Chapter 209 (1/2)
Published
at 12th of August 2019 12:45:13 PM
Chapter 209
”So I think a super powered mode is total shavist,” said Joseph to Joe, who stood next to him again .
”Agreed . Full power from the beginning . Who's gonna stop the fight to allow it to gather power or transform?”
”Human shaped, but I'd like to attach some weapon hard points . ”
”What would we do with normal weapons? Oh, you mean pre-enchanted spells that just need mana directed into them for activating . ”
”Well, that's obvious . Backpack of detachable floating weapon pods?”
”Nah, let's go with the shoulder and forearm mounts . ”
”Agreed and no b.o.o.b-missiles . We really would have to kill ourselves . ”
”Yeah . And the cod piece isn't detachable . ”
They both shuddered at the thought . An old memory flashed by and was quickly buried .
”We don't need a spare blaster that badly . ”
”How about 2 hearts?”
”One normal and one dead mana so it can cycle with us?”
”Exactly . We still haven't made any enchanted items that use dead mana . ”
Stella appeared with a platter of BBQ pork wings, and they both stopped working to drool over the tasty treat . After eating one piece, Joe disappeared, so they didn't eat too many between the two of them . Joseph licked his fingers clean then hurried over to a table with a grin .
”Here it is Stella! The staff handle is made of polished NIKMESH femur, attached firmly to an adamantine blade I enchanted the shavist out of before dipping it into a vat of molten orihalc.u.m and sharpening the edge to an atomically fine edge . ”
”Very nice . So the idea of plating or dipping the orihalc.u.m worked?”
”Well, I can do it at least . It overcomes the difficulty of enchanting the orihalc.u.m itself, but the technique is almost as hard . I saved my old staff too, as a backup . The only other thing I can think of that might be in the same category, material wise, would be a branch from the world tree . You know, for not understanding magic, you seem to get most of what I talk about when it comes to sharp pokey things . ”
”I don't understand magic, Joseph . I greatly understand weapons . ”
”Fair enough . So, your outfit is over here . I shaved Shaiso's scale down in 1 milimeter layers, then cut them into smaller plates . I used an overlapping pattern on them four layers deep . Anymore and I think it might start to affect your movement, so I kept it thin . Then I used a backing of NIKMESH hide . I did everything I could to it, in order to make it softer . It still chafes a bit so I delved into TECHNOLOGY to ask a favor on the manufacturing process for mono-crystalline energy cloth . I've seen it in a past life but had no idea how to make it . He said building a tech level 10 fusion reactor equivalent in a tech level 3+ realm, was good enough . Apparently the + is from Duke Brogo's work . ”
”Joseph you're straying off topic,” said Stella, examining the armor carefully .
”Sorry . Anyway, a sheet of energy cloth should protect from most cutting, piercing, slas.h.i.+ng, and energy beam attacks, but it is porous, so acids will still get through it to your skin . ”
Stella rubbed a piece between her fingers and nodded appreciatively .
”Ooh . It's really soft . ”
”Yeah, that's why I chose it . I was worried the NIKMESH hide would chafe against your skin, especially if you got sweaty . ”
”I don't sweat, but wait, so I don't need to wear clothes under the armor?”
”The layer of energy cloth would technically be considered an attached set of clothes, Stella . ”
”Hmmm . Make me a set of normal clothes out of it too, then . ”
”Ok, but it pretty much only comes in black . ”
”Perfect . So what's your armor?”
”Over here . ” Joseph moved over to the other side of the mech, pulling off the sheet he had put over it .
”Wow . Everyone is going to see you, that's for sure . ”