Chapter 310 – 304 Helumen, City of Heroes
Buzz buzz.
As soon as Hwanin left the 5th floor, he witnessed several people who seemed to be the organizers of the contest running in bewilderment.
It was because the guest of the special seat prepared only for the lord, who had visited with the lord’s special invitation, left midway through the contest.
However, they couldn’t exchange a word with Hwanin, and after being blocked by Lutia = Aslid, they went back looking sideways at Hwanin with uneasy faces.
After that, Hwanin, who came down to the middle floor rest area without saying a word, stopped at the story that Lutia = Aslid carefully brought up.
= Holy saint, over there……. Was there any part that made the Holy Son displeased? If you tell me, I will forward it to the organizers to fix it.=
“No. It was different from the contest I was thinking of, but it doesn’t matter. But.”
She explained that she was left out because she didn’t see anything functionally suited to Isilite in her entry list.
Lutia = Aslid read Hwanin’s emotions with her clever eyes.
The unpleasant feeling of wasting time on an entry list that is nothing short of extravagant. Ruthia = Aslied sympathized with her feelings and slightly pouted her small cherry lips.
= Actually, I wanted to see a little bit. Performance is more important than good looking armor, but women’s armor, again, was mostly about decoration rather than performance.=
= Uh I was surprised to see that the swimsuit armor that came out earlier shows both the chest and here.
Anne also pointed at her breasts and groin and couldn’t hide her surprise, and Yurpa added a little worried tone as well.
=The design was a bit innovative, but I was more worried about the function than that.=
=What were you worried about?=
=The station field is a very good function, lady. Once activated, both physical damage and spell damage are reduced according to the output of the function. However, the reason why it is not applied to armor is that a conflict with the force field function occurs when a professional uses his or her phase power. However, there is no explanation about that point, and seeing that he lives without asking questions, it’s a bit…….=
= If Yul unnie pointed it out like that, then all she could do was say that she would decorate it like a girl’s thing and wear it next to her to play…….=
=… Men’s armor has a lot of cool things, but why are women’s armor only like that?
Isilite, who had been listening quietly, murmured, and Anne’s eyes twinkled.
= Ah. Do you remember in the middle? Plate armor with gold lines drawn on a black background to emphasize the outline and a lion pattern engraved on the chest. It seemed like it would suit him very well. =
= Ah. I thought that too. As soon as I saw it, I thought it might have been made for the owner.=
I saw it sold for 230 doubloons, so I was the flagship. It was money that could be collected as pocket money only after entering the labyrinth 115 times.
Lutia = Aslid, who was listening to her girlfriends’ conversation, sighed a little dissatisfiedly and said with her cheeks slightly puffed out.
= Did your sisters think so too? Really, it’s all because of the last arms contest.=
= Huh? What happened?=
As if waiting for Anne’s question, Lutia = Aslid explained.
In the last contest, three women’s armors named bikini armors were submitted under the name of a large workshop.
All the men who fell in love with the groundbreaking design bought it at a price of over 300 gold coins.
In terms of functionality, it was said that 20 gold coins were a waste of performance.
As pieces of clothing that seemed to be roughly made were sold at several times more expensive than armor made with great care, the ratio of bikini armor entries for women’s armor increased significantly in the last episode, and the sales rate also increased.
=Then this time, all the women’s armor came out as bikini armor! Exposure is also increasing!=
Anne wrote her impression.
=Is it because there are few men in Radsea? It’s ridiculous that women’s armor is made for men.=
=Radsea is a society dominated and led by men…….=
“Anyway, I thought it was meaningless to look at the rest of the armor because it was based on a similar concept.”
Literally a waste of time I’d rather spend that time wandering around Helumen’s workshop looking for armor for Isilite.
Performing during the event was an act worthy of being polite, but Hwanin didn’t care.
‘Rather, if it stayed until the end, it would have focused the unfavorable attention of the soul owner who attended the luxury item auction.’
She may have doubts and doubts because it doesn’t fit the image of the soul doctor as integrity. I thought it might be a corrupt soul master.
Clearly grasping the purpose of her Hwanin’s visit, Lutia = Aslead nodded her head slightly. And she asked him carefully.
= Saint. Then I know a good place, can you guide me?=
“How about a good place?”
=There is also an arms workshop in Helumen that the Farghist family is investing in. It’s a fairly large studio, and it’s a place where artisans who get good grades in every contest are gathered.=
I didn’t participate this time, but anyway, it was a story about women’s armor that I made.
= Ruthia. Does that mean you prepared something other than bikini armor?=
Lutia = Aslied nods to Anne who calls her name without realizing it.
=Yes. If you look at the classification, it’s light armor. I can guarantee that Dew will suit her sister very well! =
= Oh. She’s a story that she’s really good enough for the young lady to say so. =
=If you look at the score really purely without calculating the gains and losses or the fact that the family invested, it is a finished product that can be counted on one hand in previous contests. Instead of removing parts from a few parts of the body…… No, I think it would be better to see it with your own eyes rather than telling my story as a non-professional. This time, I introduced some of the force field generation function that I see as a trending technology, so I am really confident.=
Anne asked with her eyes wide open at her sincere reply.
=You are so confident in your work, why didn’t you submit it?=
= The current atmosphere is that bikini armor is all the rage. If you release a work that goes against the flow and is criticized badly and is unsuccessful, a bad label will be attached to the studio and the work…….=
=They said they intended to enter the exhibit after the bikini armor boom passed.=
=Yes.=
“If you introduce such a product to us, you mean that you intend to sell it. Is that okay?”
It was a question that, if sold to us, would we not lose the fame and profits we would gain from participating in the contest?
No matter how appealing the weapon worn by a spirit knight is, it would be difficult to obtain intangible benefits such as the recognition that comes from talking about it in the social hall of a powerful family.
Then, Lutia = Aslid understood and answered with a smile.
=Yes! If Lee Shin-seul, a swordswoman, is known that her sister uses her No. 1 product, it will be a greater honor for her than through a contest. =
Lutia = Isilite, Anne, and Yurpa, as well as Hwan-yeon, who was in the inside pocket of Hwan-in’s coat, expressed their curiosity at the story of the magic machine that Aslid so assured.
“…….”
Hwanin was curious about the price, but the question of the price was not something to bring up while talking with the young lady of a noble family.
If the price of the product is higher than expected and exceeds the budget…….
‘I’ll have to go back into the tyrant dragon’s labyrinth and make some money.’
If she says she won’t buy it because she doesn’t have enough money, this clever girl will give her the equipment no matter what excuse or means.
In the face of rejecting the offer of the lord of Siha, if Rutia = Aslid receives support of hundreds of gold coins, the lord will also insist on accepting his favor, citing fairness.
Then, even if you deviate from the standard set by Hwanin, you will deviate for a long time.
Hwanin was not worried.
If you like the work and don’t have enough money, there’s the tyrannical dragon’s labyrinth and the sorcery that Yurpa made for 15 days.
The current surplus is 350 gold coins, so if you work hard to reach 500 gold coins, how can you get it within a month?
Hwanin, who made a quick decision, nodded, and Lutia = Aslid instructed the attendant to prepare the carriage with a bright face.
After waiting for a while while drinking drinks on the middle floor of the department store, Hwanin and the others rode on a wagon prepared by Lutia = Aslied and headed towards the southern workshop street of Helumen.
A historic workshop town with a history with Hellumen…… However, this kind of workshop street is common in any city, so it wasn’t particularly special.
It was a medieval European fantasy city landscape, so it came to Hwanin with a different feeling.
After a while, the party arrived at a place that looked more like a small handicraft workshop than a blacksmith’s shop.
Although it was small, it is a three-story high building with an appropriate mix of stone and wood, a wonderful building where the coolness of stone and the warmth of wood coexist.
When the party entered the studio with the guidance of Lutia = Aslid, a man about 140 cm tall, as hard as a tree stump, greeted them.
=Lady Lutia? I’m still in the middle of the contest, so…….=
Short, thick limbs and fingers, shaggy brown beard and shaved head. There is no animal form, but a perfect human figure.
‘Is that race a Proud?’
When Hwanin was showing interest in the appearance that looked very similar to one of the two major fantasy races that can be encountered in various media on Earth, Lutia = Aslead smiled and waved her hand.
=I brought an important guest. Master Furen, isn’t that ‘work’ well kept?”
=Of course. We keep it strictly in an underground vault……. Anyone behind it…… ?=
=Yes. Saint? This is Furen, the head of the Furen workshop. Chief Furen? This is the green saint and his escort knights, who are the biggest focus on Helumen these days!=
“Nice to meet you. It is Hwanin. This is Isilite, Anne, and Yurpa.”
= Hey, come on. I never thought I would face such a splendid party in my lifetime. =
At the exclamation of the head of the workshop, the artisans who have been working scattered around the 80-pyeong studio gather here, talking about what they are doing.
= Uh-huh! Write! You are the honored guests of Miss Lutia, so don’t be rude and keep doing what you’re doing!=
The head of the workshop, Furen, who quickly dispersed the crowd with his spirit, led Hwanin and his party to his office, told them to wait for a while as he would bring his work soon, and then went out again.
Lutia = Aslid apologized on behalf of his behavior without any ostentatiousness.
= I’m sorry. For the head of the studio, the only thing that matters is the work, the work, and the buyer’s ability to wear the work…….=
“They say craftsmen have that kind of stubbornness. It’s okay.”
The workshop manager’s office was an office, and there were no books or papers.
There is no interior except for a picture of the entrance to a coal mine hanging on the wall and a wall hanging with carvings of pickaxes, saws, hammers, and chisels.
The furniture was only the workshop manager’s desk and chairs and tables for the guests to sit on, but of course, the floor, ceiling, and walls were all made of stone.
But the quality is very good. Literally works of art that express the texture of wood as well as stone.
Her illusions, as well as Isilite and Yurpa, looked around and admired the interior, which could be considered stone crafts.
“Why?”
=No, pureblood Fingel Proud doesn’t decorate it with stones like this…….=
It turned out that the environment in this room, which was literally nothing but stones, with no grass or trees, was uncomfortable.
At that moment, the door burst open and the workshop manager came in carrying a large stone box that exceeded his height.
=Because I am a person with a grudge against stones and mines. It must be inconvenient for the young lady Fleuin. But what can I do? This is my office and the lady is a guest, so the lady should understand.
= No. I’m sorry. I was a little nervous because I was in the midst of arboretum.=
= Huh? Then it’s just uncomfortable. Hey, come in with some vases of flowers.=
The workshop manager, instructed by someone outside, comes near where Hwanin is sitting and carefully erects a stone box 80 cm wide, 2 m high, and 50 cm thick.
=Here, Chief of Staff…….=
= Uh Give it to me and go out to work. =
= Yes…….=
After accepting the vase from the timid-looking woman with folded puppy ears, the workshop manager handed it over to Anne and quietly unsealed the stone.
As if the silence was uncomfortable, Lutia = Aslid wiggled her fingers and opened her mouth.
= Chief of staff. Do you have any questions?=
= There has never been a time when there was no reason for the lady’s actions. This old man only trusts the young lady. Oops, that’s it.=
After breaking the seal and opening the lid of the large stone plate, what was taken out was only silver, a pair of women’s light armor with contrast between dark silver and light silver.
A chestplate for women that exposes the shoulders and completely covers the neck and ribs.
A chainbelt skirt that covers from the pelvis to the thigh with a soft line like a front open skirt.
A leg plate that covers from the thigh above the knee to the toe.
An armplate gauntlet that completely covers from the top of the elbow to the fingertips.
The image of Isilite wearing that naturally comes to mind.
The beautiful goddess craftsmanship on her white armor went well with Isilite’s delicate and beautiful face, and her exposed shoulders, thighs, and abdomen heightened her femininity.
The aura of the sword princess is added to it, so it literally feels like a sword princess.
When all the women were staring at the armor as if possessed, Anne, who came to her senses first, moved closer to her armor and put her feelings into her mouth.
= Wow…… This isn’t armor, it’s art. It’s better than the old light.=
In Anne’s pure admiration, the studio head steals her nose with her proud face.
= Maybe it’s because he’s a Fleur, so he knows something. =
=Did you make this?=
=Yes. I made everything from material procurement to small pieces.=
When Hwanindo got up and went closer to the armor rack, women also gathered around him.
=…… Really awesome? There is almost no metal feel, no wood or stone feel. What the hell is it made of?=
Is it possible to feel that because it is Fleur? Hwanin thought only that much, but the reaction of workshop manager Furen was unusual, and Hwanin’s eyes deepened.
=You…… Are you not a commoner like Arboretum?=
= Chief of staff. What do you mean?=
=Lady, if you are an ordinary Fleur, you can easily detect the energy of trees. It’s similar to how our Proud feels the stone. And the better the pedigree, the more diverse the feelings you can feel. A pure-blooded Proud can detect stones, soil, gems, and even minerals. If you look at what that wife just said in her mouth, the family…….=
“If the director of the Furen studio produced a work of this size alone, it must mean that he has one of the best skills among the Proud artisans.”
When Hwan-in cuts off his words and enters, the head of the workshop, Furen, stops talking and looks at Hwan-in and the restless Anne.
=… Big! Exactly. I am proud that I am no less than the masters of my tribal union nation.=
“Even though you have that skill, being here means that there are unavoidable circumstances.”
= Heh heh heh. It’s not that it’s not good, and the master of the master broke the head with a hammer. Because of that, I gave up all my property to compensate and flowed in here, but well, I have no regrets about my actions.
The studio manager smiled and glanced at Anne next to him, then asked Hwanin.
=So, which lady will wear this piece? For reference, the phase power conductivity was raised to the maximum and the use of metal was extremely low, so even a magician can use it without any burden.=
Anne let out a small sigh at the sight of her shifting her attention not to Anne’s true identity, but to the armor she saw and her purpose, but Hwanin pretended not to see and replied.
“Geomhee is going to write it. Isilite.”
At Hwanin’s call, Isilite, who was standing behind, steps forward with a little greed, a little pressure, and her face tinged with anticipation and excitement.
Looking at Isilite up and down, the workshop head of Furen shook her head and said,
=Your physique and limbs are well balanced. Let me start with an explanation. The name of this armor is Heaven’s Veil, and as you can see, it is an indomitable masterpiece that melted the essence of my 180-year life. There are five functions.=
Hearing that there are five functions, Hwanin felt the burden of price jumped up.
The light of redemption that Anne uses is also said to be a magic weapon of the highest rank with four functions, but five.
=Phase force response, phase force amplification, body optimization, shape memory, durability restoration. The material used was pulverized star fragments, mixed with moonstone powder and other secret minerals, melted, and then forged. It surpasses steel only in simple material durability.=
= This is the first combination formula I’ve ever heard of. Is this Mr. Furen’s vision?=
Workshop Manager Furen laughed at Yurupa’s question and started explaining by pointing to the armor.
= Describe the function. Phase power amplification, unlike pearl-colored phase stones, literally increases the amount of phase power drawn out of the body. The ratio is 1.2 times as calculated. Body optimization is a function that keeps the body in optimal condition no matter how cold or hot it is. It’s a little, but it’s effective against poison and disease.=
“Shape memory and durability restoration are functions that restore equipment when it is damaged.”
= Yes. Although the material’s self-defense is superior to that of steel, there is no hardness enhancement in its function, so damage can easily occur if a direct attack is allowed. However, thanks to shape memory and durability restoration, if there are only phase stones and phase power and more than half of the shape of each part remains, it will be completely restored even if it takes time.=
That doesn’t matter to Isilite. While almost a year has passed, Hwanin’s man-to-man sparring has been rapidly acquiring defensive skills, so the skill of parry, evasion, and shedding is rapidly increasing.
=The core function of this Celestial Veil is phase force sensitivity.=
=As an endowment magician, I have been studying the trend of magic skills until recently, but I have never heard of such a function. Maybe that too…….=
=Your own masterpiece.=
Grinning at Yurupa’s curious question, Furen Studio Head took off her breastplate and pointed at one of the mandrels on the side where her breasts touched.
=The function is engraved here. To explain the main effect of the phase force response, it is possible to use the user’s own phase force to generate the force field function when desired, and to help control the phase force so that it can flow smoothly. Will do.=
“…… That is the reason why the area of the armor was reduced and the joints were reinforced by injection molding.”
= Yes. I don’t know if even the saint knows, but the armor that covers the abdomen plays the biggest role as armor that protects the internal organs. However, the thickness and weight limit the freedom of movement. I replaced that with the phase force response function. You can expect at least 8% increase in mobility due to weight reduction as well as mobility.=
Mr. Puren, who put the breastplate back on the armor rack, asked.
=Ask the lady of the sword. What is your fighting style? Do you have the skills to use my masterpiece? I’ll tell you, even if you have the title of hero, if you don’t have the skills, I won’t give you my son.=
=Then I’d say that I’m the best at using Heaven’s Veil in this city, except for my master.=
At Isilite’s boastful words, the eyes of the workshop manager, Furen, shone brightly.
=Oh, you say that?=
=Of course. Our dew is a talented person who even beat the 4th rank of the Hero Knights. And the 2nd and 3rd place are men.=
=Oh.=
At Anne’s assurances, Isilite took out the set of plate-chain armor she had been wearing from the small subspace pouch she wore around her waist.
The iron armor, which had been painstakingly oiled and polished, but rusted, bent, and turned ugly through repeated melting and freezing.
Factory manager Furen sighed while frowning.
= Oh my god. A child who suffered so much! What the hell did you do to this kid?=
=This is the equipment I have been wearing so far. This is the result of hunting for a week on the 5th floor of the Spirit Cave.=
=…… Here and here, here and there, I brushed lightly, but there was no direct hit.=
=That’s also the wound from being sluggish for a while as a warrior due to mental invasion before awakening as a swordswoman on the 3rd basement floor.=
= Hmm……. What’s your primary weapon?=
Without saying a word, Isilite took out Redrick, a saddle iron greatsword, and showed it, and was amazed by its weighty yet gigantic majesty! Factory manager Furen let out a rough exclamation.
=This is the weapon of a true warrior! All right, saint man! If you entrust the maintenance and reinforcement of this weapon to yourself, I will hand over the heavenly veil to your knight!=
Hwanin nodded and thought.
Not one month, but two months might have to spend in the tyrant dragon’s labyrinth.
