Dead Man Walking: Living By Day, Dead By Night
Chapter 149: Champion's Plate Set

Zane was not permitted to leave the bunker for the rest of the night. In fact, all of the women in his party, including Madison, slept in his bed, each of which clung to a limb of his, making sure he was thoroughly anchored down by heir combined weight.

It was an extremely exhausting experience for Zane, not physically. As he could no longer really experience such a thing due to the current state of his body, which was progressively becoming similar to that of the Dead.

No, it was mentally exhausting. And thus, when the girls finally woke up the next morning, Zane was relieved that he was finally free. But the paranoia of these women did not stop there. Instead, they kept a close eye on him, with at least one of them by his side at all times.

It became increasingly clear to Zane that these women had become truly and genuinely paranoid; it was as if they believed he would simply up and disappear in the very next moment, getting himself killed in the process if they were to dare take their eyes off of him for the slightest of moments. After all, they all knew how fast Zane had become.

Luckily for Zane, however, the time he had in the previous night allowed him to sell his junk, and buy the recipe for the Stygian Iron Works, which he built as Madison kept watch over him.

The moment Zane began constructing the building in an ideal location within the boundaries of their settlement, Madison became curious and found that she could join him, where the time it took to actually build the damn thing lessened significantly.

She ended up hollering at the other girls who all joined in, turning what should have taken months of construction time from a full crew of experienced builders had it been built without the settlement management system, into a five-minute project between the six of them.

Zane was actually surprised when the project was completed so quickly, but rather than celebrate a job well done with the girls, he quickly accessed the Stygian Iron Works where he found he could combine a variety of different resources to make new materials.

Of course, Zane already knew that to make Revenant Iron he needed Stalkers Claws, and High Carbon Steel, which luckily for him he had an ample supply of both, especially after the hunting he did the previous night.

But in the end, he built just enough Revenant Iron to construct Madison her full set of equipment. Not that he told her. In fact, Zane hid it within his inventory, making it so that it was a surprise for her birthday that was quite literally on the following day.

As for the stats on the armor, it was quite impressive to Zane, who looked at it with a hint of envy in his eyes.

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[Champion's Plate Helmet]

[Item Quality: Rare]

[Item Type: Heavy Armor]

[Item Slot: Head]

[Item Effects:

+50 Armor

+10 HP

+2% Damage Resistance

Improves your chance to dodge an attack by 2%]

[Set: Champion's Plate Armor 1/5]

[(2 Set): +50 Armor]

[(3 Set): +50 HP]

[(4 Set): +2% Damage Resistance]

[(5 Set): +2 Constitution]

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Like the Stalker's Set, the effects were essentially the same on all armor pieces, with the primary difference being the armor rating on each piece. In addition to the 50 Armor on the helmet, the chest plate had 100 Armor, while the leg guards had 75 armor. As for the Gauntlets and Greaves, they had 25 Armor Each. Bringing Madison's grand total when she equipped the whole set to 275.

However, there was an additional piece of equipment outside of the armor itself that also had an armor rating attached to it. And that was the Shield.

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[Champion's Bulwark]

[Item Quality: Rare]

[Item Type: Shield]

[Item Slot: Off-Hand]

[Item Effects:

+25 Armor

+5% Damage Resistance

+30 Health]

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In addition to this, Madison also would get a one handed sword that had some nice stats as well. Which Zane was quick to observe.

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[Champion's Flaming Sword]

[Item Quality: Rare]

[Item Type: One-Handed Sword]

[Item Slot: Primary]

[Item Effects:

Piercing/Slashing Damage: 15-22

Damage: +15% (While Health is above 50%)

Fire Damage: 1-5

+30 Health]

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All in all, the sword was a very good piece of equipment that Zane was almost envious of. But after thinking about it he honestly preferred his vampiric style weapons as they more suited his style of combat.

After observing all the stats on Madison's new equipment, Zane ran a few calculations. Presuming she put both of her Attribute points on her next level up into the Constitution, the girl should have somewhere around 15 Constitution. Which granted her 150 base HP, not accounting for her equipment, of course.

But with a 350 Armor rating from her armor itself, the set bonus, and what her shield provided, along with an additional 110 HP from the set bonus, and from her sword and shield. Madison would be looking at a whopping 610 HP at level 11, which was even more HP than a stalker had! That was assuming she was wearing her full set of equipment.

Of course… There was still the question of whether or not Level 15 gear could be worn by a level 11… But Zane honestly did not see a level requirement on any of the gear being listed. So he would just have to wait and see if Madison could indeed equip the items when her birthday came.

Knowing that it was just a day away, Zane was happy to know had gotten the girl a proper gift, despite the necessity of a such a thing being low on the list of priorities right now, especially when one considered they were living in an apocalypse at the moment.

As for Madison, she already wanted something else from Zane entirely, something deeply personal, and she would most definitely surprise Zane when she finally asked for it on the anniversary of her birth, which was tomorrow.