FlinxAugust
patreon
Chapter 368
🕑 Added 2025-02-04 02:00:03 +0000 UTCAnton’s announcement surprised everyone in the suite.
“I thought you said it would take at least several more days?” Anton’s father asked.
“I thought so as well but I managed to complete it earlier.”
Anton then showed the belt to everyone.
“It’s ugly!” Anna suddenly said while Lunelle clasped her hands over Anna’s mouth.
“I agree but unfortunately, the mana structure for the spells needed a wide enough surface that would accommodate them, and accessories like necklaces or bracers are simply too small. If you want something tasteful, you could give me something as wide as this that you could easily wear then I would inscribe the enchantment onto it. For now, this item is called Anton’s Magic Belt and once it’s turned on, it will protect the wearer since it would activate three armor spells which are the Frozen Armor, the Cyclone Armor, and the Bone Armor spell which would increase the wearer’s defense, protect him or her from physical and magical attack. Not only that, while being worn, like the comb that Walter is currently borrowing from Anna, it would add one hundred mana to the mana of the user!” Anton excitedly said.
Everyone gaped when they heard the capability of the belt.
“That’s already a legendary artifact!” Frederick exclaimed.
“Not really since for now, the item is limited to only ten uses and after one use, you will need to recharge the mana storage immediately. After the tenth use, the item would be destroyed.”
Anton then asked Frederick to demonstrate the use of the item. When Frederick wore the belt and turned it on, floating ice appeared and began surrounding the mage. Then wind flew from everywhere and circled Frederick and lastly, pieces of bone made of mana appeared and eerily circled the mage but all in all, Frederick suddenly looked like a very powerful mage with the effect of the belt in full view of everyone.
“The belt when activated would only last for an hour until all of the mana in the mana storage is depleted but the depletion could be significantly faster if you’re being attacked,” Anton said.
Anton then waved his hands at the special effects magic that was surrounding Frederick.
“As you can see, people near him would not be affected by the magic that is currently surrounding Frederick since the magic would only activate if he was attacked,” Anton said then he retrieved an ordinary sword from his inventory and suddenly attacked Frederick.
Of course, Anton only mildly attacked the mage since with his Strength stat, he could actually damage Frederick. When his sword touched Frederick, everyone could hear a clanging sound and saw that the mage wasn’t affected by the sword. They saw that Anton was suddenly frozen solid but after a few seconds, the ice that was encasing him melted.
“As you can see, if the user of the belt was attacked, not only it would protect him from damage but the attacker would be frozen in ice for several seconds and the damage the ice would cause would be considerable to normal people so I recommend that you don’t do that but if you want to test it out, make sure that you’re beside me or a healer,” Anton said.
“At first, I thought of adding a spell that would allow the magic belt to retrieve mana from the environment but that would cause the structure to become overly complicated and since the user could only use them ten times, I thought that it would not be worth it,” Anton continued.
Antonia, Lucia, Walter, and Philip as well as Selena, Norma, and Belue were all gaping at Anton.
“I know you can make enchanted items but I didn’t know that you’re this accomplished!” Phillip exclaimed.
“If any of the families in New Drennor discover that you have this capability, they might abduct you,” Lucia joked.
“Hey, don’t joke about that since they might actually do it. But I’m guessing you don’t need to worry too much since you being an archmage will be the best deterrence that your family can have regarding actions like that,” Antonia said.
“I thought that with the floating bones, it would look eerie but it actually looked beautiful,” Lunelle said while looking at the magic that was surrounding Frederick.
“You look like a very powerful mage!” Anna complimented the mage and Frederick began strutting while the belt was active.
“Remember that you will need to bring extra mana power banks with you so you can recharge the belt if you need to.”
Anton then gave the two remaining belts to his father to distribute after saying to everyone that if they wanted something more aesthetically pleasing, they could commission an artist to create something like the belt but to remember to copy the width and length of the silver buckle so he could inscribe the spells to it correctly.
The women then began discussing what kind of item would best serve as the basis for the defensive enchantment while the men borrowed the two belts that Anton gave his father so they could examine them minutely.
Anton was startled when he overheard the girls discussing corsets and buckles filled with crystals and gems while the men were talking about creating something sturdier and thicker. Devon even suggested that they should create something like a breastplate.
After a while, Anders announced that it was time for them to go to the dining hall. During dinner, the discussion on which item they would choose to have the enchantment continued and they kept asking Anton if the item they chose was feasible. He had to finally declare to them again that as long as it was as big as the silver buckle that he made and could be worn in the body, it was feasible.
When dinner was over, they returned to the suite they briefly discussed the assassin’s group when Anton asked if there was any news regarding them. Unfortunately, the assassins were lying low and Anton wondered what was taking the powerful wizards on the ships so long to capture them.
They then watched the last film in the Spiderman franchise starring Toby Maguire. As usual, after the movie ended, everyone discussed the films but everyone still bombarded Anton with questions about Earth’s technology and other inventions.
They were particularly fascinated by the concept of smartphones and Anton had to show them video clips from the most famous streaming website about people using their phones. The fact that each cellphone user could connect to the internet and access documents, pictures, and videos anytime they like astounded everyone.
They were so enamored with those devices that Anton began listing the negative impact of the smartphones that plague the people of Earth but based on their reaction, Anton knew that the only thing that remained in their minds were the advantages.
Anton didn’t worry too much since smartphones were much too futuristic for anyone in this world to invent. Maybe a mage could invent something using magic but the process would be very complicated and there was a huge chance that even if something like a magical cellphone would be invented, the mages would probably keep the magic device to themselves.
Also, unfortunately, because of the ambition of some evil organization, wizards couldn’t focus on magic innovation but instead focus their power on increasing their offensive and defensive capabilities therefore increasing their chance to survive in the upcoming confrontation with the undead. Everyone knew that it was inevitable. There would be confrontations in the future.
