Star Forge Titan

After leaving the palace, Ivan looked at Afrediya who was walking in front of him.

"actually……"

"Don't stop me." Frey, who guessed what he wanted to say, interrupted him directly.

"I am the daughter of Elrond." The red-haired girl walked with strength and without hesitation.

"I understand." Alvin couldn't help but smile. The life during this period made him understand more and more what kind of people are called Elrond.

"Tell Maria to bring all the high-level extraordinary people to the entrance of the treasury." On the way to the treasury, Afrediya asked a maid to notify Maria, the deputy commander of the Knights, and ordered her to summon other high-level extraordinary people loyal to the royal family to assemble.

Afterwards, through tests including blood, sound and soul wavelength, the princess took Ivan directly to the royal treasury hidden deep in the palace, guarded by two black knights and a whole team of silver knights.

After entering the treasury, Alvin saw Afrediya constantly taking out collections. The value of those things made his eyes twitch constantly, but the eldest princess opened the seals without blinking, and from time to time she would put a piece of equipment directly on Alvin, just like an old mother rushing into a shopping mall or supermarket to buy a lot of things.

Giant's Belt, Bracelet of Strength, Mithril Mask, Iron Protection Ring...

The black-haired boy walked into the treasure house empty-handed, and a few minutes later he was fully dressed in divine clothing.

Except for the high-level weapons that require soul power to use, he was covered in the best equipment that a low-level transcendent could use.

Just the mithril full body armor on his body, which looked like blued titanium alloy with a faint blue glow, the value of each gram of this metal was measured in gold dozens of times its weight. If the dwarves who were keen on casting saw it, they would probably kneel down on their knees to express their shock. You know, those dwarves claimed to be iron-hard men who had no knees since birth.

Most of the other high-level weapons were also distributed by Afrediya to high-level extraordinary people who were loyal to the royal family.

Everyone was thrilled by the princess' generosity, even though they knew they would have to return the equipment. After all, on a dangerous battlefield, receiving better equipment was always a source of gratitude.

Moreover, the eldest princess made it clear that if these equipment were damaged during the battle, all losses would be borne solely by the royal family.

Finally, the morale of the people who received the equipment almost reached its peak, with fanatical loyalty burning in their eyes. Alvin was convinced that if a cult member dared to jump out at this moment, he would be torn to pieces in less than a second.

"Everyone, please think about your families. This is Evenmore, the original homeland of all the Elrond people. Tonight we will fight for our hometown and our families!" Afrediya, who was fully armed, raised the long staff in her hand and shouted.

"For Elrond! For Avonmore! For the City of Tears!"

Everyone left with their morale as high as fire. Tonight, they must let the blood of the cultists cover every street!

"There's one more thing I want to give you." Afrediya turned and looked at Ivan.

At this moment, she was wearing a black robe with golden eye patterns embroidered on the edge, and a very traditional wizard's pointed wide-brimmed hat on her head.

Alvin had seen this set of equipment before. Because of its appearance, this set of equipment was also called the Thousand-Eyed Witch Outfit by players. It was the top-of-the-line low-level graduation outfit for spellcasting professions.

The key point is that the player's full set of witch clothing only has nine positions that can be embedded with magic gems.

But what is he seeing now?

The brim of the wide-brimmed wizard hat alone was adorned with strings of magic gems like a bead curtain, and the flickering magic light could almost be used as a flare. The magic gem on the chest that was almost buried was only at the complete level, but it was the size of a fist, and the amount of magic power stored in it was comparable to the public mana pools of some small wizard towers.

Judging from its appearance, it has already exceeded the scope of ordinary magic sets. It is the prototype of some late-stage mage players' artifact - the "Mobile Magic Tower".

By the way, that thing is also called "mobile gold mountain", "氪金银塔", "rich man's lament", "hardworking emperor's cry", "wallet killer", "credit card hunter", "the largest assets in the whole guild", etc. by players.

"What is it?" Alvin asked curiously, turning his head slightly to avoid the blinding light.

"A sword." Afrediya took his hand and came to the deepest part of the royal treasury.

I saw a huge sword on a stone platform. The blade was as red as fire and the handle was carved with a golden dragon with spread wings. There was a blank groove for the dragon's eye.

For ordinary people, this sword is too heavy and long. The blade alone is nearly two meters long, far exceeding the scope of ordinary two-handed swords. Perhaps only giants with astonishing height can successfully use weapons of this size.

Even after undergoing the mystical transformation, Ivan, who has incredible strength and a tall stature, still needs both hands to lift the sword.

But when he grasped the sword at the urging of the eldest princess, he found that it was as light as a feather and quickly changed its size to become the most suitable size for him.

"Something my mother brought from her hometown." Afrediya stroked the hilt with her fingers, and then the giant sword seemed to wake up, exhaling a circle of heat waves with sparks.

"Heavenly Greatsword - Burning Justice."

Chapter 57: Flame Sword Slays Evil

In the world of Palladia, equipment above rare level requires soul power to be fully activated.

But what if the weapon itself has a soul?

That is a legendary treasure that is more precious than the three levels of ordinary, uncommon and rare, surpassing the higher levels, and itself represents a legend worthy of praise.

When he got closer, Alvin discovered that the blade of the sword was not made of metal, but was carved and polished from some kind of red transparent crystal similar to the crystallization of an element.

Rolling heat waves mixed with flying sparks poured out along the sword, but as the holder, he only felt like soaking in a hot spring. An endless stream of vitality was transmitted into his body through the hilt of the sword, further strengthening the black-haired boy's already superior physique.

The panel data that appeared in his eyes made Ivan's eyelids twitch, and he felt that the weapon in front of him seemed to be breathing with life.

He vaguely felt that there seemed to be a confused consciousness sleeping in the sword, waiting for the holder to wake it up.

After receiving the gift [Eagle Eye of Vidoflnir], Alvin's perception attribute was further improved, successfully breaking through 20 points and entering the extraordinary realm, and obtained a rather rare bonus talent - [Telepathy].

Unlike common supernatural perception talents such as [Keep Insight] or [Clairvoyance], [Telepathy] enables him to perceive some information that ordinary people cannot perceive, including hidden information that is more detailed than the basic equipment items obtained after identification.

At this moment, basic instructions about this celestial weapon have popped up on the panel.

Burning Justice

Legendary equipment, a legendary longsword re-carved by the forging angels of the upper planes.

A recreated sword with an ancient object at its core, containing within it the fragments of a powerful and ancient weapon.

Having slain countless Chaos Demons, the foul power from the depths of Hell was thoroughly burned and purified by the scorching core within the crystal sword, leaving the person holding the sword untainted. It then transformed the power into pure, highly concentrated positive energy, which was stored within the sword, and would be continuously returned to the user in the form of vitality and magic during combat.

Have you ever seen the true, ultimate form of positive energy? Its color isn't pure white like light, but a burning red as bright as blood and as dazzling as flame. ———The Casting Angel, Michelangelo III.

While this weapon's bonus to physical attributes and its ability to restore vitality are excellent, its most valuable feature is the bonus magicka and vitality it provides.

You know, although the original magic power in Ivan's own mana pool is as high as 1,200 points, it is more than twice that of an ordinary first-level profession.

However, the core talent [Reshape the World] consumes more than twice as much mana as ordinary talents, and it will increase exponentially due to the material of the object being changed and the distance between the changed target and Ivan himself.

So, even though he is a Titan, he usually relies on contact casting to reduce his magicka consumption, and when fighting, he relies more on his physical fitness rather than relying on his core talent [Reshape the World] to complete all offensive and defensive exchanges.

However, when this legendary sword kills the fallen, it can store additional magic power by burning their souls and existence. It now stores a full 70,000 standard units of positive energy.

All of this positive energy can be transferred to the user as magic power. Except for some spells that require negative energy, it can be used to release most magic or activate talents.

For Alvin, this is like handing over a warehouse of gold to the stock god, a warehouse of artillery shells to the train gun, and a warehouse of lemon-flavored dog food to single dogs. Oh, cross out the last one.

In short, in this way, he doesn't need to be as stubborn and reckless as a barbarian, and only use the [Core Talent] as an auxiliary skill.

Although, using spell-like skills and talents as supplementary skills and relying mainly on physical combat is the norm for most low-level professionals, but if given the choice, who wouldn't want to be a mage who can kill enemies from a thousand miles away?

As he was watching, Afrediya's introduction in his ear made his heart move.

"This sword was originally mined from Outland. A dwarven airship searching for minerals found a massive astral crystal as large as a mountain. They originally intended to chisel it directly, but they discovered that deep within the crystal were three incomplete, shattered pieces of the sword."

"According to the Cherubim's Librarian's speculation, those fragments should have come from an unknown immortal holy sword."

"Then what?" Alvin tried to contact the consciousness in the sword, but found that the other party was in a deep sleep and didn't care about anything in the outside world.

"Considering that the Astral Crystal could be influenced by powerful wills, the Forging Angel sought out an ancient... a powerful being. Through his immense willpower, he condensed and shrank the Astral Crystal. He then carved it into the prototype of a longsword, sharpening it with light crystals from the Celestial Pool of Light."

"Finally, this sacred celestial weapon was created, capable of freely changing size at the user's will."

As she was speaking, Afrediya reached out to take something out of her bosom. Her face was filled with shyness and hesitation, as if she was making some extremely difficult decision.

Although he clearly heard the girl's words, Alvin's attention was now completely attracted by the sword in his hand.

He guessed that the ignorant consciousness he sensed should be the forged steel soul instilled into the legendary weapon by the forger.

It is also the most orthodox and extremely difficult top-level forging method. The Steel Soul itself has no clear self-awareness and thoughts. It will only automatically generate soul power under the infusion of magic power to awaken the full functions of high-level weapons, allowing the holder to devote himself to the battle.

Some unorthodox casters will directly infuse it with the souls of spiritual creatures or elemental life forms, and the crazier ones will even infuse it with their own souls. Although that will cause uncontrollable factors such as weapon runaway and backlash, the power should not be underestimated. There is no need to regularly input magic power to keep the internal soul power above the baseline. It is only necessary to regularly kill a few people as a blood sacrifice to the weapon.

There are many weapons made using this method, such as the Blood Demon Broadsword, which forces the user to fight continuously, or the Blood Drinker Axe, which is infused with the soul of a bloodthirsty demon and occasionally emits a roar that hurts both enemies and friends, or the Screaming Staff, which forces the holder to absorb magic power.

Some of them have even been used by players. As for the disadvantage of requiring blood sacrifice, cultists are not human anyway, so even decent forces will not have any objections to using them for blood sacrifice, and their reputation will not even drop much.

However, what really puzzled Alvin was not this.

Chapter 58: Flame Sword Kills Evil

Rely on [telepathy].

Alvin noticed that there seemed to be something else mixed inside the forged steel soul of this weapon.

The ignorant steel soul on the outside is like a gorgeous gift box containing gems. Although it looks beautiful and bright, the most valuable thing is something hidden inside.

"Ivan." Afrediya's voice came from beside him.

Looking at the red-haired girl whose cheeks puffed up because of his distraction, Alvin scratched his cheek a little embarrassedly. For men, liking weapons is simply nature, but this is not a reason to leave them aside.

"Really? Are all boys like this?" Afrediya muttered, then dug out a gem from her bulging chest that was fixed on a necklace as a pendant.

As soon as she took it out, the concentration of ambient magic in the room began to rise sharply, and visible red light poured out from between the girl's fingers, illuminating the entire royal treasury red.

"This is... a flawless gem!" Alvin exclaimed.

Flawless gem, the most top-level magical gem.

According to legend, every flawless gem is a secondary plane that is still in gestation. Its existence is like a wellhead connected to another plane. Depending on the connected plane, different types of magic will be continuously infused into the gem.

Even if the magic power in the gem is exhausted, it will be refilled over time.

If the user masters superb magic control skills, they can even use this as a channel to extract unimaginable amounts of magic power in a very short period of time.

"Because awakening this sword requires elemental magic, there is a slot on the hilt for embedding elemental gems." Afrediya walked in front of Ivan.

Maybe it was the radiance of the gem or something else, but her face was incredibly red, like a ripe red apple.

"However, to unleash the power of 'Burning Justice' beyond its limits, one must utilize the flawless gem passed down through the generations of the Gusmith family—the Eternal Flame. It contains the power of fire, allowing it to be used directly to cast a Level 2 Limited Forbidden Spell."

"Forbidden spell." Hearing this, Alvin couldn't help but whispered.

Without hesitation, Afrediya raised her hand and brought this priceless treasure close to the hilt of the sword carved into a winged golden dragon. Soon, the ruby ​​was moved by an invisible suction force and automatically embedded itself into the gap at the dragon's eye.

Then, the light escaping from the outside went out, leaving only a red flame flowing like magma, rotating and turning inside the gem.

The next moment, the heat waves emanating from the sword rolled back inwards, and the originally bright red crystal blade seemed to be extinguished and became extremely dim. A line of gold-plated words slowly emerged on the surface of the sword: "Holy! Holy! Holy! Forged in the name of God, you are innocent! (SANCTUS! SANCTUS! SANCTUS! CASTIN THE NAME OF GOD, YENOTGUITY)"

Immediately afterwards, a destructive flame filled with bright red extremely sacred positive energy suddenly rose from the dark red sword!

As its name 'Burning Justice' suggests, this sacred blade from heaven has completely transformed into a blazing flaming sword!

At this moment, a grand and magnificent hymn-like singing rang in the ears of Ivan, who was holding the flaming sword. It was the forged steel soul singing loudly.

It seems that the consciousness of the caster himself will have a huge impact on the casting of the steel soul. This rumor seems to be true!

However, [Telepathy] allowed him to vaguely hear some noises amidst the singing.

That language was not the sacred celestial language used by the celestials in the upper planes, but a language that was even more ancient and contained great power.

There are not many people in this world who can understand its meaning, but when Alvin listened attentively, he felt his eyes, which were blessed, become slightly warm.

The color of molten gold swirled in the eyes of the black-haired boy. The hidden power bestowed by the great god Odin activated on its own, and the knowledge buried in the dust of history was read from the void by the golden eyes.

Combined with the talent of [Telepathy], a certain enlightenment came to Alvin's mind, making him realize that the language ringing in his ears was the ancient Norse language used by the northern ancestors who had died out thousands of years ago.

"Twilight...Twilight is approaching...Call...my name...Call...my name...I am called...called...the Fiery...Fiery Devil Sword...Revatin!!!"

The fleeting fragments were once again covered up by the magnificent hymn.

The flame on the sword went out, but Alvin knew that as long as the fighting spirit arose in his heart, the fire would reappear.

At the same time, he couldn't ignore that voice. Revatin? Could it be the call of the fragment of the immortal holy sword within the crystal blade? Besides being a weapon, this thing couldn't be a quest item for a certain quest line!

Even though he thought so, Ivan, who had already been involved in the version incident, didn't feel much about it. His own bloodline represented a quest line of the highest difficulty. A mere immortal holy sword, an immortal holy sword, immortality...

This kind of thing that makes everyone fight over it in the game seems to be... also very delicious now!!!

Silently adding a note to his mental notepad, Alvin came back to his senses and looked at Afrediya. He felt that this beautiful fair-skinned girl became even more lovely, as if her whole body was emitting a dazzling light. It was the light from Europa, the golden light.

"Hey, let's make it clear in advance, this gem is... but... Anyway, I can't give it to you now. I'm just lending it to you temporarily! It's a loan, but you must... return it to me later!" Because of her height, Afrediya grabbed Ivan's belt and said loudly with a red face.

"Thank you, Frey." Ivan lowered his head and stared at the girl's red eyes as gorgeous as rubies, which made the latter unable to say anything.

"So cunning..." The 1.79-meter-tall girl rested her head on the boy's chest like a small animal and murmured softly.

Ivan awkwardly put his other hand around Afrediya's shoulders.

He had never been in love, and she had never understood the relationship between men and women. The two of them were like a novice hunter and a silly prey who fell into a trap at the same time. They looked at each other in confusion and dullness, but there was also a kind of purity that had not been affected by external factors.

The two left the royal treasury hand in hand without saying a word.

Outside in the palace square, the Silver Knights were almost finished assembling. Ashram, wearing a helmet and heavy armor, was floating in the air, carrying a whole bundle of javelins on his back, holding a huge round shield in his left hand, and the long sword in his hand was flashing with blue curse light.

"Go ahead, I'll do my part as well." Afrediya wiped her eyes and whispered.