Darius also couldn't help but smile. "Well, that certainly explains the quality. I was wondering why there were so many items relating to magic and magic enhancement in this specific batch."
Darius then took the brown gloves and wore them after removing the System Brand, then replacing it over the gloves. He also placed the earring on his left ear, making only a slight grimace as it pierced through his lobe. He also placed the cloak around his shoulders and clasped it firmly.
Finally, he held the staff in hand and twirled it about casually, nodding to himself with satisfaction. The gloves amplified his magic by 1.5 times while the staff did so 2.5 times. Overall, this was a 4x increase to his magic damage as a Journeyman, putting him almost at the level of early Adepts!
Once he increased his stats and spells more, this would further snowball, making his firepower exceed the limits of the human understanding and border on the levels of the superior races.
Darius gave the Elite Warrior's Vest to Gunner who wore it over his polymer suit. The vest increased in size to match him, making the fellow feel comfortable within.
As for the Holy Circlet, it was granted to Xela, who could make the best use of it. As for the Arrow of Artemis, Darius was unsure what to do with it. Archery was part of his skill list now, but it wasn't something he had really focused on.
Besides, the point of acquiring Xela was to remove these distractions from his fighting style and embrace the path of the mage. However, Darius was astounded by Xela's amused remark at seeing his hesitation.
"Master, I hope you're not forgetting which race I'm from."
He slapped himself on the forehead. He had seen her as a cleric and non-combatant healer, but forgot that at the end of the day, she was still an elf! Their race was hailed the undisputed kings of Archery on Fallon, so of course, Xela could make the best use of it!
"That's good, in fact, I had a powerful bow I've been holding onto that has been gathering dust for far too long. With it and the arrow, you should have great offensive capability in battles where healing is not required." Darius commented as he removed the Bow of Houyi from his Inventory and gave it to Xela.
The former Elven Princess took the item and inspected it calmly. In the end, she displayed a happy expression and exclaimed: "Good bow!"
Darius nodded with satisfaction. As for the Treeheart, the Rail Rifle, the Leaf of the Divine Tree, and the Space Stone, he kept them in his Inventory. For the heart and the leaf, he would probably trade them away.
For the stone and the rifle, he would keep them for he had plans to transmute more of them. The rifle to equip an army or a small force and the stone to make his own teleportation portals that could reach anywhere in Faust right from his territory.
Of course, that was a plan for later and when he had more CP per day. Darius then gestured to Foldo, "Bring out the rest and let's see."
While the rest of the items were also good, they were far from the level of the first batch which had a lot of Xela's own stuff. After checking them for any hidden uses, Darius just let Foldo keep them in order to make them redeemable rewards within the faction.
After all, he hadn't made too great a variety of magical equipment using Transmutation due to how expensive it was to transmute such things compared to resources.
Once done, Darius spent the night within the faction to rest and prepare Gunner and Xela for the journey ahead. Early the next morning, they departed for Elysium with the blessings of Foldo.
Seeing as the nearest Intercontinental Teleportation Portal was located in Fraterina Kingdom, Darius decided to avoid that misandristic kingdom and head for another, which was the Favelian Empire.
It was located 203,560 kilometers to the south of their current location. Even with the Group Teleportation spell, it would take ages to go there.
To avoid wasting time, Darius had made some useful preparation in those 5 years of seclusion, having made many Long Warp scrolls. Even though each one only sent them 25,000 kilometers in any direction, he had dedicated an entire week's worth of CP to transmute these costly scrolls, leaving him with around 50 of them.
It should not be a problem to go and come using them. Currently, they only required about 8 jumps to get near to their destination, crossing about 200,000 kilometers in a few minutes.
As for the last three thousand or so kilometers, Darius and co traveled it using Group Teleportation. By the time they arrived at the capital city of the Favelian Empire, Favelia, it was only early afternoon.
Darius did not have any Favelian Currency on hand, so he had to go to a forex building and trade away a ton of gold for 100,000 Favelian Ruxes, which were a paper currency similar to Earth's.
Since Darius was perceived to be an Adept, same as Gunner who had activated his Earth Guardian, they were given good rates, despite being foreigners.
However, they did not get the overwhelming privileges of being an Adept like in Andrato. After all, Adept had been the ceiling in the fledgling kingdom, while the Empire was held together by a large amount of Master-stage experts.
The disparity was quite great, but neither Darius nor Gunner minded truly. After all, they weren't here to stay, but to travel a great distance.
The trip had worn them down physically and mentally after warping such a great distance in such a short period of time, so the first thing they did was find a high-quality inn and book rooms.
After resting for a day in the inn, the group set out towards the Portal Square in the Capital City to book a passage to the Elysium Continent.
Unfortunately for the group, many others also wished to use these services, so there was a hefty line leading up to the portal.
