Chapter 210 - What Is a Divine Artifact? (1/2)

Chapter 210 What Is a Divine Artifact?

Facing Ulthane’s condition, Roy did not immediately agree. Instead, he said playfully to Ulthane, “What if I say no?”

Hearing this, Ulthane was visibly stunned for a moment, and he could not help but widen his eyes. “You’re unwilling? Don’t be mistaken. I am the most skilled craftsman among the makers. Even if the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse sought me to forge weapons, it would depend on my mood. Now that I’ve taken the initiative to propose it, you’re actually saying no?!”

“Yes, you’re indeed a very good blacksmith, but you don’t seem to be good at acting!” Roy smiled. “You’re not someone who loves to drink like your life depends on it. How can you so easily take action for just a few bottles of wine? You actually… want to see my sword, right?”

Ulthane looked at Roy and did not say anything for a long time before finally saying in annoyance, “Okay, okay! I admit that I’m very interested in your sword. I’ve noticed it since the time we fought! Are you satisfied? Can you take it out now?”

“Here!” Roy was straightforward. He summoned Frostmourne from the system space and handed it to Ulthane.

Ulthane carefully took Frostmourne and laid it flat, holding it with both hands as he began to examine it meticulously. After a while, he clicked his tongue while stroking the sword. “Amazing, it’s really amazing! I noticed it in the beginning, but it looks like it’s true. This sword doesn’t have any traces of forging at all. It seems to have formed as one piece the moment it was born… I’ve never heard of this skill before. How did you do it?”

Roy snorted inwardly. Isn’t this nonsense? This sword was not forged but directly materialized by the system. How could it have any traces of forging? However, Roy did not know how to explain it to Ulthane. This blacksmith was very obsessed with forging weapons, and he might ask questions after explaining, so Roy simply decided not to say anything. Facing this situation, Ulthane had no other choice. After observing for a long time, he let out a long sigh. “It’s a pity. Although this sword has a lot of curse powers, each curse isn’t too powerful. If your opponent knows magic such as curse immunity, then the power of these curses will be resisted and won’t be usable at all. Moreover, the material of the sword is too ordinary, and it’s impossible for it to withstand soul infusion…”

“Soul infusion? What do you mean?” Roy asked in puzzlement.

“Soul infusion, as the name suggests, is to infuse souls! Unlike enchantments that infuse magic power, soul infusion is to instill souls into weapons…” Ulthane said. “This is actually what I find most strange. In my impression, many demons will infuse their soul fragments into their weapons. You must know that if weapons have undergone soul infusion, they will generate a certain amount of consciousness over time and be able to display stronger power. But why didn’t you do this to your sword of cursing? Don’t you want your sword to become a divine artifact?”

“After soul infusion, can it become a divine artifact?” Roy asked in surprise.

“It’s only a possibility! Soul infusion can increase this possibility a lot!” Ulthane said. “Among the secret techniques of weapon forging of us makers, there are many special tricks, such as integrating blood into weapons or finding powerful people to carry out blessings and so on. These methods can allow the weapons to obtain greater power, but to make a weapon a divine artifact, it sometimes depends on luck. In my life, I have forged many weapons and defensive equipment that can be called divine artifacts, but I don’t succeed every time…”

“Speaking of which, what is a so-called divine artifact? How exactly is it defined? Are there any criteria for judgment?” Roy asked curiously.

“The standard…” Ulthane rubbed his chin and pondered. “First of all, the weapon itself must possess powerful strength. This is for sure. Second, the materials at least need to be very hard. How can a weapon that breaks at a touch be called a divine artifact? And lastly… the power of the weapon needs to be distinct and unique! Once the power of the weapon is used, others can tell at a glance!”

“There’s one more thing you forgot to say. It has to look cool, right?!” Roy could not help but continue, “It’s best if it can still shine and has its own cleaning technique…”

The reason why Roy said this was because he suddenly thought of a book, ‘On Why Divine Artifacts Shine…’

Ulthane was stunned for a moment before he laughed. “Yes, that’s right. This is also very important. Ugly weapons can’t be called divine artifacts!”

In the end, it was just that appearance was very important. This damn world where appearance was everything, even weapons could not escape this treacherous poison!

But even so, Roy could not help thinking, What if I directly give Frostmourne a ‘divine artifact’ attribute in the system interface?

In the past, Roy’s souls had always been quite tight, so he had never thought about doing this.But after the Fusion and his physical strength increased, Roy suddenly realized that as long as his brain was big enough, he could take shortcuts by using the system. If Roy were to honestly rely on slowly drinking potions to his current attributes, not to mention a million souls, even two million souls might not have necessarily been enough. But after using the reasonable leverage of the Fusion skill, he realized that he could use fewer souls to achieve a better effect.