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Recognized Craftsman

Title: 

Title achieved by craftsmen acknowledged by the world.

“Another vague title…”

Roland glanced at the new title that he received after finishing this new armor set of his. To his surprise, after it was all done the world’s system allowed him to name this item. It was quite the finicky method as the first words that he blurred out were applied to this item.

‘What would have happened if I said some random words? Would it register anything or does the intent count?’

It was a good question but he probably wouldn’t ever find out. If he ended up making another named item it would be better to not give it a stupid name. If he was able to perform this act then probably other people were also able. Considering this existed the analyzing skill should have been able to identify this new runic set of armor he made. Thus Roland picked up one of the gauntlets to give it a look. To his surprise, a few new things showed up besides the usual metal composition.

Name: Rune Mark I Gauntlet.

Classification: Unique.

Durability: 90/90

Armor Rating: B

Set Bonus

( 2 ) - [ + 10 Intelligence ]

( 4 ) - [ + 10 Endurance ]

( 6 ) - [ + All Runic Spells deal 5% more damage ]

‘Could this be the function of the title?’

What his eyes focused on was the classification of this gauntlet which gave him a unique one. He wasn’t sure what it meant but some of his old game knowledge gave him an idea about what it entailed. Before he confirmed the hypothesis his gaze landed on the set bonus that included six parts. The bonuses weren’t that bad and the increase in flat damage just for wearing a suit of armor was a nice surprise.

‘Six parts… Does it only count the main parts of the armor set?’

From what he could gather the system decided to divide his armor into six main parts. The boots included the sabaton and greaves. The pants probably included the cuisses and what was below his waistline. Cuirass for the chest piece, gauntlets for the hands, pauldrons along with the rerebrace, and finally the helmet.

‘Does it discount the Silvergrace suit or does it see it as a part of the whole set?’

Some tests were in order before he figured everything out. His theory about the new title was easily confirmed after he used his identifying skill on some other items around the smithy. The sword that he got from his fight with Emmerson had the highest rank for the classification bit and gave him an idea of how they were graded until that point.

Name: Enchanted Mythril Greatsword

Classification: Rare.

Durability: 69/75

Attack Rating: C+

Name: Runic Aether Durasteel Shield

Classification: Uncommon.

Durability: 45/45

Armor Rating: D

Name: Runic Aether Durasteel Longsword

Classification: Rare.

Durability: 40/40

Attack Rating: D

The lowest thing he could find was one of the old iron tools that he had made sometime in the beginning. It was of the ‘crude’ classification and this was probably the lowest grade possible. After that was the common classification and it was followed by the uncommon one which was his durasteel shield. Rare came afterward and he was actually able to discover items like that among his creations.

This showed that the materials that the items were made weren’t the only thing this classification accounted for. It was possible to have a better version of the same item and perhaps the enchantments included on them made the difference. The longsword had a higher tier 2 spell placed on it while the shield just had a simple tier 1 mana shield on it.

Crude, common, uncommon, rare, and then there was unique. For some reason, this naming scheme didn’t fully stick with Roland. Unique was synonymous with one-of-a-kind, it didn’t really go along with the other four names.

‘Could there be an irregular category that the system isn’t able to fully measure? Well, It doesn’t really matter that much, I just need to start identifying more items.’

This new title gave him the ability to see the classification of items and also any set bonuses that they had. It would allow him to pick up better items from a pile without the need of going through their metallic composition or getting too close. It would provide him with information when facing off against opponents. Someone decked out in rare items or above would pose more of a threat than someone adorning common weapons.

‘I don’t have much time left, I need to move to the testing phase… but before that.’

Roland turned off all the recent prompts and was about to give the armor a test run. The last thing on his mind was his first level-up. His level reached one hundred seventy-seven and he was curious about how many stat points he received from his new class. When it came to tier 1 classes usually all the gains were capped out at one point. Then moving on to tier 2 classes they were doubled to two points a level. Now that he was tier 3 it was probable that he could gain four or three stat points a level up.

Name

Roland Arden L 177

Classes:

T3 Runesmith Overlord L2 [ Primary ]

T2 Runesmith Lord L50 [ Tertiary ]

T2 Runic Engineer L50 [Secondary]

T1 Mage L25 [ X ]

T1 Runic Mana Scribe L 25 [ X ]

T1 Runic Blacksmith L 25 [ X ]

HP 37756/37756

MP 76084/76084

SP 52062/52062

Strength 250 (+3)

Agility 205 (+2)

Dexterity 293 (+2)

Vitality 262 (+3)

Endurance 292 (+3)

Intelligence 343 (+3)

Willpower 332 (+3)

Charisma 21

Luck 12

‘Hm… it seems that three is the maximal number… but I’m not getting anything under two points so it’s a big improvement over tier 2.’

After using this level-up as an indication for future level-ups he was shocked. This meant that he would receive a minimum of two hundred points in each stat until reaching max level of his Runesmith Overlord class. While his class was a bit special this didn’t mean that the other tier 3 class holders would be that far behind.

‘This does explain the discrepancy between tiers, there is no way someone at a lower tier could compete with such a stat difference.’

It was clear that the gap between tiers continued to grow, the chasm just got more massive. Roland thought back to the time that he fought the Lich and the miracle of his surviving the confrontation. If he was facing off against any other creature that didn’t have an obvious weakness then more than likely he would have been dead. Now he had reached this stage but it wasn’t over as stronger foes awaited.

The next confrontation was already scheduled as Theodore Valerian decided to send out some people to pick up Emmerson. It was probable that at least one other Knight Commander would appear and perhaps be accompanied by other tier 3 class holders. Just like Arthur hired Platinum Adventurers, the same could be done by his older brother that possessed deeper pockets. The group could potentially outrank the five Arthur hired. It might be up to him to do most of the heavy lifting if anything went wrong.

‘I don’t think they’ll go for another confrontation this early but I need to get ready for any potential fights.’

Roland looked at the large greatsword that Emmerson was using. It would be a slap to his face to have it on him while the man was being released. He didn’t really have a choice though, there was no time to make a new weapon for himself. There were only two days left and that would be only enough to perform a few tests on his armor and maybe replacing the enchantments on this sword was possible. It all depended on how many tweaks to his new armor he would have to make.

‘Would be better if I did this somewhere else…’

Roland arrived at the testing facility. Previously he destroyed the place and almost collapsed the roof above him when he was first playing around with his Overlord’s Might skill. He made sure not to place this large chamber directly under his house but if it was destroyed then a few of his wind generators would collapse along with it. His power had become superhuman and simple rock walls were not enough to contain the magical blasts or even punches that he could produce.

‘I need to make this larger, the ceiling is too close too… Maybe making some construction golems won’t be a bad idea, I don’t really want anyone snooping around this place.’

After giving out a sigh he got to it. The Silvergrace suit that he created was already around his body and quite the tight fit. It didn’t leave much to the imagination as he wasn’t wearing much under it. Besides the underwear to cover his nether regions the rest of his body was exposed. Transferring mana was much easier through skin contact and he wanted to have as much of an advantage while using this set as possible.

Finally, the various parts of the armor started floating around. The mage hand spell was fully utilized to get them in the correct locations for integration. There was no real need for leather straps anymore as the suit had been designed with latches and clasps in mind. When it was in the correct location a magical signal would push every piece together and slightly magnetize everything to the bendy metal suit.

‘I could probably make this more streamlined…’

Just as he could use the mage hands it could be done through runic items. It was possible to program in a dressing-up sequence where the armor used the spell by itself while using the Silvergrace suit as a reference. He could already see himself T-posing while the armor parts flew to him from the other side of the room. For now, at least, he needed to get through this in a slow and steady fashion by placing the parts one by one.

Last came the helmet that he just placed over his head with the help of his own two hands. For a moment he deliberated about making a large movable face part which would open up as a hood of a car upwards. Yet after considering the time and how the moving parts would introduce weak points to the design, he decided against it. Perhaps in the future when making a Mark 2 version, he would implement such a solution but for now, this would be it.

The visor was slightly larger than his older design and when being used gave out a lighter glow. Through it, he was able to see everything unperturbed and with the advantage of miniaturized screens on the side. Those screens would allow him to see his blindspots with the help of a few golem eyes that were hidden in the back portion of this helmet. The image would be a bit hazy but enough to warn him about any potential threats.

‘I’ve gained some size with this armor on.’

The first thing he realized was the increase in his height which now reached two meters. This combined with all the armored pieces gave him a more intimidating appearance of a tier 3 Knight Commander. He still needed to add a cape to fit the role but at least in appearance, he did look the part.

‘Okay, let’s run some diagnostics while I give it a little jog.’

With the dawn of tier 3 runic constructs came an improvement to the all-around runic operating system. It was like moving from DOS which required many prompt inputs to Windows which actually had a proper graphical interface to work with. It was possible for him to have it send out a small mana jolt through all the traces to check if any of them were being blocked.

While it was doing that Roland took the first step forward. The boots he was wearing had a bit of a footprint so it took him a moment to get used to his new frame. Yet after a few minutes, he was casually sprinting around the testing facility without hearing any crunching or screeching from metallic parts rubbing against each other.

‘The system really helps with the measurements, it’s just like on the schematic.’

He had to give it up to the skills that he gained. After following the plans that he drew up himself he managed to make the perfect replica. The weight distribution was perfect and it didn’t feel awkward to move in this armor piece at all. It was even possible for him to jump and perform some kicking motions without too much of a problem. Yet the weight was still there, if he gained too much momentum it became harder to stop.

Obviously, some time needed to be spent on training before he fully mastered this new piece of equipment. Before mastering it fully he would need to be careful and perhaps relying on powerful tier 3 spells was the way out. His hand moved forward and he pointed out with his palm on a set of slabs of metal. The first one was a block of iron after it was steel and behind him durasteel.

At the bottom of his palm was a circle that started glowing pale blue. Soon it switched to a brighter red color before firing a superheated energy bolt at the blocks of metal. A loud bang hit his ears as it connected with the target and quickly melted right through it. Both the iron and steel blocks were not able to resist at all and only until it got to the last one did the attack subside.

‘Those weren’t thin sheets of metal either…’

Roland compared this little hand blaster to the large mana cannon he designed to defeat the tier 3 monster skeletons. This one shot wasn’t that far off from the power of that mana drill and he wasn’t even utilizing it to full capacity. With how spammable this palm blaster was compared to the bulky mana cannon, it was a massive improvement.

The testing continued with him trying out a couple of different spell combinations. This brought the first problem to the forefront and one of the downsides of this armor set compared to the other one. Greater runic spells were a lot more complicated than common ones. This caused somewhat of a control issue in the operating system through which he was activating it.

His suit of armor was clearly lagging behind and even when utilizing his multiple minds it was becoming problematic. Spells that he could utilize in a matter of seconds was his biggest advantage over other people. He was still ahead of mages comparable to his level but creating grand spells would put a strain on the system.

‘Should I try alleviating this or go with another approach? A few golems and the bits could buy me enough time to initiate the spell. It takes time for the mana to go through the larger structure of a greater rune, could there be a way to hasten the process?’

For the time being he decided to leave this problem alone. Besides attacking spells he wanted to test something different. The first tier 3 spell that he analyzed had been the levitation spell. It was capable of moving objects and the caster up in the air and reducing falling speed. However, was it really capable of only that?

For this test to proceed he needed to get outside where there was no ceiling. The moon was shining out brightly as he had worked into the late hours as always. Agni was there to greet him and was not fooled by the new armor set at all.

“Woof!”

“Give me some space Agni, I don’t want to crash into you.”

“Woo?”

The wolf moved his head sideways as if he wasn’t sure what his master meant. Roland tried to ignore the lazy wolf that just sat down next to one of the windmills. Their spinning blades continued to generate a little bit of sound as he got ready for a little experiment.

His body blinked a few times as the spell was activated. The feeling of weightlessness took over as the levitation spell commenced. With a little jump upwards he started floating and gained a whole five meters in height before slowly descending down to the ground. After a few hops around the compound, he was getting the hang of it.

‘Should I go for it?’

Roland asked himself as he wasn’t sure that this was a good idea. The levitation spell was usually meant for reducing fall damage or rising into the air to reach locations that were inaccessible to the caster. What he was about to do was inspired by his modern mind and too many shows with flying robots.

After another jump, the soles on his metallic boots started giving off a red glow. He had decided to utilize a similar propulsion system that existed in rockets. With the levitation spell active there was not much weight for his rocket boots to lift and thus he started gaining altitude.

“Woah… Is it actually working? I can see the whole house from here”

Roland’s expression wasn’t visible but under the helmet, he was actually smiling. He was rising up into the air and could even see the city of Albrook. It was filled with many small lights that represented torches and moving city guards patrolling the area. In the other direction, he could even see the dungeon that had its opening illuminated as well.

“Wait…”

His mind was brought back to reality as he realized that he had gone too far up. When glancing down his home was quite a distance away. While his mind remained calm and he knew that slowly lowering the output of the thrusts would remedy this situation, he was not very experienced in this field of flight. By bending his body in the wrong way along with his feet, he started rearing off to one side.

“Oh shit… I can’t balance it out!”

The two thrusters on the boots filled out the sky as they started propelling him all over the place. Even his attempt at stabilizing himself with the help of his hands which were also capable of discharging flames, failed. His armored body flew to the side and into the trees in the nearby forest where he had his first crash landing. Only thanks to an emergency mana shield and his newly attained body enhancements was he able to come out with only a few bruises.

Yet as he lay there in a crater of his own creation his mind drifted towards a solution to this dilemma. It seemed that retaining balance in the air wasn’t that easy and would probably become even harder the more complex magics he utilized. However, there was someone that seemed to do fine when casting the levitation spell and was quite competent in using it while chasing Roland down in the dungeon.

‘I wonder… could it be possible?’

Comments

Demonlord

Thanks for the Chapter

Viria

Here comes the snarky Lich companion OS 🤣

Erik R

Lichux version 0.02

Viria

Lich-nux would sound better IMO. Evolves into Arch-lichnux at tier 4.

Talen Drake

So, I have a major problem with this chapter. You basically just wrote the same scene as Tony Stark in Iron Man in the first iteration of his suit, and you aren't crediting/attributing it at all. It is fair use to have a fictional character take inspiration from another fictional character. It is not OK to just plagiarize the scene entirely with no attribution to the source material. If the Iron Man movies exist in your source universe, there is no way he didn't see them. If they don't then you should write your own scene.

Szymon Szczełkun

Well couldn't it just be coincidence ? I'am not a fan of marvel/dc or whatever is iron man part of but in practically all fantasy when characters try to fly by themselves and the method is not popularized (be it with divice , magic or skill ) they expirience traubles with keeping balance in air and crash , it's really way to common occurance and not smth that is unique to one or two works . As for the armor being put on automatically and not manually by oneself if that was your point then while it's little less common , it's not that rare either so it may be because i don't know the universum of iron man but i really don't get your point

TerrestrialOverlord

If you end up pursuing an audible/Amazon deal you might run into a copyright ©️ issue and end up losing a whole bunch of money...mentioning Stark would be prudent because it is ridiculously similar

kuropon

But not really? First of all, it's not a machine it's a magical armor. Then we have the levitation spell, I also don't think Iron Man is the first fictional character to have rocket boots or something similar. It's like saying no one can have something that looks armored/robotic crashland during a test cos iron man did it lol

Matthew Dennis

Kuropon it’s not about right or wrong, it’s about what a jury or judge would think. If marvel took you/Amazon to court there is a solid chance they would rule against you. People aren’t wrong when they say credit it or change it. It’s worth the time to differentiate the armor a bit more or have the character say he was inspired by a movie. Or maybe it’s not worth the headache of not doing it

kuropon

Uh no they wouldn't really, what are you even talking about xD There aren't enough similarities to make a case for anything here. I think that while reading you're just remembering scenes from Iron Man as if it was the same thing. But it's really not, something like this would never make it into court. Think you might have imposed too much of Iron Man onto the story yourself and jumped on something similar?

Talen Drake

He went into his home workshop, tested his new guantlet energy weapons, then tried to fly with rocket boots on his armor and crashed. Those are all the elements of the MCU scene that this chapter presents. If Roland is from our Earth, where the MCU exists he A) Saw the movie, and B) should have known better with the flying attempt. C) I respective of A and B, it is fodder for an office meme of "it is the same thing". Are you honestly saying this isn't inspired by Ironman?

Aeonstorm

I hope that some inspiration from other types of armour both magic and technology from other media is also used like warhammer 40k, exalted rpg, guyver etc

kuropon

Uh... he's been testing armor all the time in the workshop? Used levitation spell? You do know that Iron Man didn't invent rocket boots right? Nor, armored suits or power suits. I'm not even sure what we are arguing about xD Like, crashing during a test of a magical suit is natural, isn't it? You can't really claim any copyright cos it's just a logical story element. Is it inspired by Iron Man? Parts of the story are, sure. Other by Gundam, other by things like Guyver but is that wrong?

mahu

Flying armors are not unique to ironman. Power armor from Fallout, flying suit from UFO, mech-warrior. From doctor Who, cyberman and daleks fly, power rangers, evangelion, blue gender, transformers. In my opinion, it resembles ironman because, they both created it. But ironman suit was robot, just controlled from inside and this is armor as he has to move.

Display Name

please no, we dont need more side characters in the novel we will just forget about in a few chapters, or even worse an excuse to give the MC weird tips/knowledge he should have worked for

Display Name

When we start to get to 21st century, is when the fantasy immersion gets lost for me, and i have to drop the book. I was hoping for more complex magical power, and body enhancement spells... not ironman meets rustic hillbilly mages

Kanyau

I get that power scaling means that our MC will be facing more difficult challenges as he levels up. I just hope we don't lose perspective. Roland is now in the top, what, 95th percentile of all beings... I mean wasn't there a whole thing about most people never reaching tier 3? So sure, he'll be facing life-threatening danger and ever-increasing challenges, but also, I really want to see this man just stomp some problems. I just hope he hasn't gained all this power for us to only ever see him struggle ( and inevitably succeed) against overwhelming odds.

mahu

Well he stomped Emmerson quite easily, as well as those after lich robbers. Just those struggling encounters takes little more time.

Szymon Szczełkun

Well it's not xianxia and now that he is tier 3 and knight , low level thiefs and adventures would probably stop bothering him and coming to pick a fight . What's more he is unlikely to look for trauble with them himself due to his personality so the only visibly weaker peoples that would pick fight with hims are nobles and their children but that would be tricky as well

Display Name

The fun part of these novels is the progression to the top, that daily grind that turns into something, the knowledge that they gain over time, and how they can exploit some of the knowledge to overcome their adversaries in unique ways. Turning the books into some weird techno magic thing, with magically knowledge only they know or adding in some weird AI or pet system to the novel to get around the grind or explaining things only lowers the quality of the book(s). why spend 200+ chapters doing things in a slow methodical grind to the top, just to throw it all away by creating some magic technology that T4 and T5 people probably dont have access to ? or insert other weird things here. Be something like Mother of Learning, not some cheap chinese novel that repeats the same events 100x over with just slightly different names and levels.

kuropon

Well yes but, that's kind of the progression part of it? It has to progress into something better? It's like moving on from the bronze age to the iron age, at some point the old technology just isn't cutting it anymore. Bronze weapons will fall short of iron ones and then of steel ones. You also brought up a novel that isn't even in the same genre also if you think that in 10 chapter we'll be flying spaceships, I think you need to calm down.

Display Name

Just a few arcs ago, the Cat was telling our MC that he didn't know the rune operating system. Now he knows enough that he can create his own generalized AI ? its like going from a abacus to today's technology, skipping over more than 100 years of computing improvements. Our MC has not created his own runes to date. Not a single rune has been mentioned that he home made created. Everything he has stolen/copied from shops/auction houses/underground or has received to copy T3 runes he couldn't understand from the Cat. he has always taken these stolen runes and used them in unique ways, but never created his own. Also, creating some sort of power armor as a T3 runesmith was this easy. the Dwarfs would have millions of sets of this stuff already.They would have created entire armies of them to defend their workshops or wage war His father would have been able to purchase them for his guards around the house with how easy it is. If creating a sentient AI, was this easy as well they would be all over the place.

kuropon

What do you mean, he has been modifying runes since the first moment he gained his scribing class... It sounds like you haven't even read the story at all. He had been playing around runes and customizing them for years now. It took him a while to get the Golem OS going while basing it on an older variant. Yes, he created an armor that no one and I mean no one, could use. His class lowers the mana requirements for runes through which he can even use any spells without his head blowing up. Like I'm not sure what you're even talking about, like it sounds like you've skipped a lot of the explanations while arriving here... o_O;

Talen Drake

Yeah, I may be unhappy with how similar this is to Iron Man, but the progression to this point has been clearly outlined.

ItWasIDIO!!

Sigh magic iron man

TyrTheFallen

Tony Stark Isekai lol