IW-03. Moonlight Banishes Shadows by Wright J T

Author:Wright, J T [Wright, J T]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LitRPG
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Seven

They had to stop at the Academy to retrieve Kerry’s armor. Leaving Trent at the school’s gate, Kerry promised he wouldn’t be more than a handful of minutes. Trent presented an odd sight to the few students who walked by him as he leaned against the wall and entertained Dreq with a game Evelyn had taught the pup.

A man playing fetch with his Dog wasn’t so unusual. When that man was dressed in fine leather armor and masked, it was a touch suspicious. What really shocked the students was the casual way Trent tossed the Beast tooth for Dreq to retrieve.

Beast parts were not toys. In the student’s eyes, Trent was throwing money on the street, and Dreq’s teeth were damaging valuable crafting materials. It was the silver of coin and not the white of a tooth that flew through the air as the students watched. Several thought of trying to snatch the tooth for themselves before Dreq could run to it. There was something in the way Trent rested his left hand on the hilt of his knife that kept their greed in check.

Slightly more than a handful of minutes went by before Kerry reappeared, adjusting his pauldrons and gauntlets while tightening his helm. A tower shield hung on his left arm and clanked against the steel of his greaves as he walked. It was true that he was nimbler in armor than he was out, and combined with his size, there were some who found the sight of Kerry intimidating.

Trent was not one of those. He was distinctly unimpressed upon seeing the spots of rust and dents in Kerry’s protective gear. The armor was big and heavy, but cheap and poorly maintained. Trent could empathize with the dents. There had been a time when his own equipment had been scarred enough to be nearly useless. But the rust? Trent found the sight of a problem that could be cured with a bit of oil and patience distasteful.

“What do you think?” Kerry came to a stop and flipped the visor of his helm up. “Not as pretty as your leather, but it’s got its own flair, right?” He hefted his shield so that Trent could get a good look at the rectangular monstrosity that was almost as tall as he was.

“It looks like armor,” Trent agreed neutrally, rapping his knuckles against Kerry’s breastplate. “Can you run in that?”

“Run? Why would I need to run? There’s nothing on the first two floors that can breach this!” It was a subject that Kerry had hoped to avoid. He could run for a short distance, but his Heavy Armor Skill was only at Level 3. It would have to reach Level 6 before it started to reduce the weight he carried.

“So, no, huh?” Trent reached and retrieved the tooth he’d been throwing for Dreq. “Can Beasts on the third floor get through metal?”

“There are acid spitters on the third floor sometimes. We shouldn’t need to worry about them.” In Kerry’s opinion, they wouldn’t reach the first-floor Guardian on this delve.

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