Chapter 42
Chapter 42 Strongest Sage, Obtains the Sword He Made Himself
As one might expect of the royal treasury, it"s quite wide and well tidied .
However, I don"t see anything interesting from the entrance .
Well, let"s try looking for it .
"First of all, dungeon"s materials . . . . I would like something st.u.r.dy . "
"Something st.u.r.dy is it?"
"Yes . It doesn"t matter what it is as long as it"s st.u.r.dy . "
Perpetual-type barrier magic fundamentally transfers the damage on the barrier to the object used as its core to decrease burden on the barrier .
A magic stone can be used as the core if it"s for a small-scale barrier, but if it"s used on the barrier that will cover the entire royal capital, a slight burden would be enough to destroy it along with the entire barrier .
" . . . To be honest, I don"t understand what kind of durability Mathias-san is looking for . I can understand if you mean something st.u.r.dier than mithril, however, if it"s admant.i.te and orichalc.u.m, that is . . . . "
Unfortunately the custodian doesn"t seem to know which of the treasures are the st.u.r.dy ones .
There were lots of indestructible lab apparatus made with magic . . . . But they were most likely lost along with chantless maagic .
"Then, I guess I"ll see for myself . I can pick anything I like as my reward right?"
"Y-yes! There are some exceptions, but you can basically pick anything . "
This is an advance reward as the real one will be for later, so it"s already quite lavish-- .
Looking at the mana reaction, the things that piqued my curiosity are gathered together in one place .
I walk to that place while asking the custodian .
"Are the things around this part included in those exceptions?"
"No . I"m sure there are no things that can"t be given around this part . These are most likely relics from an ancient civilization or the age of myth, we don"t know how to even use most of them . "
I see .
Most of the things in this part are certainly junks .
There"s a lot of magic items created by the civilization in my past life, but most of them are boring things like kid toys, or stiff shoulder reliever .
However, I see something that looks usable among them .
"What about this sword?"
I raised the sword in question while saying that .
This is most likely a sword my past life made in an experiment . I don"t remember when it was, but the mana pattern is familiar .
"That"s an old sword excavated from an ancient ruin . It is st.u.r.dy, however, it"s very heavy on top of being dull, thus I cannot recommend it . May I interest you with this sword instead . This was discovered very recently, but its performance is mythical . This was going to be put as a prize in a contest were it wasn"t going to be granted to Mathias-sama--"
The custodian took out another sword .
That sword also looks familiar--Or rather, this was the sword I augmented in Ba.s.s"s blacksmith . This was bought for 1000 gold coins huh, what a huge rip-off .
Why is this sword even in the treasury .
"We"re troubled how to store it since it can cut stones when one just lightly swings it . This is truly the appropriate sword for the hero that killed a demon--"
"I don"t need that sword . If there"s someone else who wants it, you should let that person have it . "
I declined the rip-off sword and continued observing the other sword .
This sword needs a huge amount of mana to activates the magic put in it .
Once activated, it can erase this entire castle from the map, but I would need another 50 year to have enough mana to activate this sword .
However, the material of this sword is far stronger than orichalc.u.m-adamant.i.te alloy .
It"s more than enough as a core for the barrier .
"Alright . Let"s use this sword as the core . "
"The sword is? I heard it had to be of orichalc.u.m . . . . "
"This sword is far st.u.r.dier than orichalc.u.m . "
"Y-You know just by looking!?"
"There"s many way for it . "
Well, it"s cause it"s my own creation .
I made a lot of things with this kind of configuration, so I can know just by looking .
I don"t remember when I did it since I produced lots of stuff of similar kind .
"Also, I found something interesting . I"d like this as the reward . "
I take a pendant on the nearby shelf .
The pendant has a small magic stone, loaded with a complex magic, inserted on it .
" . . . You picked another thing with unknown usage . . . . Are you sure you"re fine with just that? There are many other powerful equipment here like that sword, or an armor that can be strengthened with mana . . . . "
"No . I"m good with this one . "
This pendant is also another thing my past life made .
It has the effect of increasing the experience point you get from killing a monster or an animal by collecting the mana that would have been scattered to the surroundings, by several times . Moreover, it affects your companions as long as they"re nearby . Furthermore, the range is quite wide, it can cover the entire first layer of the school"s dungeon .
It"s the ideal magic item for me who wants to quickly bolster my force .
My mana and strength had reached their limit by the time I completed the pendant in my past life, so I threw it away without ever using it, who would have thought that it would be useful after I reincarnated myself .
"If Mathias-sama is fine with it, I don"t have any objection . . . . "
"I"ve got no objection either . Since Mathias has never taken an action we expected him to, not even once . He must have some kind of plan this time too . I hope you won"t destroy the schoolyard again though--"
"Then . It"s settled . And I"ve got to quickly prepare the barrier creation, let"s go back to the academy!"
"What are you gonna do about the mithril?"
"We"ll get the mithril in the school . . . . Ah, you told me not to destroy the schoolyard, but that doesn"t apply to the dungeon right?"
" . . . . Huh?"
We went back to the Second Academy while having that talk .