The Reimagining of the Bow Hero

Chapter 52 - Finding Indigo

"This is my archer friend, and he's in search of a new set of armor. It needs to be light and protective, and relatively durable. We'd also like a set of armor for Rishia here."

"Feel free to take a look around. Everything here's for sale."

Katanas, Tekkan and Kakiwari lined the walls, and a few sets of armor were nearly stacked on top of each other. Since this was such a small town, it wouldn't be economical to produce too much weaponry since there wouldn't be many buyers.

"None of these are really what I'm looking for." I lamented. "They're too heavy. However, Rishia, you should try this on. It's exactly your size."

"Sure, Satoshi!"

Rishia slipped on the armor set, which consisted of a breastplate, armguards and thigh and shin guards. It wasn't very heavy, but it had enough protection and most importantly allowed Rishia excellent mobility and flexibility, which would be necessary to perform Hengen Muso like Granny did.

Rishia flailed her arms around in a klutzy manner and performed a few martial art attacks.

"Hya! Ha! Cha! Satoshi, I like this set of armor. Can I have it?"

Oh crap. I didn't have any money on me. All I had were some gold and silver coins.

Kana saw me rummaging through my pockets looking for some money. Luckily, she had me covered.

"I'll pay for everything, Satoshi. Leave this to me."

"Is that really okay? We barely know each other and all."

"We're friends. Friends help each other out."

Kana dropped a small bag of money onto the old man's counter, which he gladly accepted.

"Now, it's time to get you some armor, Satoshi. Anything caught your eye so far?"

"Sadly, no. Everything's too heavy for me. Since I value speed and attack power over anything else, mobility is of the utmost importance."

The man screwed in the last bolt of the armor set he was crafting.

"Young man, perhaps this set of armor might pique your interest?"

"I would be more than happy to try it on."

The armor looked bulky, but it was surprising light and mobile when I tried it on. It closely resembled a 16th century gusoku style samurai armor set, constructed out of iron, leather, lacquer, silk and copper alloy. Every piece of the armor felt like it was of the highest quality, way better than what I could personally make even with my transcendent crafting skills. Well, to be honest, my crafting skills were more oriented towards modern creations than the fine arts or ancient/medieval creations.

"This set of armor is perfect, Kana. Though, are you sure you can pay for it?"

"No problem! My family is extremely wealthy, and I have tons of money from winning those sword fighting tournaments. This is but a drop in the bucket."

"Really? Thanks, Kana. I really owe you one."

Kana grabbed a larger pouch of money and handed it to the old man. After thanking the old couple, we headed out of the smithery and hit the road.

"Kana," I asked. "Would you like to see the weapons that my country uses back in my world?"

"Are they different than what we use here?"

"Most definitely. Let me show you."

Since my level was quite high, I had unlocked the more potent weapons of the Arcian military. I converted my bow into an Arcian Light Maintenance Rifle Machine Gun variant. Truth be told, the only way this thing even worked was because I welded on and added some materials from this world onto it so it would kind of function. Either way, it wasn't as effective as it was back in my world.