Chapter 1054: Chapter 794: The True Divine Blade
During the time before the official start of the Artificial Labyrinth Knossos campaign, Reiger was not idle.
When he was handing over magic swords and other materials with the Hephaestos Clan, he entrusted his black sword, Hi-ja, to that forging deity, asking her to work on it once more and remodel the Hi-ja.
The reason is simple: the weapons forged by Hephaestos using Thermo-Stone as the primary material were too powerful, unsuitable for regular use, and could only be used as a trump card. The Fool weapon was far inferior in power to the Hi-ja, and its lightweight advantage, which enhanced the "Lightweight" ability, became less noticeable with the advent of the Giant Gloves and Flying Dragon Talisman.
With the Giant Gloves and Flying Dragon Talisman, the heavy black sword Hi-ja in Reiger’s hand, though not as light as the Fool, didn’t feel much different.
The Fool’s power couldn’t match the Hi-ja, and its enhancement of the "Lightweight" ability was no longer prominent, so Reiger naturally eliminated the Fool, giving it to Ais, who could utilize it better.
But the Hi-ja still had room for improvement.
It was a weapon Reiger made using his former secondary weapon as the primary material, supplemented by refined Scarlet Ore and Scarlet Ironstone essence, and crafted with structural magic from the Akasha continent.
In other words, it had little technical content, even though it had occasionally drawn attention and amazed some people; in the eyes of a forging god like Hephaestos, it undoubtedly appeared to be a hodgepodge semi-finished product.
Thus, when Hephaestos brought up the topic, Reiger seized the opportunity and handed over the black sword Hi-ja to request a recasting.
Perhaps because the labyrinth conquest battle concerned the survival of Orario and the mortal world, and Reiger was obviously a key combatant in the war, Hephaestos ultimately didn’t refuse and agreed.
"Although it’s a battle involving the life and death of Orario and even the mortal realm, I still hope you won’t use that dangerous weapon."
Hephaestos gave this as her reason and asked Reiger to provide two original materials.
She saw that the Hi-ja contained refined Scarlet Ore and Scarlet Ironstone, leaving only the essence, so she instructed Reiger to collect a large amount of Mountain Copper and Mithril, refining them into essence as well.
She also guided Reiger to use structural magic and decomposition magic from the Akasha continent to shape the essence of Scarlet Ore and Scarlet Ironstone into a raw stone resembling sun fragments, having absorbed a significant amount of sunlight.
Then, using the Sunstone, Mountain Copper essence, and Mithril essence as materials, the forge god spent three days successfully recasting the Hi-ja.
Thus, a brand-new Hi-ja was born.
The new Hi-ja no longer constantly emitted high temperature like before, but instead collected all its emitted power, becoming more focused and stronger.
The complete evolution of its materials also elevated its power to another level.
If one were to compare the dimension energy units consumed when assimilating characteristic items using the Dimension Cube, the old Hi-ja required 6 units of dimension energy for assimilation, while the current Hi-ja requires at least 25 units.
What does this mean?
One must know that the ancient secret treasure Meroei Divine Item, evaluated by Bone King as a world-class artifact, only needed 10 units of dimension energy for assimilation, and the Thermo-Stone initially consumed 20 units for assimilation.
But now, the Hi-ja requires at least 25 units to assimilate, showing that this weapon has completely transformed, comparable to world-class artifacts, even surpassing most of them, transcending the Thermo-Stone, only inferior to those known as the strongest "Twenty" world-class artifacts.
The reason for such astonishing transformation is entirely because the current Hi-ja not only retains the indestructible attribute but also acquired another trait.
That trait is growth.
The patterns on the Hi-ja’s blade are Holy Text.
In short, like adventurers with blessings etched on their backs, it also possesses an ability value; it will continuously evolve by consuming the experience points of the bearer.
This means the stronger the user, the stronger the weapon becomes; as long as the user’s level and ability as an adventurer keep rising, it will continue to grow, theoretically without limit.
"...The concept came from a weapon I forged for an old friend; I didn’t plan to forge such a weapon for anyone else, but your growth rate is incredible. If I create a weapon with fixed performance, it might soon fall short of your needs."
"Considering this, I made an exception this time."
"Remember, this sword, like you, is inscribed with ability values formed by Holy Text, with the Divine Blood of Loki you provided. Only those with a blessing engraved by Loki’s hand can awaken its true power and use it in battle."
"In the hands of someone without a blessing from Loki, it’s just a slightly sharp and durable blunt sword, unable to unleash much power."
"I hope it can witness your journey, accompany you forever."