Time always flows by without one's notice. Lancer only chose to go to the Orbment workshop in the central square after his eyes had recovered. Guy was very curious as to why Lancer hadn't asked about his 'Orbment' at all before, and Lancer's answer was very simple.
'It's already being made, so there's no use rushing. Besides, I'd really like to see my Orbment with my own eyes.'
But when Lancer really came to the workshop more than half a month later and saw his Orbment, his expression became extremely subtle.
The outer appearance was no different, it looked a bit like a large pocket watch, but the distribution of the circuits inside made the corner of his mouth twitch uncontrollably.
The staff member saw Lancer's expression and wanted to laugh but was holding back, which made Lancer at a loss for words for a moment.
"It's bad for your health to hold it in. Just laugh if you want to..."
Lancer didn't like to deceive himself, nor did he like to get angry at others, not to mention that this was his own problem.
"I'm sorry, sir... cough cough~"
In the end, the other party didn't laugh, but the strange coughing sound still made him feel a little helpless.
But he couldn't blame the other party for laughing like that, after all, Lancer's Orbment was just too——————strange.
The one they were using now was a first-generation tactical Orbment with only 6 empty slots for quartz, and the circuits connecting these six quartz were the so-called 'Orbment circuits'. And Lancer's Orbment circuit was a standard 2-2-2-2-2.
That's right, with the central quartz as the core, the other five were distributed separately... it was simply tragic.
"Sir, although the circuits are a bit short, the limited-attribute circuit is also a separate entity, so your configuration can be more flexible..."
Although the other party was comforting Lancer, Lancer's twitching mouth never recovered. It was like saying, 'it's okay if it's short, as long as the technique is good...'.
"Forget it. I want to buy some Orbment circuits. What do you have here?"
He was helpless, but since he had the Orbment, he also needed to get the circuits. And just as the other party said, although he was a little helpless, he wasn't too disappointed. After all, the purpose of a long circuit was to drive large Orbment magic, and Lancer didn't want to become a magical cannon. He cared more about buffing magic and ranged consumption abilities, so being short wasn't completely useless.
"Hmm... because the tactical Orbment was just released not long ago, there are no high-level circuits. We have 'Defense 1', 'HP 1', 'Mind 1', 'Attack 1', 'Magic Defense 1'..."
This was not unexpected, right? They were all entry-level circuits, but for him, having them was better than nothing.
His main goal was auxiliary magic, but with such short circuits, he couldn't even think about high-level ones. So his targets were the most basic ones: 'Wind Guard (increases agility)', 'Earth Wall (game effect is to be completely immune to one attack)', and 'Time Accelerate (increases action speed)'.
As for high-level buffing magic like 'Crystal Shell', 'Soul Eater', 'Wind Wings', 'Earth Guard', or even 'Divine Blessing', he gave up on them directly, because they couldn't be configured without high-level circuits. He might not even be able to configure the few spells he was targeting. The only thing he could hope for now was the 'system', but it still hadn't brought up 'supplies'... sigh~
When Lancer left the store with his Orbment embedded with a bunch of '+1s', he happened to run into Arios. At this time, his expression was extremely serious, so much so that Lancer wondered if he had done something wrong without realizing it?
But just as he was thinking about what he had done, Arios had already walked over.
"Mr. Lancer."
"Just call me Lancer, like Guy."
Lancer was really a little helpless with this somewhat rigid man. It was fine when they weren't familiar with each other, but they had known each other for a while now, and the constant honorifics were a bit tiresome.
"Mr. Lancer, thank you very much for what you did for Saaya and Shizuku. So this time, I specially prepared some Orbment circuits..."
While speaking, Arios took out a small box from his pocket and held it out to Lancer with both hands. This serious attitude made him at a loss for words for a moment, but after thinking it over, he took it, after all, he really did need some high-level circuits.
"Thank you very much!"
This time, Lancer's expression also became serious.
There weren't many Orbment circuits in the box, only three: 'Heal', 'Deathblow', and 'Hawk Eye'. At the same time, Arios also explained.
"'Heal' can slowly recover injuries. Although the effect is not obvious, it is very important at times. Also, water-attribute Orbment circuits are more useful for 'warriors' like us, and there aren't many of them, so I found this one. There aren't many time-attribute Orbment circuits. This 'Deathblow' is the best one I could find. When it hits an opponent, there is a small chance to curse the opponent, and it might even kill the opponent directly. The last one, 'Hawk Eye', can increase the wearer's vision. I thought it might be useful to you, Mr. Lancer..."
Although they were not high-level circuits in the game, considering the 'time period', most circuits were not mass-produced and were even in the experimental stage. Lancer even suspected that the circuits Arios gave him were 'antiques' dug out of some ruins.
He didn't hesitate to take out the 'Mind 1', 'Action 1', and 'Defense 1' from his Orbment. In an instant, he could use several more Orbment magic spells.
And Arios, seeing Lancer directly putting the circuits into his Orbment, his serious expression turned into a smile.
For him at this time, Lancer's direct action was the best recognition of his efforts, after all, 'Heal', 'Deathblow', and 'Hawk Eye' were all obtained from the Bracer Guild through his senior brother.
When Cassius learned that Arios had asked him to find the circuits to repay the benefactor who saved his wife and daughter, he spared no effort, and among them, 'Heal' and 'Deathblow' were even 'original goods' found in the ruins.
"Thank you! I will make good use of the Orbment circuits you gave me!"
Although Arios gave him these circuits to repay him, Lancer was still very moved. After all, even if he had planned to ask him and Guy for help, the other party had already prepared everything before he even opened his mouth.
And seeing that Lancer seemed to want to say something else, Arios, in a rare move, interrupted him.
"There's no time to lose. How about we go to the police station's training ground and try out the Orbment?"
Lancer, knowing that the other party didn't want to continue being so polite, nodded and followed the other party.