Chapter 130 - Demon Slayer (1/2)
While Aurus was being updated as to what has been happening around the Tempest Cliff through Herellia just as he arrived, two Greater Goddess were currently zooming through the Celestial Plane, heading towards the plane of a renowned divine blacksmith on the level of Kurohana, renowned for making weapons that were the bane of demons.
These two Greater Goddesses were none other than Nix, the hallmaster of the Hall of Greater Divinity, and Shirohana, Kurohana's divine clone that had 90% of her full power for now.
It took the both of them a couple of hours to reach the place where the renowned blacksmith, Misha's, plane was resided. Then again, as the both of them were Greater Goddesses was far faster than what Lesser Gods and Goddesses could achieve.
Whoosh!
Step. Step.
With both of them landing on the edge of a path as the breeze of the space wind passed through their bodies, the both of them looked at the sight in front of them.
Instead of a plane that seemed to fit the power of what a divine blacksmith held, it seemed to fit someone that had the power of a mortal blacksmith.
The current landscape in front of them was akin to what one would see in a medieval setting. A large forest filled with multiple trees, rivers, and wild animals. What set it apart was found at the center of the plane, a large stone tower that was a thousand meters tall.
Nix could not help but look at the stone tower, then back at Shirohana beside her, and say, ”Why are all blacksmiths so eccentric in terms of design and taste?”
Shirohana also looked at the stone tower in the distance and replied to Nix's question. ”It's far better than a plane of pure darkness like yours though.”
Hearing these words come out of Shirohana's mouth, Nix could not help but puff her cheeks out as she said, ”It's an aesthetic choice! An aesthetic choice!”
”Call it an aesthetic choice, but it's still a big pile of darkness, Nix,” Shirohana said to her before starting to walk along the path that led to the stone tower.
”I...” Nix wanted to refute Shirohana's words, but in the end, she gave up and walked beside Shirohana along the path.
...
Since the plane was very large given that Misha was a divine blacksmith, although it looked Nix and Shirohana were walking, they were traversing multiple kilometers with one step. It only took them a couple of minutes to arrive at the front of the stone tower, where a large entrance could be seen.
Nix and Shirohana stood in front of this entrance for a short while in silence. After some time, Shirohana could not help herself anymore, asking Nix, ”Why are we just standing here? Can't we go and enter the tower already, seeing that there's no one guarding it?”
From Shirohana, or in this case, Kurohana's perspective, it was a given since she was also a divine blacksmith in her own right. But rather than allowing Shirohana to do whatever, Nix instead shook her head as she replied, ”Misha doesn't really like people go through her tower without permission. If you do enter her tower without her permission, you'd end up getting equipment as well, but it wouldn't even do so much as leave a scratch on the demons you'll fight.”
”I see,” Shirohana nodded towards Nix's explanation and decided to just wait as there was not much harm in waiting anyway. Eventually, a silhouette appeared out of the large entrance. As the silhouette came out of the entrance and was lit up by a nearby sun's rays, the two of them could finally see who the silhouette was.
Her face alone would be enough for multiple men to fight for. And we're talking about fights that span across a supercluster. As for her body, it was well-toned due to her work, accentuating the beauty of her face even further. She wore brown overalls over a plain gray shirt as she looked at the two of them and asked, ”May I know why the two of you have come here?”
Seeing the face of the person that came to greet them, Nix lightly smiled and responded, ”We've come here to seek your demon slaying weapons, Misha.”
As for Shirohana, who had stayed silent all this time, she looked at Misha from head to toe, assessing her mastery in blacksmithing through her arms and hands. Eventually, she could not help but say within with Kurohana, ”She's a divine blacksmith alright.”
”Not as good as Master, though.”
”Oh? My demon sealing weapons?” Misha could not help but become surprised as to Nix's reason for coming here. At that instant, her expression turned serious as slight killing intent started to radiate out of her.
”Are the demons coming back to invade the Celestial Plane?”
”That is precisely the reason.” Nix nodded. ”Two Lesser Gods have been turned into Depraved Deities, and we want to prevent more Lesser Gods turning into demons, lest we want to have a Second Divine Demon War.”
”If that's the case,” Misha pondered for a bit as she answered, before looking at Nix and Shirohana and continuing, ”Then follow me. I'll show you some extremely potent weapons perfect for demon slaying.”
And with that, Misha turned around and started to walk inside the stone tower, with Nix and Shirohana following behind her in silence.
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After ten minutes or so of walking through the insides of the stone tower, they had eventually reached the halfway point of the stone tower, where an aura of extreme purity and cleanliness could be felt emanating from the floor itself.
Nix and Shirohana could not help but tense up after feeling this aura. To them, it felt like they were being suffocated by the intense aura of purity.
”I almost forgot to tell you about this Shirohana,” Nix said to Shirohana as they stood at the center of the floor. ”Misha is the Greater Goddess of Purity, allowing her to specialize in creating demon slaying and sealing weapons. Especially her Throne-level weapons, they're the 7th and highest series of demon slaying weapons she has crafted and man are they extremely effective!”