CH.407 Blade of Space and Time

CH.407 Blade of Space and Time

“Alright. Last check. Is everyone ready to go?” I asked, before I start summoning monsters and spirits.

“I’m ready.” Karl answered.

“Ready to go.” Wilma confirmed.

“Standing by.” Lua said.

“Good to go.” Alice said.

“... I’m also ready.” Cailie added.

“Good. Alice, summon Ninatia. Lua, call for Eosther. Cailie, Anemoi.” I listed the spirits they would all summon.

Our operation would be both the same but also very different from the time we made the star titanium ingot. This time, we’d have all, well not all but multiple superior spirits also helping us.

While the others called for the spirits they would summon, I summoned the three only I could summon.

“Athena, it is time. Summon Metal Spirit.” I started off with the one I can only summon by technicality. Athena used an ingot of vampiric steel I’d prepared for her as the focal point for her body and appeared before us. After her, I called out Iris and Lachros.

I then began summoning monsters. First was of course Iron Blacksmith Kotetsu. He is going to help Wilma and Karl with the forging.

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Next are my stardust experts, Sorcerer of Dark Magic and Quintet Magician, though one of the two would be pulling double duty.

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See, while it has been a while, I recalled the fact that my monsters can in fact synchro with spirits. So I decided it would be best if we did so with some of the spirits. In this case, Quintet Magician will synchro with Anemoi. I even went ahead and DNA Transplanted Quintet into a Wind-attribute monster for this.

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I wish I had a good Wind Spellcaster, but the best I have is still Kazejin and he just won’t cut it for this. So DNA Transplant Quintet is the best choice.

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His and Anemoi's job is to make sure that my smiths have clean air to breath, while also keeping the air from oxidizing the blade while we, well they, forge it.

Next up is the combo of Ninatia and Legendary Flame Lord. They will be working with another duo to keep the metal hot so that it can be forged. And because Flamel isn’t the strongest, I made sure he had 3 installs of Salamandra to boost his power.

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Next up was the duo I just referenced. Silent Magician LV8 and Eosther. The reason why they are here is because star titanium likes light. Not sure why, but it does, so the two will assist in the heating of the ingot using Light Magic.Ne/w novel chapters are published at novelhall.com

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Iris was with Cosmo Queen. They join Anemoi’s duo in the keep the metal oxygen free operation.

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Last spirit and monster duo was Lachros and Dark Sage. I don’t know exactly what kind of Time Magic the two were planning to use, but they will be doing that.

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Athena wasn’t going to synchro with any of my monsters. I did make a Cybernetic Magician, whom I turned into an Earth Machine with DNA Surgery and Transplant, and even boosted with some Machine Conversion Factories, but Athena didn’t like it, so she was just going solo.

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Of course Athena’s job was to make sure the metal stayed as perfect as it could. No impurities and no bad grain structure or anything like that.

And like last time, when we forged the ingot, I did have Guardian Angel Joan on stand-by for any healing needs.

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“Alright Wilma. Take it away.” I allowed the one in charge to take the center stage.

Alice, Lua, Cailie and I stayed off to the side while Wilma worked. Technically I did have a job of making sure none of us would run out of mana which we had to keep feeding the superior spirits to keep them here, but other than that, we were basically just observing.

And oh boy was it something to behold. Between the magic of the six superior spirits and of course the rhythmic hammer strikes, the forging almost turned into a symphony of amazingness. You could really feel that something special was happening.

The entire forging part took just a bit over an hour, and I’m not sure if that is fast or not. I think it is, but at the same time, we burned well over 20,000 mana during that time, and I honestly don’t even know where half of that went. And that isn’t counting for the mana all of us just naturally recover, so the real number is more like 30,000. Plus the 6,000 spent on actually summoning the superior spirits.

As for the finished blade, note it isn’t a sword yet, just the blade is ready. It still needs a guard, handle and a pommel, but before those get made, it is time for a break.

And because it was, the blade was now in my Storage so I could take a look at it.

Blade of Space and Time FlawlessLegendary BladeDescription: A blade forged from star titanium with the help of multiple superior spirits. It carries in it the essence of Space and Time. Because of its quality, it is considered Legendary

So yeah. Wilma and Karl just made a legendary blade. I just hope Wilma can turn this legendary blade into a legendary sword.

SpoilerName: WilhelminaRace: Craftswoman (Dwarf) ?Level: 80 [+4]HP: 2478 [+98]Mana: 2580 [+260]Strength: 1304 [+44]Defense: 1424 [+124]Magic: 905 [+120] Skills: Advanced Crafting LV.5 (racial) [+1] Spiritual Metal Magic LV.1 (extra) [new]

Card Summoner LV.1 (extra) [new]

Item Box LV.3 (extra)Appraisal (extra)Summon Metal Spirit (extra) [new]

Blacksmithing LV.7 Crafting LV.7 Hammer Technique LV.2Shield Technique LV.4Block LV.3Strength Boost LV.2Defense Boost LV.2 [+1]

Mana Control LV.6Enchanting LV.7Earth Magic LV.2Fire Resistance LV.2 Athena’s Blessing [new]Legendary Bladesmith [new][collapse]Spoiler[collapse]

I then looked around the workshop and saw a small ingot of silver on a table. That must be from the gold coins I gave Athena.

“Wilma, do you know if she used anything besides the gold?”

“... I think a bit of copper is missing.” Wilma said. “We also lack some of that super rare metal Lawrence picked up.”

“That palladium and platinum alloy? But isn’t that for jewelry use only?”

“Yes.” Wilma confirmed.

“How much did she take?”

“About half of what we had. Which isn’t a lot, so no more than 100 grams.”

“Okay. I’ll find her. Want to come with?”

“Not like we are finishing that sword today. I need to confirm the designs in the Factory first.”

It didn’t take too long for us to find Athena, mainly because of a report Magie rushed to me.

“... an abnormal mana pull in the mana spring?”

“Yes. It is pulling mana at over 20 times the speed at which it does when both Alice and Lucia are using it.” Magie answered. “Do you want us to block the mana flow?”

“Let’s check it out first.”

“But what about Athena?” Wilma asked.

“... come on Wilma. We have a supreme spirit missing and now we have a mana leak. Don’t you think they are connected?”

“Oh? Yes. They probably are.” She agreed.

When we got to the spring, we saw a fully clothed Athena standing next to it, seemingly using magic to do ... something.

“Took you long enough. I was going to ask for permission, but since you gave me the gold and allowed the use of the workshop, I assumed it would be fine.” Athena said.

“... what are you actually doing?” I asked.

“Just making a bit of something.” She answered. “I saw the design my new blessed made. It won’t hold up to the blade we made today. So you need something special for it.”

“... alright. And what does gold, copper, palladium, platinum and a shitton of mana have to do with it?”

“Why don’t you answer that.” Athena said. “Actually, Wilhelmina should answer.”

“... I wouldn’t know.” Wilma said.

“Don’t you or do you refuse to accept it?” Athena asked, and as she did, I came up with one answer.

And if my answer is correct, I kind of love this spirit.

“... I think I know, but I’ll let Wilma think for a bit longer.” I said.

“I do like how smart you are.” Athena said. “It is no wonder so many of us like you.”

“But are you sure it is okay for you to share the recipe with us?”

“You shared your star titanium recipe, so I can share one of mine.”

“... I don’t get it.” Wilma said. “What recipe?”

“How long ‘til your cooking is ready?” I asked Athena.

“About five or so minutes, I think. The pool is supplying the mana nicely.”

“Good.” I turned to Wilma and told her. “I’ll tell her when it is finished. Timing and all of that.

After waiting for what turned out to be seven minutes, Athena said that she was ready.

“There is your perfect timing. Why don’t you tell her what you think I did?”

“Sure. So, if my theory is correct, what Athena just so gracefully cooked us up.” As I said that, an ingot of shiny gold rose from the mana pool. “Is some orichalcum.”