Chapter 97 - New Equipment (1/2)

Ray had decided to wake up earlier than usual today. The others had come back later than him and were out all night training. They needed good rest for the fights that they had in front of them. Meanwhile, Ray knew he had no opponent, meaning there was nothing for him to worry about.

Ray was originally meant to go up against Killer. Well with Killer now being a pile of ashes, that was impossible. Ray's injuries had healed up through the night but his equipment was still in poor condition.

Ray decided to head down to the blacksmith to see if there was anything he could do. After entering the shop, this time to the owner was nicer than ever to Ray. As soon as Ray entered, the owner bowed down and greeted him. Something he had never done before.

It frightened Ray to think what Slyvia must have done to him. It also made him realise that her family must hold great power and sway throughout the kingdom to even have influence in the Academy.

”Is there any way you can fix this?” Ray took at a single right pictorial piece and a bunch of other shattered pieces and laid them out on the table.

The owner rubbed his glasses to see if he was seeing things.

”Sir you must be joking. This thing is beyond repair. All though we did just get this new Armadillo advanced chest piece if you would like a new one?”

The owner couldn't help but think what on earth Ray had done to get his equipment in a state like this. The fanged boar piece wasn't weak. Even a cannon shot wouldn't have damaged it this badly. The owner grew even more suspicious of Ray.

The owner shuffled over to the showcase against the right wall of the shop to take out the Armadillo chest piece and let Ray examine it. The shelves holding armour on the side wall were currently encased in reinforced glass so no one would be able to steal the highly valued armours and if someone did manage to break the glass, steel bars would immediately drop down from the ceiling.

The armadillo piece had a beautiful orange shine with cone-shaped interlocking scales. It had been refined down to give it a sturdy strong defence.

The piece looked nice and Ray was due for an upgrade on his equipment. As Ray got closer to the piece, he could see the price tag ”10,000 Coins”. Ray currently held Ten intermediate crystals so he would be able to trade for the amour piece but a student couldn't get their hands on that much coin or that many crystals.

The owner also knew Ray was a student of Avrion academy and had already suspected him once of stealing basic tier crystals. If he was suddenly to pull out ten the owner would have a heart attack.

”It's okay I could never afford that,” Ray said.

The owner smiled; he knew that the student in front of him had no way of paying for the equipment. The owner simply wanted to boast about the new piece of armour that had come in.

”Could you fix these for me then?” Ray asked as he placed his two gauntlets on the table.

The owner took a good look at them, again wondering what Ray had been through to get the gauntlets in this type of condition.