Having witnessed the abilities Noah displayed with his armor on the street, Tiona and Tione were now incredibly excited for their own exclusive equipment.
When Noah signaled that they could open them, they immediately opened the boxes in front of them.
Judging by the size of the boxes, the two thought they must contain full metal gauntlets like Raven Feather, or perhaps even larger ones.
But when they opened the boxes, they were stunned.
Inside the two meter-long boxes were only a single ring and a single bracelet each.
The older sister, Tione, had a dark purple bracelet and ring inlaid with a gold gemstone.
The younger sister, Tiona, had a black bracelet and ring inlaid with a crimson gemstone.
"Huh? Jewelry?"
Tiona reached right in, took the items out and held them before her eyes to examine them closely.
The werewolf, however, saw through the mystery before she did.
He spoke up from the side, "That bracelet is like the thing you used on the street. It can compress the equipment itself, right?"
Noah was surprised for a moment, then nodded in confirmation.
'He made the connection just from seeing it back then.'
'A beast-like intuition... no, I should say it's Bete's unique observational skill, its very sharp despite his rough exterior.'
He reminded them, "Tione, Tiona, put the bracelets on your dominant hands and the rings on any finger."
The Amazon sisters did as they were told.
They chose their left and right hands, respectively.
After they had both put on their equipment, Noah warned them, "Watch out, it's about to start."
"Eh? What's about to start?"
Just as Tiona subconsciously asked the question, the black and red bracelet and ring on her hand pulsed violently.
She felt a wave of dizziness, as if a vast amount of power had been drained from her body.
The same thing was happening to Tione beside her.
As the two of them stared at the strange gems on their hands, the same thought occurred to them.
'It's... eating me?'
In the eyes of the Amazon sisters, it was as if a demon within the gemstone was opening its cavernous mouth to devour them.
"Aaaaaahhh—!!!"
Tiona and Tione each grabbed their own arms with their other hands, their faces contorted.
Immediately after, the dark gold and dark red sets of jewelry began to shine simultaneously.
Auras of crimson and purple emanated from the bracelets, covering their entire forearms and hands.
"What is that?" Bete stared in horror at the weapons materializing on the Amazon sisters' hands.
Tione's left arm, from the elbow down, was completely covered by dark purple, draconic scale armor that extended over her entire hand.
On the back of her hand was a strange, golden vertical pupil that seemed alive, giving off an incredibly eerie feeling.
Tiona's was on her right hand.
Her forearm and hand were covered in jet-black, draconic scale armor, and on the back of her hand was a crimson, diamond-shaped eye surrounded by red, crack-like patterns.
Looking down at the ferocious gauntlets that had appeared on their hands, both girls broke out in a cold sweat.
They could feel that this equipment was super violent.
Perhaps several times more berserk than their own personalities.
"Congratulations, you've completed the authentication," Noah said, stepping forward.
"Authentication?"
"Yes. I didn't tell you just now because I wanted to see your surprised faces. The items on your hands just devoured about sixty percent of your life force. That life force has now been converted into magic power."
"Huh?"
The Amazon sisters looked at each other, only to see the same dumbfounded expression on the other's face.
After taking a moment to process this, they spoke in unison, "Wait, isn't that really bad?!"
Noah didn't answer, continuing his explanation instead.
He pointed to the black and red gauntlet on Tiona's hand and said, "Exhaustion-Devourer."
Then he pointed to Tione's exclusive armament. "Life-Devourer."
These were the names of the two pieces of equipment.
"The fuel for these two pieces of equipment is your life force. That was the initial activation, so it devoured over half of your life force to complete the authentication ceremony. From now on, no one but you can use them."
"What?" Bete was the most surprised to hear this.
What was equipment, anyway?
A tool?
Or something else?
All this time, he had always seen weapons as tools for slaughter.
The defining characteristic of a tool was its convenience—you could pick it up and use it, pick it up and kill the enemy.
And that was the same for everyone.
Equipment was merely in a position to be used; it couldn't decide anything.
A sword never thought of someone as its owner.
Because it had no thoughts at all.
It was just a deadly weapon.
But what was he hearing now?
'It devours its master's life force and can even distinguish between its master and others. It's almost as if it's alive,' Bete thought.
These two pieces of equipment were just too bizarre.
Whether it was their appearance or the way they devoured their master's life force, they were just like the cursed swords and shields that existed only in myths.
Tiona seemed completely unfazed by the risk.
Even her sister Tione thought she was being a little too carefree.
She said with delight, "So that means Exhaustion-Devourer has only one master—me! If anyone else picks it up, it's just ordinary jewelry?"
Anyone else would have probably wet their pants in fear, but she looked overjoyed.
"That's right," Noah confirmed.
Then he began to explain the characteristics of the two pieces of equipment.
"You two sisters have very similar skills—the more you're injured, the stronger you become. These can proactively inflict damage on you to trigger your skills. Furthermore, the life force that is devoured doesn't disappear, it's converted into magic power by the magic eyes."
"This magic power can become your spear and it can also become your shield."
As he said this, Noah casually picked up two pieces of scrap metal and threw them forcefully at the pair.
At a speed of 130 m/s, an ordinary person might have been pierced through by the impact.
The Amazon sisters didn't move.
Although they didn't know why Noah had suddenly done that, an attack of this level would feel like a mere tickle to them.
Among all the races, Amazons had the most exaggerated stats.
Their speed, endurance, dexterity, and agility were all exceptionally formidable.
They possessed the strength of a lion, the defense of a rhinoceros, the precision of a falcon, and the agility of a cheetah.
Their physical abilities were well-balanced, just like humans.
The only difference was that humans were mediocre in every aspect, while Amazons had explosive stats across the board.
When the thrown stones reached a certain distance from the two, the dark gold and dark red gauntlets suddenly reacted differently.
Illusory claws emerged from one, directly shredding the flying stone.
From the other, a phantom barrier emerged from the gauntlet, blocking the stone.
"Whoa!" Tiona said in surprise. "I didn't do anything, but it just protected me!"
Tione, not being so naive, stared at the armament on her hand and murmured.
"Autonomous defense?"
She had heard that certain magic tools seemed to have similar abilities, but those had to be manually activated.
Moreover, most of them were single-use consumables and rarely circulated on the market.
To think he could incorporate such a function into equipment...
The 'Artisan Spirit' truly lives up to its name.
"It's too early to be surprised," Noah said, pleased with their reactions. "The main part comes next!"
"Exhaustion-Devourer can consume magic power to amplify its next attack, up to a maximum of 12 times. After the attack, the amplification must be built up again from zero."
"Life-Devourer can continuously increase its power when attacking the same target. Each attack is stronger than the last, and it can also be amplified up to a maximum of 12 times."
"Finally, whether it's Exhaustion-Devourer or Life-Devourer, when you kill an enemy, you can plunder their remaining life force and store it. This, along with your own consumed life force, will be converted back and returned to you all at once when you deactivate the armament."
Noah's eyes gleamed as he explained the true abilities of these two armaments.
Although he had been annoyed because of Hermes at first, he had indeed grown stronger after reading the Omnipotent's notebook.
These were the highest-grade works he could create at his current level!
"Huh? I don't really get it," Tiona said, scratching her head, looking like she hadn't grasped the situation.
Her words made Noah freeze.
'Hey, hey.'
Are you serious? This is like a game designer who painstakingly designs a super cool and powerful skill mechanic, only for the player to read all the instructions and say, "What the hell are these skills? So confusing. Forget it, I'll just stick to basic attacks."
Tione was clearly much smarter.
After hearing about the abilities of the thing on her hand, the violent factor within her was completely ignited.
She was already itching to give it a try.
Feeling a bit dejected, Noah pointed to a pile of steel alloy scrap not far away.
Although it was a mass of metal from a failed smelting, its incredible density made it much harder than ordinary first-tier armaments.
The scrap pile was about 1.6 meters high, perfect for testing a move.
"Tione, go ahead and test it out on that metal pile."
Tione raised her ferocious dark purple gauntlet with a matching ferocious expression on her face.
"Is it okay if I go all out?"
"Just don't wreck my backyard."
Seeing her expression, Noah felt a little nervous.