Rise of the Blood Sovereign

100  Buying Weapons and Armor

Wan choose a curved sword that was about 1.4 meters long and was created from a bone of a Bronze Core monster. The sword was flexible, although not as much as other swords that were created from metals, it was sturdier and its cutting power was above others.

Olman, on the other hand, chose a bow that was created from a tree that was about 120 years old. The black wood of the tree was very bendy and could allow Olman to shoot incredibly fast and powerful arrows. The bowstring was made out of the tendon of a Bronze Core monster and it was not easy to pull it, luckily Olman had gained a good increase in his strength stat after drinking the blood and he was able to use the bow quite proficiently.

He also needed a quiver and arrows. Since buying hundreds of arrows in order to use them, later on, was not that beneficial, the many craftsmen of the world of Corleon had come up with a genius idea, one that took them decades to finally realize.

The quivers that one could buy could actually take in mana from the surroundings and create arrows. The arrows would be completely made up of mana, and the better the quality of the quiver, the more powerful the arrows it created.

One could also pour his own mana into the quiver to create arrows immediately, and the way that archers fought suddenly changed. No longer did they need to worry about running out of arrows mid-fight and the only thing they had to keep an eye on was how much mana they had left.

Thanks to how the arrows were created, archers could also pour in more mana into them before launching them, leading to the arrow changing. One could make it faster, make it spin more, overflow it with mana so it would explode upon impact, and more.

Of course, that wasn't to say that nobody still bought arrows.

Those that were below the Bronze Knight realm would have to buy some as they couldn't spend a lot of their own mana to create arrows mid-fight.

Also, there were craftsmen that could create incredibly powerful arrows that would be miles above what the archers could gain from the quiver. Those were incredibly expensive, but high-leveled archers would always make sure to have a couple on them at all times in case they had to fight a powerful enemy.

Lyle also bought a good scabbard for Wan's sword. A lot of stores would create multiple scabbards for each type of sword they had which would have different benefits. Some scabbards would make sure the sword was in pristine condition and they even had a function to keep it as sharp as before.

There were some that would slowly repair any small damage done to the sword over time. Some would increase the cutting power for some time after the sword was left inside for a fixed period of time, while others would increase its toughness…

It was essential to have a scabbard, and even Lyle had two small sheaths for his daggers. The sheaths were of high quality and had the repair function, which meant that Lyle rarely had to worry about what state his daggers were in.

After buying everything that was necessary for the three, Lyle took them to another store. The store was actually a tailor, but once again, Lyle flashed his stone and led the three deeper inside.

They entered a store that had multiple different sets of armor, ranging from leather armor all the way to plate mail and even enchanted robes for mages. The two got a set of leather armor each as their style of fighting would not benefit from having any heavy armor on.

Lyle then went to the clerk and told the three to wait for him there.

Entering deeper inside, Lyle met up with the store's owner, a Golden Knight with ties to the organization that was also one of the best craftsmen in the city. Upon showing him the 5 armor sets, the man was immediately able to recognize them.

He simply glanced at Lyle once again, fully aware of who he was as no other assassin would have been able to get the armor from the castle after the duke was assassinated. Only the one that had done the deed would have been able to steal them before the young duke's death as there was no chance of doing so later when the archmage was hot on his heels.

Knowing the identity of Lyle actually surprised the old craftsman as he could sense that Lyle's strength was nowhere high enough to actually have done what he did. Sensing a mysterious power that was trying to suppress him and was shrouding Lyle made the old man think that Lyle was simply masking his true strength.

The old man listened to what Lyle wanted him to do and made sure to memorize how Lyle wanted each of the armor sets to be changed. Lyle made sure to change every single set to look different from one another so as to not have anyone get suspicious of how he had so many armor sets that were the same.

The owner nodded to Lyle and told him it would be done in the next couple of days and told him the price, giving him a discount that was partly because Lyle was part of the organization, and partly because the old man wanted to form a good relationship with Lyle.

An assassin of his caliber was not easy to meet, and even though many had overestimated Lyle's abilities thanks to the last mission he had finished, nobody was aware of that and all of them believed the young man was at the very least a Night Blade with terrifying abilities as he was able to even get away from an archmage.

Only a certain few were aware of what realm Lyle was in during the assassination, but they were even more shocked by Lyle and his abilities as someone of the Silver Knight realm shouldn't have been able to get away from Ilya.

Lyle had become somewhat of an enigma in the organization and all the higher-ranking members wanted to be on his good side and foster a relationship. Those that knew of his connection with Nicholas now had a better understanding of why a Shadow was backing him for so long and praised Nicholas's ability to foster such talent from early on. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Lyle left the store with the trio and made his way over to two jewelry stores. He didn't come to sell any of the gems or jewelry but was actually coming to check what his actions from last night had done.

Upon looking around and acting like a noble that wanted to buy some shiny things, Lyle was able to get some information from the store clerk. The stuff he had sold last night had not caused any large commotion in the city, but there were people that started talking about how some high-quality gems and jewelry had been sold to the stores.

He knew that he would have to be a bit careful and decided to wait one or two more days before selling any more things. He bought a golden ring before leaving the store so as not to draw any suspicion from the store clerk and made his way over to where the thugs lived.

Olman of course knew just how many people were in the organization he had created and who were those that were not in the mansion last night. It was relatively easy for Lyle and the others to get to the thugs and they spent the next couple of hours visiting their homes and getting rid of them.

Only two thugs remained after the trio had finished searching for them. They were not in their homes or any place they frequented, and Lyle could only come to the conclusion that they had hidden after finding out about what happened at the mansion, or had been captured by the guards of the Holad family.

Lyle hoped it would be the former, but it was doubtful that that was the case. He made his way over to where the mansion was, leaving Adam and the others three to start making plans with starting their own organization.

Upon passing next to the mansion, Lyle was unable to see anyone present. He had, however, noticed that some things were out of place and he managed to sense the presence of five men inside the mansion.

The guards had probably left the mansion after not being able to find anything in there, but they had left some men just in case somebody showed up.

Lyle was now perplexed. He didn't know if he should kidnap a guard and interrogate him. Finding out whether the guards had captured any thug was important, but that would also make them know that one of their own was gone and that it was probably done by the one behind the murder of the family.