Building My Empire in the Frozen Apocalypse (Riley Carter) novel Chapter 66

Chapter 66 Rare Axes

Chapter 66 Rare Axes

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The workbench glowed brightly. The soft, pale light that once shimmered along the axe b deepened into a rich, vivid blue.

A few moments later, the light faded.

Riley reached out and took hold of the handle.

Heavy.

It was noticeably heavier than before, but the weight didn’t drag her down–instead, it gave

a solid, grounded feeling, like she could push through anything.

She pulled up the stats screen.

“Name: Storm Splitter Dual Axes (Upgraded)

“Quality: Rare

“Attribute Bonus: Strength +6 (previously +3)

“Effect 1: Dual Wield Speed–Attack speed increased by 20%

“Effect 2: Wood harvest increased by 20%

“New Affix (from upgrade): Bloodthirst–Each successful hit drains a small amount of life fro the target, restoring the wielder’s stamina and healing minor wounds.

Durability: 100/100”

“Whoa

Kiley drew in a sharp breath, her eyes wide

The strength bonus had doubled

But the real game changer was that Bloodthirst athis

In a world like this, having life steal on your weapon was like carrying a survival cheat code It meant that unless someone took her out in one shot, she’d actually get stronger the longer a fight dragged on

She exhaled slowly and swung one of the axes ma single handed are

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Chapter 66 Rare Axes

“Just from gear alone, I’ve stacked this much strength. Add my base stats…”

Riley did a quick mental tally.

+30 Free

Base strength growth, plus 5 from the Unlucky Fool title, plus 3 from the bracers, plus 6 fr the upgraded axes.

That brought her total to 27 points of Strength.

If she threw a punch right now, she could probably knock out a full–grown bull back on Ear

A satisfied smile touched her lips as she hooked the axes back onto her belt.

Next up: armor.

She took the Cloth and Cotton from PineappleBeer’s trade and pulled the remaining mater from her own stash.

“Blueprint: Multipurpose Tactical Vest (Fine/Uncommon)

“Requirements: Treated Leather Sheets ×2, Refined Linen ×4, Highgrade Cotton ×5, Iron Ingc

x2.”

“More than enough—I’ll even have leftovers.”

Riley got to work, using the basic tools on the workbench like she’d done countless times before.

Technically, system crafting didn’t require manual stitching–once you had the blueprint and materials, the item would form automatically after a progress bar filled, with the tools handling the details.

But Riley had grown used to making small adjustments by hand as the system guided the process: tightening the underarm fit, adjusting pocket placement, things like that

Three minutes later, a grayblack tactical vest lay in her hands

The design was rugged and practical, offering both stab resistance and insulation.

“Item: Multipurpose Tactical Vest

“Quality: Fine (Uncommon)

“Attribute: Constitution +2

2/4

ot.”

eyes brightened

ravity increased by 6 slots.”

hat advanced worl

Her inventory h what she carri

was worth every resource.

slots–not exactly small, but she’d still needed to be picky abo

ith an extra six slots, she was up to 30.

“Strike whi

shot. Time for the other one.”

Her gaz

the Guardian Heart Necklace blueprint.

Th

quality recipe, and it was singleuse. No matter the outcome, the blueprint afterward.

ents: Refined Steel x5, Crystal 3, Stone ×5, Pure Energy Core ×2”

erials weren’t overly expensive, though crystals and pure energy cores were on the

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gotten some crystals from Pineapple Beer.

or the pure energy cores, she’d picked up five earlier from the dungeon. They were sically a universal component for crafting magical gear.

Please don’t give me some useless affix…”

Riley took a steadying breath and placed the shimmering crystals into the mold’s center

“Crafting in progress…”

This time the progress bar crawled a full ten minutes.

When the light finally di

Its pendant was

being near i

lift almost

silver metal necklace lay on the workbench

steel filigree, emitting a gentle, warm glow. Just

most of the fatigue from the dungeon seemed to

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“Quality: Rare

ribute: Constitution +2, Spirit +3

Mind Stability–Highly resistant to illusions, fear, and mental control attacks.

Crafting Affix (Luck Burst): Luck +2.”

Riley stared at that last line for three full seconds.

“Pfft…”

She couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Luck +2?

Her eyes dri redemp

wn Unlucky Fool title. What was this, some kind of underdog e the system felt sorry for her lousy luck and decided to throw h

oints was better than nothing.

me she opened a supply crate, she’d find one of those instantnoodle packs tha d two seasoning packets inside.

the Spirit +3 and Mind Stability trait were seriously valuable.

ear like this existed, it meant there would definitely be dungeons or events later on that volved mental attacks. Better to be ready.

Chapter 67 Guardian Necklace

Riley couldn’t wait to slip the tactical vest over her work clothes. Next, she fastene

necklace and

A war

eneath her collar, letting the cool metal rest against her sk

washed through her, steady and soothing.

at panel again.

picyBurger)

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:13

onstitution: 13”

“Oh yeah,” she murmured, “the

Her fingers brushed over

The “Blueprint: M

she had the ma

The ves

ake some cash here.”

wore.

Vest” wasn’t a singleuse item–it was reusable. As lor duce these things indefinitely.

ade, but it boosted Constitution. That was huge.

nnel“.

zing, though most of the chatter was just people venting.

m pretty sure I’m coming down with something.”

back from that dungeon, I’ve felt like garbage.”

ou got knocked out early and sent back, your health drops to 30%. Take it easy for

y, though! Slashing my health is bad enough, but then the system randomly swipes plies too? It took my En

As one core away from getting the camp to level

med

been so loud and arrogant inside

ayback–she’d never shown her

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ID in there.

Riley didn’t bother with small talk. She just posted the stats of the “Multipurpose Ta directly into the channel.

urger: Taking craftin

on x5, Iron Ingo Limited energy

moment sh

No way?!

“Dam

ma

1. s. You supply materials (Treated Leather Sheets x 0% of material value (can pay in equivalent Woo ve orders only. First come, first served.”

s scroll of complaints hesitated–then exploded.

d you can just craft it like that?”

evel! I haven’t even stitched a plain white shirt yet, and you’r ar?”

r here! I don’t have Treated Le

I substitute somet