The ruins that will start a ruin

"Let me see here. I have some Dragon materials, and I believe I can craft better equipment."

Character Inventory:

1x Dragon Essence

1x Dragon Lord Essence

1x Dragon Lord Crystal Orb

600x Frozen Scales

1x Ice-Hardened Tail

Notice: Can Craft Black Ice equipment using Dragon Frozen Scales. Black Ice equipment has stronger stats than current Grass Bermuda Set equipment.

(But I really want to keep my current look. Well if it's that strong, I should swap the Grass Bermuda set then.)

Notice: Synthesization is possible.

"Synthesize?"

Notice: Black Ice equipment is transparent and can be treated as an overlay towards the current equipment set. Synthesization keeps the current stats of the best equipment while taking the appearance of the equipment that you desire. As for your reforged sword, you can keep the stats of the Slime King's orb while replacing the main stat of the Grass Bermuda with the stats of a Black Ice Weapon.

(Craft Black Ice Equipment Set, Weapon: Sword.)

Requirements:

Blac Ice Cloak(Overlay) = 100 Frozen Scales

Black Ice Clothes(Overlay) = 150 Frozen Scales

Black Ice Sword (Overlay) = 150 Frozen Scales

Notice: Crafting Successful.

"I still have 200 left. I'll craft another one for the bow then."

(Craft Black Ice Weapon: Bow)

Black Ice Bow (Overlay) = 150 Frozen Scales

Notice: Crafting Successful.

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Notice: The item can be synthesized using Slime King's Body.

"Wait, so I physically need to synthesize it using the Slime King's Goo or something?"

Notice: Synthesization is like Reforging which is done physically and not automatically.

"Hmm... Can I use the Dragon Lord's Crystal Orb to reforge the sword?"

Notice: Only possible to reforge through a blacksmith or acquire skills in the sub-specialization of a blacksmith.

"Well, that sucks. I'll just reforge it again once I get to a town. Or maybe I can find a different use for it. Its dragon parts as well so I'm sure they will fetch a high price."

Slime Lord transformed back into a big blob and took in the Grass Bermuda Set as well as the Black Ice Set. Since it will take a while, Seth and his slime pet went to a small cavern near the mountain's side to rest for a while. Seth also wore back the Scourge Wolf Cloak to keep himself from not being naked. Since he had the Dragon Soul active, he doesn't feel cold even though he only has the Scourge Wolf Cloak on him.

"I haven't sensed a dragon or at least a monster since after I fought that HoarFrost Dragon Lord."

Notice: No monster can be sensed within 100 meters that encircle the User.

"Well, I've got nothing to worry about then until Slime Lord finishes synthesizing my equipment."

(But still, it feels too eerie that I haven't sensed any dragon since earlier.)

Seth and his pet slime took camp in that small cavern and rested day for the whole day. And when morning came, his equipment finished synthesizing.

Notice: Acquired Black Ice Set.

Seth hurriedly equipped his newly acquired gear set.

"Ah, this old design still feels the best. It's a good thing that I can just overlay the transparent design of the Black Ice Set to this old Set I have while acquiring all its stats."

Black Ice Series (3/3): (80% Bonus stats from base stats)

Black Ice Cloak (Thin Overlay) = (+100,000 flat Hp and +50,000 flat Mp)

Black Ice Clothes (Thin Overlay) = (+250,000 flat Hp and +100,000 flat Mp)

Black Ice Sword (Thin Overlay) with the reforged Slime King's Crystal Orb =

(+45,000 flat attack damage and +35,000 flat magic attack damage)

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(+5,000 flat attack damage and +10,000 flat magic attack damage)

(+5,000 flat Hp and +10,000 flat Mp)

Black Ice Bow (Thin Overlay) = (+40,000 flat attack damage and +40,000 flat magic attack damage)

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"Wow, the boost is too much. Well, I guess I understand why. Since Humans and Humanoids like me have such a very low base stat increase per level, we need to compensate by having great equipment. As for dragons which have 10x of our stat growth per level, they are innately strong without equipment."

Notice: Can craft Dragon Lord's Crystal Orb into Dragon Lord's Necklace. An accessory Item that provides bonus stats as well as a passive skill that can be learned.

Requirements: 4x Spider Iron Thread = 200x Spider Silk + 10x Frozen Dragon Scales + 1x Concentrated Wolf Cloth= 1000 Scourge Wolf Fur + Dragon Lord's Crystal Orb.

"So the spider silk will be the main strong thread to hold everything together while the scales will be the casing of the Crystal Orb. As for the Wolf cloth, it will be a sturdy outer layer to design the necklace's thread."

(Craft Dragon Lord's Necklace.)

Notice: Crafting of Dragon Lord's Necklace is successful.

Seth equipped the said accessory.

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Dragon Lord Necklace:

+5,000 Vitality and +5,000 Intelligence

+50,000 flat attack damage and + 50,000 flat magic attack damage

+10,000 defense and +10,000 magic defense

+50 speed

-1 second Spell Cast time

Notice: Learned a new skill, The Lord's Masquerade.

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Passive Skill:

The Lord's Masquerade Max:

-Only shows 20% of your total status to anybody.

-Does not work for anybody who is 25 levels above you.

-Requires a skill to bypass the pretense.

"That's insane. This Dragon stuff I got sure is powerful. I think I'm prepared to fight the Ruin of Frost."

He looked at his total Character Profile before he went toward the Ruin of Frost.

SUMMARY OF STATS:

CHARACTER PROFILE:

LVL: 45/100, Skill Points: 0

Hp: 291,500+(355,000), Vitality: 450+(360+20+5,000)

Mp: 58,300+(160,000), Intelligence: 450+(360+20+5,000)

SPEED: 65+(52+50)

Defense: 540+(432+10,000), Magical Defense: 320+(256+10,000)

Attack Dmg: 1150+920(+100,000), response time speed: half a second

Magical Attack dmg: 465+372(+95,000), spell casting speed: 1 second

*Black Ice Series is in effect*

*Black Ice Sword with Slime King's Crystal Orb in effect*

*Dragon Lord's Necklace*

"Yes, my stats are looking like that of a dragon stats now. This Equipment really is necessary to get better stats for low-stat growth races such as mine."

Notice: Slime Pet has yet to receive a name.

"Hmmm... I'll just give you a pet name of my favorite slime from a show that I love. Your name is Rim. Rim the Slime Lord!"

Notice: Registered "Rim" as the name of the Slime Lord.

Rim jumped towards Seth's shoulders and cuddled him while in its Dragon Persona. Seth and his Slime Pet continued to head deeper into the mountains in search of the Ruins.

"Ah, this is the Life! Let's go beat this ruin so I can make you stronger!"

***

Meanwhile, while Seth was doing all of this, someone was watching over him a thousand meters above the sky.

"Are you sure we are letting him go, Aries?"

"I was for sure that awakening that HoarFrost Dragon Lord was enough to kill him, I guess that Slime he has was enough to keep him alive."

"Should we eliminate him now?"

"No, we need to focus on the mission. We need to gather as much Dragon Essence and Dragon Crystal Orbs to revive our puppet, Vlad. He is going to the ruin of frost right? Well, let's see if he survives that. I've kept a pet there to keep him company. If he somehow manages to survive, I think killing all these dragons will surely awaken the Ancient Dragon Lord of Frost. We just need to get away before the Ancient Dragon Lord of Frost awakens so we can put the blame on him for killing all these lowly dragons. The Ancient Dragons are really protective of their territory once an anomaly shows up. Killing a hundred to summon a dragon lord is okay but what if we kill thousands, surely the Ancient Dragon Lord would not stay idle."

"I see, well he seems to be a fun person. I'm sad that he will have to die. But I'm also scared of his potential."

"His unique skill is not that great copying. It's fine to have someone like him die, Phobos. We are already at the peak of what is humanly possible. Do not be scared of brats like him. Reviving our Puppet Vlad will surely unite all his followers who are in hiding. We can make another rebellion arise in the Holy Kingdom. The fall of the great nations is one of the goals of the Dark Crimson Organization after all."

"All hail the dark crimson that is to envelop this continent."

"Let it spread and put everything to ruins."