Chapter 84：Upgrading (1/2)

Chapter 83

Gary started to distance himself from the group and the others hardly ever saw him outside of training. When he came back to the room each night, he would always be covered in sweat. Sometimes, Ray would spot him at the training ground, practising.

The others had bugged Dan many times about the contents of the letter petsering to give up the details of what was inside and eventually, he gave in and told the rest. Now that everyone knew Gary was going through a tough time, they decided to give up on bothering him, allowing him the space and time to rest and rediscover himself.

But to be honest, everyone was pretty busy themselves. The Avrion Academy Tournament was only a month away. There were a lot of prizes up for grabs, but only the top five people could go on to take part in the All Kingdom Tournament.

Still, Ray wasn't too bothered about the tournament. Before, his original plan was to make it into the top ten for he wanted to keep the old man happy, that should have been a high enough position. But there were too many things that happened.

Ray had promised to help Gary. Furthermore, it was most likely that Gary was training to be in the top five. Now, Ray just wanted to be there as support for him, to keep his word.

That day at their Black Knight Training Session, Sir K had given the four of them a nice surprise. He brought the equipment from the Pureblood Members. All the weapons and armour that was laid out were all Intermediate Class.

”It's not everything that was there but a lot of it was ruined beyond repair.” Sir K said.

”Where's the sword that Lancy was using?” Ray asked.

”Although the sword itself wasn't ruined, it's practically just a basic tier weapon right now. For some reason, the magical properties of the beast crystal inside were gone. Gary and Ray, you get to pick first.”

Ray went over and looked at the pieces of equipment, until finally deciding on the shoulder guard piece. There was nothing else there that really interested him and he thought the others would fare better with the rest. Sir K had already paid for his own items to be repaired, so his gauntlets and chest piece were back in top shape.

Originally Ray wanted a better sword, but Gary had already picked the dual blades and they came as a pair.

The Duel blades taken by Gary were a dark purple in colour. They were quite thin and had a cruce going upward to them both.

Monk decided to take a chest piece and some boots. Light armour to protect himself and keep him nimble on his feet.

For some reason, Kyle was drawn to the chain weight for some reason. Even though he had never used a weapon like it before. In his head he could picture himself using it quite well.

”I suggest you get your armour dyed. The tournament is coming and it's a chance for you to show off your powers. You want to stand out, right? If you no longer wish to be a knight when you are done studying.

”Then, the tournament will be a good opportunity for you to get scouted from by the noble families and act as their guards.” Sir K explained.