A Mantle

I Observe my new Magic Core with a smile.

Mana Core, Legendary

This Core contains a great amount of pure mana. It will boost the magic of any weapon it is in. If it's put in a piece of armor or an accessory, it will boost the wearer's magic and max mana. Contains the Skill: Super Charge. Will imbue the Skill into whatever it's put in. The Skill triples the user's natural recovery rate for an hour. Once the time runs out your mana circuits will feel sore, due to taking in more mana than they can handle. This skill has no cooldown time however, using it repeatedly could have adverse side effects. Examples are a permanent decrease in your max mana capacity or a decrease in your natural mana recovery. **** cases can cause you to lose the ability to recover mana.

I walk into my Craftsman workshop and use Craft to turn the Chaos Cotten into Chaos Thread. I then go to my Blacksmithing workshop. I start hammering the two Enchated Steel into thin plates. I shape them into shoulder guards. I then take out the Chaos Thread and start weaving them together. I can feel the mana moving around me. I never noticed how it moved before. But thanks to Verona pointing it out, I've become more aware of it. It lifts the thread and even does a bit of the work for me. Despite not using the proper tools, I finish in about forty minutes. I place the Mana Core in it and walk upstairs to my Enchanting room. I Enchant it with my blood and Observe it.

Chaos Mantle Lvl 115, Mythos

This Mantle was made with Chaos Thread. It is black, with long streaks of red shining through. It's long, draping down to your ankles. It has two shoulder guards that help keep it secure and provide additional defense. It has a hood that can be pulled over your head. If you put the hood on and cover yourself with the Mantle, you can easily blend into most shadows. It's been Enchated with Eric Steele's Mana Circuits. The Chaos Mantle's properties have changed to fit Eric Steele. It has a Mana Core increasing your maximum mana capacity. While worn, it provides +25 STR, +25 INT, +15 WIS, +15 END, +15 AGI, and +250 Max MP. It provides 75 defense to your body while worn. Hidden Properties: The Mana Core gives you the Super Charge Skill. This will triple your MP Regen Per Minute. The Chaos attribute of the threads has attuned to your mana. This will allow you to control the threads. You can use them to attack or bind an opponent.

I smile while reading it and equip it. I replace my Midnight Cloak which gave me +5 INT, +5 WIS, and +100 Max **MP**. I look down at myself and smile wider. I think it looks good on me. It stops just before touching the ground at my ankles. I swap back to my normal clothes and walk downstairs. I see Asami frantically looking around.

"There you are, Master!" She says when she sees me.

"What is it Asami?" I ask concerned.

"The person from Buildtos is almost here. I gave them the address of our Guild Hall. We need to go and get ready to meet them." She says and I nod. We exit back to the Guild Hall. We head inside and wait for them to arrive. It doesn't take long for a red truck to pull up. We head out as a woman gets out of the truck. She's muscular, her arms more defined than either Hino or Myla. I can't see her belly but I know she has to have a six-pack. She has white hair that she's tied into a ponytail. She's wearing a white tank top and cargo shorts.

"I take you're Asami?" She asks Asami.

"Yes, are you from Buildtos?" Asami asks and the woman nods.

"Yes, my name's Anna. I'm Buildtos's Guild Master." She says and Asami gasps.

"If you don't mind me asking, why's the Guild Master here?" I ask and she smiles.

"I wanted to see the place the Steele Wolves chose as their HQ. They've made quite a name despite being new. But I didn't hear I'd be meeting with two people, what's your name?" She asks me and I smile.

"Sorry for not introducing myself sooner. I'm Eric, the Guild Master of the Steele Wolves." I say and she nods slowly. She looks me up and down and nods again.

"So is this the building then?" She asks getting back to the reason she's here.

"Yes, here is a copy of the blueprints. You'll see I've added notes on it of what we want to be removed and what walls we want to be put up." Asami says while taking a rolled-up blueprint out of her Spatial Pouch. Anna takes it and unrolls it. She skims it over and nods.

"That's doable. But I hear the building was damaged. I'll need to see it before giving you your estimate." Anna says and Asami nods. We lead her in and take her to the destroyed part of the building.

"Eric, I heard through the grapevine you're a Devil. Is that true?" Anna asks while we walk.

"Yes, it is." I say, not sure how to respond.

"You can take out your wings and horns then. I don't mind and I hear it can be uncomfortable. Same for you Asami. You don't need to keep your ears tucked away for me." She says and Asami nods. Asami takes her cat ears and tail back out.

"Thanks, but mine aren't uncomfortable like they are for Asami. I think it's because I wasn't born with them." I say and Anna nods. We get to the destroyed roof and wall and Anna looks around.

"This won't be a problem. Honestly, you're lucky it's so secluded. If it wasn't we'd have to repair the wall normally before using any magic. While we're on the subject, do you own the nearby land?" Anna asks and I shake my head no.

"Not yet. But it's up for sale. We were going to finish this first and then look into buying that." I say and she nods.

"Do you have any plans for what you'll build there?"

"Only one for now. I want to put up a large training area. I have two Guild members who love training. They won't let me hear the end of it if I don't dedicate a building for it." I reply and both Asami and Anna chuckle.

"Then with the repairs and modifications, it'll come out too... about 310,000$." Anna says while pulling a calculator from her pocket. "But we'll knock that down to 290,000$"

"Oh, why is that?" Asami asks.

"To be completely blunt. It's an investment. Once you buy that land you'll need another Guild to build whatever you want on it. I'd like it to be my Guild you come to. So I'll keep giving you a little discount if you keep coming back." Anna says and Asami smiles.

"You're pretty blunt aren't you." Asami says and Anna shrugs.

"Not normally, but I heard about your Stigma. So there's no point in trying to be coy with you here." She says and Asami smiles a little proudly. "So does that work for you?" Anna asks and I nod.

"Yep, you got a deal, Anna." I say and we shake hands.

"Great. I'll go set up the teleporter for my Guild members and we'll get to work. Oh, I have to ask that you stay off the premises while we work. It's more so for safety reasons than anything else. But we get in trouble if someone enters and gets hurt while we're working."

"That's fine. I'll let the others know. But when would you be done?" Asami asks and Anna thinks it over.

"Two or three days tops. Also, my secretary will be contacting you later today. They'll be getting your info for payment and they'll also contact you once we're done." Anna replies and we nod. We walk out with her and I see her pulling out two large boxes from the truck bed. We tell her bye before leaving and entering my Domain. We tell Luna and Innu not to go back and they both get excited.