The weapons I forge are absolutely flawless.

Then he began to describe his grand vision to Felix.

"Look, I'm going to break through this wall. That way, the workshops in our two dormitories can be connected, doubling the area, and then—"

“Then let me help you,” Felix coldly interrupted Venus’s reverie.

"How to help?"

"That's it—"

Unbeknownst to Venere, Felix had somehow acquired a blunt cleaver in his hand.

Although Felix won't take it out during classes and ranking matches.

Conversely, once back in the dormitory, he would never leave it behind, even while showering or sleeping.

bass--

With a few crisp clangs of the blade, the wall that Vener had painstakingly carved through was instantly reduced to countless fragments by the sharp, swift strike of the blade.

Its absolute sharpness makes breaking through walls as easy as slicing tofu.

A path wide enough for two people to pass through was thus created between the two adjacent dorm rooms.

"Are you satisfied now?"

"It would be better if it were a little wider. While this width is convenient for people to pass through, it's still a bit narrow when moving large items."

Wiener stood in the middle of the passageway and used his hands to measure the length and width.

"That's easy, just stand there and don't move."

A cold glint flashed past Vena's hair.

Another knife mark appeared on the wall, and the bricks and stones, having lost their support, scattered all over the ground.

"You're telling me to stay here and not move?" Viner swallowed hard, incredulous.

"Yes, I'm very careful—I definitely won't cut you."

Felix placed his hand on the hilt of the sword again, clearly adopting the starting stance of Zero Flash.

At that moment, Wiener wished he hadn't been recognized.

Inside the dormitory, the glint of swords flashed constantly.

......

"Phew—can we call a truce now?"

The sweat from the strenuous exercise, combined with the cold sweat from countless brushes with death, cascaded down like a waterfall, soaking Venere's clothes completely.

"I'll let you go this time."

Felix only calmed down after chasing and attacking Viña for a full ten minutes.

He did agree to lend Wiener the workshop, but he assumed Wiener intended to use it as a warehouse.

To everyone's surprise, Viña immediately started smashing the wall, completely taking over the place like a cuckoo in a nest.

Now, things have gotten much better; the two workshops have been completely connected, and the neighbors have become cohabitants.

In fact, as long as Wiener truthfully explains his purpose—that he hopes to connect the two workshops—Felix will agree after thinking for a maximum of seven seconds.

But this act of acting first and informing later did indeed unleash all the resentment he had been holding in.

As for why they didn't call for a stop while Wiener was hammering through the wall, they clearly had time to stop him when the wall was just being broken through, but they didn't take action.

There's no need to delve into the deeper reasons why 99% of the wall was torn down by Felix himself.

"How did you come up with the idea of ​​demolishing the house in the middle of the night?" Felix couldn't help but ask.

"Because I can't sleep," Wiener reported truthfully.

Because I slept in the infirmary, plus this strenuous exercise.

The time I want to fall asleep will probably have to be postponed again.

"I'm about to open the furnace, do you want to see?"

"Look! What are we planning to do this time?"

"Make a suit of armor."

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Improving physical strength and resilience is not something that can be achieved overnight.

So why not try a different approach and make a set of armor to protect yourself?

However, light armor has limited protective capabilities, and full-body armor requires a huge amount of materials, so this material plan has been shelved.

Fortunately, Jessica's reward included a considerable amount of rare materials, giving Vena a taste of her wealth.

They freely selected rare and precious materials that were rarely seen on ordinary days, as well as the headless knight armor as the main material.

"Help me test the hardness." Vena pulled out a piece of breastplate and threw it in front of Felix.

Felix nodded, then swung his sword and slashed.

Although it was still successfully cut into two pieces, the movement was noticeably slower.

If several layers are stacked together, even a blunt blade might struggle to cut them in one go.

"So hard. What is this thing?" Felix remarked. "It feels like this alone would be enough to build a full suit of armor."

"This is the armor of the Headless Horseman. It is usually nurtured by the Headless Horseman's magic, and only the hardest part of it will be preserved after he is destroyed."

Wiener clearly did his homework before using this as the main material.

There were indeed instances of people using headless knight armor pieced together directly, but there were two problems with that.

The most pressing issue is that the armor pieces dropped after the Headless Horseman's death are unpredictable and prone to being duplicated.

Even defeating a squad of headless knights might not be enough to collect a complete set.

Each surviving component carries the headless horseman's deepest resentment.

The ominous aura emanating from just one component is enough to be unbearable for ordinary people.

To don a full suit of armor pieced together from a dozen or so such parts means to constantly engage in a fierce mental struggle against the resentment of a dozen or so headless knights.

What Wiener wants is not a piece of equipment that is no longer usable.

“...Nineteen, twenty, then this is—” Felix counted the number of parts one by one.

“That’s right, it’s a whole group of headless horsemen.” Viner had also confirmed this.

“...That senior is indeed very strong,” Felix remarked.

This is a Tier 5 elite magical beast; one of them is enough to wipe out the three of them, including Vina.

But if it falls into the hands of the other party, it's no different from killing a chicken.

"She's just a few years older than us. When we're in third grade, we'll be able to do the same thing."

Wiener, on the other hand, is quite optimistic.

After all, the fact that the blunt blade could cut through the headless knight's breastplate shows that they also had the potential to defeat the headless knight.

Chapter 108 Vena's Exclusive Armor

Vena stood before the flickering firelight at the forge, holding the gleaming iron hammer "Forty" in his hand. Before him lay piles of armor parts collected from the headless horseman.

No matter how good the original parts are, once disassembled, they are ultimately like a tree without roots, and under high temperatures, they can only obediently soften.

Wiener tossed all the parts into the furnace in one go, then pulled them out one by one with his tongs, hammering them repeatedly during the softening intervals, as if infusing these fragments with new life.

These components will be forged as close-fitting inner armor, which, when worn, will increase the pressure-bearing area and mitigate the impact when subjected to heavy blows.

The outer layer uses scales from the Winged Scale Beast, stacked using an overlapping scale technique.

For areas where flexibility is needed, double layers of scales are applied; for key protection and vital areas, three or four layers are applied to ensure that every inch of skin receives the most comprehensive protection.

This method can be used to reduce penetrating damage from arrows and spears.

What Wiener wanted to forge was a suit of armor without any weaknesses.

After countless trials and refinements, when the last fragment was forged into shape, Venere gently set it into the breastplate of the armor.

A suit of armor, gleaming with metallic luster and exuding an aura of indestructibility, is displayed here.

From an ordinary perspective, this is already a full suit of armor of extremely high quality, priceless and hard to come by.

But Viña has no intention of stopping there.

"Give me back the knife first," Vena said, reaching out to Felix.

"Are you planning to bleed again?" Felix hesitated for a moment, but still didn't dare to hand the blunt cleaver to Viner. Instead, he took the Absolute Blade.

Even without being told, Felix could tell from this gesture that the amount of blood loss required to imbue this armor with spirit was far greater than that of the Blade of the Slayer and the Heart of the Lion.

But considering that the armor was for self-protection and could greatly improve Venus's survivability in the dungeon, Felix had no reason to stop it.

"Hmm." Venere took the knife, made a long cut on her hand, and blood immediately gushed out like a stream.

"If I pass out later, remember to help me stop the bleeding."

At the beginning of the bloodletting, Venere was still in the mood to joke.

As the blood trickled out, Vener's face gradually turned as pale as paper, and her consciousness began to fade.

"That's enough, isn't it?" Felix's voice was full of reluctance.

But Venere shook her head slightly, her determination evident in her trembling voice: "Just a little bit more."

The total amount of blood needed to completely cover the entire body of the armor is beyond imagination, which also confirms the potential contained in this armor.

Even though Vena was generous with her blood, the full-body armor was never satisfied, like a bottomless pit, greedily devouring every drop of blood.

If it weren't for the fact that the Emblem user's physique was different from ordinary people, this amount of bleeding would have already endangered his life.

When Wiener became unsteady, Felix knew he had reached his limit and decisively intervened.

With a soft "snap," a precise chop to the neck sent Vina into a coma.

"Seriously, can't we do it in several separate trips?"

Despite his complaints, Felix quickly stopped the bleeding for Wiener.

He then walked toward the full-body armor that still craved blood, gently cut open his wrist, and warm blood slowly flowed into it.

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When did I fall into a coma?

Could it be that it didn't succeed?

It wasn't until dawn the next day, when Wiener slowly opened his eyes, that the two questions were finally answered.

Felix did not throw the unconscious Vina back into the room.

Instead, they brought over the cot that Wiener had always kept in the workshop and placed Wiener on it.

The advantage of this is that you can see the masterpiece of last night as soon as you open your eyes.

The armor, gleaming with silver light, stood silently before me.

Looking at it, Venere felt that the blood he had shed last night had not been shed in vain.

"Thief's Blade - Armor:"

Weapon type: Sword

Weapon Grade: B

Usage restrictions: Wiener, ■■■■

Durability: (80/80)

characteristic:

Impervious to blades and spears: Neither sharp swords nor heavy blunt weapons can leave a mark on this armor.

Arrow Protection: Simply lock your gaze onto the target, and you can skillfully dodge any long-range attack from any direction under the protection of this armor.

Earth Protection: With feet firmly planted on the ground, one has an unbreakable foundation, and no force can bring him down.