Mythran's Master Of All

I wonder how long she's going to be? Ren thought.

“She covered the tunnel in shadows again, so I have to assume it'll be at least a little while.” Teepo said.

I think you're right. Ren took out his shop tower again and went inside, put more ore in the smelter, and skimmed off the impurities. He stirred it quickly and waited, then made 6 slightly oblong bracers and gave them the same enchantment as his shield, then used Double Infusion to make them a set. He used Spider Silk cloth to line the inside of them, as well as the item he had made earlier.

Now that he had a bit of time on his hands, he thought he should thank the Marilith demon for not killing him, and made a nice diamond necklace. He enchanted each diamond with Protection to add to her Armor value, and then enchanted the large diamond in the center with the modified Natural Armor enchantment. It would give her the benefit of wearing heavy armor and +100% Defense to her armor value, and she could still wear normal armor besides it.

Ren held it up, and the diamonds flickered with reflected light from the forge. I kinda feel bad for the next Adventurer she meets. He thought, then chuckled because this was the villain training camp. Okay, maybe I shouldn't feel bad.

Teepo chittered in laughter and Ren stored the bracers and necklace. He went back outside and deactivated the shop tower, then stored the 2 inch wide cube. He had finished just in time because the Marilith demon slithered out of the tunnel and carried 6 huge sacks.

“Holy crap!” Ren said as she put the sacks in front of him. “You might have a skull or two?”

His reaction made her laugh, and she felt how happy he was as he carefully dumped out one of the sacks.

“I hope this works.” Ren said and picked up the first skull. Nothing happened and he tossed it back into the sack. He did this for several minutes, and then he felt a tingle go up his arm as a ghostly knight appeared in front of him. He felt the Marilith demon's shock, and he knew that she could see it, too.

“You have defeated that which has slain me.” The ghost said as a portal appeared behind him, and he looked at the Marilith demon. “I would have preferred that it was slain as well; but, beggars can't be choosers.”

The Marilith demon's mouth dropped open as the ghost knight told Ren that he could raise his remains, then it stepped through the portal and disappeared.

“That... you...”

“At the time, I didn't notice that when you spotted everyone in the cavern, you didn't look at either the Phantom Steeds or the two skeleton knights.” Ren said and stored the Lost Knight skull and picked up the next skull. “I guess that's because you're so full of life and seek heat, that you ignore anything that won't give it to you.”

“What... what are you saying?”

“I'm telling you to use your Spot skill on anything close to you, and not just on the living things your Heat Sense can pick up.” Ren said and tossed several more skulls in the bag before he found another Lost Knight skull. After it said it's piece and he stored it, he stood up and put a hand on the Marilith demon's closest arm as he looked up at her. “Please, be more careful in the future.”

“You... really do care about me.” The Marilith demon said, and Ren could feel how touched she was.

“Well, I don't go around and kiss every woman I meet.” Ren said and grinned. “I've kissed a lot of them, but not every one.”

She laughed and used a hand to stroke the side of his head. “Dear one, I should force you to ravish me; but, I think you should just hurry up and finish sorting the skulls instead.”

“Oh, right!” Ren said and stored the finished sack and dumped out the next one. “Geez, I have got to stop being distracted by beautiful women.”

The Marilith demon could feel that he was telling the truth and believed what he said, and she watched in fascination as he worked without speaking and sorted through 4 more of the sacks of skulls. He found 3 more skulls, and when the last ghost stepped through the portal, he stored the skull.

“Ha ha! That's 10!” Ren almost yelled.