Swords & Sorcery: My Adventurer's Guide
Chapter 531

The Governor's Invitation

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According to the information that appeared in the [Guide], the Sharkdeep Diver’s Scales was a suit of light armor with adequate protection.

Its scales were dense and elastic, overlapping across a leather base. They effectively cushioned the impact of slashes and thrusts without becoming so heavy that the armor lost the mobility expected of light armor.

For a warrior accustomed to turning her blade and using its momentum to weave through the front lines, constantly seeking an opening to strike, that balance between protection and mobility was often the most precious quality of all.

Its unique bloodbath mechanism also suited Selina's fighting style of charging into enemy ranks with a greatsword.

Yet the [Equipment] description offered no explanation for why it had suddenly conformed to Selina's figure, automatically adjusting its fit.

That was hardly strange, though. In fact, the [Guide] did not specifically list many of the minor functions built into enchanted items.

Although Renato did not quite understand how it worked, he guessed that this was probably because those functions were neither core abilities nor factors affecting the equipment's main effects.

For instance, after Klauthsura's psionic enhancement, the unique "empathy" conveyed through the surface of the Mountain's Embrace and its ability to adapt automatically to changes in body shape were not listed in the [Equipment] description either.

Still, the change in the Sharkdeep Diver’s Scales after Selina put it on left the sorcerer shopkeeper utterly baffled.

Standing behind the counter, he rubbed his chin with one hand while searching with the other for the identification records he had misplaced, muttering to himself:

"Automatic adjustment? Why do I remember Identify showing no such enchantment on this scale leather armor? Is my memory playing tricks on me? That shouldn't be possible..."

Renato paid no attention to the sorcerer's muttering. As far

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