Are you sure about this, Jake?” Owen asked with genuine worry as they walked back to the Colosseum the next day. ”You should at least go to the crafters before the match… Maybe you see something you like and decide to buy it, right?””It’ll be fine,” Jake said, waving him off. ”I will go check out the crafters afterwards.””But… if you lose the match, you risk getting demoted and will have a harder time rising to higher ranks. And that’s assuming you don’t die or lose a limb. You mentioned that you wanted better equipment at some point, so why wait?””Let me ask you this, Owen,” Jake said. ”That spear of yours—will you keep using that even when you become a Gladiator? Assuming you become a Gladiator, that is. Which you really should be able to, considering… you know.””Probably not?” Owen admitted, totally ignoring that last part of what Jake said.”So at that point, when you buy a new weapon, the spear would just be a bunch of wasted points, as you can only sell stuff back for half o