Chapter 34 (2/2)
Ruined curse….So one would be ruined if they were to carelessly touch the tip? It sounds dangerous, doesn’t it?
I was thinking of going for an ordinary spear but this is a halberd. The halberd consists of an axe blade topped with a spike on the long shaft, also called a polearm I think? The handle was made of black wood while the tip was made of metal, the design looks like a combination of a normal spear and an axe. Although referred to as ruined purple, the colour of the tip was darkish purple, appearing considerably rusty at the same time. Colour-wise it might look good on Marina so this should be fine.
In addition to the rust, it was also quite heavy so it was questionable if Marina could handle it. I’ll just keep it in the meantime though. Since it wasn’t priced, I wasn’t sure if I have enough money to buy it.
“How is it? Did you find something good–?” [Rebecca]
“Well rather than a spear I think I found a good halberd. I haven’t located any good two-handed sword though. I’ll tentatively go through the selections of one-handed sword for now.” [Jirou]
Rebecca-san approached me with a metal gauntlet in one hand. It looks like a comparatively exaggerated gauntlet but I guess she’s buying it.
“Ah this? I was wondering what Jirou thinks of this one. The price is also cheap. Gauntlets are also important too, you know.” [Rebecca]
“Ah thank you.” [Jirou]
She seems to have selected a gauntlet for me.
Upon receiving it from Rebecca-san, I realized the weight was actually really light even though it was made of metal! The weight was probably around the same as t.i.tanium. However, it was enveloped by a pale s.h.i.+ne so it shouldn’t be t.i.tanium. It appears to be of the same type of material as the guild card…….
Let’s appraise it immediately using ‘The Mirror of Truth’.
【Type】
Gauntlet
【Name】
Mithril Gauntlet +2
【Commentary】
This can be equipped by all professions.
The increased of high hit rate is added by the spirit’s protection.
【Magic Properties】
None
【Spirit Blessings】
High hit rate E
【Owner】
Lockfate Opossum
Oooh, that’s the first [+2] I’ve encountered! Or rather this was the first item that comes with spirit’s blessing. And what the heck, mithril!? So this was made of mithril. It was the same as the one found in games but this is certainly a fantasy world as expected. I would like to try making a mithril knife one day too.
I wasn’t sure how strong a mithril is here but, in any case it was light (for metals) so even a weak person like me could equip this without any problem. Although, if I have to equip myself with this gauntlet and carry a sword simultaneously……it might exhaust me even more than if I were to partic.i.p.ate in a kendo or a swordplay sports………
Even if this was considered as light, it should still be around 100g or 200g……
But, seeing that the price was just 450 El with high hit rate as an additional bonus, there wasn’t any other options but to buy this!
Having said that, to what extent are these [+2] or [+1] valid…….? I wouldn’t be able to tell if it weren’t for the Mirror of Truth.
Should I just try asking about it?
“Rebecca-san, are there any weapons with additional special abilities? For instance, something like a cursed weapon……” [Jirou]
“Eh? Do you mean enchanted weapons? I don’t know if they are cursed but…..erm….that’s right. There are some that were already enchanted in advance but we wouldn’t be able to know actually without first trying out the weapons. There are times when they appear in certain trustworthy shops at an incredible price though…..at least I don’t think this is that kind of shop.” [Rebecca]
It didn’t seem like a usual case. No, if we try examining them thoroughly, there were actually a few times when [+1] popped out. Or could most [+1] be a simple miscalculation in terms of the capabilities? What if the highest one was +100……
Well, I guess I wouldn’t know without first giving it a try.
Anyway, I should try hunting for one-handed sword next. The numbers of one-handed swords appear to be higher in comparison to the two-handed sword, totalling to about 30 different ones. I should be able to find something nice from them.
I went over them thoroughly using ‘The Mirror of Truth’.
As I thought, they were basically normal weapons. 「Bronze Sword」, 「Short Sword」, 「Long Sword」, 「Broadsword」, 「Scimitar」, 「Cutla.s.s」, 「Rapier」, 「Sabre」, 「Gladius」, 「Estoc」……….
They were mainly common products or rusty ones with [-1]. The materials were generally steel I guess and the weight for each was about average. I supposed I shouldn’t treat them lightly even though they were one-handed swords. To be honest, judging from my physical strength, even if I were to buy a normal one-handed sword made of steel, it wouldn’t be possible for me to lift it up in long duration without using both hands.
After a while, I suddenly spotted a strange sword among them.
【Type】
Melee Weapon
【Name】
Rusty Sword -2
【Commentary】
An immensely rusty sword.
The real appearance could be an excellent or a low-grade sword.
【Magic Properties】
?
【Spirit Blessings】
?
【Owner】
Lockfate Opossum
I know this one, I know this one.
In the case of game, it might be a legendary sword once you re-forged it, becoming something like a Dragon Slayer Sword. I’ll be buying this too.
Iya, a second-hand shop sure is fun. There was no trouble at all in choosing the items thanks to the appraising ability!
“Goshujin-sama, there seem to be several swords here too. They are not well-organized at all.” [Diana]
Certainly, it looks like a perfect representation of a disastrous scene with all the items tossed aside, cluttering each corner of the shop. There wasn’t really a specific corner for two-handed sword or one-handed sword then. That being the case, I have no choice but to search through the entire place with a fine-tooth comb.
“If this is how things turn out, it’ll be a round-robin! If there are any two-handed swords lying on the floor, bring them all to me!” [Jirou]
Thus, everyone went around, bringing what they found to me to be appraised one by one. I have initially expected the shopkeeper to say something about this but, he didn’t seem bothered at all, resuming with his newspaper reading after the bookkeeping.
In a sense he appears to be living in a carefree lifestyle. The feeling he had given off made me feel a little envious.
…….But anyway, that was quite a huge number of swords he was carrying in his shop.
Including just the one-handed swords and two-handed swords, there were nearly 100 of them in total. I wonder how many it would wind up to, if I were to include daggers as well.
“My liege! There is also another one on the table.” [Marina]
Saying so, Marina brought a long sword over to me. Speaking of which, I have not taken a look at the table yet. Superficially, the table appears to be filled with nothing but garbage though I guess there were more than just garbage there.
The blade of the long sword brought over by Marina has a narrow width, questionable thin hilt with rust all over the black blade. The workmans.h.i.+p of the sword appears to be concealed by a layer of rust as well, an overall condition that wouldn’t make one hold any expectation from. Since the hilt was thin and the blade itself was only about 1m in length, the weight seems just right even if I were the one to use it.
I will invoke the ‘The Mirror of Truth’ on it even if it might look like a fail product.
It should be ‘Long Sword -1’ to me at best but……..
—-It turned out to be an unexpectedly lucky find, more than what I had expected.
【Type】
Melee Weapon
【Name】
Jet-Black Heart of Blood Magic Sword -1
【Commentary】
A magic sword that has absorbed the blood of a thousand demon beasts.
A sword that can be equipped by those with melee combat profession.
An increase to evasion rate has been added by the blessings of the magic colour 『Jet-Black』.
Additional curse, 『Absorption』 will be added to the attack once it hits the target.
A high critical rate against demon beasts.
Rusty.
【Magic Properties】
Evasion rate increase B
Absorption C
Anti-Demon Beasts A
【Spirit Blessings】
None
【Owner】
None 2
Rinkage Footnotes
1. Sasaki Kojiro was a prominent swordsman during the Sengoku and early Edo period. His main weapon, a nodachi was called, “Monohos.h.i.+zao 物干し竿” (The Laundry-Drying Pole). You can read more about him here.
2. Yup ‘none’ was stated under ‘owner’
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