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Once we entered the Dream World, we found ourselves inside a large black and gray colored palace. There was a gigantic smithy in the middle of it all, where boiling lava and divine flames flowed endlessly. There was a myriad of tools for crafting, forging, smelting, and more everywhere.
The entire place seemed especially made and designated to create things, craft all kinds of items, and to shape treasures into brand-new objects. And of course we were going to do that here, as we were going to make our first Soul Gear in this very Dream World.
Naturally, Belle was the one with the idea to shape it like this.
"Do you like it? I shaped this Dream World based in your requests. I've materialized all kinds of crafting tools here, and everything necessary." Belle said. "Now it's up to you to find out if anything can be useful or not."
"It looks wonderful, well done, Belle!" I smiled, full of excitement.
"Well, then let's begin." Rakasha said. "Show us the goods already, Drake."
"Yeah!" Surtr was excited as well. "I would have loved hunting Soul Beasts myself!"
"Hmm, perhaps we could ask permission to our respective mothers?" Emerald wondered. "I-I don't know if my mother would allow me though… But you can ask your own, I think she spoils you a lot, Surtr."
"A-Ah, yeah, maybe she'll allow me." Surtr nodded. "Well, I'll ask her later anyways. Let's begin whatever we're doing today."
"Alright."
I placed the Soul Treasures over the floor, not all of them, but the ones I wanted to work with for now. There was a variety of everything, both frost and dark elemental materials. This time they appeared as they should, and not as translucent, phantasmal items I couldn't grab without Soul Ether permeating my hands.
Everyone analyzed the items in silence, nodding and finding everything quite fascinating. The structure of the Soul Treasures, although it seemed like any normal animal, plant, or ore, was much different when seen through our eyes after being extracted from their original Ethereal Realm.
"Fascinating, the way the Soul Ether interweaves between their own particles like countless of rivers of energy is incredible!" Rakasha said.
"Yeah, I noticed that, but didn't know how to exactly word it…" Surtr nodded, analyzing it with his eyes. "This pelt, bones, fangs, and horns is what we're going to work with, right?"
"There are also some ores and water I got." I nodded, placing the Soul Treasures. "But yeah, there aren't any metals per say, so we'll have to craft things out of the most basic materials extracted from the monsters. There are scales as well, many of them."
"Interesting, this sounds fun. I have mostly lived my life smelting metals, but to craft things like this, it fills me with curiosity!" Said Rakasha. "However, can't we check the item you already have, to see how it was made and structured?"
"Sure." I nodded, unequipping the Soul Gear.
My Soul felt slightly weaker the moment I took it out, it was certainly one of the things making it stronger. Though the Soul Ether Stat didn't decrease, the soul still felt slightly debilitated.
I showed them the soul gear, as they looked at its description and abilities through the system window I shared with them.
[Snow Beast Spirit Pelt Barbarian Robes (S Grade)]
[Effects]
[Soul Strength]: [A+]
[Soul Vitality]: [S]
[Soul Stamina]: [S+]
[Soul Regeneration]: [A]
[Abilities]
[Soul Gear: Snow Beast Spirit Pelts]: Pelts made using the Snow Beast Spirits that wander the Ice Titan's Soul Realm. Once equipped into the Soul, increases Azure Ice Essence Regeneration Speed and Quantity by +200%, Decreases damage deal to the Soul by -20%, and increases the Power of Soul Abilities by +100%.
[Soul Gear: Snow Forest Beasts Runes]: The Runes of the Snow Forest Beasts you hunted now lingers within this Soul Gear. By imbuing it with Divine Power and Azure Ice Essence, you can unleash their power at once, boosting your Physical Strength, Dexterity and Agility by +200%, while also being able to call out their [Snow Forest Beast Echoes] with each successful attack against a foe.
[Snow Forest Beast Echoes]: There's a 30% chance with each physical attack against a foe to summon a random Snow Forest Beast Spirit Soul to attack the foe, dealing up to +500% Damage that can ignore up to 50% of their defenses, and also deal Direct Soul Damage of the Ice, Beast, and War Element.
[Description]
A Unique Soul Gear crafted using the pelt of many Snow Beast Spirits that exist within a Soul Realm. The power of their Spiritual Souls lingers within these special clothes, which can be worn by the Soul to enchant their power and protect them from damage.
"Incredible, it looks so rough and simplistic though! But it has a rather interesting intricacy." Said Rakasha.
"I thought it was some simple piece of pelt clothes, but it has been imbued with a lot of runes." Said Surtr.
"I can feel a lot of Divinity from this." Emerald said. "Master, did that Skadi Titan made it for you?"
"Kind of, I also crafted it… In the trial I was forced to fight many foes and soul beasts, I hunted and ate them to survive. And out of their bodies, I made these clothes roughly. Somehow that ended becoming the Soul Gear. Though Skadi did give it some sort of enchantment." I nodded. "It might be the Divinity you sensed. We'll have to figure out how to do that to make Soul Gear."
"Alright, this sounds really fun! Let's begin. Surtr, Emerald, Drake, grab some pelts. Let's start sewing and cutting them into shape. Let's begin by making some pants to go with Drake's equipment." Said Rakasha. "Let's use that fox's white and blue fur, that dragon's black scales. The bones as armor, and this and that…"
"Okay." I smiled. "Let's do this!"
Although I was the only one capable of creating Soul Gear, that didn't stop the rest from helping in the manufacture of the equipment by handling the materials.
Luckily, we were able to somewhat shape and cut them just as any pelt would be cut using the materialized dream tools.
We discovered and found many things as we worked, but ultimately, I was the only one that could complete the item itself.
