Chapter 341 Part 3
It seems that each of these pearls has its own basic characteristics.
What happens if you simply inlay them into a ring?
There are two types of South Sea pearls.
The white ones will grant Water Attribute Reinforcement [Small], Light Attribute Reinforcement [Slight], and Earth Attribute Reinforcement [Slight].
The gold ones seem to grant Water Attribute Reinforcement [Small], Lightning Attribute Reinforcement [Slight], and Earth Attribute Reinforcement [Slight].
What about South Sea Black Pearls?
They grant Water Attribute Reinforcement [Small], Dark Attribute Reinforcement [Slight], and Earth Attribute Reinforcement [Slight].
And what if you attach one of each of these three types of pearls to a necklace?
This combination will grant Water Attribute Reinforcement [Large], Light Attribute Reinforcement [Small], Dark Attribute Reinforcement [Small], Lightning Attribute Reinforcement [Small], and Earth Attribute Reinforcement [Medium].
However, this seems to be the case only in the most successful combinations.
「It looks like you need all three pearls to be of the same quality. I can make only two sets with the pearls I have.」
「That’s fine.」
「Right now, I can give you two sets of Grade B- quality necklaces. But what will you do with the remaining pearls? I can’t recommend turning them into rings in terms of performance…」
「I’ll go collect more pearls.」
「Yeah. That’s probably better.」
I received the remaining South Sea Pearls back from Margrid.
They were already fitted into pedestals.
【Material】 South Sea Pearl Grade B Rarity 6 Weight 0+
A gem that can be collected from Silver-lipped Pearl Oysters.
They tend to be larger than regular pearls.
It is produced after foreign matter enters the shellfish’s body and mixes together with its core.
The closer to a true sphere and the larger the bead is, the more valuable it becomes.
Their colors range from gold to white.
[Custom]
The pedestal is engraved with the amulet pattern 『Wave』.
I have two leftover white South Sea Pearls.
One of them is Grade B and the other one is Grade B-.
It’s hard to tell just by looking at them, but they seem to be slightly different in size.
【Material】 South Sea Pearl Grade C+ Rarity 6 Weight 0+
A gem that can be collected from Silver-lipped Pearl Oysters.
They tend to be larger than regular pearls.
It is produced after foreign matter enters the shellfish’s body and mixes together with its core.
The closer to a true sphere and the larger the bead is, the more valuable it becomes.
Their colors range from gold to white.
[Custom]
The pedestal is engraved with the amulet pattern 『Ripple』.
And this is the one leftover golden South Sea Pearl, huh?
The amulet symbol pattern on the pedestal seems to be different.
And it’s even a little smaller than the Grade B- white South Sea Pearl?
【Material】 South Sea Black Pearl Grade C Rarity 6 Weight 0+
A gem that can be collected from Black-lipped Pearl Oysters.
They tend to be larger than regular pearls.
It is produced after foreign matter enters the shellfish’s body and mixes together with its core.
The closer to a true sphere and the larger the bead is, the more valuable it becomes.
Their colors range from dark silver to black.
[Custom]
The pedestal is engraved with the amulet pattern 『Arabesque』.
I have 3 South Sea Black Pearls left over.
One of them is Grade C, and the other two are Grade C+.
Looking at them under the sunlight, I can’t really tell whether they’re silver or black!
「Now then, the main course: the necklaces. I recommend that those at the rear guard wear these. Something like a Mermaid-type would be fine.」
「Understood.」
【Equipment: Necklace】 Mithril Silver Necklace+ Grade B- Rarity 6
M・AP+34 Weight 1+ Durability 200
A necklace made of braided Mithril silver chains.
Reinforced with magic.
[Custom]
Empowered by adding several pearls to this necklace
Reinforced by attaching a white South Sea Pearl
Reinforced by attaching a golden South Sea Pearl
Reinforced by attaching a South Sea Black Pearl
※ Water Attribute Reinforcement [Large], Earth Attribute Reinforcement [Medium], Light Attribute Reinforcement [Small], Dark Attribute Reinforcement [Small], Lightning Attribute Reinforcement [Small]
There are two of this exact same item.
Aren’t they a little short?
But the enhancements are amazing!
Though it would be even better if it could increase her range as well.
“Do you think it’s possible to strengthen other gems?”
“I tried, but adding two is the limit. The reason it’s short is because there’s no point in making it longer.”
“I see”
I recall Couturier and summon Nias.
Time to swap her old necklace for one of these.
I’ll also remove the old one’s sapphires and fit them into her new necklace.
【Equipment: Necklace】 Mithril Silver Necklace+ Grade B- Rarity 6
M・AP+35 Weight 1+ Durability 200
A necklace made of braided Mithril silver chains.
Reinforced with magic.
[Custom]
Empowered by adding several pearls to this necklace
Reinforced by attaching a white South Sea Pearl
Reinforced by attaching a golden South Sea Pearl
Reinforced by attaching a South Sea Black Pearl
Reinforced by attaching a pedestal inlaid with sapphires.
※ Water Attribute Reinforcement [Large], Earth Attribute Reinforcement [Medium], Light Attribute Reinforcement [Small], Dark Attribute Reinforcement [Small], Lightning Attribute Reinforcement [Small], Magic Range Expansion [Medium]
I immediately equipped Nias with it.
As expected, it’s too short to be stored inside her armor.
It stands out.
It stands out a lot!
It suits her, though.
Her necklace has the white South Sea pearl fitted in its center.
And the golden South Sea Pearl and South Sea Black pearl are fitted on each side of it.
The sapphires are fitted outside of that.
It looks stunning.
「Is it good?」
「Looks fine to me.」
But I’m troubled.
I have one more of these necklaces.
Which of my Summoned Monsters should I give this to?
The better option would be a Summoned Monster with Water Attribute.
And one that is suited for the rear guard.
Or even a support type?
I’m thinking Modulus.
She may not have Lightning Attribute, but she does have Light, Dark, Earth, and Water.
This time, I recall Nias and summon Modulus.
Similarly, I replace her old necklace and add some of that one’s gems to the new necklace.
Then I equip the new one on her.
That’s right.
Should I make some for Heather, Telomere, Kiyohime, Kotohogi, and Setsui?
If I was to focus on Water Attribute Summoned Monsters, Obsidian should be included as well.
But considering he’s more centered around close combat, it might not be desirable.
In any case, one thing is clear.
I have no choice but to use Dowsing very actively, do I?
Probably not.
「Here, take a look.」
「Has something changed?」
「Well…」
Heather appears wearing her new equipment.
But why?
The equipment looks somewhat different.
Telomere herself is a little different, but she can freely take off her equipment and put it back in.
In Heather’s case, her armor set is visibly more dazzling.
I add some more gems into Modulus’ old necklace, and equip it on Heather.
This too.
It feels remarkably different.
Well, it suits her.
But the necklace itself is tucked away inside her leather armor, so it isn’t visible.
Well, if she’s going to engage in close combat, I suppose it’s better for it not to be exposed.
I look at Heather again.
What does she look like?
She has a jousting spear in her right hand.
A small shield in her left hand.
And she’s clad in a full suit of leather armor.
She definitely looks like a warrior.
The one that had been at the rear guard will now be appearing in the vanguard!
Well, she’ll probably be flying around in the air during battle, so strictly speaking, she won’t be exactly in the vanguard, right?
Let’s leave it at that.
She’ll be in the same position as Obsidian, Sputter, and Ignis!
That sounds much better.
Naturally, I got the bill from Rick.
And, as expected, I had to fork out quite a lot.
「Prototypes are half price, though.」
Rick smiles bitterly too.
I sold the two old shields and the Half-snake Princess’ Skin, but…
One Mana Crystal wasn’t enough to cover for everything.
Oh well, it can’t be helped.
It’s understandable.
What time is it?
It’s 11:20 AM.
I had lunch together with Saki, Margrid, and Rick, and we talked about various things.
They’re treating me, after all.
It was just small talk, but a lot of things were discussed.
Although they didn’t directly ask me about my 【Heroic Summoning】 or where I got the ears of rice.
From what I’ve heard, it seems like their inquiries are coming from other members of the Production staff.
Well, I just treated all of this as sharing information.
About how the movements in the country of the royal family may affect future events…
About Dragoons and Dragon Knights…
And about meeting strange gods.
Well, there was no shortage of information on my end.
I think they were quite surprised.
I learned a few things myself.
It seems that the Fool’s Lithograph was used in the eastern sea.
The same goes for the Judgment’s Lithograph.
The W5 Map and the N5 Map are now directly connected to each other!
It seems that it consumes some MP, but considering the hassle of moving normally between those two Maps, using this connection is clearly more convenient.
And the Silent Bamboo Woods has finally been restored as an Area Portal.
It seems it’ll be bustling in the future.
And about the stone tablets…
I received a complete report on their usage.
Hmm.
It doesn’t seem like they have been used before.
It might actually be easier to think about how to use them if we were following someone else’s experience.
I’ll read this later.
I might end up using one of those somewhere too.
It was a nice chat.
Well, half of the chat was about the historical rice riot.
Rice is important after all.
And what we had for lunch was, surprisingly, katsudon!
With beef!
Beef continues to be cheaper than pork here.
It’s all because of the Fighting Bulls in the neighboring Map.
「Well, I should get going.」
「Would you happen to be heading east?」
「Yeah.」
「Are you going to look for more pearls?」
「Before that, I would like to try out all of this new equipment.」
I see Heather in front of me.
She’s still smiling and charming as ever.
I wonder how different she is now that she’s undergone her Class Change.
Let’s go hunt Fighting Bulls in the neighboring W3 Map in the afternoon.
We can restock on meat there as well!
Let’s recall Modulus.
Then I summon Ignis.
The lineup will be Heather, Kotohogi, Aotsuki, Sputter, and Ignis.
This should be good enough.
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