“Enchanting is the act of taking the ambient mana around one and fusing it with an object, forcing your will upon it. A powerful Enchanter can craft gear that can lay waste to entire armies.”— Annwyn Online Players’ Guide
Firestone, the Territories of Rielle. Day 02.
“Could it be someone using her account? Maybe it got hacked and whoever’s on it got pulled here with us.” Nix offered when Saiph finally told them Riley was showing up online on his friends list.
“That’s what Will thinks, whoever it is, they haven’t responded to Will or my messages.”
The fact that someone out there might be using Riley’s account angered Saiph. It was like finding out someone had robbed her grave and was now parading around in her outfit. It was even worse that they didn't even have the decency to own up to it.
“I'm going to Pallas’ Watch to find out what's going on.”
“Right now?” Nix asked with incredulity.
“No. I couldn't even if I wanted to. It’s a high level zone and it'll take weeks of travel,” Saiph let out a sigh.
The fast travel system made moving around the continent a breeze. Too bad it had been reset for everyone.
“No, I'm going to Orleana, just like we still planned, but I won't be going to Araedi. Will and I are going to put together a raid party and head to Pallas’ Watch as soon as we can.”
Rose suddenly perked up. “I can help with that. I have a friend doing a tuna run west. He should be getting to Ven Istera in a couple days or so. I'm sure he'd be willing to double back and pick us up.”
Ven Istera was the closest city to Pallas’ Watch. It was located in the central part of the continent in a region known as the Godsfall Mountains. It formed the boundary between the low level zone, the eastern half of the continent where monsters rarely got above level fifty outside of night spawns and the high level zone, the western half where monsters got as high as the mid nineties.
“Seriously? That would be amazing! It would cut down on travel time considerably. I don’t know how I could repay you both.”
Rose waved a hand in dismissal. “Don't worry about it. It's nothing.”
Saiph shook his head. “No. Between this and you saving our skins with the nightstalker, we owe you.”
Nix cleared his throat before Rose could refuse again. “Before you two continue this song and dance, I know how we can repay Rose.”
Nix pointed to Rose’s bow. The white and gold weapon was in pretty rough shape, but upon picking it up, Saiph couldn't help but smile at it anyway.
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Item: Lune’s Wrath
Type: Weapon - Bow
Construction: Shadow Iron and Spirit Wood
Rarity: Phantasmal
Stats:
Base Damage: 600 (1550 Maximum)
Durability: 128/1,500 (Damaged)
Enchantments:
Critical Strike chance: 92.5%
Critical Strike damage: 192.5%
Every 2nd critical strike deals 2x damage
Life Steal: 24.5%
Flame Damage: +1050 (Fire)
Burns the target for an additional 500 points of damage over 6 seconds. Successive shots reset this timer.
Charges remaining: 27/250
Description: A powerful bow forged by the fury of Lunette Soleil, enchanted by Lueur Rose.
The weapon's stats were on par with the highest quality gear enchanters could make and between it and her Rogue skills were how she'd been able to put out insane DPS against the nightstalker, even with its handicap from lost durability.
Rose shook her head. “I know how much that bow costs to fix. I'll let you fix it if you let me pay for it and come with you to Pallas’ Watch.”
Rose reached into her bag and pulled out a black longbow. Its limbs were sharp and angular and it was well over Nix’s height. Most noticeable was the slightly green-blue iridescent glow of a weapon enchantment.
Item: Arc d’Noir
Type: Weapon - Bow
Construction: Sky Iron, Heartwood of the elder spirit Can Oti
Rarity: Phantasmal
Stats:
Base Damage: 2000 (Earth Damage)
Durability: 3,000/3,000
Enchantments:
Innate: Mana regeneration increased by 35% while wielding this bow
Innate: Consumes 3.5% of wielder’s remaining mana to deal that amount as bonus Earth Damage on-hit. This does not consume any enchantment charges.
Innate: Durability will slowly regenerate in the presence of sunlight
On-hit effects of arrows are twice as effective. Every other shot applies all on-hit effects twice for 2x the charges
Charges remaining: 550/550
“The person I enchanted this for wasn't logged in when we got brought here. I'm sure you could sell it for a good amount.”
Saiph watched his friend's greedy eyes go large at the weapon as Nix said, “No, this is perfect for me. I've been trying to level my archery to rely less on my spells. You've got a deal. We can see if there's a blacksmith in town tomorrow. In case we have to fight night spawns on our way to Orleana, I'd like to have the most amount of firepower we have.”
Rose turned to Saiph. “Though, there's maybe one thing you could do for me...”
Saiph stared at Rose, wondering if she were about to demand the world of him, and slowly replied, “What's that?”
“You're the Saiph of North Remembers, right?”
“Uh huh.” Saiph nodded. “I am.”
“Do you think… maybe I could get an audition to join?”
Saiph snorted in amusement.