Preparations

As soon as he got what he wanted he would leave the city, so he had a lot of things to pack and store.

Profession-related items and tools were kept in a ring; the materials, magic cores and plants in another; clothes, food and supplies in a third. The fourth and largest were the materials for his research, the bookshelf he built where all his books were, the magic cores they were studying and the various notes he made were kept in that ring.

It seemed quick to describe, but it took a few hours before he had organized everything before preparing for the next day. The team was already waiting at the guild when he arrived.

The clothes he was wearing had changed, the dirty-looking cloak he wore was changed to a completely black cloak, something he had designed some time ago and sewed using his artisan profession and the leather of a dark panther he had killed some time ago, the cloak seemed to blend with the shadows as it fluttered in the wind.

The trousers and boots, also black, were made following a simple and almost military model, finished off by two wind cores on the heels of each one. Around the waist he carried the four daggers inside the sheaths, which were reinforced after the first time and now looked even more dangerous with a pointed shape and more elongated, but even sharper than before.

The forearms were covered with leather armbands ornamented with some fox designs and the shoulders and chest were covered with armor made with the granitic bear's healing reinforced by Nicola's blacksmith work. He managed to further improve his defense by inserting five cores of earth, the largest in the center of the chest and the others on the four shoulders.

His face was covered with a mask, leaving only his eyes visible under that hood. Anyone who saw him pass would think he was a killer, holding the classes of assassin and fighter. The gloomy appearance made many people go out of their way on the streets. As he walked Nicola released his passive ability of graceful / intimidating aura, creating an image of fear and respect about people without even knowing their identity.