Chapter 310: Ante
Arwin summoned the Mesh with a thought, bringing up his Achievements and mentally selecting the one he’d gotten for defeating Twelve.
[Assassin Assassin] – Awarded for killing a target more than 1 Tier above you in front of a crowd without a single person recognizing what was happening right before their noses. What a show. Effects: You took Twelve’s Life. You might as well take his belongings too. May they serve you well. This achievement will be consumed upon request to bequeath everything that all 12 of Twelve’s bodies had on them to you.
From what it sounded like, the Achievement had been holding all the equipment that each of Twelve’s clones had been wearing or holding. He wouldn’t be able to directly use, gift, or sell anything unique that Twelve had, as that would reveal that the Menagerie had something to do with the assassin’s death.
He could, however, rip things apart for the materials and do his best to repurpose the other pieces. With any luck, Twelve would have something that could help improve his understanding of smithing.
There was no point speculating when he could find out exactly what the assassin had on him with just a single sentence, so that was just what he did.
“Give it to me,” Arwin said. “Let me see what Twelve had.”
The golden words before Arwin shattered, falling apart to fragments of fading dust. A ripple of magic coiled on the ground around his feet and expanded like a glistening ocean until it covered the ground in a circle around him.
The gold light warped and expanded, forming into a variety of shapes. Silhouettes of armor, daggers, swords, and bags begun to take form in the glowing light. They grew sharper and more defined until he could make out individual scuff marks from years of use upon their surfaces — and then the Mesh vanished with a pop.
Arwin’s skin prickled as magic rolled past it and the golden light evaporated, leaving behind a pile of equipment. Power shimmered within many of the pieces and more than a few bags bulged with golden coins trying to push through their seams.