Isagi's executive ability always felt somewhat incredible.
He had actually harbored this idea for a long time.
Wasn't the dual cultivation of magic and martial arts a very normal thing? So, he really ought to get himself a decent staff!
However, Cecil was very busy. She had to forge the [Complete Collection of Hunter Tools] that he had wanted earlier, and she also had to prepare Lefiya's First-Class Armament—after all, both he and the Elf were on the verge of leveling up to Level 5.
Moreover, in order to successfully ntr... ah no, transfer Miss Heith to the Astrea Familia, Isagi's methods were tried and true.
He also considered whether he should develop a brand-new set of weapons and equipment specifically for the Healer, though, of course, he didn't have any particularly good ideas for the time being.
Under these circumstances, the forging workshop in the backyard of the Court of Stars rang out ceaselessly, day and night.
Cecil was busy to the point of exhaustion. Furthermore, every two weeks or so, she had to go to the Dungeon to participate in the crusade against Goliath to farm [Excelia], leaving her with truly little time.
In addition—
Generally speaking, a good magic staff required the use of the Sacred Trees of the Elf race.
Although there were materials circulating in the market, most were things one could only hope to come by chance and not seek out, and basically all of them were 'smuggled'.
Cough cough cough.
After all, Elves were very xenophobic. Naturally, it was impossible for them to take the Sacred Trees from the forests where their villages were located and sell them as 'local specialties' for money.
Mostly.
Either they were secretly obtained by bounty hunters and the like.
Or it was a special situation, such as trade between Elf villages where materials accidentally flowed out—since the attributes of the Sacred Trees in each village were different, there were naturally different demands.
Or perhaps they were gifts obtained by adventurers who were on good terms with Elves, which were then resold, and so on.
But today was different from the past!
After getting to know Riveria, this sort of thing became a completely trivial matter.
Upon hearing that Isagi wanted to obtain a staff, Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Elf race immediately sprang into action!
She was returning the favor!!
Riveria had not forgotten the 'brand new weapon' Isagi had previously wanted to forge for Ais, something so incredible she didn't know what language to use to describe it.
As Elven royalty, she certainly couldn't be the type of person to take advantage of others. In fact, out of the dignity and pride of royalty, she had to repay him double!
Thus, Riveria acted quickly.
Needless to say, she procured branches from the Great Sacred Tree of the Elf race and various incidental 'specialties.' She even obtained several top-tier Magic Gemstones from the Magical Powerhouse Nation.
She spent a lot, a lot of money all at once.
Even as a Princess, it made Riveria feel a bit 'hard to bear'.
One had to know, previously in the Deep Levels, in order to escape quickly, she had unleashed her strongest attack magic, which destroyed four Magic Gemstones in one go. Who knew how many Valis that was...
Even so, she could only grit her teeth and bear it!
And so, not long after Isagi expressed that he wanted a 'staff'.
It was an afternoon, still sometime after early spring.
The sun shone lazily, scattering slowly across a patch of azure sky. Wisps of clouds floated lightly in the heavens, drifting slowly past. Under the warm breeze and sunshine, they always transformed into all sorts of strange and bizarre shapes.
Ah—
It looked like poop.
Having finished his afternoon nap, Isagi looked at the distant blue sky outside the window and suddenly made such an astonishing discovery!
Subsequently, the door was pushed open directly by Riveria.
He was already used to this.
At this point, Isagi wouldn't be surprised to see any woman 'spawn' in front of his eyes the moment he woke up and opened them every day.
The Princess brought news that the 'staff' was ready.
Thus.
Quickly calling Ryuu-senpai along, Isagi and the two Elf women traversed the bustling afternoon city, arriving at the Old City District in the Seventh District, near the city walls. They entered a shop located not far behind the Pantheon, where the Guild Headquarters was situated.
[Witch's Shadow].
The shopkeeper, Ms. Lenoa, was an old acquaintance of Fels and was also very familiar with Riveria. The daily maintenance of her staff, including tasks like replacing Magic Gemstones, was all conducted here.
Descending the stairs, he pushed open the somewhat rotting wooden door.
The sound of ding-dong chimes drifted over.
The wind chimes hanging on the door swayed gently, emitting a very pleasant sound.
The interior was very spacious but quite dim. On the wooden shelves lining the walls, one could see countless jars and bottles at a glance. They were filled with snakes, lizards, scorpions, or even stranger things—what looked like monster eyeballs, organs, or certain body parts.
The glow of the Magic Stone Lamps was a somewhat peculiar fiery red. It seemed to almost tangle with the red mist rising from a large black cauldron that was bubbling away on one side of the shop at that moment.
The air was thick with the scent of heavy incense and herbs.
Behind the counter, an old lady dressed just as peculiarly was looking lazily at Isagi, Riveria, and Ryuu as they entered, seemingly having just woken up as well.
Simply yawning, she took out the 'staff' that Fels had deposited here earlier from under the counter—
In reality, however, it was a long blade.
"Is this thing yours? Haven't had such a strange commission in a long time. To be made into a blade, yet not required to slash..."
She muttered to herself.
Ms. Lenoa's family had operated this shop in Orario for generations.
As a witch qualified to help the Elven Royal Family maintain the Supreme Five Staves, she was naturally a very capable individual. But even so, it was her first time seeing such a strange request from a young boy.
Asking for a 'staff' to be forged into a long blade was normal.
Among adventurers, there were indeed those who needed to balance melee capabilities—no, as a high-level Mage, this was a basic requirement.
There were those like Ryuu and the former Filvis who had them made into wooden swords and short swords, and there were also those like Riveria and Hedin who directly used the staves in their hands as 'polearms,' which wasn't impossible either.
But Isagi's requirement was:
No 'combat capability' required whatsoever, only the ultimate magic conductivity and adaptability to magic power.
This resulted in:
The long blade before his eyes. In terms of a weapon, it was probably at the level of a basic Third-Class Armament. If used for combat in the Deep Levels, it would likely shatter upon impact.
Of course, in exchange, its quality as a 'staff' was excellent to the extreme.
Compared to the [Magna Alvis], one of the Supreme Five Staves in Riveria's hands, it was certainly still quite inferior, but it was already a precious 'First-Class Armament' that could be ranked within the city.
A long blade forged by the [Sage] Fels personally, blending branches and 'Tears' from several Sacred Trees of Elf villages, crushing several highest-grade Magic Gemstones into powder, and supplementing it with a considerable amount of rare magic materials—
[Moonveil].
Isagi gave it a rather 'nostalgic' name, as if to commemorate something.
regarding this.
The girls, however, always felt it was a bit strange.
The Greatsword had to be called [Moonlight], and the 'staff' had to be called [Moonveil]. Does this guy Isagi really have some ideas about the Goddess of the Moon?! We are the Familia of the Goddess of the Stars over here, hey!!
In terms of value alone, it started at least at two hundred million Valis.
Isagi didn't spend a single cent; the materials were all sponsored by Riveria and Fels, and there was no so-called labor fee. When he held the weapon in his hand and felt the traces of icy cool magic surging within it, Isagi only felt—
Getting it for free feels so good.
"Let's go!"
Having obtained a new 'toy', of course, he had to go try it out immediately...
Soon.
They arrived outside that familiar abandoned castle, far away from the city. After all, to test 'magic', it was naturally impossible to start blasting right there in Orario.
At this moment, both Riveria and Ryuu looked at the boy holding the long blade [Moonveil] with some curiosity, wondering exactly what magic he intended to unleash.
Just like the witch shopkeeper Ms. Lenoa earlier.
The two Elves also didn't know why Isagi wanted to make such a 'staff'.
Of course.
The two, who were familiar with the boy, guessed that this might be related to his special magic.
Isagi's magic did not require chanting.
Therefore, it was quite different from the magic released by conventional Mages. First of all, the 'power' was basically constant. Whether it was attack power or destructiveness, it was much smaller compared to Mages who required long chants.
There was also the issue of 'how much magic power is filled'.
Of course, a portion of Isagi's magic could be charged to fill it with more magic power, but not all magic could be charged, and moreover, there was an upper limit.
Compared to the magic displayed by Lefiya and Riveria, which was enough to make the final decision in a BOSS battle, there was still a huge gap.
For this reason, in past battles.
Even if Isagi used magic, it was only for clearing out ordinary monsters or for support purposes.
The boy naturally knew this problem, so after thinking about it, he believed the solution still lay in the 'weapon'.
As long as the weapon was good enough.
If it could accelerate the transmission of magic power in an instant, allowing the original magic power to become abundant and dense within that short release time—perhaps only a fraction of a second—the power of the magic would naturally go up.
In fact, that was indeed the logic.
Therefore, this pure [Moonveil], which only possessed the attribute of ultimate magic conductivity, was his best 'staff'.
Shing!
A blade of light composed purely of magic power flashed and vanished. That magic tremor, dense to the extreme, instantly spread to several meters away from Isagi before slowly dissipating.
What was that?!
Ryuu felt it seemed like the so-called Carian Magic that Isagi had once taught her—an azure longsword or greatsword composed purely of magic power.
But Riveria saw a bit deeper.
She realized that it seemed to be a pure 'Magic Slash'.
Correct, this was not magic, nor was it his combat technique, but an attack formed by purely condensing magic power, conducting it, and then releasing it.
This was also the magic most suitable for him.
Because it was very simple.
Isagi's [Magic] stat was actually not low. what he lacked was actually 'magic' like Riveria's or Lefiya's that could be chanted for a long time to gather all the magic power in one's body.
Since that was the case, if there was no magic, he would create magic!
Combining it with the characteristics of [Moonveil], he could instantly inject a massive amount of magic power into it and then fling it out.
In a certain sense, it was equivalent to a Magic Sword that could be recharged infinitely.
It could be considered a lucky accident.
When forging, Isagi had only mentioned his ideas and requirements to Fels; he didn't expect it could actually be realized in the end.
Not bad.
And because this weapon did not use [Dungeon Power], which is to say, it wasn't forged from those special materials obtained from his adventures, he could use 'Real Miracles' to reinforce it.
He had dropped an [Initial Miracle] from killing the 'Infant Dragon' in its prime earlier, which he hadn't used yet.
He could actually give it a try.
Or perhaps...
Smoothly sheathing the weapon, Isagi was very satisfied after a few attempts, and immediately beckoned Ryuu-senpai over.
What happened just now was merely an appetizer.
He had said it before.
He wanted to be a role model for his Senior, to become a mighty figure who cultivated both physical and magical arts, mastered everything, and was invincible in everything!
The Magic Slash he just cut out using [Moonveil] was merely his most basic conjecture and attempt. Moreover, because it was a characteristic of the weapon, Ryuu-senpai naturally couldn't use it.
Unless he forged a similar weapon for her later.
What Isagi wanted to demonstrate at this moment was something else that the girl could also use.
That was—
Pure magic power turned into azure brilliance, gathering once again within the blade of [Moonveil]. However, it was not swung out like just now. Instead, condensing into substance, he turned it into a pure 'Light Blade'.
Enchantment Magic?!
Both Ryuu and Riveria were somewhat surprised.
Just like Ais's [Ariel], and like the magic of Alise, the Captain of the Astrea Familia, [Agaris Alvesynth], which Ryuu could use through the [Astrea Record].
These were all abilities that wrapped weapons in magic to drastically increase attack power and destructiveness.
However.
What Isagi was using at this moment was following Lefiya's line of thought from before—forcibly using the invisible large hand of spiritual force to condense magic power within [Moonveil].
And then, the magic power suddenly erupted with an incomparably blinding brilliance.
Following the boy's swing, it actually transformed into what looked like a terrifying Great Dragon, smashing down with a boom, annihilating a deep pit in the grass before their eyes.
"?"
What exactly happened?
Ryuu and Riveria didn't understand at all. They had absolutely no idea when Isagi had learned this kind of magic.
But, it was still that same sentence.
This was not magic at all. It was utilizing the characteristics of the weapon in hand to condense magic power into a form, and then using spiritual force to control and change its shape—this was Lefiya's specialty, and Isagi had also learned a lot, a lot from the Elf girl.
"Although Ryuu-senpai's weapon can't do this kind of thing, Senior already knows Enchantment Magic, so you can do it."
"?"
How come one moment I can't do it, and the next I can?
Ryuu simply couldn't understand.
On the contrary, Riveria seemed to be deep in thought, appearing to have understood something—Lefiya had studied Concurrent Chanting and the techniques of the [Heart of the Great Tree] with her for quite a while before, so she had paid considerable attention to this Mage of the Astrea Familia back then.
Her control of magic power using spiritual force, as well as that supreme imagination, had once made even the Elven Princess feel it was magical.
And now, Isagi felt that explaining with words was too pale. He might as well let Ryuu-senpai take a good look at exactly what kind of fellow the 'target' she was to become in the future was.
That was a Magic Swordsman strong enough to make one's hair stand on end, whose name was [Twin Moon Knight] Rellana.
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