Crimson Crocodile Armor, Added to the Chaos Mall!

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Looking at the string of notifications sent by the Fire Seed...

Murayama Yota gritted his teeth and cursed loudly:

"Baka!"

"That Lord Huanyu is absolutely detestable!"

"One day, I'll make him pay!"

With a dark expression, he walked out of the wooden house.

Murayama Yota looked at the terrified farmers, battered all over and clutching Crude Weapons, and immediately flew into a rage.

"Trash!"

He kicked one farmer to the ground and cursed furiously:

"You can't even deal with a rabbit. What's the point of raising garbage like you?"

Murayama Yota wanted to vent his anger on a few more subjects, but when he turned around, he found that the others had already hidden far away. His brow immediately furrowed.

When he had beaten the subjects yesterday, these bastards had not even dared to dodge.

Now they actually dared to defy their lord's will!

Looking at the panicked subjects with their shifty eyes,

a bad feeling rose in his heart.

He brought up the subject information panel.

Murayama Yota was shocked to discover that the loyalty of all eleven of his subjects had dropped.

The loyalty of the subject beneath his foot had even rapidly fallen below 60 (Indifferent).

Seeing the suppressed rage in the subject's eyes, Murayama Yota was startled.

These bastards... they couldn't rebel, could they?!

Fourteen Spartan Warriors stood in two rows.

They wore thick red leather armor and each held a Fine Iron spear.

Rudo, the Spartan Longbowman, held a large bow and carried two quivers of arrows on his back.

Mo En, the Spartan Javelin Thrower, carried a bundle of short spears. The spearheads seemed to have been polished from wild monster claws and looked extremely sharp.

Dilios stood behind Huang Yu.

His equipment was even more exaggerated.

In his left hand was an Excellent Quality round shield covered in bloodstains, while his right held a Fine Iron spear.

A Fine Iron longsword hung from his waist, and another bundle of short spears was slung across his back.

He had armed himself to the teeth.

However, most of these weapons were merely of Normal Quality.

Huang Yu's attention was drawn to the half-body leather armor worn by the Spartan Warriors.

The leather armor was crimson, patterned with crocodile hide.

The shoulder guards on both sides were different. The left one was made from a Red-armored Crocodile's tail and wrapped around the warriors' upper arms.

The right one was made from the crocodile's upper jaw.

Two scarlet crocodile eyes had been fixed onto it using a special technique.

It looked majestic and savage.

It was highly intimidating!

Huang Yu brought up the leather armor's information panel.

Crimson Crocodile Armor

Quality: Excellent

Equipment Effect: Carefully forged by an Expert Level Blacksmith of Blue Mountain Workshop, it possesses extremely strong defensive power and can defend against most Normal flying projectile damage. The right shoulder guard can release Frenzied Blood Qi, strengthening berserk-type abilities and slowly healing the wearer's injuries.

Note: This product is custom equipment made by Cang Yun, an Expert Level Blacksmith of Blue Mountain Workshop. It is an unprecedented new piece of equipment on the Chaotic Continent!

Extremely strong defensive power!

Immune to most Normal projectile damage!

Enhanced berserk abilities and slowly healed injuries!

Wasn't this exactly the equipment lords needed most at this stage?

Huang Yu could already envision Crimson Crocodile Armor being in short supply once it was listed.

But Cang Yun had just said...

Although Crimson Crocodile Armor was relatively outstanding among Fine Grade equipment,

the techniques it contained were not particularly profound.

If a Master Level Blacksmith was willing to crack it,

they would not need to spend much effort to obtain the techniques for crafting Crimson Crocodile Armor.

That meant counterfeit Crimson Crocodile Armor might appear before long.

However, by then, Huang Yu might not care much about the profits brought by Crimson Crocodile Armor...

Ding!

Just as Huang Yu was thinking, another notification appeared.

Chaos Mall has assessed Crimson Crocodile Armor at 780 Soul Crystals and determined that it has archival value!

Would you like to submit the crafting technique for [Crimson Crocodile Armor] to Chaos Mall for inclusion?

The lord will have a chance to obtain 2,000 experience points, as well as 3% of the profits after Crimson Crocodile Armor is sold in Chaos Mall!

Note: The lord does not need to provide equipment forging materials. After the [Crimson Crocodile Armor] product is listed, Chaos Mall will label it as produced by Huanyu—Blue Mountain!

Did this count as a form of indirect intellectual property protection?

Huang Yu gave it a quick look and chose yes.

Rather than letting others imitate it, he might as well have Chaos Mall, the "official" party, certify it.

Although that would not eliminate counterfeits,

its legitimate status was there for all to see, and the meaning it represented was priceless.

Compared to that, the 3% profit share was not nearly as important.

After all, Universe Shop would soon list Crimson Crocodile Armor as well.

The price would be much lower than in Chaos Mall.

If most human lords wanted to buy it,

they would still come to Universe Shop.

He selected yes.

He submitted Crimson Crocodile Armor to Chaos Mall for inclusion.

Unprecedentedly surging energy erupted from every corner of his body.

Huang Yu was enveloped in incomparably dense Golden Light.

Only after a long while did the Golden Light slowly fade.

Congratulations, Lord! You have advanced to LV8!

The 2,000 experience points had allowed Huang Yu to level up three times in a row!

Although LV8 was still within the Normal Creature Level,

Huang Yu felt that his strength had increased severalfold!

Now, with a light jump, he could leap three or four meters into the air.

"Lord, we've run out of materials. These are the last two sets of Crimson Crocodile Armor."

Cang Yun walked out of Blue Mountain Workshop, still wanting more.

Two Apprentice Level Blacksmiths followed behind him.

Each of them carried a set of Crimson Crocodile Armor in their hands.

Huang Yu temporarily placed the Crimson Crocodile Armor in the warehouse.

At present, the warehouse contained a total of eighty-two sets of Normal equipment and two sets of Excellent equipment.

There was still some distance to go before reaching the two hundred sets of Normal equipment needed tonight.

"Lord! Leave the materials to us!"

Dilios patted his chest and said boldly:

"With this equipment, we're confident that we can wipe out all the Red-armored Crocodiles outside the town within one hour!"

"I believe you won't disappoint me."

Huang Yu nodded and continued:

"However, after dealing with the Red-armored Crocodiles, don't rush deeper into the forest. First scout the surroundings of the town."

His intuition told him that great danger lurked deep within the forest.

Now was not the time to venture too far in.

"Yes!"

Dilios nodded solemnly.

He then bid Huang Yu farewell and led the Spartan Warriors into the forest.

"Wild monster hides, claws, and similar materials alone are not enough."

Cang Yun frowned and said to Huang Yu:

"Forging equipment requires a large amount of metal. Our Fine Iron is extremely scarce and can no longer meet our upcoming forging needs."

Fine Iron...

Huang Yu felt a slight headache.

At present, Fine Iron was a scarce resource on the trading platform.

Even now, he had not heard of anyone finding an Iron Mine.

It seemed he could only spend heavily...

Opening Chaos Mall,

Huang Yu searched for mineral resources.

Common Iron Ore

Price: 800 Soul Crystals

Description: Iron ore is a good thing. A lord's development cannot do without it... Of course, ore cannot be used directly. Besides iron ore, you will also need a Steel Furnace!