CHAPTER 441: A +11 EPIC?! (2/2)
“Alright, alright… it’s real name is Inferno Lion’s Splendor. As for that really long and convoluted name…” I cleared a throat a couple of times and smiled. “That was just a joke. The atmosphere was getting a bit bleak so I thought I should liven up the mood. How was it? Funny, right?”
Reyage: …
“Ah, so that’s what it was.” Paliseth smiled obligingly, but I could tell that it was a very forced one. “Your holiness is such a kidder.”
“Master?” Jezsere looked at me quizzically. “So that name wasn’t real?”
“Mhm.” I nodded. “It’s real.”
“Ehhh?!”
Her mind exploded at that point… hey, hey ,hey, don’t go collapsing now…
My current state could only be described as frail. Even walking was difficult for me now, so when Jezsere started to faint because of my teasing, I was unceremoniously pushed down onto the bed by her…
Oops… seems I went a little overboard with the joke…
Inferno Lion’s Splendor was an Epic level piece of equipment, one that had already reached Epic-grade without any further enhancement.
One of the traits of such equipment were that they had their own will and could choose their own master. Furthermore, at their full strength, an Epic-grade equipment could allow an Eight-star to go up against a Nine-star.
However, being an equipment with its own will, not everyone would be able to tame it. Normally, there were two ways of gaining the equipment’s approval: suppressing it by force, or just be liked by it. Naturally, there was an even better third option of being liked by it and suppressing it by force.
Of course, that wasn’t to say that a person automatically had the power of a Nine-star just by owning such an equipment. After all, the tool was a dead thing. The wielder had to be the one to bring out its full potential.
Just like how a Gundamn piloted by a Newtypeh was stronger than one piloted by a normal person, a weapon was only as strong as its wielder.
Going back to the Inferno Lion’s Splendor, a name which was infinitely easier to remember than what it originally was, this tool had the ability to automatically absorb the fire elements in the environment in order to replenish itself. At the end of the day, a whole Nine-star’s core and three Eight-star cores were used up just to make this tool. From Six-star onwards, such magical beast cores had the ability to absorb the elements from the air, just like a self-charging solar battery. In fact, I could use them as a battery right now, although it would be quite an extravagant battery.
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Ferti’nier had already carved a summoning array onto this bracelet. As long as I infused some of my own mana into it, I could instantly summon three Fire Elementals or an Inferno Lion. Either could be summoned separately or together at the same time. As for the actual strength of the summons… well, let’s just say that it was directly linked to how much mana I put in.
For the time being, I was only able to summon a Fire Elemental. I tried summoning an Inferno Lion, but the proud creature that it was wouldn’t submit to me, even in its weakened state. In all likelihood, I had to wait a while longer before I was strong enough to summon it.
Other than summoning, the bracelet also had the ability to control fire to some degree. It was entirely possible to treat it as a mage’s staff.
That meant that I could still use some fire spells without having to expose my identity. However, rather than calling these spells, they were more like an ability at this point. Also, this fire was only limited to ordinary fire. Nether Flames were flames originating from Hell. If I dared to use that in a human kingdom, that would pretty much expose my identity.
Speaking of Nether Flames, the Inferno Lion’s Splendor had two different modes to it. The first was where it enhanced ordinary flames while the second was where it enhanced Nether Flames.