When It Comes to Acting, You Two Really Are the Best

Murphy lost his composure.

The "gift" Phile had left for Hogg was simply too tempting. Even Triss, who had seen more than most, couldn't help sucking in a sharp breath when she saw it.

She exclaimed:

"What—what exactly is this thing?"

"Why are you so surprised?"

Murphy had finally found an opportunity to tease Triss, so he quickly adjusted his expression, put an arm around his wife's waist, and said:

"What? Has the Scarlet Witch, whose wealth of experience is downright insane, never seen power armor before?"

"Who would ever have seen anything this bizarre?"

Triss was close to losing it. She really had never seen armor like this before.

Inside the black storage tank in front of them—a tank twice the size of the others—was a full suit of black armor.

It was twice as large as the other exoskeletons. Murphy even had to tilt his head back to get a proper look at the helmet of the black heavy armor.

Every visible part was fitted with reliable, durable black metal armor made from an unknown material. Its exterior had been sculpted into an almost artistic gnoll battle stance. Its primary weapons were the black claws that extended from beneath its arms, modeled after a gnoll's claws.

The thing wasn't a single piece. Its chest armor, leg armor, arm armor, and helmet were assembled using connectors. But it didn't have the ridiculous feature of a cockpit; putting it on required donning each piece like ordinary armor. The specially designed storage tank also contained mechanical arms that could move freely.

They were clearly there to assist with putting it on, which proved just how heavy the thing was. Without the mechanical arms, no gnoll could put it on by hand.

Just looking at its heavy frame, you could sense its