?" Matthias asked, getting a nod from Eorna.

"Not really?" Kurose spoke, getting a follow up nod from Eorna. "I tested it out a little bit on one of my weapons, but I don't want to use up all of my stored energy immediately, especially not when I have got a new weapon form to unlock.."

"Alright, that's fair enough." Matthias spoke. "Eorna, what about you?"

"Not yet." Eorna spoke with a shake of her head. "I wanna unlock the Odontotyrannos Horn Dagger first before doing anything! It's probably gonna be pretty good when I masterwork it!"

"Same here. It's already pretty good without any enhancement methods applied to it, and it's gonna be my main weapon for a while probably." Kurose added on.

"Huh. Alright, I guess that's understandable." Matthias spoke with a nod.

He turned to his wife, giving her a quick kiss before moving to speak, only to be interrupted as the door opened, revealing Sera.

"Yo." Sera spoke, waving at Kurose and Eorna. "What did I miss?"

"Fine for us to fill you in on everything in a bit? I think Matthias wants to do something else real quick." Kurose answered.

"Sure." With that quick exchange, Sera took a seat beside Kurose and Eorna.

"Right. I can't help but notice your armor…" Matthias trailed off, gesturing to Kurose, and he didn't have to look down to know it wasnt in the best of states. "I think it's probably best if you get a custom set. Got just the right person to do it, but it might take a couple of days. Will definitely be done before the wave though."

"Custom armor?" Kurose asked him before remembering where he had heard it before. "Oh, yeah that's good actually. But wouldn't I need to gather some stuff up for it?"

"Ah, see. That's where the benefits of being a king come in. Got access to plenty of money, which gives me access to plenty of materials. Plus, if there's anything you really want added to it, you can take it out at the hourglass."

"Take stuff out of the hourglass?" Kurose asked him.

"Yeah, take out monster materials and all that. I mean, I bet the wave boss stuff is gonna be pretty good." Matthias pointed out.

"Then we need to go to the hourglass." Kurose spoke quickly. "I've got a ton of hide and bones from the boss, but I didn't know we could take stuff out at an hourglass."

"Eh?" Eorna spoke in surprise. "Didn't I say that before?"

"No? You only told me about monster drops."

"Huh, I thought I had told you about it… Not like it matters anyways. We wouldn't have been able to do anything." She spoke with a shrug.

Kurose nodded at that. "I mean, you are right, but still! You are the older hero! You should know if you told me these things!"

"I'm the older hero by a few days! You can't blame me for not reading properly when I was traveling!"

Kurose rolled his eyes at that, and Eorna let out a small laugh.

"Come on you two. Stop arguing." Matthias spoke with a sigh. "We are gonna go visit Feibyn. Do you two wanna come?"

"I'll come! I wanna see Miss Feibyn!" Tommy spoke up happily.

"I'm afraid I won't be." Marissa spoke, shaking her head. "I have a few other things to sort out, but do tell her I said hello. Oh and invite her for dinner!"

"If she even accepts." Matthias spoke with a sigh, standing up. "You know what she's like the second she gets a new project to work on. And being able to work on stuff for two heroes? She's not even gonna sleep."

"I suppose you are right… But couldn't you just make her? You are her employer after all." Marissa questioned.

"As if she's ever listened to me. Taken my words into consideration, yes, but actually following exactly what I said?"

Marissa didn't have a response to that, and Matthias sighed. "I'll ask her, but I can't promise anything, alright?"

"That's all I ask." Marissa spoke with a smile.

"Right now that's sorted. Come on everyone." Matthias spoke, clapping his hands together. "We are going to see the best damn blacksmith in the country, understand? Good, follow me then."

With that, Matthias picked up Tommy, eliciting a shout of surprise from the boy before he settled on his fathers shoulders.

Kurose and Eorna shared a surprised look, but followed behind, with Sera moving beside them.

A quick trip to the hourglass later, along with a couple boxes, saw Kurose and Eorna carrying a box each, containing the hide and the bones of the Odontotyrannos towards the blacksmith Matthias had spoken about.

On the way there, Kurose and Eorna filled Sera in on what they had learned from Matthias, namely sharing their methods and when the next wave was.

"Damn." Sera spoke as they descended further into the castle. "You two just keep getting stronger from what I'm hearing. It feels like I'm just gonna get left behind." He spoke playfully, though Kurose could tell he felt a bit down by it.

"I'm sure it will be fine!" Eorna declared before Kurose could speak. "We aren't just gonna leave you behind. We already spoke about this."

"Matthias? Have you got any weapon bonuses to help party members?" He asked curiously.

"Not that I know of." Matthias answered quickly. "I guess you could probably count metalworking bonuses as helping others?"

"I see." Kurose spoke with a nod.

He didn't really count the metalworking business, but considering that it didn't matter so much right now, he decided to push any ideas on how to make sure Sera did not get left behind to the side.

Soon enough, they arrived outside of a shut door.

"Right, you three. She can be a bit excitable, especially when she's working on something, so just be careful, alright?" Before anyone could respond, Matthias opened the door, stepping in.

"Feibyn! What are you working on?" He called out.

Kurose moved closer to the door, watching as Tommy waved at someone further into the room.

Kurose blinked, and found someone attached to Matthias waist.

"Matthias!" The person wailed. "It's horrible! Whoever you got that last shipment of metal from is a scam artist! They promised high quality metal, yet there's nothing high quality about it! Even poor Singe can tell they aren't any good!"

Kurose looked around, seeing if he could find whoever this 'Singe' was, but the only other thing in the room was the flames in the forge, which seemed to have gone down once they had arrived.

"Woah, calm down there Feibyn." Matthias spoke, slowly peeling the now identified Feibyn off of him, giving Kurose a good look.

She was rather short, and as Kurose looked closer, he noticed some odd things. The parts of her skin which were visible looked like the exterior of a rock, and small crack-like lines ran down her arms.

He imagined that the cracks probably continued all along her body, and he was slightly concerned. Was it healthy for someone to have cracks like that in their skin?

"I've got a few people I want you to meet, then we will talk about the metals at a later point, alright?" Matthias spoke slowly.

Feibyn looked up to Matthias, a frown on her face, but she nodded. "Alright. Where are they then?"

Matthias motioned for everyone to come in, and they did so slowly, with Kurose putting down his container full of monster remains onto the table.

"Go on. Introduce yourselves." Matthias spoke with a grin.

Eorna moved forward first, sticking her hand out. "Heya! I'm the Dagger hero. Eor-"

She was silenced quickly as Feibyn examined her, tugging at her armour.

"The Dagger Hero? Wearing this?" Feibyn frowned, taking a step back. "No no. That's something you would see on a new adventurer, not a hero! I can't accept you wearing that."

"I'm… sorry?" Eorna spoke hesitantly. "That's all we could really get."

"I can see that." Feibyn spoke with a nod, ending the conversation.

Eorna looked towards Kurose in confusion, but he couldn't make sense of it either.

"I'm the Accessory Hero, Kurose-" He was also cut off by Feibyn as she turned to him.

"Did you buy these at the same place?" She asked with a frown. "Of course. The person who made this has no passion for their work. It's obvious with how easily this was damaged."

She let out a sigh before turning to Sera. She didn't even let him introduce himself before speaking.

"Slightly better. It tells me you have only had it for a short while, but you take care of it properly. Had it repaired recently as well, if it's to be believed." She spoke with an approving nod. "It's acceptable for now. Your armor is happy with you young man. It doesn't need to be improved any time soon."

"I'm sorry, but what are you talking about? Who's telling you what?" Kurose spoke with growing confusion.

"Hm? Oh the metal used for the armour." Feibyn responded casually. "Metals will tell you plenty of things if you listen properly. Real gossips they are."

Kurose stared at her as if she had grown a second head, and Matthias cleared his throat.

"A little known fact about Dwarves i probably should have told you about," Matthias began, "Is that they can speak to any sort of metal. Bronze, Iron, Luminite, you name it, they can probably speak to it. One of the things that makes them fantastic smiths." He explained.

Kurose didn't fully understand it, instead deciding to nod his head and go along with it. He could question it more later.

Though it was nice to know that the person in front of him was a dwarf. Did all dwarves have cracks like that in their skin, or was she just like that?

"Did you bring them here just to show me how horrible the hero's armour is?" Feibyn asked, turning to face the older hero.

"No. I wanted you to get them geared up. And also to ask if you still have all those gems we purchased from Ortensca."

"New armor for them? I could definitely do that. A new project would be good…" She trailed off, mumbling to herself.

She looked over both Kurose and Eorna, nodding her head. "Yeah, yeah I can definitely do that. When do they need it?"

"Well, the wave is in three days, so preferably before then." Matthias answered casually.

"Hah? Three days? Two brand new sets of armor in three days!? Are you crazy?" Feibyn asked him. "I won't even be able to do my best for them!"

"Hey! Don't blame me! If it was up to me, I would have had them here from day one, and you would have had all the time you wanted to work on them!" Matthias complained, frowning at the blacksmith.

"It's fine anyways! Your average work is plenty enough for now. After this set is done, you'll have all the time you need to work on a proper set."

Feibyn groaned before turning to Kurose and Eorna. "Right. I'll be needing your measurements to actually sort out a quick, rough set of armor. It's not going to be fantastic, and I'm not gonna bother changing it to how you want it to look for the time being. Its main job is functionality over form."

"We actually have them? Our measurements that is." Kurose spoke quickly.

"Fantastic. Tell me about them, and I'll write them down." Feibyn spoke, grabbing a piece of paper.

Behind her, the flames seemed to jump out of the forge, forming a thin figure who stood in front of Tommy.

Kurose went to open his mouth, to warn Matthias, but was shocked when Tommy held out a piece of coal to the seemingly living flames.

Its head, or what Kurose guessed was its head, bobbed up and down, and Kurose watched in disbelief as the young boy tossed the coal towards the creature. Its body seemed to grow brighter as Feibyn finished writing down Eorna's measurements.

"Feeding Singe again Tommy? Thanks for that, meant to give him a few treats as thanks for working with that metal, but got distracted." She spoke, giving the boy a thumbs up.

"No problem Miss Feibyn!" He spoke with a grin.

"So, your measurements?" Feibyn asked, turning to Kurose.

"Huh? Oh, yeah…" He quickly told her, and she listed them down beside Eorna's.

"Fantastic. I should have it done, as for those boxes, I won't use them yet. I'll save them for your actual armour. Actually, I have some ideas in mind for your proper armour set. Matthias, going to need all that stuff you found!" She called out to him.

"Huh? All that stuff I found during the activation event?" He asked, getting a nod from Feibyn.

"Well, sure. You basing their armour sets off those descriptions?" He asked her.

"Only the base of it. Rest of it is going to be unique." She answered him.

"Can I ask what that is?" Kurose asked before they could continue, pointing towards who he assumed was the 'Singe' that she had mentioned previously.

"Hm? Oh Singe? He's a Kindleborn, they usually help blacksmiths out in exchange for being taken care of. Been with me for a long time."

"...I see." Kurose didn't really, but he was in a fantasy world. It was to be expected that there was a lot he didn't understand.

"Right, out all of you! If I want this finished in time, I need to get work!" Feibyn spoke after a few moments.

"What about the gems?" Matthias questioned her.

"Take them! The next lot is coming soon anyways." She spoke, waving her hand.

Matthias grinned, reaching up to take a box filled presumably with gems. "Great, thanks Feibyn. Thanks for doing this, and good luck with the armor."

"Yeah yeah. Get going!"

With that, everyone was kicked from the room so that she could get to work finally.

[Accessory World Info]

Today's section will be on the two methods that come from the Vassal Dagger and Vassal Jewelry Tools respectively.

The first one we will be talking about is the method from the Vassal Dagger, that being Skill and Magic Mastery. This method, as mentioned by Eorna before, allows any skills or magic used to grow in strength. This strength is typically shown with a gauge, along with the level of the skill/spell it belongs to.

Raising the level of these skills/spells can enhance them in a variety of ways. This includes reducing the SP/Mana cost for the Skill/Spell, increasing the strength of the Skills/Spells, or even adding new effects to them. This method has a cap of level 100.

The second method is Masterwork. As mentioned in the chapter, it uses energy, similar to that which is present for the Holy Accessories Item Enchantment, to increase the strength of the weapon form. This method has no chance of failing, instead taking more energy the higher the tier.

Once a weapon is "Masterworked", it gains (Masterwork) next to its name, and the weapon grows to its full potential. This means an increase to the amount of Lapidary slots for a weapon form, increased stats, and the potential to unlock new equip effects, or strengthen previously existing ones.

However, it does not always happen at the final tier, as shown with the Amphelisk Parasol, where it gained 5 Lapidary slots from being upgraded to Tier 5.

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Note for anyone who has read before 26/12/2024: I made a few changes, namely going back through and fixing up weapon forms, correcting some mistakes, as well as fixing up a method (Namely changing one of the Accessories Methods, Microtransaction Augmentation to Magic Reinforcement.) I did the method change because i realised how stupid it was that a Magic based hero did not have a single thing to strengthen spells.