Fourth grade had started and it had been a few days.
　Finally, after school on the day off tomorrow, I spoke to Frank and Hermann right after school.
"All right. When you guys get home, as promised, you get ready and meet me in my room right away.

Yes, I understand!

Hey, wait. When you say I'm prepared, I don't have any of the equipment I need for this adventure.

Oh, yeah. Okay, I'll take care of the armor and stuff, okay?
　You know, that was the deal originally.
　I need to get my gear ready before I leave.

All right. All right. We'll just get dressed and we'll be out of here.

I'll be there in a minute.

Yes, please. I'll see you later.

　With that, we parted and quickly gathered in my room.
"Hey, here he comes!

Sorry to disturb you.

Oh, there he is. Okay, let's get Frank's equipment set built and Hermann's rigged and modified, and then we'll head to the dungeon as soon as we can.

'What?　Will you do my equipment too?
　Hermann's eyes widened in surprise at my words.

I know. With the equipment you have, it's not going to be easy to traverse.
　Because no matter how you look at it, with those clothes that don't have a shred of defense and a cheap sword that would break against you if you attacked the demon, I'm worried about the stone.

''And stepping over?　Did you just step over it?

Yeah?
　Huh?　Didn't I tell you that?
　Come to think of it, I've been sleeping at school so much lately, I think I forgot to tell you what I'm really doing today.

Yeah?　I ain't!　I mean, how are we going to trudge through the holidays!
　Frank seems to be upset.
　Well, I'm sure Frank was just going to join in for fun.

Don't worry about it. All right, I'll just build the equipment as fast as I can. Frank and Hermann, watch out there!
　I pointed at the two men and said, "Don't say nothing.

"Oh, oh.
Yes!
　The two of them reflexively did as they were told and took the precaution.

''First, let's start with the armor. Neither of you are in a tank role, so heavy, hard armor won't fit: ....... Oh, I've got some good ones.
　Having said that, I took out ...... the fur of the demon that appeared at the end of the mass monster outbreak and was instantly killed by Lou.
　If they were fighting normally, he seemed to be a very strong guy, so this should be very promising.

"Some kind of pelt?　It's Leo, so it's not your average demon fur, is it?

Well. I don't know the name. Maybe it was something more powerful than a dragon.

Where the hell did you get such a monster? ......

'Well?　Now let's make some leather armor. Yeah, let's make some leather armor as well.
　I've only ever worn a cape as armor.
　I'm sure the armor I'm going to make will be amazing... so I'll make mine too!
　Well....even with just the cloak, my defenses have improved a lot.

　With that in mind, I took out three magic stones and used my creation magic.
　They glowed and changed shape as usual, and the three of them were equipped with black leather armor.

''Oh, that's so cool!　And it's so light!　I'll take good care of it for my grandchildren!
　No, I don't want my armor to be treated too seriously because it's a consumable item.

That's great: ......
　Frank was tapping on his armor to see how it felt.

"Hang on a second. I'll go check on the armor I just made.
　Now it's time for the fun part, the evaluation.

＜The Armor of the Demon King.
　Armor made from the fur of a demon who was once a demon king.
　Its armor is extremely durable, and can be repaired quickly if broken.
　It is highly resistant to magic, reducing magical attacks to a tenth of their former level.
　Reduces physical attacks to a fifth of their power.
　Multiply all of the equipper's stats by 1.5
　Creator: Léonce Muldaine

What?


　Oops, I couldn't help but squeal at the amount of information.
　What is this interdimensional armor?
　Isn't this the best magic item I've ever made?

What's up?　Was it that great of an armor?

'It's not awesome or anything: ....... It's already at a level where it's arguably the strongest armor.
　The only thing more awesome than this is that you'll never take any damage.

'Strongest?　What does that mean?

Actually ......
　Then I gave them both the results of my evaluation.

What?　You don't want us to take that kind of armor?

"I wouldn't put this stuff on ......

It's fine ......, but after all the trouble I'm about to cause you two, this isn't a big deal.
　Oops, I was whispering, but I couldn't help it.

'Oh, hey ......, now you've just blurted out something unheard of.
　Apparently, Frank could hear him, and he immediately tried to question him.
　Not good, we have to change the subject immediately!

Oh, well, let's not get hung up on the details. More importantly, we need to do something about both of your weapons.

With a weapon?
My own again?

Yeah, yeah. . even if your defense is hard, you can't go on without an offensive force.
　Anyway, we're gonna be efficient this time.

Let's start with Frank's wand. Let's see... Sherry's wand is making Sherry angry. I think we'll go with the ......-long rod. I'll need the following materials: ......, this and this.
　The Fiend's Wand was a birthday present for Shelly.
　I have to say it was something special.

This one's a mithril: ....... This is ...... what?
　Frank was tilting his head as he lifted the purple stone I'd taken out with both hands.
　Well, you haven't seen it.
　After all, they're only in the demon world.

It's a behemoth moonstone.

"Magmacherite?　What's that?

"It's an organ that behemoths use to shoot magic, and by passing magic power through it, they can make it more powerful than ordinary magic. I don't know why it's so big, I'm not an expert on demons.
　According to Anna's information, most of the demons in the demon world use magic as their main attack, and most of them have this magic expansion stone.

Behemoths?　Where did you defeat such a monster?

'Well?　It's not about that. It's about creation. That!
　Explaining it would take a long time and be very tedious, so I listened and quickly built Frank's wand.
　And the result is ......

＜Demon Staff.
　As the name implies, a staff to increase the number of demons.
　Its owner's magic power is increased tenfold.
　Increase the power and potency of the magic tenfold.
　Increase the range of your magic tenfold.

'Oh!　That's cool.
　Frank was unusually excited to receive a wand about a meter from me, with a purple magic spell stone curled at the end.
　I'm glad to hear you're happy.

I know. I have no problems with my abilities.
　In terms of ability, it's ten times as powerful as the Fiend's staff.
　But it's not as powerful as the staff of a demon.
　Anyway....

Herman's sword is next. Yeah. ...... Herman, do you keep that sword?
　You can either modify the guy Hermann is using or build a new one: .......
　Considering his abilities, it would be better to build a new one ...... but I'm sure he has memories of the sword.

'No, not really!　I've been using it for a long time and I love it, but it's just for practice. My dad says he's going to buy me a good one for when I'm ready to start my career.
　Huh?　Was it?
　Why didn't you say so?
　You always take such good care of your sword, I thought it must be very important to you.

Is it?　Well then, I think Hermann is good enough for the job, so I'll build you a new real sword.

'Really?　Thank you!



Okay. Now, let's look for something to make a sword out of.
　The only hard objects that can be used for swords are ...... mithril, dragon's claws, chimera fangs, and unnamed demon's claws.
　Yeah, ...... which one?

It's too much trouble to choose, so I'll just use them all. I'll use the same size and weight as the one Hermann's using now.
　My creation magic can do exactly what I imagine it to do, so it's a lot easier to adjust the weight and size of it.

Thank you!

So, yeah!
　And with a shout, I turned the materials into swords.
　Yes, it turned out to be a pretty cool sword.
　It looks and measures the same as Hermann's sword, but the luster is completely different.
　It's so shiny that anyone who sees it will know what a great sword it is.

Try it out: ...... No!　No trying!
　While handing the sword to Hermann, I stopped him from using the appraisal while he was trying to test it.

''Huh?　Oh, yes.

I'll show you how to use it in the dungeon, so don't use it indoors.
　As I said that, I built the scabbard and gave it to him.

Thank you so much for making such a great thing for me. ...... Thank you so much for making such a great thing for me. It's going to be a family heirloom. And I'll work for Leo for the rest of my life.
　Hermann looked seriously at the sheathed sword and then bowed his head with tears streaming down his face .

''You don't have to go that far: ......

No, actually. Most of the items Leo makes are heirloom items for the nobility. This armor is a national treasure.
　Is that so?
　If you ask me, it's true that the magic items I create have a lot of impossible abilities.

Well, I didn't work that hard to create them so don't worry about it. Anyway, let's get to the dungeon.　I have to step over it by the time school starts.
　I've only got two days and a few hours left, so I've got to hurry.

So there's no way we can do this. What kind of guy has to complete a dungeon in such a short period of time?

It'll be fine. The dungeon we're going to is only 30 floors deep. And we've already got a map of all the levels, so we'll just zip through it.
　Then I'll show them a bunch of paper with a dungeon map on it.

'Huh?　If you've been there, why haven't you been trampled on?

That's because the boss on the last floor is unusually strong. But it's a monster we can easily defeat.
　It's a level that an ordinary adventurer couldn't beat, but these three have it easy.

Is that so? So you're okay?

Yeah. So hang on to me.

Can you make it through the transition?

Yeah. In fact, I've been running and going to dungeons during the night here.
　I started running every day right after school and made sure I could transition to the two dungeons before today.

'Oh, so that's why you've been sleeping in class lately.

Master, you were unusually angry with your teacher.
　Oh, the one where Mr. Rees called me out and got mad at me .
　I was pissed at him for an hour after school. .......
　I wanted to get to the dungeon as soon as possible, and that was the best punishment I could think of .

'Some sacrifices are necessary for the greater good.

What's the point of stepping through a dungeon? Didn't you originally say you were just playing around?

No, it's not. This is war.
　The war has already begun.

What war? ......

We'll see. Well, ......, I'll get you both into this, but you'll have to forgive me for that set of equipment.

Hey!　I just heard the wrong word.
　Seriously, I was gonna say it out loud this time.

That was my imagination. Come on, guys, get caught.
　I hurriedly let the two of them grab it and then used the transfer for the dungeon.