MMORPG: Rise of the Primordial Godsmith

Hearing a series of notification sounds resound in his mind, Valyr had a wry smile on his face as he looked at the wound he had opened. Taking out a health potion from his spatial bracelet, he downed all of its contents in one gulp before applying a bit of pressure on the wound.

"I still have to do this five more times," muttered the young man to himself as he caught his breath, giving himself time to rest while thinking about the amount of blood he had lost just so the chestplate could finish upgrading.

From what he could tell, he had probably lost about half a liter or so of blood during that time, considering that he had difficulty keeping his eyes near the end of the process. Then again, such an amount was only a wild guess at most, with the guide he was following not helping out in that regard either.

"The guide said that the amount of blood the piece of armor would absorb from the user depends on the armor's current level, as well as the user's current stats," said the young man as thoughts lingered in his mind. Sitting down for the meantime, he requested an attendant to give him something to eat.

"I guess the armor's rarity has something to do with how much blood it takes as well?" Letting out a faint sigh, the young man moved closer to the chestplate, its appearance now drastically different from how it looked before.

In the center was the Wyvern Core, which had four wisps of elemental energy swirling around it. Making up the entirety of the surface were the True Wyvern Scales that appeared to be rough and smooth at the same time, all of them glistening a faint crimson after absorbing the blood Valyr had spilled.

"[Greater Analysis]." Thanking the attendant that had arrived with his food only a few minutes after his request, the young man took a couple of bites before proceeding to return his attention to the chestplate.

Ding!

[(+14) True Wyvern Chestplate (Imitation)] (Level 38 Lifebound)

Rarity: Epic+

Defense: 775 - 1292

Forge Quality: Exceptional

Additional Attributes:

> VIT +47

> STR +45

Forged by a true prodigy in the field of blacksmithing, this chestplate is inspired by the artifact 'Empyrean Dragon Armor', with the blacksmith hoping that the armor would be able to emulate part of its strength.

With the amount of time and effort the blacksmith has placed into the armor, as well as the blossoming of the blacksmith's own talents, the armor has moved one step closer to emulating the artifact's entire strength, now arriving at the level of an Imitation.

Though part of its innate potential had been awakened in advance by the artifact 'Hammer of Beginnings', a great amount of potential still slumbers within the chestplate. In the future, it has a high possibility of arriving a level of strength equal to the Empyrean Dragon Armor, perhaps even greater.

<Innate Skill 1: Might of the True Wyvern - Thanks to the power of the Wyvern Core embedded into the armor, only to be brought a level of quality higher thanks to the power of the elements, the level requirement for the armor has been reduced by 7 levels.>

<Innate Skill 2: Breath of the True Wyvern - Allows the user to shoot out a wave of flames in front of them, targeting all enemies within a 25 meter radius in front of the user, dealing damage equivalent to 500% of the user's Attack stat. Also inflicts Burn damage that deals 50% of the user's Attack stat every second, lasting for 10 seconds. Cooldown: 10 minutes. Cost: 5,000 MP.>

<Innate Skill 3: Rage of the True Wyvern - Allows the user to tap into the power of the Wyvern Core embedded into the armor, boosting all physical stats of the user except VIT by 15% for 5 minutes. Stacks multiplicatively with other stat boosting skills. Cooldown: 10 minutes. Cost: 2,500 MP.>

<Innate Skill 4: Descent of the True Wyvern - Allows the user to tap into the entirety of the Wyvern Core's power, awakening part of the spirit of the True Wyvern. For 2 minutes, the user's physical and magical stats are empowered by 50%. In exchange, all of the user's stats are reduced by 99% for 10 minutes after. Cooldown: 1 day. Cost: 99% of the user's HP and MP.>

<True Wyvern Set 1/6>

Set Effects:

- 2 pieces: Attack and Defense +25%

- 3 pieces: HP +2,500 and MP +1,500

- 4 pieces: All stats +12

- 6 pieces: All stats +3%

Remarks: Such armor like this can already stand equal to armor sets known by many from legends.

"I guess giving the chestplate all of that blood wasn't so bad of an idea, after all." Whistling in admiration as he finished reading through the armor's updated description, Valyr eventually noticed three things that were not on the armor in the first place.

"Huh. It's already reached the stage of an Imitation." Seeing that his attempt at emulating the Empyrean Dragon Armor was now considered an Imitation rather than an Emulation, the young man brought up all of the notifications he hadn't bothered to read earlier, nodding in understanding after he had read through all of it.

Ding!

[You have successfully modified the armor 'Nascent Wyvern Chestplate'.]

[Due to the immense modification done, the armor has gained the ability to tap into a far greater expanse of power it initially couldn't, thus increasing the armor's rarity to Epic+.]

[Thanks to this change, its name has been changed to 'True Wyvern Chestplate'.]

[The heavens have taken notice of the time and effort you have put into the craft, realizing that the potential the equipment is now far greater than it was before. With that, the heavens shall reward your efforts accordingly.]

[Your item has gained a greater portion of the original properties of the artifact 'Empyrean Dragon Armor', now being classified an Imitation.]

"I see. I see." Closing the notification screen, Valyr went silent for a bit as he internalized all of the information he had just read. "So, it would be safe to assume that the armor would reach the level of a Replica at some point, considering that the chestplate reached the level of an Imitation."

"Hmm… I guess it wouldn't be far-fetched to say that it'll eventually turn into an artifact of its own once I enhance it a bit further." Thinking about it for a bit more, the young man began to daydream, letting out some laughter as his thoughts briefly turned outlandish.

"Then again, the fact that the rarity has a plus modifier is already saying a lot." Moving his attention to the bottom of the chestplate's description screen, Valyr looked through the innate skills the piece of armor now had, nodding in satisfaction as all of them had undergone a considerable upgrade.

"This is the skill awakened by [Breath of Beginnings], huh." Eventually, his focus shifted onto the fourth innate skill on the chestplate, reading through its description a couple of times. "So, a skill that basically sacrifices almost everything for a great boost in strength."

"Well, if anything, it's one more trump card I can use once we're in the inheritance." Though Valyr thought about multiple scenarios where the conclusion would be death if he used the fourth skill, the young man still felt like it was a great skill, especially since it would allow his strength to transcend ranks even further.

Whether or not such strength would reach the level of Legends and Myths was something he'd only know once he finally got a chance to use it.

"And lastly… that part." Satisfied with the first two changes to the chestplate, the young man eventually focused his attention on the final change he had yet to look at in detail. "Well… the entire armor set becoming Lifebound isn't really the end of the world. I could just modify the steps if I were to make armor similar to this in the future."

From what the name suggested, Lifebound equipment was equipment that could only be equipped by a single person. Even if the person died, the piece of equipment would still recognize only the person that had the equipment bound to them in the first place, essentially turning the equipment into a useless piece of junk.

After all, what purpose would a piece of equipment that had amazing stats have if it couldn't be used by those from the future generation?

Then again, there were multiple methods of binding equipment to people, with Lifebound equipment being the most restrictive. Below it were Manabound and Bloodbound equipment, which allowed the requirements to use such equipment to be more flexible while still disabling those that have malicious intent from using it.

From the name itself, Manabound equipment could only be used by those that have a similar signature of mana to the one that binded the equipment first, while Bloodbound equipment could only be used by those that have a similar type of blood to the one that binded it first.

Depending on the process the original owner used, the restrictions on using the Manabound and Bloodbound equipment could range from being the child of the original owner, to any being that was of the same species of the same owner.

In fact, because of such flexibility in restrictions, these types of binding were the ones usually used on family heirlooms, ensuring that the clan's strength continued on an upward trend as time passed.

Of course, there were still a lot of people that used the harshest type of binding on their equipment. However, most of them generally did it due to their paranoia of having people snatch their equipment away from them all of a sudden.

"Now that I think about it, it's been a while since I last checked my stats." Closing the description screen after he was done taking a look at all the changes, the young man went ahead and wore the chestplate, instantly feeling a great surge of strength flow throughout his body from it.

"With how much stuff I've gone through since then, I wonder how much they've improved since then?" Letting out a chuckle at his newfound strength, the young man began to do a few basic movements to become acclimated with it before proceeding onto the next piece.

While that was happening, he made a decision to take a look at his stats after he had upgraded his entire armor set to its higher rarity, his flames of motivation blazing intensely as he eventually began on the next armor piece.

Though, before he began upgrading his second piece of armor, he told himself something after having gone through the upgrade process once.

"Note to self."

"Do not cut the artery on your wrist again."