Chapter 848: Rookie Adventurers and the Legendary Chivalrous Thief ⑩ (2/2)

When I heard those words, I remembered the incident where Alice had cut Aoi-chan’s golem in half with a roll of paper.

[Then, you might be thinking that “Why not just use a tree branch to fight then?”, but that’s not entirely the case. Even if they have the same sharpness, there is still a difference in durability between weapons. To be more precise, there is a difference in the limit of magic power that they could withstand…… If you put magic power into a tree branch and swing it,, you can certainly make it as sharp as an orichalcon sword, but you can only swing it once at most. Most of them may even shatter as soon as you imbue magic power into them.]

[……I see.]

[However, that only goes when it comes to me. For example, if Aoi or Hina were to use that technique, you don’t have the amount of magic power nor the skill that only orichalcon weapons would be able to withstand your ability. I’m sure you would be able to swing a magic-imbued iron sword without breaking it…… Thus, even if you buy an orichalcon weapon, it’s just too expensive and a waste of treasure, so you need to choose a weapon that matches your strength.]

Pausing for the moment, Hapti-san put away her swords before continuing her explanation.

[Well, when it comes to armor, it would always be better to buy the best one. In addition, there’s one more thing I’d like to add. With my explanation so far, you three should be able to understand why most of the world’s most powerful beings don’t carry weapons.]

[……It’s because the weapons couldn’t withstand their magic power.]

[That’s right. If that’s the case, it’s better if they just turn their own magic power to weapons, even if it consumes more magic power, because it’s more stable. However, there are still some exceptions…… They are rather scarce since there’s only a few of them, but the weapons created by the Legendary Master Craftsman Krafty makes use of a special manufacturing method, and among them, the swords that are called masterpieces, crowned with titles like “Holy Sword” or “Demonic Sword” could withstand even the magic power of peak Count-ranks, so there are High-ranking Demons that do use weapons.]

Holy sword…… I feel like I’ve heard that somewhere before…… Ahh, if I remember correctly, the sword that Alice gave to Lilia-san as memorabilia for the Six Kings Festival was the Holy Sword Excalibur.

[……And then, there’s the one exception among the Six Kings, the Phantasmal King-sama, who also wields weapons. I don’t know what kind of material was used in Phantasmal King-sama’s dagger…… but I, at least, think that it is the strongest weapon that exists in this world by far. After all, it can withstand the magic power of one of the Six Kings.]

When I heard those words, I suddenly felt like there’s something slightly out of place. No, rather than that…… I felt that it was a little unusual.

After all, it’s a little unusual for Hapti-san…… for Alice to declare her weapon to be the “strongest”, as if she was somehow a little proud of it.

Perhaps, Alice may have had a special attachment to her dagger.

<Afterword>

~ ~ Extra : Alice’s daggers ~ ~

1 : “Trick Jester”

A pair of black and white daggers, the same daggers used by Alice in “The Visitor’s Beginnings”. It was the Heart Tool of Alice’s father, and has the ability of Force Teleportation.

Furthermore, due to the nature of a Heart Tool, its durability is infinite unless Alice’s heart is broken…… However, if she uses her Heart Tool to defend herself, she will take mental damage and easily get fatigued, so she only uses it when she needs to use its ability.

2 : “The Dagger of the Stars”

This is a dagger that Alice keeps in a sheathe strapped on her hip.

It’s a dagger made from the core of the Seven Star Beasts, monsters that were said to have been created by the stars themselves, and it has seven abilities corresponding to each Star Beast.

She loved using it before because it was easy to handle and had tremendous strength…… but it was now finding it hard to withstand Alice’s magic power that grew after the battle in the God Realm.

3 : “The Dagger of the Machine God”

The dagger that Alice is currently using, and although Alice requested only the materials to make it, Makina created this dagger instead and gave it to Alice as a gift, saying that “doing either of them takes the same effort”.

Because it was a dagger made by Makina for her beloved Alice…… to put it bluntly, it’s one heck of a cheat.

“Possesses all the abilities the wielder could imagine for a weapon”

It can do anything that Alice can think of as a weapon’s ability, it can change into any shape at will, and its durability is such that only those who are omniscient and omnipotent can damage it. However, it’s kind of a yandere, as it’s a weapon that doesn’t want other weapons to be used by Alice.

Well, Alice also likes the dagger because it was given to her by her best friend, and that’s why she was declaring this as “the strongest weapon” in this chapter.