Chapter 177

Chapter 177 Strongest Sage, Takes Armor Off

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An hour after we took on the quest .

We've gathered near the gate, ready to depart to Testra Prairie .

But one problem occurred here .

" . . . What are you wearing . "

I muttered so when I took a look at the examiner who came last .

He's wearing heavy iron armor .

"Do ya even have to ask . . . They're armor . "

"No, that's gonna have the opposite effect . . . I think you'd better off not wearing them . "

You could indeed gain considerable defensive power if you have armor reinforced with magic metal and the like .

But the ones this examiner is wearing are just plain iron armor .

He's not getting more protection with these .

On the contrary, he'd be an easy target due to the reduced mobility, it'd have the opposite effect .

And most importantly, thanks to the clank clank sounds these armor produce when he walks, we'll be immediately get found by the monsters .

"Where we're heading off to is a place that has claimed many casualties . I can't possibly survive with some half-assed equipment . "

Aah, the type that thinks more defense means it's safer huh .

There's absolutely no point in poorly put together armor in a situation where high ranking parties found themselves wiped out . . . . but it's gonna be hard to convince him .

Guess I should suggest stronger and lighter equipment for this guy .

"Aa . . . Ruli, make some random armor reinforcement magic tool . Make it a type that can be attached to existing clothes . "

"Erm . . . Like this?"

Ruli immediately got what I was trying to do .

After pondering for a few seconds, Ruli carved a magic circle on the magic stone in her palm .

The magic circle she carved was more nicely made than I expected .

I see, Ruli can do this level of magic circles herself already .

"I did it!"

"Ah yeah . Well done . "

I received the magic stone turned magic tool from Ruli, and activated it on some cloth I got nearby .

"Alma, try to shoot at some random tree over there . "

"Gotcha! . . . Wew, it's been a while since I last shot a magic-less arrow . "

Alma shot at the tree while saying that .

The arrow pierced deeply into the trunk .

"What a powerful arrow . . . I can see why they call you lot monstrous . "

The examiner looked at the stuck arrow as he said that .

I coiled the magic tool-enhanced cloth on another tree while taking a sidelong glance at that .

"Gotcha!"

Alma shot out another arrow with the same level of power as earlier to the cloth-coiled tree .

This time the arrow didn't get stuck in the tree .

It only managed to slightly damage the cloth before getting flicked away .

"Wha . . . Did she hold back just now?"

The examiner sounded surprised when he saw that .

"Did it look like she did?"

" . . . No, it didn't . "

The examiner replied instantly .

He might be a bit cowardly, but he's still someone qualified to be an examiner of the guild's promotion test, seems like he's good enough to distinguish the arrows' power at least .

"Even ordinary clothes could be reinforced to that extent by using this magic tool here . . . with that in mind, I'd like to ask you this, is there any point in wearing those heavy armor now?"

" . . . There's none . "

The examiner took off his armor .

Clothes reinforced with this defensive magic may be weaker than the protectors Ruli and Arma are wearing, but they're still far better than some plain iron armor .

There's no way a few millimeter thick iron could win against magic .

. . . Well it still doesn't change the fact that Alma's magically enhanced arrows would easily penetrate this level of protection, and I can make something far more durable than this if the aim were 『Make something durable, doesn't matter if it's heavy』 .

I reinforced the examiner's clothes with the magic tool Ruli made while thinking that .

"Alright, let's head off . "

–Thus we departed to Testra Prairie .