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The Catacombs, Slera's Castle—Hallways [ Early Morning ]

With the doors of the throne room once again opened, the group hurriedly exited out of the area with tired breath.

"Hah..." Letting out a tired sigh upon exiting out of the throne room, Shinto turned his head towards the group whilst speaking out. "We're finally out of there..."

With the sudden storm that was brought up upon by Frey—the group was placed into a difficult position. After all, for such a mess to happen within the throne room meant terrible things.

"Ugh... Seriously, Frey, did you really have to do that?" Ethaniel clicked his tongue whilst scruffling his hair in a tired manner. "We were in the throne room! And well—"

"I don't wanna hear it from you, person who left me to be welcomed back by no one!" Frey folded her arms as she pouted. "You deserved it!"

"Yeah... You ruined my sleep!" Kon whimpered.

"Argh shut it will you?!" Ethaniel grumbled. "We're lucky as it is that Madam Ru found it amusing. Otherwise... To cause such a scene in there meant..."

"No, no. You're lucky that I haven't punched you to a wall!" Frey humphed as she turned towards the rest of the group. "Ahem! So, what are the rewards?! Because a certain SOMEONE, I missed everything."

"You didn't get any notification when you logged in?" Shinto asked.

"Oh, huh. notifications? Ah right!" Frey stamped her hands. "I was so caught up because a certain SOMEONE abandoned me," she frowned. "But anyways, let me check, let me check!"

With excited eyes, Frey turned towards her notification window. Meanwhile, Raina and the rest helplessly sighed for Ethaniel.

"...she's never gonna let it go, huh?" Raina chuckled.

"I guess that's how it is," Shinto shook his head helplessly. "Though, what was the question you were about to ask Madam Ru?"

"Ah... Well," she muttered out. "It's regarding the overall status of this place, I guess. Was just wondering how they were coping with the king being unconscious whilst they were getting things back to order."

"What? Are you asking for another quest?" Ethaniel frowned.

"No... I was just curious," Raina said. "But... I guess curiosity would kill the cat if it did lead to a quest..."

"We can think about this later," Shinto nodded his head as his eyes turned towards Hikari and Crowelin. "For now... Should we head back to town?"

"Finally!" Ethaniel stated in an excited voice. "Let's not delay it any longer and—" as he was about to continue on with his sentence, a loud shout protruded out from the side of him.

"Sticky Gauntlet? Sticky Gauntlet? STICKY GAUNTLET?!" Frey shouted out in shock. "Masteerrr! Where is that item?!"

"Ah... You mean the items we got?" Shinto raised his brow. "I think Ethaniel took them all in a rush whilst we were exiting out of the room so..."

"...so it means Ethaniel is stealing our stuff?!" Frey glared at the young man beside her. "Give it now!"

"Jee, impatient much?" Ethaniel sighed. "I was going to give it in town, but whatever. Might as well give everyone the equipment," nodding his head, Ethaniel opened up his inventory as he took out the four items that he had kept away.

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[ Gloopius Sabre (Sword-type) ]

Rarity: Epic

Attack Power: 360 ~ 400

Durability: 500/500

*Strength +45

*MP +150

*Physical RES +11%

*Poison RES +50%

*Slow RES +35%

*Damage against enemies inflicted by [Poison] or [Slow] will be increased by 15% and 30% respectively.

*When a skill is activated by the user, there is a 20% chance of activating [Poison Ehance] effect on self whilst a 30% chance of activating [Slow Enhance] effect on self.

A sword created by the famous 'Gloopius Gloop' blacksmith. He who has carved his way into the history of Slera's has created this sword to enhance the effects of slow and poisoning capabilities.

Condition(s): Level 45 or above, Has Passive [Sword Master (Intermediate)]

Weight: 55

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[ Gloves of the Slera ]

Rarity: Epic

Defensive Power: 45

Attack Power: 125 ~ 150

Durability: 350/350

*Poison RES +35%

*Slow RES +40%

*When attacking an enemy: Has a 20% chance of inflicting the status [Slow]

*Poison Damage Dealt +30%

*Poison Damage Received -20%

*Skill [Poison Enhancement] is generated.

*Skill [Slow Enhancement is generated.

A glove was carefully made into existence by the Madam of the castle. Seemingly seemed to be that of silk—however, it is made of the soft slime that makes the wearer comfortable whilst also enhancing their poison effect.

Condition(s): Level 45 or above, Has a skill that can Inflict [Poison]

Weight: 30

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[ Sticky Gauntlet ]

Rarity: Epic

Defensive Power: 140

Attack Power: 270 ~ 410

Durability: 560/560

*Strength +20

*Stamina +60

*Poison RES +40%

*Slow RES +10%

*Movement Speed -6%

*When receiving damage from enemies inflicted by [Poison] or [Slow], the damage is reduced by 50%.

A heavy gauntlet that can easily pack a punch. Although the gauntlet is made of the coating of slime, the slime is hardened and thus allows for the user to hit as if the weapon was made of steel.

Condition(s): Level 45 or above, Minimum of 100 stamina and 50 strength.

Weight: 80

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[ Staff of Etheral Flame ]

Rarity: Epic

Attack Power: 450 ~ 500 (4 Seconds to Cast)

Durability: 340/340

*Intelligence +30

*Magic Power +12%

*MP +135

*Fire RES +12%

*Fire Damage +17%

*Damage against Wind Elementals +20%

*Skill [Etheral Charge] is generated.

The staff of Etheral Flame. Unknown of its origins, it was once held by a powerful sacred magician but now has passed down to those who have learnt the arts of Flame.

Condition(s): Level 45 or above, At least has one skill from the [Flames of Etheral] skill tree.

Weight: 65

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"Oh?" Upon setting his eyes on the details of the items that were handed to him by Ethaniel, Shinto's eyes glistened in amazement. "These items are quite good."

By level standards, the four pieces of equipment rewarded by the quest were above average due to the stats that they gave. For one, each of the gear seemed to be focused on one main gimmick: The ability to deal increase damage to enemies afflicted by a certain element or status.

In this case, for the three weapons besides the staff, they all compliment each other with the status of [Poison] and [Slow]. Thus, if one were to focus on inflicting status ailments against enemies, the damage dealers would be dealing high amounts of damage to add to their current one, and as for the one who would equip the gauntlet, they would be able to take far less damage due to the weapon's attributes.

"The gloves that I would be wearing seems to further enhance on the effect, huh?" pondering on the matter, his eyes soon averted towards the skill description that came alongside the gloves.

[ Poison Enhancement Lv 1 ] [ 75 MP ] [ Cooldown: 3 Minutes ]

Casting out the spell of enhancement, the user increases the poison capabilities of an ally, allowing them to have a 20% chance of inflicting the status [Poison] when attacking with basic attacks. If the user uses the skill on themselves, poison damage is increased by 10%.

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[ Slow Enhancement Lv 1 ] [ 75 MP ] [ Cooldown: 3 Minutes ]

Casting out the spell of enhancement, the user increases the slowing capabilities of an ally, allowing them to have a 20% chance of inflicting the status [Slow] when attacking with basic attacks. If the user uses the skill on themselves, the slow effect would be enhanced by 20%.

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The skill from the gloves was two way. One could be an ally buff for allies in the front lines while the other could be a self buffing skill meant to further increase the user's status capabilities. Fortunately for Shinto, he could use the skills both ways thanks to the fact that he has [ Sticky Grounds ], [ Poison Goo ] and [ Rainy Slime ] available for use.

"Mm... This is good," he nodded his head in a satisfied manner. If the monsters they fight aren't immune to [Poison] or [Slow], it meant that it would be a far easier time to handle them.

Whilst Shinto was deep in thought, he could still hear the loud cheers from Frey as she was in awe of the equipment that Ethaniel had passed to her. "Yay! A new weapon! But what's up the requirements?! I'm only level 40! And... And... Oh, wait, my stats are just fine."

"We're not in need of this equipment yet since we're not heading into any battles anytime soon," Shinto calmly said as he kept the gloves into his inventory. "But... We might want to level up to level 45 soon in the case we end up in another situation."

"Huh?! So are you saying we're going to go out on another adventure?!" Frey cried out.

"Well, no," Shinto shook his head. "First of all, let's just take a leisure break first. Our top priority right now is to get better equipment and supplies," he said whilst making his way down the hall. "So, shall we head to town now?"

"Yeah, let's go!" Frey cheered out whilst following after Shinto. Soon after, the rest of the group followed suit.