"Use two cards on function Gacha," said Ed. He was planning to heal Bard and Audun to let them power up to their original state in these two weeks. He was planning to give them some pills that could heal them, but he didn't have time. He needed them to be at their best.
[Drawing, please wait…]
Acquired Transformation card, Upgrade card.
Ed frowned as he didn't get the card that he wanted. He drew again and got one Transformation card and one Healing card. He was already halfway there, but he frowned as he didn't have many Gacha tickets. He kept hunting Blood sect posts and killed Immortal Establishment cultivators, yet all he got were eight tickets. And now, half of them had disappeared.
Ed managed to get one more Healing card and one Upgrade card after drawing two times. He had two Gacha tickets left, and he didn't want to waste them, so he shut off the Gacha.
Ed next appeared in the sect grounds. He strolled around while noticing the disciples being restless. He didn't know if they were up to date with the current state of emergency, or they were told nothing. He located Eric in a hurry and asked him about the location of the two he was looking for.
"They're in the Elders' hall discussing plans with Leonard. You can just walk inside, but I suggest you wait until they finish. They've only been there for a short amount of time, but I guess they'll finish soon." Eric answered him while looking at the state of the sect. Ed guessed that he was also bothered by the situation, but chose to keep his emotions under control.
"Where's Griffin and Oliver?" Ed noticed that they weren't around, so he asked about them.
"They're in the hall inside training. They plan on training by day, and cultivate by night." Eric answered him and Ed could understand that Eric would join them as soon as things calm down a little. Ed was going to assist them by refining some pills and passing them around. He had thought about making bulks of them but was always busy with sudden happenings.
Ed walked inside after a couple of minutes and waited near the hall. He only needed to wait for about twenty minutes before the Elders finished discussing things.
"Oh, Edward. What are you doing here?" Leonard noticed him first and asked him. His words attracted the attention of the other Elders and they peeked at him while walking out of the hall.
"I have some business with Bard and Audun," said Ed. He didn't say anything more, so the Elders that weren't meant to stay didn't stay. Leonard also left and only three people remained inside. Ed walked into the hall they had just left, and Bard and Audun followed after him.
"Is there something wrong, Ed?" Audun asked with a bit of worry in his voice. He was just told about the invasion coming and thought that Ed might drop another bomb on their heads. They were the least useful of the Elders currently, and knew that they couldn't help with much.
"You guys were just told about the invasion, and you are new Elders. Even if you leave now, no one will blame you. So I will ask you only once, do you want to abandon Avalon?" Ed didn't want to drag them into the fight without first knowing how they truly felt. If they told him that they didn't want to be involved, he would send them back to their normal lives without any issues.
"What are you saying, master Ed. Did we give you the impression of being petty men that would abandon a ship after boarding it?" Bard let out a couple of dry laughs while looking at Ed.
"I see. I'm the foolish one for asking you such a thing, forgive me." Ed could see their determination shining in their eyes. He also felt like a fool for asking a question, even though he could foresee their answer.
"Sit down on those two chairs next to each other." Ed pointed at two chairs that were being used by the Elders just now. The two of them followed his instructions and dragged the chairs from the round table they were next to. They put the chairs next to each other and sat there.
"Eat these and try to focus on your QI." Ed passed them two small green pills and walked behind them. Both of them held the pills in their palms and shot some questioning looks towards each other.
"…" They didn't say anything, but they could understand what was going through each other's heads. A sense of anticipation surged through their bodies, causing their muscles to tighten up. Their old heart started pumping madly as if it could wait for what would happen.
They threw the pills into their mouth and sent it straight towards their stomach. Being veterans, they could tell that such a pill wouldn't heal them. They could also tell that people had secrets, and this was a way for Ed to protect his. They closed their eyes and waited. Their legs tapping on the floor as they couldn't wait any longer. It has been many years since they were injured, so they knew how to wait, but not this time.
'Use two Healing cards on them.' Ed contacted the system through his mind as he crushed the cards. The crushed cards turned into a shining wind that surrounded the bodies of the two in front of him. The wind then gathered into one singular point in their body, right under their navel.
A couple of seconds went by without anything happening. Right as the two of them tried to open their eyes, a surge of QI filled their bodies with strength. The QI couldn't be contained by their body and started to come out of their pores. Their QI explosion could be felt from the sect, all the way to the castle. The Elders and Leonard, who were outside, felt this and returned back to the hall. They saw two figures that had aged back a dozen or so years, holding Ed's hands while sobbing.
"Congratulations on being healed," said Ed. Leonard and the Elders understood what had happened and clapped in celebration.
Ed left the room to allow the Bard and Audun to catch up with their QI. He went back to his room and started preparing.
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"Sebas, I'm going to need you to do some errands for me." Ed walked over to Arthur's office and spoke to Sebas there.
"Anything, Master Ed."
"Other than Leonard and Edmund, the other Elders don't have any noteworthy weapons. I need you to get me a list of what they use. I won't be able to craft any Legendary weapons since I don't have enough materials. But, I'm sure it'll be better than what they have now." Sebas listened to Ed as he spoke. When the latter finished, Sebas bowed and started walking immediately.
"If you can't find me in my room, just pin the list on my door. I'll get it when I can." Ed left him with one final order as he too walked away.
Ed entered his room and shut the door. He created a dimension where he set the surrounding to an oasis-like area. He could expend his QI even while setting such conditions on it now. He also set a 50x gravity multiplier and sat down. Garu and Goburou knew that Ed would be crafting and refining, so they walked into the desert and started sparring there. They made sure to keep a safe distance so as not to disturb Ed's work.
Ed withdrew the broken white rapier and the Frost Deer's heart. He was starting with Emilia's weapon and would then focus on other things. The heart wasn't actually a heart, but a clump of pure Ice QI. Only a small number of monsters can produce such a thing in their bodies. The reason why it was called a heart was due to its position being right next to the real heart.
Ed created an intense fire and put the blade part of the rapier inside. He melted it down and mixed it with the powder of the Frost Deer's heart. He repeated this process hundreds of times until the powder was no more. In the end, he shaped the weapon back into a rapier and let it cool down. After cleaning it up, he was astonished. The rapier looked even whiter than before and let out a deadly chill. The air that came into contact with it turned into white mist. The chill surrounded the area, so much that even Garu and Goburou felt it from far away. Ed could feel the chill going through his hands all the way to his shoulder. His bones even felt the pain from such a chill.
'I see. So you're rejecting me.' Ed could understand what the weapon was doing. It did not recognize Ed as its master, nor did it allow him to use it. 'I guess I don't need to add a lock function to it.' Ed thought that it would be useless. The weapon could choose its master, and it would hurt all others. He guessed that the backlash would be stronger against other, and it was taking it easy on him seeing that he fixed it. Ed only added the QI function to it, to allow it to be used better, and called out to Garu and Goburou.
"I'll be taking this weapon back to Emilia. I'll be back as fast as I can." Ed told the two of them so they could prepare for when he deactivates the dimension. The two of them sat down in his room as he walked away. Ed noticed the paper he had asked Sebas to make hanging on his door. He stored it in his Inventory and moved on.
Noises could be heard from the basement as Ed closed in on it. He walked inside to an intense training montage between the four residents of the basement. Emilia and Ellie were out of breath as Suika and Merry chased them down mercilessly.
"Ehem." Ed faked a cough and released a bit of his KI so he could catch their attention. This made them stop to look at him, and noticed he was close to them. Ed had been using the silencing effect of his Spectral Shadow Steps without knowing it lately.
"Here, Emilia." Ed addressed her as he withdrew the rapier from his dimension. Emilia held her breath as she looked at it. It was hiding in its sheath, so she had no idea if it was fixed or not. She only believed in Ed and received it from his hands. She opened it without the slightest hint of impatience, unlike the gallery next to her that wanted to know the result.
The blade part appeared and seemed to release a flash of white light. Emilia completed the unsheathing process as tears clouded her eyes. She wiped them away to get a good look at her mother's weapon, her weapon. Ed studied her facial features closely and noticed no annoyance or uncomfortable feeling.
"It doesn't feel cold?" He asked her just to make sure.
"No. It feels warm, like my mother's hands." Two drops of tears fell down her cheeks as she held the weapon close to her chest.
"I see. I'm glad then,' said Ed. He had many things to take care of, so he returned back. He could hear Emilia muttering 'Thank You' while the others surrounded her.
Back in his room, Ed noticed a huge pile of weapons laying on the ground. "What are these?" He asked Goburou and Garu who had been waiting ever since he left.
"The man called Sebas brought them. He said they belonged to the Elders." Ed hit his head with a palm. Sebas had saved him a lot of trouble. If he didn't have these weapons, he would have to make them from scratch, but now he would only improve upon them.
"Let's see. We have three halberds, two spears, one war axe, one saber, one greatsword, and one bow." Ed studied both the weapons on the ground and on the list. There were no misconceptions so he proceeded to create a dimension.
Two of the weapons were on the level of Epic grade. Ed guessed that these belonged to Audun and Bard, as the weapons were old. The two weapons were the bow and one of the halberds.
Ed referred back to the list to see which weapon belonged to whom. He couldn't create a weapon that would drain its user in two or three uses. The Elders had two Immortal, five Heavenly, including Edmund, and three Earth cultivators. He marked each weapon with the cultivation of its owner and began his work.
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