Chapter 69 (1) The first floor (1/2)
Inside the iron box, there was a piece of neatly folded leather armour and a strange looking black mask on top.
Noticing something wrong, Yeon-woo examined the box to see if it contained any other artifact.
But there was nothing else inside.
“I think you got the wrong box. I can’t find Gyges’ Eyes in it.”
Yeon-woo said as he turned towards Henova.
From what he remembered, Gyges’ Eyes was an amulet. An amulet in the form of a pendant or a bracelet.
But the only thing he could see inside the box was a leather armor and a mask.
“Those are yours.”
Henova confidently replied with a curl on his lips.
“But these aren’t amulet.”
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“Just take a look first. Once you do, you will be so full of respect for me that you won’t dare to grind my gears anymore.”
Yeon-woo cast Draconic Eyes with skepticism and examined the leather armor.
[Gyges’ Armor]
Classification: Chest Guard, Amulet
Rating: A-
Description: An amulet named after Gyges, a giant that has hundreds of eyes and thousands of limbs.
Dwarven blacksmith Henova used the tail feathers of a Long-tailed Jackdaw, a bird known to dwell in Bladed Bushes, and combined them with the amulet, creating an amulet in the form of a chest armor.
It boasts a very light weight, and has excellent resilience and exceptional durability that can easily bounce off any normal sword.
Reveals hidden eyes and arms when infused with mana.
The eyes can see through attacks and curses that come after its owner, and its invisible arms can block those that may cause harm.
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* Hundreds of eyes
Captures any external change by making the owner’s senses keener. In times of crisis, it increases reaction speed by up to 20%.
* Thousands of arms
Reduces damage received from five types (physical, fire, ice, electric and holy). Also increases resistance against three types of status effects (curse, poison, arcane) and has a 15% chance to cancel or reflect the effects.
* Forestalling Gigantomachia
Converts a portion of the damage taken into health. If the owner’s health falls below 15%, the owner can restore their health up to 50%. Usage limited once per day.
“…!”
Yeon-woo’s eyes dilated with surprise after reading the description of the magic armor.
Gyges’ Eyes was one of the most desired artifacts among many rankers because of its various defensive abilities. Abilities that can protect the owner from invisible threats, and reduces both physical and elemental damage.
If in luck, it can even cancel or reflect the damage back to the opponent.
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But the best one among its various options was Forestalling Gigantomachia.
Carrying an item that can refill your health back to half when you are low on health was just like carrying a spare life for himself. It could be used as an ace in the hole.
Despite such extraordinary options, not many players had this artifact for two reasons: one is that it’s difficult to gather all the necessary materials, and the other is that there are not many blacksmiths who are skilled enough to craft this artifact.
However, Henova didn’t just make the artifact but also took a step further and enhanced its defense function by making it into a chest armor.
The armor so sturdy and resilient that most physical impact would not even leave a scratch on it.
Most of all, it was so light that he felt almost zero weight from lifting the armor with his hand.
It was a custom artifact designed to perfectly fit someone like Yeon-woo who valued mobility in combat.
“Don’t just stand and stare at it. Put it on.”
Henova pointed at the armor with his chin with his pipe in his mouth.
Yeon-woo then put on the Magic Armor.
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As he expected, the armor was very light. And it felt so comfortable almost like a second skin.
After stretching a few times, he slowly drew mana from his Magic Circuit.
‘Gyges’ Eyes has another function not indicated in the description window.’
The reason why Yeon-woo needed Gyges’ Eyes, even to the point of wasting a whole month collecting materials.
*Wooong*
The moment he infused mana into the armor,
*Whoosh*
Solid lines drawn on the surface of the armor suddenly opened up.
It revealed dozens of pupils all in different colors, densely studded inside the seams.
The pupils that rolled around randomly as if they were alive. There were some closing and opening as if blinking, and some looking side to side trying to find something.
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“They never fail to gross me out no matter how many times I see it.”
Henova frowned and shuddered in disgust.
Indeed, an armor full of eyes that were moving on their own was an absolutely horrifying sight.
But thanks to the eyes, Yeon-woo was experiencing a new realm of sensation that he had never felt before.
As the armor and his Magic Circuit became connected, the ‘vision’ of the eyes, the information they received, was being transmitted into his brain.
[Your senses can now scan objects in a 150% wider area and analyze them in detail]
[‘Gyges’ Eyes’ has begun to assimilate with your senses. It will now be considered as a part of your body.]
[Synesthesia(共感覺) has been unlocked.]
[‘Sense Strengthening’ skill proficiency has increased. 37.2%]
Gyges’ Eyes provides the owner with every slightest detail of the surroundings, thus capturing anything that could not be seen with bare eyes.
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And such information not only could be conveyed through visual senses, it could also be transmitted as smell, sometimes as sound.
And this is what’s called ‘Synesthesia’, the hidden feature of Gyges’ Eyes.
[Body improvement has been confirmed. The halted succession process will resume. 98%… 99%….]
[Current progress: 99.1%]
‘Even the succession process?’
Yeon-woo stared dumbfounded at the message for a while, but soon came back to his senses as he realized the reason behind it.
‘There must be something more to this armor. The Gyges’ Eyes built inside this armor, it is better than the original one in every way.’
Perhaps it had a hidden effect that speeds up the owner’s mana circulation.
But whatever it was, Yeon-woo could tell that Henova had worked very hard to produce this artifact.