"So I think a super powered mode is total shavist," said Joseph to Joe, who stood next to him again .

"Agreed . Full power from the beginning . Who's gonna stop the fight to allow it to gather power or transform?"

"Human shaped, but I'd like to attach some weapon hard points . "

"What would we do with normal weapons? Oh, you mean pre-enchanted spells that just need mana directed into them for activating . "

"Well, that's obvious . Backpack of detachable floating weapon pods?"

"Nah, let's go with the shoulder and forearm mounts . "

"Agreed and no b.o.o.b-missiles . We really would have to kill ourselves . "

"Yeah . And the cod piece isn't detachable . "

They both shuddered at the thought . An old memory flashed by and was quickly buried .

"We don't need a spare blaster that badly . "

"How about 2 hearts?"

"One normal and one dead mana so it can cycle with us?"

"Exactly . We still haven't made any enchanted items that use dead mana . "

Stella appeared with a platter of BBQ pork wings, and they both stopped working to drool over the tasty treat . After eating one piece, Joe disappeared, so they didn't eat too many between the two of them . Joseph licked his fingers clean then hurried over to a table with a grin .

"Here it is Stella! The staff handle is made of polished NIKMESH femur, attached firmly to an adamantine blade I enchanted the shavist out of before dipping it into a vat of molten orihalc.u.m and sharpening the edge to an atomically fine edge . "

"Very nice . So the idea of plating or dipping the orihalc.u.m worked?"

"Well, I can do it at least . It overcomes the difficulty of enchanting the orihalc.u.m itself, but the technique is almost as hard . I saved my old staff too, as a backup . The only other thing I can think of that might be in the same category, material wise, would be a branch from the world tree . You know, for not understanding magic, you seem to get most of what I talk about when it comes to sharp pokey things . "

"I don't understand magic, Joseph . I greatly understand weapons . "

"Fair enough . So, your outfit is over here . I shaved Shaiso's scale down in 1 milimeter layers, then cut them into smaller plates . I used an overlapping pattern on them four layers deep . Anymore and I think it might start to affect your movement, so I kept it thin . Then I used a backing of NIKMESH hide . I did everything I could to it, in order to make it softer . It still chafes a bit so I delved into TECHNOLOGY to ask a favor on the manufacturing process for mono-crystalline energy cloth . I've seen it in a past life but had no idea how to make it . He said building a tech level 10 fusion reactor equivalent in a tech level 3+ realm, was good enough . Apparently the + is from Duke Brogo's work . "

"Joseph you're straying off topic," said Stella, examining the armor carefully .

"Sorry . Anyway, a sheet of energy cloth should protect from most cutting, piercing, slas.h.i.+ng, and energy beam attacks, but it is porous, so acids will still get through it to your skin . "

Stella rubbed a piece between her fingers and nodded appreciatively .

"Ooh . It's really soft . "

"Yeah, that's why I chose it . I was worried the NIKMESH hide would chafe against your skin, especially if you got sweaty . "

"I don't sweat, but wait, so I don't need to wear clothes under the armor?"

"The layer of energy cloth would technically be considered an attached set of clothes, Stella . "

"Hmmm . Make me a set of normal clothes out of it too, then . "

"Ok, but it pretty much only comes in black . "

"Perfect . So what's your armor?"

"Over here . " Joseph moved over to the other side of the mech, pulling off the sheet he had put over it .

"Wow . Everyone is going to see you, that's for sure . "

"As the king, I need to be visible and inspire everyone . The cloak creates darkness on the side facing me, meaning I will always have a shadow . "

"I like that part . " Stella tapped on the breastplate . "It's not flexible at all . "

"No . Fortunately I don't breathe, so I don't have to worry about my chest expanding . I used large sections of the other dragon scales to make plates that fit together perfectly . "

"How perfectly?"

"I had to teleport the pieces together, because they interlock and can't be disa.s.sembled . I literally have to use TELEPORT OBJECT to put it on . "

"Is this the same energy cloth lining?"

"Yeah . There was a backing of NIKMESH hide here that I used for me too . The accents and outer plating are orihalc.u.m . The cape is more NIKMESH hide, with slivers of rib bones in it to strengthen it before another layer of thicker dragon scales was applied to the outside . The rest of the scales I used on the mech . "

"So that's why the robot is looking more like a dragon . "

"Partly . Partly it's my preference . "

"So you really didn't need to add the wings and tail to the robot?"

"It's a mech, Stella . We ride inside and pilot it . You don't do that with a robot . "

"Fine, mech . "

"The tails and wings are a grey area really . I can't say I didn't need to add the wings and tail, at least not in the way you're thinking probably . "

"That armor looks pretty heavy . "

"It is but you prize mobility . I teleport, so the restriction is less important . "

"You should have a helmet . Your head is the most important thing to protect . You could probably just use healing to regrow any body parts that got blown off, except that . "

"It does have a helmet . "

"Where?" she asked crossing her arms .

"Here," he said, pulling it from behind the counter . It was a full face helmet made of white orihalc.u.m that s.h.i.+ned silver with a pale blue tinge .

"What is that made of?" she asked in awe, moving forward for a closer look .

"I told you I had a use for the powdered G.o.d bone . If you consider bone powder to be a type of soil, then I used EARTH TO METAL to transform it into a greyish kind of metal . Then further forging and tempering, and the addition of more bone powder before we quenched it in some of the blood, produced this . It's the only piece unfortunately . My crown was dipped in some of it, and the rest was a thin plate that goes over your heart . "

"My heart, not my head?" Stella looked at him and raised an eyebrow .

"It's where I put the soul bond tattoo . "

"Yeah and you said nothing could break it . "

"Nothing should be able to . But considering I did it while we were outside of time, I don't know what side effects may happen . I've been thinking about it ever since Saisho mentioned the rune master may have made the system, even though he was erased from time . I'm certain the curse from the fey wasn't strong enough to tie our souls together for over 4000 of my lifetimes . It could have been our soul bond . "

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"But you did that in this life after all those others . "

"Yeah, but when I did it, we weren't in a timeline, any timeline, so I don't know . "

Stella got very quiet . "Do you regret it?"

"What!? Of course not! I love you . And the potential for happiness in this life with you, is more than the sorrow in all those shavist ones that came before . "

Stella grabbed him in a powerful hug . "I love you so much, Joseph! Sometimes it scares me . I've always been worried you would blame me for those terrible lives you had and that I rejected you when I was Sylva . "

Joseph hugged her back . He let his love for her flow through their link . He wasn't sure what he was supposed to say, but fortunately that seemed to be enough .