Ignoring the insincere half of what he had said, Bamu was genuinely quite covetous of this "Mage Slayer."
After they had finished testing it earlier, he had been reluctant to hand it over when Zhou Xu came to take it back. Even now, he felt the same way.
"This wasn't something I researched, and it also has to be forged from Pure Mithril. It can't be mass-produced for the time being."
When it came to Enchanted Equipment, Zhou Xu was no longer a novice.
He knew that the amount of energy an Enchanted Equipment item could contain basically depended entirely on the quality of its raw materials.
That was probably the biggest reason this equipment had to be made from Pure Mithril. Otherwise, it wouldn't have enough energy to support this level of power.
After taking the "Mage Slayer" from Bamu, Zhou Xu was still quite satisfied with the results of this test.
Even when facing an attack that exceeded its endurance limit, it could still effectively reduce the attack's power. This effect could be said to have greatly increased the equipment's value.
In a one-on-one duel between powerful experts, that crucial reduction was enough to become the move that decided life and death!
Of course, this was merely an idea based on the effects of the equipment itself. To incorporate it into actual combat, it would inevitably have to be combined with real-world circumstances.
For example, its three-second duration was both an advantage and a disadvantage.
The advantage was that it increased your margin for error. You wouldn't have to time it too tightly and end up tongue-tied at the critical moment, unable to cast it in time.
The disadvantage was that if the opponent was sufficiently cautious—or had learned the relevant intelligence in advance—then upon seeing you activate