“I’m almost done with one of my newly created enchanted items which will allow the holder to be protected by the spell Frozen Armor. That spell will increase your defense and will freeze any melee attacker who attacks the user. I will also try to add another spell on the item that will protect the user from elemental damage but that will probably increase the length of time I can produce the enchanted item,” Anton announced to everyone.

“What kind of item is it?” Anna asked and Anton shrugged.

“Right now, I’m still constructing the spell and putting them into a silver tablet since only silver and gold can hold the spell just like the summoning spells. Once I’m done with the structure of the spell, I can then select an item where to attach the spell.”

“Oh, you should choose a ring! Or maybe a necklace!” Anna said excitedly but Anton shook his head.

“A ring or a necklace is much too small for the spell enchantment. It should be bigger and the only thing that I can think of is maybe a silver bracer or possibly a belt. We can think of what item we can attach it to once I complete the whole spell structure,” Anton said.

Anton saw that every one of his family and friends was excited to receive the new enchanted item that he was creating so after that conversation, he went inside his room to continue his project of creating the item.

Outside the Rogue Encampment where he usually conducted his item creation and enchantment research, Anton thought of the item that he was creating. The problem with Frozen Armor was it increased the defense rate of the caster but it would be negligible if the user did not have any defense points so the only benefit one would receive was that the attackers would be frozen for a few seconds which if it were a normal person, would cause severe damage to them.

He thought of adding the Cyclone Armor from the Druid skill tree to the item but that spell would only protect the user from elemental attacks which was also great but most of the attacks that his family and friends would receive were physical.

The best spell that he could attach to the enchanted item was the Bone Armor spell from the Necromancer skill tree but with how everyone feels about death mages, he was wary of attaching a spell that would remind everyone of the cause of the downfall of Rendindura.

He then thought that maybe the effects of the Frozen Armor and Cyclone Armor spells would cover the floating bone effects from the Bone Armor Spell.

Anton immediately exited his Diablo II system and went out of his room.

“Everyone I need your opinion about the spells I’m going to attach to the defensive items I’m creating,” Anton told the mages who were still practicing while seated in the seats that were arranged in front of the projector screen that they had set up to watch shows.

He explained to everyone the differences between the three armor spells that he considered attaching to the new item but when he was done, all of them were looking at him wide-eyed.

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“Any one of the spells that you described is incredible already in itself and you're attaching the three of them?! That would be a godly item then!” Frederick exclaimed.

“I believe your main problem was how the Bone Armor would trigger negative responses from the onlookers to the user of the item, am I right?” Walter asked and Anton nodded.

“Go ahead and let us take a look then,” Anna said so Anton cast the Bone Armor spell.

Tens of bones ranging from as small as fingers to as big as the bone of the forearm eerily appeared from the air and began circling Anton. Ramona and Belinda looked scared and Anton had to admit that he did look eerie with the bones circling him.

“You said that the effect of the Frozen Armor and Cyclone Armor might cover them. Let’s go ahead and take a look then,” Walter suggested so Anton cast Frozen Armor and Cyclone Armor next.

Ice Crystals appeared and surrounded him then Gray Wind circled him as well.

“I feel like it made me look much more sinister. The bones now looked grimmer with them looking like frozen bones while I’m surrounded by ice crystals and the wind circling me as well. I feel like I’m cosplaying as a powerful undead Necromancer,” Anton said.

“They do look sinister but the important thing is they look very powerful! If it was me, I will not care what other thinks. As long as the spell protects me, I will gladly use it. If they think of me as a necromancer, I could easily correct them and if they’re important enough, I can even show them the item,” Walter said while looking at the spell surrounding Anton.

Now all the mages were inspecting the spells that floating around Anton and Frederick even tried to touch him.

“I can feel the mana surrounding you! I don’t feel any other effects though. I expected to feel the cold or the bones,” Frederick said with wonder in his eyes and his voice.

“You’re not attacking me that’s why. I’m also guessing that you will not be affected by the effect of the spells since you’re in my party system but don’t try it. I don’t want you to suddenly die,” Anton joked.

Frederick suddenly took back his hand as if he touched something hot and Anton laughed.

“Will your spells really hurt me?” Frederick asked and Anton shrugged since he truly didn’t know.

“So it’s decided then. I will try to attach the three armor spells on the item and you don’t care if the item will make you look like some sort of icy god or goddess of death?” Anton asked.

That question made everyone's eyes light up and Anton completely understood. Who wouldn’t want to look like a powerful being even for a few seconds while an enchanted item was activated? He could see them imagining themselves like him, walking around, impervious to damage, attacking everything in sight with spells, as powerful as a god.

Everyone then said that they actually wanted the effects since they couldn’t wait to get a hold of the item. Anton explained to them though that right now he didn’t have the capability of attaching an automatic activation on any of the enchanted items that he had made and that the item would need to be switched on when needed and switched off the moment they didn’t need the defensive spells anymore.

Anton felt a little embarrassed when he said that since it felt like the fact that all of his enchanted items still needed to be switched on to be used seemed like he was an amateur enchanter which he truly was and studying regular enchanted items didn’t help since the system was totally different from what he was using.

He knew that someday, he would give some time to study the different activation processes of his enchanted items so he could have something other than a switch.

“When are you going to complete the item?” Anna asked.

“I will probably need several more days. Maybe even a week.” Anton answered.

After that, Anton entered his room to continue working on the defensive enchanted item while the rest of the mages returned to practicing their magic.