BXBX NOVEL Chapter 724 723: Weeks Progress (5)
Chapter 724 723: Weeks Progress (5)
Meanwhile the pommel of the blade held those twin garnets that I had wanted inlaid into the weapon, the circular piece of metal housing those garnets and having some darker red lines leading down to them, the enchantments circling the garnets and using them as additional power.
The blade was an inch thick and six inches long, while the handle added another five inches total to the weapon, making it a rather small weapon in general, though it wasn\'t mean to be large or have reach; that was the job of the enchantments I was adding.
Setting the Magic Pen down, I idly watched as the red Fire Mana that had filled the Mana Crystal dissipated swiftly, no longer able to contain foreign mana as Leone let go of my arm, her job done.
"Well, here we are. A nice little slicer, with quite the enchantment on it. This should be easier to carry and easier to wield then your Estoc, though I\'d suggest keeping the Estoc anyways, just in case."
My lover nodded, gently taking the dagger from my hand and admiring the ruby metal that had deeper crimson accent lines across its thin blade, each line attached to a larger Ritual Circle that encompassed the entire weapon, inspecting each line and studying her new weapon, before standing up and taking a few steps away from the table.
Holding up the dagger, Leone let her mana flow through the small weapon and activated the primary enchantment, sparking the blade and watching as flames erupted from the hilt, each tongue of fire coiling around the \'core\' that had been created from the dagger, spiraling straight up and creating a blade of condensed fire.
Narrowing her eyes slightly, she pushed more mana into the weapon and watched as the flames flared brightly, going from a dull red to a brighter, vibrant reddish orange, the heat rolling off of the dagger in waves as it continued to grow hotter and hotter, leaving the warm colors behind and becoming blue, while it compressed down into an almost solid blade.
"It\'s... It needs a few moments to start up, that\'s for sure. If I don\'t relegate my mana output I could shatter the dagger, but other then that, it\'s pretty good. In fact..."
The blade of flames turned white a moment later, making Leone smirk as she moved the blade around, the hissing and crackling of the superheated flames burning up anything in the air as it was moved freely, before it began to dim as she reined the mana in and dissipated the fire.
"It can even withstand some serious output, though it needs to warm up before hand. I want to give it a try soon, but so far, so good! It\'s rather impressive, Kat!"
I gave the Vampire a smile and a nod before rolling out my shoulders and stretching a little, the posture I had taken to enchant that blade coming back to haunt me for a few moments as my muscles went from one strained position to the more relaxed, natural position.
Spinning the blade around, Leone continued to admire her new weapon while I healed myself, eventually standing up and saying "Well, let\'s go test it then. I could use some exercise, and I want to see it in action as well. Besides, I have a few spells that I need to use as well so that I can tweak them. I think that obsidian valley would do well, no?"
With that, Leone and I gathered our gear and set out for Zhu\'Rong Caverns, wanting to get some exercise and test out some of our progress - even if that progress wasn\'t that vast so far.
A guard trailed behind us out of sight, watching from afar as we left the Palace and made our way down towards the Dungeon that the Capital was built on top of, ignoring all of the adventurers around us as we stepped foot into the familiar ashy expanse of caverns that riddled the base of Sanctus Ignacia.
We specifically traveled over to the obsidian valley that led down to the Plains of Yama, wanting to partake in the enormous hordes of Ash Ghouls that lingered inside the valley that we used to frequent each time we came into the Dungeon.
Here, we had a large amount of monsters to test our advancements on, with Leone focusing on her new weapon while I used the few spells that I had come up with, preparing to cut through the lumbering, stumbling grey skinned Ghouls that lurched towards us as soon as they saw us.
For myself, I kept my weapons sheathed as I traced out some runes, a complicated sequence appearing in front of me as I went for one of the spells that was meant for area attacks, meant to spread out damage and be a surprise for my enemies... if they were sentient, that is.
The Ghouls weren\'t, but I needed to check the viability of the damage it put out for future use, so I used it anyways.
The Ritual Circle condensed into an ethereal blue disc that felt weighty in my hands, though it flew all the same as I tossed it into the air, watching as it began to hover above the horde of Ghouls.
As the timer went off, a cascade of sharpened crystals fell down at a rapid pace, dozens upon hundreds of them slicing down into the monsters and killing them quickly, before the crystals shattered and damaged more Ghouls.
While I was showering the horde with deadly ice, Leone was slicing through the Ghouls that made it through with the new dagger, her condensed blade of fire scorching their flesh and cauterizing the wounds instantly, though the ash coating their bodies burst into flames as well just by being near such a hot flame.
Each slash of her newly acquired blade severed a limb or opened up the frail bodies of the Ghouls, revealing the crystals and cores inside their bodies that we would later harvest for Leone\'s alchemy.