“Advance towards Arlong Park!”
“No way, Arlong is an even stronger pirate than Krieg!!!”
“For Miss Nami, I can kick Arlong flying, no matter what he is.”
“Shut up, you perverted cook, stop being so infatuated.”
“Green-haired moss-head, are you looking for a fight?”
Lin En thought for a moment and did not join their conversation.
Ever since Sanji arrived, the Three Stooges had upgraded to the Four Stooges. Johnny and Joseph couldn't get a word in watching their arguments.
Pervert, coward, lost, idiot. When Nami arrives, we can add a gold-digger to the mix.
We really need to save Nami, otherwise, how can we build up our bonds?
He thought with a mischievous grin about the new combination. There was still some distance to Arlong Park, and he also needed to craft new equipment. The Arlong Pirates were a level stronger than the Krieg Pirates. If he didn't prepare seriously, he might capsize. But now, he wasn't afraid of anything; after all, he had just shocked Hawkeye and now had starting capital.
Host: Lin En
Bloodline: God of Forging
Level: 3
Skills:
Living Forge
Bellows Flame Breath (Beginner)
Scorching Charge (Beginner)
Volcanic Trench (Novice)
Personal Equipment: doran's shield
Balance: 3120 Gold Coins
The 2600 Gold Coins from Hawkeye and the 500 Gold Coins from defeating the Krieg Pirates meant he could now craft another piece of equipment.
Indeed, Gold Coins were the source of his happiness. Since landon's omen was already so strong, wouldn't crafting another powerful piece of equipment make him soar effortlessly?
While on the ship, Lin En tested landon's omen. This equipment provided Lin En with a large amount of armor and health, making him tougher, and also granted him an active equipment skill. These were already very powerful.
But what truly allowed him to withstand Hawkeye's blade was Landon's performance as an item.
Its defensive capabilities as a shield were absolutely divine-grade. He estimated that it would be extremely difficult for any physical attack in this world to break through its defense.
However, the drawback of landon's omen was also very obvious: it was only a shield. It could defend against frontal attacks, but it couldn't defend against 360-degree attacks.
Therefore, to truly walk unhindered in this world, he still needed to craft more equipment to stack his attributes. As long as I stack enough armor, one day I will also have Landon's hardness.
Hawkeye was truly a good helper during the novice period. By selectively choosing equipment, he could obtain so many resources without risk.
Moreover, he felt that he should reach Level 4 soon. The large wave of experience Hawkeye gave him was definitely overflowing. Indeed, he still had to target big figures, but the next big figure should be Crocodile, and that was still some distance away. For now, he should level up by fighting elite monsters along the way.
He was about to reach Level 4. He wondered if he could strengthen his minor skills.
In games, minor skills could be strengthened by adding points, with effects such as increased damage, reduced cooldown, or lower mana cost.
He just didn't know what minor skills would become like after being strengthened in this world.
“Skill strengthening can only be unlocked after Level 7. However, at Level 4, you can further strengthen your bloodline ability.”
What is bloodline ability?
Speaking of which, the system did indicate that I have the bloodline of the God of Forging.
Does that mean I am the first demigod descendant in this world?
Is there any use in strengthening bloodline ability? Will it make me look more like a goat? Never mind, let's craft equipment first.
The money given by big figures was indeed a lot. As for small fry like the Krieg Pirates, they only gave 500 after being defeated. Hawkeye gave 2600 in one go. The strongest Seven Warlords of the Sea were indeed extraordinary.
Now, he had to think about how to make up for his shortcomings with the next piece of equipment.
From the previous battle, he knew one thing: although he was very tanky, his attack power was still somewhat lacking.
If Krieg's armor hadn't been coincidentally countered by his Bellows Flame Breath, he might truly have been unable to harm him, just as Krieg had said.
So, his second piece of equipment needed to meet the following requirements:
1. This equipment must have a certain output capability.
To compensate for his lack of damage as a tank hero.
2. The equipment must provide some durability, not be purely squishy equipment.
He was a tank hero after all, so tank items were always a good choice.
3. The equipment must have some growth potential.
The current plot was still in its very early stages. While the enemies encountered in the early game were not strong, he should quickly stack some basic attributes.
So, what exactly is this equipment?
What exactly is it?
That's right, it's Heart of Steel.
Actually, all the previous thoughts were fake. Lin En had wanted to craft this equipment for a long time, but the first piece of equipment needed to be able to withstand Hawkeye's attacks.
Heart of Steel's initial attributes didn't include armor, making it difficult to defend against Hawkeye's physical damage.
However, the large amount of health provided by Heart of Steel could increase Lin En's vitality.
If he ever encountered a prolonged battle in the future, Lin En could wear down his opponents just by outlasting them. The most crucial part was that this health could grow infinitely; the later it got, the more vigorous Lin En's vitality would be.
Although he couldn't get it as his first item, it wasn't too late to get it now.
He purchased the forging recipe for Heart of Steel.
All the required crafting materials were Red Crystals.
After purchasing all the materials again, Lin En spent a total of 3000 Gold Coins. Now his balance was only 120 coins.
Heart of Steel was more expensive than landon's omen, but he didn't feel the slightest bit of heartache. After all, this equipment was too valuable.
Ding!
The four people who were having a heated discussion also stopped arguing.
Lin En's blacksmithing sounds indeed had a magical quality. Anyone who was agitated or feeling anxious would calm down after hearing them, filled with an endless sense of security.
Ding!
As the last note was struck, an orange-red heart-shaped breastplate appeared on the anvil.
“Wow, Brother Lin En is a musician, right!”
“This is the best music I've ever heard in my life.”
Johnny and Joseph immediately started applauding when it finished.
They hadn't been at the sea restaurant before, and this was their first time seeing someone blacksmithing so melodiously.
Everyone gathered around. They knew how powerful the equipment Lin En crafted was.
“Wow, what cool armor!!”
Luffy was the first to reach out and touch it, then tried to put it on, but it didn't work at all. Lin En was too much taller than him. He finally returned the armor to Lin En, looking dejected.
“Don't worry, you'll have your turn later.”
In the early stages, improving his own combat power was more crucial. Later, if he encountered powerful pirate crews, he could also craft some equipment for his teammates.
Sanji and Zoro just looked at it curiously before stepping back.
“If I wear this armor, can it block Hawkeye's slash?” Usopp was still examining the armor.
He had been very envious of landon's omen before.
“According to this equipment's attributes, no, Hawkeye can still wound you.”
“Then what's the use of this equipment?”
“Hawkeye can only wound you, but after a few slashes, he probably won't be able to kill you. You'll end up half-dead but alive.”
“Then I don't want it.” Usopp was very disappointed after hearing Lin En's description.
However, it was a good thing that he didn't need to confront enemies head-on.
As King Usopp, a genius in sniping, what he wanted was to defeat opponents from a hundred meters away. Only an idiot would fight an opponent face-to-face.
Having lost their novelty for the equipment, the four resumed their heated discussion.
Taking advantage of this time, Lin En could also check the specific attributes of this equipment.
Heart of Steel:
800 Health
200% Base Health Regeneration
20 Skill Haste
Colossal Devour: You can use a charged attack on enemies within your range periodically.
The damage of this charged attack depends on your maximum health. After the charged attack, your maximum health increases, and the increased value depends on your maximum health.
This is a divine artifact!!!
The higher my health, the more damage I deal. The more damage I deal, the higher my health. As long as I keep stacking it, I can cripple enemies with the first hit.
Eagerly putting on Heart of Steel, Lin En also felt something different.
He felt his vital energy surge unprecedentedly, as if he could never die.
This should be the effect of the massive health increase.
At the same time, he also felt that he was more proficient in skill casting, able to cast more skills in a shorter amount of time. The skill haste from the game was manifested in this world.
“System, like landon's omen, if I put this equipment into the system space, will the attribute bonuses remain unchanged?”
“Yes, if the host does not intend to utilize the item's physical properties, you can place it in the system space. The equipment's special abilities and attributes will still be provided to the host.”
That's good. Otherwise, if there were too many similar types of equipment later, he couldn't possibly wear three sets of armor.
He turned to look at the discussing group. After waiting for a while, Lin En still didn't see what he wanted to see.
Heart of Steel's effect can only be triggered against enemies... Tsk.