Chapter 1212 - 597: Blood Stone Anchor

Xia Nan always felt that Celeane’s gaze carried some resentment.

But that’s understandable.

Think about it, from the initial design including various custom plans, measuring body data, adjusting weight details, spending such a long time to finally forge a masterpiece.

Even if it couldn’t become the epic item that accompanies a hero for a lifetime like in the legends, it should at least help the adventurer who bought this equipment survive a few more years of dangerous adventures.

And yet, not long after the finished product came out, it almost became scrap.

The speed was so fast, even more exaggerated than the cheap light armor worn by many ordinary adventurers.

Of course, maybe at the beginning this Half-Elf tailor indeed had some thoughts in mind, even wondering if Xia Nan was treating his masterpiece seriously.

But as Xia Nan approached, seeing the damaged details above the armor, combined with the events on Stodd Island that circulated around Suo Yu Bay these days.

Most of the original emotions in the heart dissipated.

As an excellent craftsman with rich forging experience, Celeane was able to clearly distinguish the cause of the damage through the surface scars of the Abyssal Stream armor.

Even to some extent, restoring Xia Nan’s combat process.

For instance, the degrees of corrosion, electric shock, and freezing were shallow but diverse kinds of surface scars, evidently experiencing a hard battle with many class magic enemies;

The scorching marks were particularly noticeable, almost covering the entire armor surface, affecting places so deep that the original structure was difficult to maintain, it should be from a direct hit against some powerful flame spell;

And the remainder, which caused the Abyssal Stream armor to completely enter a damaged state, was due to some kind of pure force impact.

It’s hard to imagine what degree of force could transform the meticulously designed fine armor that should disperse force to protect the user into such a twisted state.

Thinking of this, Celeane couldn’t help but glance forward, catching a glimpse of Xia Nan standing with his hands behind his back, beside the clothes rack, admiring with great interest a tight-fitting hunting suit he just finished for a noble lady in the bay.

The gaze was strange.

As a common industry knowledge, armor gets damaged because the damage it endures exceeds the tolerance range designed during its creation.

With confidence in the defense capability of Abyssal Stream armor, if even the armor itself turned out to be in nearly scrapped mode like now, the adventurer wearing it could hardly be unharmed.

Not to mention dying on spot, at least seriously injured near death.

But now, the young black-haired man in front of you watching the noble hunting suit with great interest, occasionally nodding, doesn’t show any signs of serious injury?

At this moment Celeane didn’t even know whether to be sad for the equipment’s destruction or relieved for its wearer’s intact condition.

The emotions in the heart were extremely complex.

Sensing Celeane’s gaze, Xia Nan turned around, and slightly nodded towards Celeane behind the counter, saying:

"How’s the damage, is it quite serious?"

It had been almost twenty minutes since Xia Nan entered Pearl Spinning.

His two pieces of equipment most damaged in battle, Abyssal Stream armor and Bone Binding Iron Leg, had been removed and left to the other party for detailed examination.

From the Half-Elf’s expression, the result did not seem too optimistic.

But facing Xia Nan’s inquiry, Celeane’s answer was somewhat unexpected for him.

"These leg guards are completely unusable." Gazing at the counter, the completely twisted and deformed Bone Binding Iron Leg lost its original enchanted equipment characteristics, Celeane’s face showed a unique regret of a blacksmith.

Perhaps the quality of this enchanted equipment was limited by its material and not considered high, but the forging craftsmanship shown by Rock Hammer Barn is something the Half-Elf appreciated.

Like a cake missing a piece.

Even knowing its fate should be like this, it was inevitably a pity.

"It’s not entirely unrepairable, but considering the materials needed, and the time and effort I must spend as the repairer, it is obviously better to reforge a higher quality piece of equipment."

"So, unless this equipment holds very significant meaning for you, otherwise... Personally, I suggest scrapping it."

Celeane sentenced Bone Binding Iron Leg to death.

Upon hearing, the polite smile on Xia Nan’s face also faded, and his gaze towards the leg guards seemed somewhat complex.

Bone Binding Iron Leg is almost one of the longest accompanying pieces among the equipment currently on him.

Perhaps due to its equipment type, ordinarily there is little presence, yet indeed it helped him withstand much damage, and outlasted one after another armor with higher forging cost and better quality.

No emotions to mention, but he did wear it for quite a while anyway.

Suddenly scrapped, as the wearer Xia Nan inevitably felt somewhat down.

Understanding Xia Nan’s current mood, moreover, precisely because of sensing his mood shift due to the equipment’s scrapping, Celeane’s impression of this young adventurer with the title "Haiya" improved slightly.

She reached out and gently touched the twisted and deformed bone white surface of Bone Binding Iron Leg, with a tone carrying some comfort: