At Lucas's words, the soul flames in Emily's eye sockets nearly blazed out.
Ling Chu's Eyepatch locked onto the watery sheen showing beneath the tear in Lucas's shirt, and information appeared.
[Slippery Sea Monster Water-Scale Armor] [Quality: Legendary] [Close-fitting inner armor crafted from the softest, finest water scales on a seventh-tier sea monster's belly, tanned with deep-sea merfolk glue. Extremely light and flexible, its scales continuously secrete a transparent film of water, making it difficult for blades touching the armor to gain purchase.] [While equipped: constitution +3, agility +2. Grants skill: Slippery (passive).] [Slippery (passive): When struck by a physical melee slashing or piercing weapon, the flowing film of water on the scales redirects the force upon contact, deflecting the weapon sideways and greatly reducing the chances of a vital hit or armor penetration.]
No wonder her scythe had slid straight off Lucas's chest even after landing a hit, as though she had struck an oiled fish.
In terms of pure defense, this equipment might not be able to withstand a divine artifact, but its purpose was to divert an attack before the blade could properly bite.
What a pain.
I need to get that armor off him, Ling Chu thought. Otherwise, with Lucas's 35 agility, Wave Treading, and this legendary inner armor designed specifically to counter melee blades, hurting him would be almost impossible.
The problem was that he wore it securely beneath his clothes. She could only take it by force.
Ling Chu immediately thought of her skill, Pirate is More of a Bandit.
But that skill plundered at random. Money, supplies, equipment, skills, professions, and even islands were all possible targets.
If she got lucky enough to steal Lucas's Deep-Sea Contractor profession outright, that would naturally be ideal.
But if she drew some other item,