Two blades colliding.

　Normally it was a collision that could have chipped the sword that struck, but the one that broke in two with a sound was the adamantine sword that was halfway synthesized with mithril.

　''Ugh!　Luke!　What's going on?!

　Garnet let out a startled cry.

　I held my hand over my right eye and activated the 'Right Eye of Wisdom' while biting my teeth at the bad premonition that had hit me.

''I knew it. The strength of the adamantine's sword barrel has been slumped. There's no way it can be useful as a weapon like this.''
Oh, come on. Are you kidding me?　You don't know what happened?
I don't know what it is, but at least it's not like he's under a curse or anything.

　No matter how versatile and powerful the Right Eye is, it is indeed not an omniscient power that can know everything you want to know.

　It's like a good advisor, if you will, and I never had the slightest idea from the beginning that it would be the one thing that would solve every obstacle.

　-- In the first place, this "right eye" is a fragment of the power of Alphasul, the creator of the "Elemental Ark" and even revered as a god.

　If I ever learn to use it completely, it will definitely be when my body is taken over by Alphasul.

''Maybe this is a matter of ...... material nature. Maybe it's my [synthetic] method of doing it wrong, or maybe it's the compatibility with Mithril itself, or maybe it's a ratio problem .......

　I've been running a weapons store for a little over a year now.
　I've acquired a certain amount of knowledge about materials.

　Even if it is an alloy of the same metal, its properties change according to the ratio, a phenomenon that happens naturally.

　Also, I heard that it is not always possible to make an alloy in an arbitrary ratio, and that there are certain limits and restrictions.

　Moreover, this is not an ordinary alloy but a [synthesis] by skill, so there are many things that are even more difficult to understand.

'Like Alexia said earlier, I guess it's just a matter of try and error.
But seriously, no one knows the nature of the more rare adamant, when even Mithril can't understand a lot of things. Oh my god. ......
It's a blessing in disguise that we get a second chance.

　I used the 【Restore】 skill to restore the sword barrel that had been broken, while eliminating the mithril that had been melted into it to restore it to its original pure Adamant state.

　While confirming with my "right eye" that the 【Restoration】 was properly completed, I swung down my adamantine sword, this time aiming at the ordinary iron sword that was placed by the workbench, just to make sure.

　It's not just a matter of time before you'll be able to get your hands on a new one.

This is just my random swing and this is it. It's really an amazing thing, but ...... is it possible to use the mithril as it is without having it [synthesized]?
''No, preferably [synthesize]. I'm not going to be able to use the magic crests' slashes and defensive walls as they were before, it would be a reduction in strength after subtracting it. Besides, it's .......

　Until this part, Garnett was serious and clearly asserting his opinion, but for some reason, he suddenly became muzzled, and began to swim his gaze downward.

I'm not sure if it's ...... selfish, but ...... that's the thing. If you're going to put your life in your hands, I'd rather have a weapon with your hands in it,......
...... foul, that's a foul.

　It's significantly too powerful, much more powerful than any other way of making demands.

　The fact that he doesn't seem to have any intention of doing so is also powerful.

　There's no way you can't get motivated after being shown this face.

''Wait a minute!　What's the foul play?　Stop grinning!

　Garnet stared at me in embarrassment as she bumped her hands and feet clumsily and without hesitation.

　It was also really very effective, and I was determined to make Mithril's [synthesis] a success at all costs.





　-- On that day, I had a strange dream.

　If it were a dream, I would see it every night and forget its contents every morning, but tonight's dream was different from the usual, as the perspective seemed to be based on the body of another person who was not me.

　Without blurting it out, I was standing in the dream as the alpha zulu of my life.

　I can only describe the place as a room somewhere.

　The walls and floor were hard, smooth and clean, and the white magical lighting on the ceiling illuminated every corner of the room.

　Besides me, there are two more people in the room.
　Gandalf, the young demon king, and Ivaldi, the dwarf.

　How did I know it was them, not only because it was a dream, but also because they had the same shape and form as the scene from my memory in the Right Eye of Wisdom that I had caught a glimpse of in the incident with Eir Sesroomnir.

　I couldn't understand the conversation between the three of us, including me, but I could understand what they were talking about in a strange way.

　It seemed to be the scene where Alfazul and Ivaldi gave Gandalf, who had lost his beloved sword, a new one.

　Ivaldi, with a congratulatory smile on his dwarven-like bearded face, is proud of his new sword, saying that it is a collaboration of his and Alfazul's skills.

　In contrast, Gandalf only lifted the corners of his mouth in a smile, but everyone in the room understood that this was a big smile for him.

　--Dwarf. Perhaps the dwarves of The Ark of the Elements would know something about Adamant as well.

　I thought of that in a dreamy way.

　Whether this dream was merely my unconscious imagination, or if it was really a re-creation of Alfazul's memory, no one has any way of knowing for sure.

　Whether the Sword of Adamant was made by Alfazl and Ivaldi is also uncertain.

　But it would be worthwhile to ask the dwarves for confirmation.

　There is absolutely no reason not to try it, as there is no harm in asking about adamantine," he said.

There are two places near us where dwarves live - the castle town in the 'Demon King's Castle Realm' (first level) and the second level, Athropolis.

　Now, which one shall I bring the story from?
　After all, the castle town that's closer to us is the best choice, right?

　That's where the young dwarf Newlers, who supply our store with weapons, live.

　The old sword that was presented to the brave Ezell by Ivaldi was also in their possession, so they may know something about the sword of Gandalf.

　Thinking about this, I let go of my consciousness and fell into a deep sleep.