Episode 45.4 (1/2)
”So, how'd you like it. It may be an open establishment. But the food here's pretty good. With cheap booze to boot. And now, a toast. Jo Jood.”
”Jo Jood.”
”Jo Jood.”
”Jo Jood.”
Lecan left all the ordering to Tolda and enjoyed whatever came his way.
”Ooh, this is really yummy.”
”It is tasty. The flavor is very thick and yet there is no aftertaste.”
Eda and Julius seemed to fancy the store too.
”Tolda. I didn't see a lot of Grace Gear in the wand store we visited today.”
”That particular store sells the shopkeeper's handmade wands. Some stores do sell Grace Gear Wands, but the really good ones all get bought by the Magic Research Institute, so the Grace Gear you can buy in some random stores here are not really of high level ones.”
”What's this Magic Research Institute gonna do buying all the Grace Gear Wands?”
”They research on them. And once they're done, they sell those back. A lot even sell modified ones. They're researching on all kind of Grace Gear, not just wands.”
”Modified? Is it even possible to modify Grace Gear?”
”No, I don't think they fiddle with the inner working of Grace Gear. That would erase the Graces. That's not it, they combine multiple Grace Gear to add ancillary functions.”
”Ancillary functions?”
”Yeap. One example of this is <Necklace of Intuador>. It's a Grace Gear that automatically puts up an anti magic barrier, they combine it with a jewel that can relay mana from a magic stone into the necklace then sell the finished products. Without that, it'll take too long to restore mana.”
”Hou.”
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In fact, a <Necklace of Intuador> is hanging on Lecan's neck right about now but it's not visible to Tolda.
”Now that you mention it, heard from a certain mage that it's odd how <Necklace of Intuador> could block offensive magic but not <Recovery>.”
”Eh? You mean <Recovery> doesn't get blocked? No that can't be right. No magic can get past if you put that on.”
”Hou. I was told that the necklace also has a function that lets its wearer supply mana to it.”
”No no, that's not true at all. Maybe they're confusing it with another Grace Gear? Even just having <Necklace of Intuador> equipped makes it easier for its user to run out of mana. Most people don't have that large of mana pool after all. Getting its wearer to supply mana to it is like putting the cart before the horse.”
(Yeah, somethings' off.)