Chapter 303: Ivory Armor
Arwin wiped the sweat from his brow and looked over the armor strewn about all around him. Four complete sets, from boots to head, made from Brightsteel. A smile crossed over his face.
It had been a week since they’d killed Twelve, and these sets were the fruits of his labor. He’d taken the rare moment of silence to focus in on practicing his craft, pushing himself and the Infernal Armory to the limits of what they could accomplish without letting magic handle too much of the work for them.
He couldn’t have been more satisfied with the results of his work. The armor before him served more than one purpose. The first was as practice. Arwin wanted to make sure that, when he remade the chestpiece of the Ivory Executioner Set, it was the best it could possibly be, and that meant ensuring his skills were polished as much as they possibly could be. The same went for his boots.
The second purpose of the sets before him was to push the limits of what he could do without revealing his powers.
He dared to say that he’d succeeded. Externally, the sets just looked like normal, nonmagical pieces of equipment.
They were anything but. They’d been made with Dwarven Smithing, the materials within them purified beyond the level that any normal method could ever reach, and magical power was packed within the armor; woven into its very being and concealed from even the most prying eyes.
The magical effects were subtle. They made they armor stronger, harder to cut, and lighter to wear. Just enough to make his armor feel vastly superior to any competitor, but not enough to reveal that it was obviously magical.
He’d already had them tested out. Olive and Reya bore his latest versions when they went on excursions to the dungeons. Their old equipment had started to get a little dated. Both of them had reported that the equipment was a resounding success.
Even though Arwin had no plans of selling too many pieces to mass market, he had a number of people that were interested in purchasing from him and a little extra cash flow went a long way. These were the perfect product for that.