Chapter 26 (1/2)

Weapons of the Forest, Daniela’s Past

The light that poured from the room elongated the shadows of the crumbled walls. We stepped over the shadows as we made our way into the room.

“What is…”

“Ancient elves…”

Daniela whispered as she looked at them.

“But, won’t that make these over a thousand years old? How could they have been preserved in this state for so long?”

“There is a reason that it was considered to be an age of advanced magic. Preservation magic, environment magic, all of it was at a different level then it is today. And so these do not deteriorate or break. There is a magic that allows these weapons to maintain their appearance for one thousand years.”

Yes, what lay before us now were weapons. A double-edged straight sword. A single-edged short sword. A spear with a large head. An almost transparent, green short bow. In fact, all of the blades on the weapons were the same beautiful green color as the bow. The bow didn’t have a blade, so the entire thing was green. It was likely a type of metal.

A metal that could bend but was still strong. It was clearly no ordinary metal.

“Weapons of the ancient elves, huh. They’re very pretty. Almost like works of art.”

“You are not wrong, Asagi. And they should be the finest weapons to use as well. If they do not deteriorate then they should not become nicked either. They would likely not require as much care. And such artifacts from that age would carry a great price as well. Most n.o.bles have an obsession with collecting such things. But only to look at.”

I see… So these would be incredibly expensive, eh? Not that I was thinking of selling them. Actually, were we even…

“Is this something that we can just take back with us?”

“I do not see why we shouldn’t. Perhaps whoever lords over these lands might take issue, but this was found from a ruin that was lost. It is something that adventurers found while exploring. If they want it, they will have to buy it.”

“I suppose so. Might as well help ourselves to it then. But, I’m still trying to focus on using the sword, so can you take them?”

I said as I slapped the sword that hung on my belt. I already had a weapon being made by Chief, and he had already warned me about this. Good weapons won’t encourage you to grow. It was too early for me to use these.