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Chapter 433: Extreme Enhancement
The brush moved slowly, the dark red dragon blood ink seeping into the surface of the dark gray armor bit by bit.
The full-bodied dragon blood ink adhered perfectly to the armor, demonstrating an impressive level of stability.
Standing nearby, Yaya watched his actions expectantly.
The creation of dragon blood ink was impossible without her contribution.
For Yaya, now 12 meters long and possessing extraordinary self-healing abilities, producing dragon blood ink was a trivial matterâjust a bit of food sufficed to replenish her.
This was why Matthew spared no effort in nurturing Yaya.
The stronger the thigh, the more comfortable it is to cling to it!
Matthew's hands were steady. With both Strength and Constitution exceeding 15 points, drawing magical arrays by hand posed no challenge for him.
The entire drawing process lasted about five minutes.
With excellent memory and body control, along with pre-displayed digitized visuals, Matthew completed the array.
Next, Matthew took out his self-made spell scroll and activated the array with a 100% success rate.
Then, mithril powder and elemental crystal powder were sprinkled to stabilize the spell effect.
Finally, Matthew injected mana continuously, waiting for the dragon blood ink to solidify slowly and permanently embed the spell into the inner wall of the armor.
That's right, as a piece of defensive equipment, the exterior was bound to face various attacks.
Damage to the material was relatively easy to repair.
However, if the enchanted array was damaged, the repair process would be much longer.
As the enchanting process was completed, Matthew stood silently, waiting for the adamantine armor's attributes to change.
From high-quality iron ore.
To smelting in an elemental furnace.
Then forged and refined by master Gray Dwarf artisans.
The material costs alone amounted to over 80,000 gold coins.
Despite the high costs, Matthew had no intention of enchanting extraordinary-level seventh or eighth-ring spells.
Simply purchasing the corresponding spell scrolls would cost 150,000 gold coins, with no guarantee of success.
Moreover, based on past research and experience, Matthew understood the importance of "suitability."
The ultimate enhancement of equipment always depended on the person using it.
For reformed warriors who had completed physical and attribute enhancements,
further enhancing physical attributes maximized their advantages.
Matthew spent around 400,000 Destiny Points.
Consumed approximately 1 million gold coins in various materials.
Conducted over 400 experiments.
And finally, with the help of digitized visuals, completed the corresponding spell modifications.
Matthew successfully modified two spells:
"EnchantmentâStrength" and "EnchantmentâAgility"!
Extreme attribute enhancement!
To achieve this, Matthew only needed to modify the second-ring spells "Strength Amplification" and "Agility Enhancement."
Modifying these two spells was far easier than altering physical enhancement surgeries or spells.
After all, Matthew didn't need to worry about the life or death of the enchanted equipment.
"(Unnamed) Armor, extraordinary level, epic quality, Defense +10, reduces physical damage by 20%."
"EnchantmentâExtraordinary Strength, Strength +6!"
Six points in Strength equaled at least three Strength checks, reaching the extreme of Strength enhancement.
The reason it was valued by Matthew and the players was due to its "Extraordinary" prefix.
Before reaching the maximum value of 30 points in Strength, these six points were fully effective!
After all, the 2 points from basic Strength increases couldn't affect extraordinary Strength above 20 points.
Simply put, basic attribute boosts were capped at lifting 200 kilograms.
Beyond that, their efficiency dropped significantly.
"EnchantmentâExtraordinary Strength" was different.
It had a rank equivalent to seventh- or eighth-ring extraordinary spells but required only fifth-ring spell conditions to activate.
This fit perfectly within Matthew's production capabilities.
However, its drawbacks were also evident. The complex spell structures for human or larger physiques were simplified, focusing more on equipment enhancement.
It was somewhat like a variant of production spells!
In essence, it was a modified form of production spells!
With this "Extraordinary Attribute" enhancement,
Matthew could mass-produce reformed warriors with both Strength and Agility exceeding 26 points.
If the reformed individuals weren't warriors, they could still gain bonuses in "Intelligence" and "Constitution."
However, this required further improvement in Matthew's reform technology.
As for Matthew's magic armor, it primarily served to enhance reformed warriors.
Defense was merely an auxiliary feature.
Offense is the best defense!
Without corresponding combat techniques, possessing high attributes alone would still fall short compared to true extraordinary Professionals.
But Matthew enabled them to quickly master skills, proficiencies, and other combat-enhancing abilities!
Thus, the plan to mass-produce extraordinary reformed warriors became feasible!
Of course, the cost was enormous.
Setting aside the subsequent surgical modifications, a full set of magic armor, including helmet, breastplate, armguards, greaves, boots, weapons, and shield, cost at least 1 million gold coins!
Even with Bay Territory's current monthly revenue of at least 7 million gold coins, accumulation would take time.
Furthermore, Matthew hadn't yet developed the follow-up surgical modifications.
So large-scale production remained a distant goal.
However, this didn't stop Matthew from building a small elite combat unit first!
Mass-produced extraordinary reformed warriors would still possess extraordinary-level combat power!
Currently, Bay Territory's total population was nearing one million, yet extraordinary-level combatants included only Beelzebub and Old John!
Moreover, Beelzebub hadn't truly stepped into the extraordinary realm, relying instead on well-developed frost giant bloodlines and high-level enchanted equipment to achieve extraordinary combat power.
This highlighted the difficulty of achieving extraordinary-level strength.
Having completed the first "Strength" breastplate,
Matthew began work on the "Agility" greaves.
As for the "Intelligence" helmet, "Acceleration" boots, "Resistance" armguards, "Anti-Magic" weapons, and "Resilience" shields, Matthew postponed their production for now.
The reason was simple: not enough gold coins!
Last month's influx of over 100,000 refugees, purchase of 20,000 to 30,000 slaves, construction costs for six-armed golems, and investments in expensive farmstead outposts had drained the 5 million gold coin reserves completely.
Matthew's surgical reforms and magic armor production had nearly exhausted the remaining funds.
Nearby, Yaya watched with a serene gaze, not here to learn but to comment.
"Hehe, another success, right?"
"With all the materials combined, we can only temporarily make 10 sets of magic armor with two enchanted componentsâŚ"
Though Yaya didn't say it outright, her meaning was clear.
It was time to earn more gold coins!
Taking a deep breath, Matthew felt the pressure on his soul gradually lessen, the oppressive force loosening. Smiling, he said softly:
"The timing is just right; it's time for us to visit the Underdark."
A small gold mine had just been discovered there!