Chapter 191: Crafting and Refining (1/2)

”Sebas, I'm going to need you to do some errands for me.” Ed walked over to Arthur's office and spoke to Sebas there.

”Anything, Master Ed.”

”Other than Leonard and Edmund, the other Elders don't have any noteworthy weapons. I need you to get me a list of what they use. I won't be able to craft any Legendary weapons since I don't have enough materials. But, I'm sure it'll be better than what they have now.” Sebas listened to Ed as he spoke. When the latter finished, Sebas bowed and started walking immediately.

”If you can't find me in my room, just pin the list on my door. I'll get it when I can.” Ed left him with one final order as he too walked away.

Ed entered his room and shut the door. He created a dimension where he set the surrounding to an oasis-like area. He could expend his QI even while setting such conditions on it now. He also set a 50x gravity multiplier and sat down. Garu and Goburou knew that Ed would be crafting and refining, so they walked into the desert and started sparring there. They made sure to keep a safe distance so as not to disturb Ed's work.

Ed withdrew the broken white rapier and the Frost Deer's heart. He was starting with Emilia's weapon and would then focus on other things. The heart wasn't actually a heart, but a clump of pure Ice QI. Only a small number of monsters can produce such a thing in their bodies. The reason why it was called a heart was due to its position being right next to the real heart.

Ed created an intense fire and put the blade part of the rapier inside. He melted it down and mixed it with the powder of the Frost Deer's heart. He repeated this process hundreds of times until the powder was no more. In the end, he shaped the weapon back into a rapier and let it cool down. After cleaning it up, he was astonished. The rapier looked even whiter than before and let out a deadly chill. The air that came into contact with it turned into white mist. The chill surrounded the area, so much that even Garu and Goburou felt it from far away. Ed could feel the chill going through his hands all the way to his shoulder. His bones even felt the pain from such a chill.

'I see. So you're rejecting me.' Ed could understand what the weapon was doing. It did not recognize Ed as its master, nor did it allow him to use it. 'I guess I don't need to add a lock function to it.' Ed thought that it would be useless. The weapon could choose its master, and it would hurt all others. He guessed that the backlash would be stronger against other, and it was taking it easy on him seeing that he fixed it. Ed only added the QI function to it, to allow it to be used better, and called out to Garu and Goburou.

”I'll be taking this weapon back to Emilia. I'll be back as fast as I can.” Ed told the two of them so they could prepare for when he deactivates the dimension. The two of them sat down in his room as he walked away. Ed noticed the paper he had asked Sebas to make hanging on his door. He stored it in his Inventory and moved on.

Noises could be heard from the basement as Ed closed in on it. He walked inside to an intense training montage between the four residents of the basement. Emilia and Ellie were out of breath as Suika and Merry chased them down mercilessly.

”Ehem.” Ed faked a cough and released a bit of his KI so he could catch their attention. This made them stop to look at him, and noticed he was close to them. Ed had been using the silencing effect of his Spectral Shadow Steps without knowing it lately.