Mantle of the Gods [LitRPG / Slow Burn / FTB Harem]

The stores were only going to be open until nine.

That gave us about an hour and a half to get what we needed and get out. Which meant we had to split up. Oz and Fray needed new weapons, most of us needed new skills, and there were the sound forks and metal stakes that we needed to get. Aelin and Jen went to get skills, while Ether went with Gesai and Zel to get Supplies, which left Fray and Justia to go with me to get the weapons.

There was both a Reace and a Bright Weapons in the mall, but we weren't looking for ranged weapons so I headed towards the Bright Weaponry. I felt a little bad at separating Justia and Aelin again, but I wanted to talk to my priest in an at least partially private setting. When we walked into the shop, the green woman behind the counter rushed over to us.

"Atlas Vowler!" The white-haired, red-eyed woman in her late thirties gave me a small bow. "I'm Sydney Faeru. My niece told me that you would be coming tonight and that you needed some weapons."

I raised an eyebrow and looked at Justia, who shrugged. "Your niece?" I looked back at the older woman.

"Jenne Violu." Sydney looked around, "She asked me to help you however I could."

"Ah." I tried to imagine the woman in front of me with black hair, green eyes, and golden skin. The heights were about the same and I could see some similar features, but I wouldn't have guessed the two were related if I hadn't just been told.

Justia lightly elbowed me in the ribs to let me know that the woman in front of us was waiting for me to let her know what we needed.

"Oh. Right, um." I looked over at Fray. "She needs a weapon with air affinity to use in the Temple Dungeon here." I nodded towards the rows of blades. "Fray prefers a katana, but the monsters there are all resistant to blades, so she needs something that she can use that's comparable."

"Actually…" Sydney waved us over to the Tier Zero section. "We usually keep these handy for when the second years start their tours, but that's not going to be for a few weeks." The green woman handed me a crystal case.

I'd seen skill cases before, but I hadn't realized there were so many. I looked over the wall. "All of these can be added to a weapon?" I looked down at the skill in my hand that displayed Rock Piercer.

"Most shops keep the enchantments in the back, since it doesn't take up floor space, and we specialize in enchantments at this branch, so we keep them out here instead of in a catalog." Sydney gestured at the item in my hand. "You'll need a rare quality weapon to enchant it with Rock Piercer and Air Affinity."

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I had a feeling the price tag wasn't going to be one that I enjoyed.

"We try to keep our items at base Tier, so that they can be leveled to our buyer's needs. I do have a rare Katana in stock." Sydney picked up a white katana from the weapon rack.

Fray's eyes lit up as the weapon was placed in her hands.

"At base, it is One Thousand Five Hundred All. If you purchase the enchantments here, then we can slot them for free. I'm assuming you're level two?" The older woman tried to move so that Fray would be looking at her.

"She's level three." I could do that math in my head. If level one was fifteen hundred, then three times that would be forty five.

"Impressive." She nodded from Fray to me, "Then the cost of the weapon and the enchantments would come to four thousand seven hundred All." The green woman smiled at me, "But since you are on a team with my niece…" She bobbed her head, "I could do Four Thousand."

"That's…" I still had over three thousand All on me and I had a feeling that Fray had at least that much as well, but that was for one weapon. We still needed to get Oz something with an air affinity. I looked down at my CB and had an idea.

"What if I had some materials?" I touched the display on my CB. I wouldn't be able to take an item out in the store, but I could show it to her.

"It depends on the item." She raised an eyebrow, "What do you have?'

I pulled up the section I'd labeled TRASH and held out my arm so she could look at it.

"A level two unslotted rare bone club, a level three common bone chestplate, and a level four common bone spear." Sydney rubbed her temple as she thought. "At this level that club is the only thing really worth anything." She counted on her fingers, "But I'll take six hundred off for all three."

I looked at Fray. "How bad do you want it? Because I can give you…" I looked at the clerk, "How much would a pair of level three air affinity handaxes be?"

"About two hundred, but I could go down to one fifty."

"So thirty five fifty for everything." I turned back to Fray, "If you pay two grand, I'll do the rest."

"But…" Fray finally snapped out of the trance she'd been in. "I didn't help farm those items and that's…" She swallowed, "Too much for you to spend on me."

I eyed her. "I just need a yes or a no from you. Because if you don't want it, then we have to…"

"I want it!" Fray sucked her lips in between her teeth and bit down on them. Her outburst drew the attention of a few of the other patrons, but all we got were stares.

"We'll take it." I received the trade request from Sydney and transferred the items and All to her.

I watched Fray do the same.

"How long until this is done?" I looked at the time. It was a quarter past eight.

"I won't be able to finish this tonight, but you could pick it up tomorrow." She took the katana back from Fray, then went further down the aisle.

"How early?" I followed her to the axes. "Because we're supposed to head into the Temple Dungeon first thing tomorrow."

She reached over to a mounted bar that Hand Axes were hanging on and took down two of them. "I can have them sent over, so they'll be waiting for you with the Dungeon Attendant."

"Thank you." I nodded at her.

"It's a pleasure. Tell my niece I said hi and to stay out of trouble!" Sydney waved at us and disappeared into the back with her items.

I turned around to look at my companions. "So Justia, do you want to look at anything?"