Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1431 Blazing Blade
It is easier to deal with countries like the Smith Republic that take direct action. What is more worrying is countries like the Saint Laurent Empire that have been silent. Who knows what they are planning now?
Zhou Xuke didn't believe that the other party had no intention of launching espionage operations.

It seems that among the five allied countries at this stage, the one that most wants to plant spies here is probably the Saint Laurent Empire.

Although he had been mentally prepared to deal with infiltration by spies from other countries from the beginning.

But let’s be honest, when it really came to this moment, he did feel a little bit of pressure.

But at this time, there was no point in worrying about it, so Zhou Xu turned around and calmed down again.

"By the way, have you released all the information I asked you to release before?"

"Your Majesty, he has been released."

Some time ago, Zhou Xu asked people from the Inspection Department to spread the news that their Great Zhou was trading arms with the Smith Republic.

He was not afraid of others knowing about this matter, and there was nothing taboo about it.

Take modern society for example. It is very normal for powerful countries to sell equipment to other countries. This can even be regarded as one of the important sources of income for a country.

The fundamental purpose of Zhou Xu releasing this news at this moment was actually to see if any other countries in the coalition wanted to purchase military equipment from him.

He doesn't mind doing business with other countries, even if the other party is the Saint Laurent Empire.

After all, considering the long-term development, he can't just exploit the Smith Republic to death, right?

Of course, a more important reason was that he felt that Fisher and Peter might not be able to eat all of his goods.

The existence of the matchlock gun is still kept secret for now, but there is no impenetrable wall in the world, and this secret cannot be kept forever.

Once the existence of the matchlock gun is exposed, his equipment such as individual crossbow, city defense crossbow and three-bow crossbow will most likely be destroyed.

While they haven't been exposed yet, Zhou Xu also wants to take advantage of the information gap and get these things out quickly.

Speaking of equipment...

[I had previously verbally agreed with Saint Laurent I to collaborate on researching the Enchanting Mantra, but later on, I never mentioned it again. Does it seem like I’ve noticed the threat posed by our Great Zhou and don’t want to improve our strength anymore?]

When you think about it this way, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it.

Under the current situation, their Great Zhou and the Saint Laurent Empire are competing at the level of national development.

The Saint Laurent Empire would definitely not do anything that would obviously enhance the strength of their Great Zhou.

At that time, this matter was just a verbal agreement between him and Saint Laurent I. Now the other party was shamelessly pretending that nothing had happened, and there was nothing they could do.

However, if the Saint Laurent Empire does not want to cooperate with them, they can still seek cooperation with other forces.

That afternoon, Zhou Xu, who had just finished his lunch break, received a report from his personal soldiers...

"Your Majesty, the warrior women have sent the gifts over. They are placed in your bedroom."

"Okay, I understand. No one is allowed to disturb me until I come out."

After giving brief instructions on this matter, Zhou Xu walked into the bedroom. There was already a rectangular box on the table in his bedroom.

When the box was opened, a familiar sword immediately caught Zhou Xu's eyes.

This is Yalvette's sword. When Yalvette is not using Gungnir, she basically uses this sword to fight. When Zhou Xu first noticed this sword, he knew it must be an enchanted weapon, but he didn't expect that it was actually an excellent-level sword.

The style of this sword is similar to that of a knight's sword. It is essentially a one-handed sword. It is not very heavy when held in the hand.

The entire hilt was made of a dark golden metal in a spiral shape. Upon closer inspection, Zhou Xu quickly discovered that the mantra inscription was actually engraved directly on the spiral slope of the hilt.

Following the spiral texture, the guard part between the blade and the hilt directly presents the shape of intertwined flames.

Zhou Xu grasped the hilt of the sword and exerted a little force. With a crisp sound of sword, the sword was immediately unsheathed!
When his eyes fell on the sword, Zhou Xu's eyes suddenly lit up.

I saw that the sword body actually showed a patterned steel-like texture, which could only be formed through a large amount of folding and forging.

Yalvet said that this sword was passed down from the old civilization. Now it seems that the forging technology of the old civilization is not bad at all.

[The Eye of Peeping Secrets! 】

After taking a quick look at the sword, Zhou Xu quickly used the mantra to find out what was inside.

Soon, the sword's attribute panel opened in front of him...

Name: Blazing Blade (Replica)
Grade: Excellent

Introduction: This is the sword that the God of War gave to his demigod daughter. Later, this sword was imitated by craftsmen of later generations and the sword in front of us was forged. Although it is a replica, it still has considerable power! Don't underestimate it!
It turned out to be a counterfeit! Zhou Xu really didn't expect this situation.

[The demigod daughter of the God of War? This should be the ancestor of the female warrior clan. This imitation is of excellent quality, so the original must be of epic quality, right?]

[But judging from the description, her ancestor's sword didn't come down? How did the one in Yalvette's hand become a replica? I'll ask her about it later.]

[Speaking of which, why is there no prompt in this system? ]

[Is it that the enchantment mantra of the fine-grade equipment is beyond the absorption range of the system? Or is it that the system has become more completely broken without my knowledge? ]

Saint Laurent I told him at the beginning that the system suddenly broke down and its functionality was greatly reduced. After so many years, it is not impossible that it has broken down even more thoroughly.

However, for Zhou Xu, who has now reached the out-of-body state, this impact is not significant.

He can handle things that the system can't handle!
As his thoughts raced, Zhou Xu held the blazing blade in his palm and closed his eyes to sense it.

In this state, he could clearly sense that this blazing blade contained extraordinary power.

He tried to absorb the enchanting mantra inside.

There were no accidents during the whole process. Soon, a fist-sized ball of light that looked like a ball of flame was taken out by Zhou Xu.

The moment it entered his hand, the ball of light directly penetrated into his body.

Without stopping, after completing the absorption, he immediately began to perceive the enchanted mantra in depth.

[My goodness, this is at least ten times more complicated than the basic enchantment! ]

[The level has only been raised by one level, but the complexity has increased tenfold. Is this the case for every piece of superior equipment? Or is it just this one?]

It's no wonder that Zhou Xu would have such an idea. After all, the original version of this sword was given by the God of War to his daughter. It must be at least based on epic-level equipment. Even if it has been imitated and simplified, its strength should not be comparable to that of ordinary sophisticated equipment.

(End of this chapter)