213 Artifact cultivation




Hey....
What?

 Takaharu, holding a glow knuckle--white cloth in his hand, speaks up.

''The thing you get is a divine weapon, right?
'Yes. I awarded Takahar a glow-knuckle.
Glow-knuckle is this rag?

 Takahar picks up the precious sacred object and gives me a disbelieving look.

'It's not a cloth it's probably a bandage.
I see.... a bandage... but the point is, it's just a rag!
Oh, yeah? Looks like the hawks have learned how to play nice by themselves?
Shut up! Sarah, you're just a wooden stick with that too!
'Ah! You said it! You attacked directly where you weren't supposed to touch!

 Takahar and Sarah start arguing.

 --Shut up!

"I'll show you proof of the weapon. Tell me the name of your weapon after 'storage'.
The--storage! --Glow Sword!

 Lina, an exemplary honor student, takes the initiative to put my words into practice.

'Huh?'

 Lina is startled by the wooden sword that was sucked into her body - a glow sword.


"Summons! --Glow Sword!

 Lina looks astonished as she sees the glow sword that suddenly appears in her dominant hand.

''Isn't it convenient?''

 I scowled.

"Let's see. --Storage! --Glow Knuckle.

 The white cloth Takahar was holding - glow knuckles - is stored inside Takahar's body.

''--Summon (call)! --Glow Knuckle!

 Then the glow knuckles appeared again, wrapped around Takahar's hands.

''Well that's plain, isn't it?''
"Cahahahaha! It's so plain! You want to see yours? You want to see it? --I call it. --Glow wand! Ta-da! There's a glow wand in your hand when there should be none!

 Sarah gives chase to the dejected Takahar.

 Does Sarah like Takahar? Love? Is that Aohar?

 I hold my head in my hands as the two of them jostle each other, seemingly at odds with each other, but also at best.

"Master Theon, may I?
What?
This name, Glokatana do you mind if I change it?
That's okay. The artifacts are not transferable. Do what you want with it.
"Mm. Thank you.

 I'm surprised that Kotetsu will be the first to make the name change. Kotetsu operates his smartphone with an unfamiliar hand.

'Summon (call)! --Sayama!

 After setting it up, Kotetsu shouted the name of Glokatana's new name - Sayama.

'Hoho..... You named your own last name after yourself?''
Now I am Kotez-Sion. I would give my family name, Sayama, to this sword.
Grandfather.

 Kotetsu smiled softly as he checked the feel of Sayama in his hand.

''Well, we're done playing with the divine weapon. Next--the trial run.
"Test drive... this is an F-rated car, right? Me and Theon and Sara who can use magic are fine, but Lina and Kotetsu are too tight, aren't they?
Don't worry. We'll get you into the special zone of power.

 I smiled back at Takaharu, who was unusually concerned about his friends.


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Here.

 I arrived at my destination - the entrance to the reserved dominion area.

'What? This is....Kanazawa City, right?
'Yes. That's right outside of the First Control Area.
''There's still some control territory in Kanazawa City other than Theon.......''

 Takaharu makes a goofy sound. I continued to explain, satisfied with the expressions on the faces of my subordinates who were surprised.

'This dominant domain--it's a trump card.
What's the trump card?

 Lina nods her head at my words.

''If you annihilate the Demon King and take away the [True Core].......what happens?
"--! [Pseudo-peace]...
''Correct. This control area is the control area I left behind to force [pseudo-peace] to occur if the worst happens. The surrounding area is surrounded by my control area, so humanity can't invade it. The Demon King inside is below level 2, so he can't even go outside. That's the kind of control realm I'm talking about.

 Looking back, my decision at that time was correct. It's possible to create the former, but the latter - it's next to impossible to find a Demon King below level 2 from now on.

''After scouting this dominion area several times, it seems that the Demon King, who has a lot of spare time, is mass producing low-ranked demons such as kobolds and goblins.
Well, I suppose you could say we're testing a low-grade opponent.

 Kotetsu nodded in agreement with my explanation.

'There's one caveat--don't ever kill the Demon King if he comes out.

 The Demon King here is an endangered species in a sense. They needed to be properly protected.

'Well, let's go for a trial run.
Oh!
Yes!
"Ri.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.

 Together with my men equipped with divine weapons, I launched an invasion of the tamed Demon Lord's domain.

 As we stepped into the realm of control, which took the form of a cave.

Whoa!
"[W]aan!

 We were immediately greeted by a large army of Wolves, not watchdogs, but wolves.

'Sarah! Refrain from range attacks!
Ri!

 The divine weapon in Sarah's hand is weak - but Sarah's own magic power is powerful. If it's not good, there's a chance it could be wiped out by range magic.

 The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that it's a good idea to have a good time. I took out my glow gun and aimed at the wolves and pulled the trigger.

"Ssshh! I'll do it!

 Takaharu gleefully jumped into the oncoming pack of Wolves and flailed around like a shura. Lina and Kotetsu also crush the approaching Wolves with a divine weapon that looks like an F-ranked wooden one.

''Hahaha! Come on, wolf! Wicked bunny! -- "Perfect Body!

 Hibiki does absolutely unnecessary bestiality, attracting countless Wolves with a surreal appearance of only a crimson thong and wooden cage hand, and the maples attack the Wolves gathered on Hibiki from behind.

 Guns are fun, but it's the spears that need to be raised. I also set my sights on the pathetic Wolves swarming the perverts (Hibiki) and wielded a glow lance.

 It's a good idea to have an F-ranked weapon, but my men, including me, are high level. There was no way they were going to struggle, and they were going to repeat the one-sided battle that could be called an overrun.