Chapter 270: The ARES Guilds Official Equipment and Weapon! (1/2)

'It seems like there's really not much information about creating ships. What much more about workshops or factories for making such! It's great that I have a ship-making manual… But I still lack almost everything needed to make a ship. And from my estimate… I would even need to build a Kingdom near the sea to be able to start such a project… But something is suspicious… If the sea merchants can easily travel from one continent to another, won't selling ships be a huge market? If that's the case, there should be a few ships sailing around—other than the ships that belong to the BHO members.' Pedro thought deep inside. 'In any case… The ship-making operation would be on hold for now. I'll see if I can get more info from Duke Albert and his underground connections. If that's not enough, I have no choice but to find the answers through BHO in the trade event.'

Then, Pedro nodded towards Blacksmith Prodel and said, ”Thanks for the info, senior!”

”That's nothing! That's nothing!” Blacksmith Prodel said in response as they shifted back their focus in crafting weapons and equipment.

They used a black and cloudy metal ore known as the Black Mountain Rock Metal Ore that is often obtained on the deepest part of the caves and is known to be just a rank lower compared to titanium like Metal Ores in terms of strength and durability.

It was hard and was difficult to melt, thus, it often needs at least five minutes in the Ore Oven—two minutes longer than the ordinary metal ores. Molding and shaping it was not an easy task. It would take them minutes of continuous hammering before each blade was formed.

But because Pedro and Aldo were just novice blacksmiths and the fact that the metal that they used is dark and cloudy in appearance, the weapons lack elegance even on the final output and are not eye-catching just like the newbie swords.

That said, its durability and sharpness are on another level and could even be compared to the swords wielded by officials in the Kingdom's Military. On the other hand, Blacksmith Prodel, together with some NPC slaves under Pedro were crafting the Armors for everyone in the ARES Guild.

Unlike the traditional full metal breastplates, they cut Black Mountain Rock Metal Ore in separate pieces and attached them to chainmail as Pedro instructed. This way, their movements won't be restricted even if their sword art techniques came from Clara and were designed to adapt with the restrictions that a breastplate provides.

With elegant black cloth sewn in between each Black Mountain Rock Metal Ore to hide the chainmail, together with golden linings as design, it looked like a metal bulletproof vest with a bit of a luxurious vibe. Add up the cover to the shoulders, the neck, the groin area, and the thighs, the armor could also be mistaken to be similar to Japanese Samurai's Armors as a whole.

There was also protective equipment for their limbs, hands, and feet that were made using a similar style of crafting, but the Black Mountain Rock Metal Ore were cut into way smaller pieces so that the protective equipment won't restrict much of their movement when worn.

As for their helm, it was crafted as thin as possible using the Black Mountain Rock Metal Ore. Only by placing another layer of the metal strip on critical parts like the forehead, the top of the head, the back of the head, and the chin area. As for the design, they simply imitated the design of an ordinary helm and just made a diagonal opening near the ear area, for hearing enhancement purposes.

The helm itself was designed to be lightweight and fit while ensuring that its defensive properties won't be compromised. With the addition of cloth inside, it was comfortable to wear for anyone. Their vision was also not affected that much, so, other than the hot environment in extended periods of use—especially during combats where perspiration and body temperature was inevitable to rise, there was not much of a backdrop in wearing the helm.

With that, the ARES Guild member's armors were made. And Pedro participated in the crafting together with his slaves because he wanted to give it to everyone else so that they can familiarize themselves in fighting with their armor equipped. There's a huge difference after all because although the amount of the metal ores used were reduced, the weight of the armors was still heavy on that point.

And considering that almost all of the parts of their body have specific protective equipment to be worn, it was completely a different experience from not wearing armor. It was as if they were trying to fight with 'weights' attached all over their body. The only difference from the ordinary armors available was that their movements were not much restricted.

The details and design of the armors were just overkilled because of the support that Duke Albert provided to Pedro. From the quality of the cloth that was used to the expert seamstress that accompanied them all through the crafting process, it was all provided to Pedro to ensure that the craft of their Guild's First Official Armor would look as good as it could be.

In fact, their Guild's Logo was even engraved at their shoulder guards, at the forehead area of their helm, at the lower left guard of their thigh—near where the scabbards of their sword were placed, and at the handle guard of their swords—similar to where the bird was located on , Clara's sword.