In the Lord's room, Tania smiled as she complained to Landen Gallop, "You've been on the front lines all by yourself and haven't paid any attention to their growth. These girls now—even Tierney and Fang—are all very dependent on the Exquisite Orbs you made for them."
The Exquisite Orbs on the girls' and Magic Beasts' chests gently floated up with Tania's words.
"But those were all made when they had just reached Intermediate or High-Rank. Now that they each have their own core magic, if you don't improve them or make new ones, it'll be difficult for them to keep advancing."
"I talked to Ben Kaul about this too." At the mention of it, Landen sighed. "Logically, given their potential, I ought to prepare specialized quasi-Legend equipment for every one of them. Never mind the cost of custom robes—the materials alone are a problem. I only have a small reserve of High-level Magic Beast hides, and Gemstones and other materials are limited too.
"More importantly, neither Ben Kaul nor Saranir is good at crafting equipment, while Benite Wyvern, the Kingdom's National Pillar who is skilled at it, and I don't exactly get along.
"I wanted the Tower of Purity or the Magic School in the Imperial Capital to take the job, but their asking price was a Magic Furnace and a magic factory in exchange for one person's outfit."
A single set of custom magic equipment was no less complex for a High-Rank Mage than a Magic Tower. Take the Grand Commander's and Grand Administrator's Ceremonial Robes once personally made by Queen Padmira—their materials, magical design, and the exquisite precision of their final effects far surpassed the Magic Towers of ordinary Archmages.
In Landen's eyes, the robes he had previously bought for Wendy and the others were little more than