Chapter 21: Twin-Saber Style - Leaving the Primordial Tower!
Morning,
Third Day
Kai let Roland in the room and shut the door. "How much did they cost?"
"What happened to you?" Roland asked, stunned.
Kai looked like someone had sucked out flesh off a chicken, leaving behind feathers. His face was pale, and his eyes had dark circles under them.
Roland continued, getting no reply. "400 Mission Credits for each saber and another 300 for the armor."
1100 Mission Credits, Kai reflected. I would have never gotten those many, at least not that easily.
After a talk with Jack, Kai had made the armorer forge two sabers using the talons and an armor using crushed leftover talons and bones.
Roland passed over the armor first. "For the newly forged Items, whoever put them in the Inventory first will become the owner," he explained. "Also, you can’t just put someone else’ Item in your Inventory. If you steal someone’s Item, and he or she were to die, then the Item will go back to their Inventory, regardless of where you are."
Kai nodded and held the armor then, his gaze falling on the dull-gray Stats hovering above it.
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