Archon of Danmachi

Continuing from when we left off . . .

-5 Seals: 4th cover retracts. Further enhances the staff's basic capabilities. An ominous aura of fear that can scare off regular monsters and chill mid level adventurers surrounds the staff. Curse of Weakening can be used at no cost.

-Curse of Weakening: Weakens all enemies in a large area surrounding the staff. Directly lowers their Level by one if the staffs final seal is released.

-4 Seals: 5th cover retracts. Further enhances the staff's basic capabilities. An ominous aura of fear that can scare off regular monsters and chill mid level adventurers surrounds the staff. Curse of Despair can be used at no cost, it replaces the Curse of Fear.

-Curse of Despair: Invokes existential dread and hopelessness in one's opponents. Weaker foes become as if puppets with their strings cut and stronger foes lose the will to fight or even flee. If the staff's final seal is release, weaker foes lose the will to live and die while stronger ones submit to whatever fate the user has in store for them

-3 Seals: 6th cover retracts. Further enhances the staff's basic capabilities. An ominous aura of fear that can scare off regular monsters and chill mid level adventurers surrounds the staff. Curse of Wounding can be used at no cost.

-Curse of Wounding: All wounds inflicted by the user's magic and physical attacks become impossible to heal. Negates curse resistance if not of a high enough grade. If all of the staff's seals are released, wounds become truly impossible to heal, even if the curse is cleansed, the wound will never fully recover.

-2 Seals: 7th cover retracts. Further enhances the staff's basic capabilities. An ominous aura of fear that can scare off regular monsters and chill mid level adventurers surrounds the staff. Curse of Devouring can be used at no personal cost.

-Curse of Devouring: Continuously active aura that saps the energy of all near the staff, from enemies, to plants, to the world itself. If all seals are released, the coverage and intensity are boosted.

-1 Seals: 8th cover retracts. Further enhances the staff's basic capabilities. An ominous aura of fear that can scare off regular monsters and chill mid level adventurers surrounds the staff. Curse of Revival can be used at no personal cost.

-Curse of Revival: The energy from the Curse of devouring fuels the user, continuously healing their wounds and recovering their Mind and stamina at an extremely rapid pace. The pace further increases once the final seal is removed.

-0 Seals: 9th cover retracts. Further enhances the staff's basic capabilities. An ominous aura of fear that can scare off regular monsters and chill mid level adventurers surrounds the staff. The Curse of Death and the Eye of Destruction can be utilized all previous curses receive a drastic boost in power.

-Curse of Death: Instantly kills a living being that fails to resist and greatly injures their lifeforce should they avoid death. Curse Resistance increases chances of survival. Non living beings are immune and it cannot be used repeatedly requiring a 24 hour cooldown.

-Eye of Destruction: Unleash the full power of Balor's eye in a beam of untold destruction that no being can resist. This absolute attack will kill almost anything but the Eye will be destroyed and the staff's abilities permanently become those of its fully sealed state.

The Sceptre of Maledictum truly was a weapon of untold power that was far too powerful for Nox to handle but he didn't think so.

It was the fear of losing control again that led him to make such overpowered items with all of his passion and despair so that he would never be forced to relinquish control again.

However, while his equipment crafting went fine indeed, problems were starting to arise of the interpersonal relation department.

Recently, Nox had been noticing strange looks being sent his way and it gave him a weird feeling.

He first noticed them coming from the waitresses of the Hostess of Fertility and it came to him that it might be due to his continuous forgetfulness when it came to getting them those gifts he promised them.

Then, his own group started giving him such looks as even Aisha who usually looked at him with some form of lust now directed that same strange look towards him.

'Is it because I have yet to deliver on their armors?' Nox thought to himself.

'But they don't seem like the type to become dissatisfied with me over something like that. At least I don't think so . . .' He was truly confused.

'The folks back at the Twilight Manor also seem to be somewhat the same for some reason . . . Agh, I don't know anymore.'

'Oh well, maybe I can craft those things and gift them while asking what's wrong? Who knows, maybe it will help my case. even though I haven't the slightest idea of what the problem is . . .' Nox decided and got to work.

With his accumulated experience from making all of his equipment, making stuff for the others was actually quite simple and he was not planning on making such overpowered stuff for them, just something better than anyone else but him.

He first made specialized magical pendants for the girls of the Hostess of fertility, much like he had done for Ryu and then got to work designing the armor for his own team. After all, he had to keep the best in the family no?

After some thought, he decided to make a kimono for Haruhime, a personalized exotic dancer's outfit for Aisha, just the way she liked, and a heavy plate armor for Lili to take advantage of her Artel Assist Skill.

Starting with the kimono, it was black with red and purple decorations weaved into it in the same style as Nox's mask and came with a Kabuki style Fox mask that was white with the same kind of colored decor. He also made inner armor in the form of scale mail.

Said mail was made with Amphisbaena scales, granting great physical and magic resistance while the kimono was made mostly of the skin drop of the Black Goliath, combined with some other stuff and Nox's own blood, much like his coat and a comfortable silk interior.

Thus, despite being clothing, it boasted fearsome protective capabilities. As for the Fox Mask, it was meant to enhance Haruhime's magical abilities, boosting her already formidable magic in every way, efficiency, power, range, control, you name it.

Lili's full suit of plate was made of Orichalcum and thus, nearly impervious to damage. Since Nox knew that Lili's skillset made her more fit to use powerful equipment rather than giving her direct power, her armor was more directly powerful that that of the other girls.

Gauntlet integrated weapons created with drops from the Light Quartz monster that could shot beams of light to attack. Runes that increased Lili's physical strength. Detection arrays integrated into her helmet and Magic jects on her back and boots to give her burst of speed and power when needed.

The whole armor was based on Albedo's armor from the Overlord LN and made Lili look like a little terror incarnate.

Finally, there was Aisha's armor, or outfit since it was no armor in the first place. It was made of see through silk from a powerful spider monster, same as Nox's cloak but thinner and received the blood treatment as well, giving Aisha strong magic resistance.

It was purplish red in color and bound her chest, that particular part not being see through like the rest, made sleeves that only went from her elbows down and a skirt with side cuts as well as a veil covering the lower part of her face.

Supporting her breast coverings and protecting her lower privates were exoctic looking Orichalcum pieces and a headpiece like strings of gold covered her hair.

It truly made her look like an exotic goddess of beauty but it was highly functional as well.

When she moved, it continuously gave a charm debuff to all of her enemies, lowering their ability to fight back and all the fabric could be extended to bind and even hit opponents with considerable force.

The fabric parts boosted Aisha's agility and dexterity while the orichalcum parts were enchanted to boost her strength.

Her veil could magically conceal her identity and grant her magical charm while the headpiece boosted her magic significantly.

The outfit was the exact opposite of the Blood Edge he created as her weapon. While the latter emphasized Aisha's thirst for battle and her berserker like qualities, the former symbolized her exotic beauty and elegance that she moved with.

Finally, Nox made a nice Spirit Ring for Ais since he had been dodging all of her request to go together into the dungeon for a while.

"Alright! The gifts are prepared. Time to go face the music." Nox said to himself.

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