The team continued grinding along the path, and as their coordination improved, so did their pace. The rest of the Rare Wood set gradually dropped, chest piece, leggings, shoulders, gloves, and boots. The set bonus was indeed impressive, adding 150 points of physical defense and 100 of magical defense. Wearing the full set, Dust's HP had climbed to 3,900. After they finished clearing the tree spirits, three pieces of a second Rare Wood set had even dropped, leaving only the shoulders and boots missing.
Cappuccino immediately swapped into more than half of the new gear.
Everyone's levels had shifted. The two mercenaries had reached Level 20, Bernita was 19, Don and Lily had both climbed to 21, and Diana was sitting comfortably at 23, though she was clearly close to leveling again.
