Age of Gods - A VRMMO Story

With the basic form of the pauldrons completed, it was time to work on the details. To begin with, he lined the inside of the pauldrons and created straps to hold it on with some more of the soft, yet durable, Black Tar Boa skin. He planned to use as many of the same materials in all of his items as possible. Maybe that would be enough to turn everything into a set? He didn't know but it was worth a try. Besides, it was all excellent material so he wasn't losing out on anything by doing so.

Once he finished lining the interior of the pauldrons, he retrieved all of his enchanting materials. A single bottle of Alchemist's Oil could be used repeatedly, depending on the size of the enchantments it was used with. He still had some of his purified oil so he planned to use that up and then make himself some more. He'd never go back to the worse stuff. It took no time at all to grind up some of the giant amalgamated mana crystal he made back in the pirate cave and add the oil to it. With all of his preparations complete, he conjured up an engraving tool from his Metal magic and got to work.

He focused his mind on a single thought, a single concept, as his tool dug into the Mithril armor and left a thin trail of mana crystal powder in its wake. Enchanting had become second nature and the higher his Magitech Engineering grew, the more potent his enchantments grew. The enchantment he was engraving was meant to help him with stealth. He wasn't a rogue-type character. At the moment he was probably closer to a wizard given how often he used magic to fight versus anything else. However, stealth was an excellent utility tool to have and he planned to put it to use when it was needed.

Gentle lines started to slowly appear on the pauldron and followed the natural lines that had been beaten and Transmuted into the metal. It gave the pauldron a dignified and elegant look. He'd moved away from his standard enchantments for this armor set, he had no real reason for doing so. Except that he found it more visually appealing. It wasn't long before the lines carved into the pauldron all met and the enchantment was completed, "Done!"

Thomas waited for a bit but nothing happened, the expected notice didn't come. He scratched his head in confusion and examined the pauldron in front of him closely. Everything looked good and he didn't see anything else he needed to add. Lining, straps, enchantment, rivets, everything looked good. Puzzled, he sat back and thought for a bit before coming to a conclusion. He suspected that the system wouldn't consider the pauldron done until he completed both of them. This wasn't the system's fault though. He'd been thinking of the pauldrons as a pair since he started making them so it seemed the system now did as well. He smiled to himself, this might also be a clue to making equipment sets.

He set the first pauldron aside and began his work on the second pauldron. He kept the same concept for the enchantment in mind and worked to perfectly mimic the lines he'd carved into the first pauldron. He wanted them to be perfect mirror images of each other. Sets always had a similar look and concept. As more pieces of the set came together the concept would become more powerful. At least, that's how it usually worked. AoG may be different, he didn't know. He'd never seen any kinds of equipment sets to this point. He kept calm and moved slowly to make sure everything went perfectly. When the last line of the enchantment was finished the pauldrons emitted a visible ripple and the long-delayed notice arrived.