"Artemis, are you awake?

As I left the guild building, I initiated a divine call.

"Valerius. I'm not awake, I'm not human, I don't sleep.

...... Apparently, it was safe to contact me at any time.

"I have a question about the Lunar Metal, okay?

'Yeah. I'll answer anything you want.

Artemis's voice over the phone was confident.
I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that I'm not the only one who's a fan of your work.

I'm not sure if Lunametal is the right metal for a ...... sword.

"Sword, huh? If that's the case, it's frankly not very useful unless Valius himself uses it. Without the divine power, lunametal is as good as dirt.

"What happens when you pass the divine power?

'Honestly, even if Valius uses it now, it's probably as sharp as mithril. But if you can master the divine power, you'll be able to slice through orichalcon like you would through yogurt.

That was Artemis' answer.

The point is, it's pointless to mass-produce and sell it, but it's worthwhile to use it as a weapon for me.

Thank you, Artemis. I've decided what I'm going to do next, so I'll let you know if I have any more questions.

"Yeah, I'll always be here.

And so I cut off communication with Artemis.

I thought I would never have to deal with procuring a weapon because I have a ruyi-bou, but ...... you never know when a ruyi-bou will be a poor substitute.
In the event that you've got about 3.9 tons of excess weight, you may want to make one in anticipation of utilizing your divine power in the future.

I'll figure out what to do with the rest at ...... in the future.

I decided to become a blacksmith next.


Sorry.


Excuse me.

"Hey, what do you want?

You'll be able to get a lot more than just a pair of shoes.

...... Is it common on this planet for blacksmiths to be unsociable?
You will find a lot of people who have been in the business for a long time.

I would like to have a custom made sword made entirely of Lunar metal.

Then the ...... forger glared at me and said in a low voice, "Huh?

I'm not sure what you mean.　Lunar Metal?

Yes.

...... Did I say something that offended you?
I'm not sure if I've said something offensive or not.

...... You want me to make a sword out of nothing more than that. Is that what you're telling me?

I was almost pressured by the forger's spirit.

I'm not sure what to make of this.

I know that people say that Lunar Metal swords are ornamental. However, I have a special power that allows me to achieve the best sharpness only with a Lunar Metal sword. Please believe me.

I said this and looked straight into the eyes of the forger.

...... This forger probably takes a lot of pride in his skills.
He felt that his pride was hurt by the fact that he had been ordered a sword that he would not use in a real fight.
That's probably why he acted the way he did.

If so, there is only one thing for me to do.
Then, I should do one thing, and that is to properly insist that "I want you to make a Lunametal model, because it is the most suitable for me in the field.

That's why I persuaded him the way I did.

In response, the forger replied as follows.

"...... Your eyes seem to be true. All right, I'll make it. I'll make it for you, but only if you can provide the Lunar Metal yourself.

Relieved, I took out about 10kg of Lunar Metal ore from the storage spell.

Please take this.

When I said that, the ...... smith rolled his eyes.

You've ...... already brought it? And so many .......

He sighed deeply and continued.

I can't help it. I said I'd make it. ....... I'll tell you that the price is 15,000 zols. But ...... that's only if you can prove that you can really handle a Lunar Metal sword. If you can handle it and it still doesn't cut to my satisfaction, ...... then I'll triple your money.

As he said this, the forger used the fingers of his right hand to represent the number three.

I see.
In other words, "If you don't train your divine power as soon as possible, you won't be able to convince the forger and he will charge you three times as much. The deadline is until the sword is finished.

That's fine.
If possible, I would like the forger to think that I did a good job. ...... Even in the worst case, you only need to pay an extra 300,000 soles.
It's a painless expense for me now that I have 24 million zols, so I'll take it.

I understand. When would you like me to pick it up?

I've never worked with ...... Lunar Metal before, so come back in 10 days.

So I left the blacksmith shop.



......10 days.



It's too short a period of time to develop a new ability.

It seems that even now I can get a total mithril class cut with Lunar Metal,......, but I'm not sure if that will satisfy the smith.

So, if not orichalcone, I'd like to get it to the point where it can at least compete with adamantite. ...... If you're training properly, that's probably a pipe dream.

But I'm a tamer.
I have a hypothesis on how to rapidly develop my divine powers.

Tomorrow, I'll move on to testing that hypothesis.