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Capítulo 452: The Expedition

Not knowing about the chaos happening on the surface, the Loki Familia's expedition had reached the 50th floor before a week could pass.

"What's up with Bete-san and the others?" Raul asked the cat person beside him.

"That's what I'd like to know too..." Aki replied.

"Everyone seems to be more worked up than usual..." Line said after overhearing their conversation as she passed by them.

They were talking about Bete, Tiona, Tione, and Ais. After they witnessed Bell's fight, they were reminded yet again of what being an Adventurer was. Different from the time when they saw the trio fighting with the Minotaurs, this time, they were just starting their expedition and they were already feeling restless, wanting to fight strong monsters. However, they still had to follow their Captain's command and couldn't move on their own as it would endanger not only themselves but also the rest of the expedition as well.

At some point, they started to stare at Aika, Koneko, and Sona as they recalled Bell's status as he defeated the Minotaur, 'If that boy has those kinds of stats, then what about them? They defeated six Minotaurs while only being Level 1... What did their stats look like back then? All S? Or maybe all SS?' All sorts of questions emerged in their heads. And not just them, Finn and Gareth were also wondering what it looked like, everyone except for Riveria who already got a glimpse of Koneko's status.

Aki and Raul noticed their stares and asked Line, "Line, what are those three?"

Line looked at them and tilted her head, "What do you mean?"

"I mean, what do you think of them? And why is everyone looking towards them as if they have questions that they want to ask? You're pretty close with them, right?" Aki asked again.

Line stopped for a moment to think and replied, "Hmm... If I were to describe their group then it would be, 'Adventurers who don't follow the same rules as the rest of us.'"

"Adventurers who don't follow the same rules as the rest of us?" Aki and Raul repeated her words in question.

"What I mean is, one shouldn't use common sense to judge them. I'm sorry, but I can't tell you more than that." Line then walked off to join Aika and Koneko who were trying to stop Sona from touching any of the kitchenware, rather desperately.

Aki and Raul looked at each other in confusion but didn't pursue the topic any further as it was useless to make assumptions about people whom they didn't even know.

An hour later, Finn gathered everyone that would be coming beyond the 50th floor and those who would be leading the ones who would be staying on the 50th Floor in order to discuss their roles, "Let's begin our final briefing."

"As mentioned earlier, only a select party will challenge the area beyond the 51st floor. The rest will defend the camp together with the Hephaestus Familia."

"The party will consist of me, Riveria, Gareth, Ais, Tiona, Tione, Bete. And the supporters will be Raul, Narvi, Alicia, Cruz, Lefiya, Aika, Shirone, and Sona."

All of the supporters, except for Lefiya, couldn't believe that the three Level 2's would really be coming with them and wanted to express their concerns. However, they stopped when they noticed that Bete, the one who always had something to say, didn't oppose or even try to raise his voice over Finn's decision, which surprised them even more. Since he didn't say anything, they tried to trust that Bete knew that the trio knew their abilities well and it was enough for them to be included in this party.

Seeing that nobody disagreed with the party's composition, Finn was a little bit surprised because he thought that at least Bete would say something. Honestly speaking, Finn didn't want to agree to this, but Riveria said that she and Ais lost to Kisuke Urahara in a bet and had to agree with it.

He didn't know how they lost or what game they played because they were not allowed to tell anybody, but Riveria assured that they lost fair and square, and Ais even got something in return. He could only trust Riveria in this issue and told her that the three wouldn't be his priority if something bad happened.

He then looked towards another individual and said, "Tsubaki, please accompany us to maintain our weapons."

Tsubaki Collbrande was a brown-skinned woman with long black hair and red eyes. She had an eyepatch, similar to her Goddess Hephaestus, however, hers covered the left eye instead of the right. She was the current Captain of the Hephaestus Familia and had joined the Loki Familia's expedition to take care of their weapons in response to monsters that melted them, which would hinder them from going further.

She had a well-endowed chest, which she kept in a sarashi, and wore a red hakama and sandals. Tsubaki answered, "All right, leave it to me." She said as she took a large bag from her tent and showed it to everyone, "In that case, I have some things to pass on to you."

She then took out all sorts of weapons for everyone from the Loki Familia who would go beyond the 51st floor, "The 'Durandal' that you ordered." Tsubaki said simply. Since it was already proven that the 'indestructible' weapon, 'Durandal' could withstand the acid of the caterpillar monsters, the Loki Familia commissioned Tsubaki to make it for them.

"This 'Durandal' weapon is lighter than I expected," Gareth commented after lifting his double-headed giant ax.

"You didn't order one of those crazy weapons?" Bete asked Tiona after he saw how she received a claymore.

"There was no helping it. They told me that if I was to order something like Urga, everyone's orders wouldn't be completed in time for the expedition." Tiona replied with a pout.

"Ti-Tione-san, you're using a halberd?" Raul asked the other sister as she usually used short swords and daggers.

"Well, I thought it would probably be better for me to use a larger weapon for the opponents beyond the 51st floor," Tione replied as she accustomed herself to the halberd.

Although she only briefly studied how to use a halberd, Sona could tell that she was handling it in a wrong way. But she didn't say anything as she knew that she didn't have enough mastery to teach others.

"While emphasizing durability, I tried to increase the power as much as possible. Though it varies depending on the weapon's shape, I can guarantee that their attack power is on par with second-tier equipment." Tsubaki continued.

"Thank you, Tsubaki. They're just as we specified." Finn said while lifting and checking his spear.

Tsubaki then looked towards the other three who didn't receive anything, except for Lefiya since she's a magic user, "What about you? If you don't have a weapon that can deal with those acids, it'll be very dangerous."

"I use magic," Sona replied.

"I have a way to deal with squishy and soft opponents," Koneko answered.

Tsubaki had some doubts since she didn't know their capabilities, but since they were acting that confident, she couldn't really say anything, "And what about you? Will you be using that?" She asked Aika and pointed at the nodachi which she hugged in her arms.

With a big smile, Aika replied, "My babies are more than enough~!"

"Babies?" Tsubaki and the rest were weirded out when Aika referred to her sword as her babies, but Tsubaki continued, "Can you let me check it? I'm not saying that your sword is weak but we need to make sure that you won't be put in a dangerous situation by overly trusting your sword." As the blacksmith of the team, this was duty.

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Comment Section

Alexander: ...in the next chapter: The two adorable sword-spirits wondered, "Who are you? You are not mommy?" After hearing that, a confused Tsubaki shouted, "Wha... What the hell is this weapon?!"

28th00: Yeah… I'd be really careful on touching or making any insulting comments on a sentient weapon made from the user's soul… It tends to end poorly. Making any negative comments on a Zanpakuto is a really suicidal move for anyone without some insane soul strength, those things can and have acted completely autonomously before, at levels exceeding their own user even! Not talking about the filler arc, but that counts too.


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Capítulo 453: A Fear Inducing Blade

"Hmm? Sure." Aika didn't think much about it since it really was Tsubaki's job as a blacksmith and her judgment would help the others to have assurance in her sword. Aika handed over her nodachi towards her.

However, when Tsubaki was about to touch the hilt of the sword, her hand suddenly stopped midair. Everyone then looked towards her and noticed that she was sweating profusely, "Tsubaki?" Finn asked with his brows furrowed.

"What's wrong?" Aika also asked in confusion.

A few seconds later, Tsubaki took back her hand and shook her head, "I can't check your sword..." She then looked straight towards Aika, "It feels like it's going to consume me..."

"What do you mean?" Aika asked again.

"I don't know... It's just that my instincts as a blacksmith are warning me against this sword... What the hell is that thing?" Tsubaki stared at Aika's nodachi. Although she was fearing the unknown feeling which it was giving her, she was also very interested in it.

"Really?" Aika then looked towards Sona and Koneko, "Do you feel the same?"

Sona rubbed her chin in contemplation before directly grabbing the hilt of the nodachi, "No... I don't feel anything."

Koneko did the same and also shook her head.

As a curious one, Tiona approached them and asked, "Hey, can I touch it?"

"Sure." Aika handed it to her. If there would really be a reaction, then it would probably happen to someone Shop was not close to her and she wanted to see it.

Tiona, without any reservation, grabbed the hilt of the sword. However, the next second, black and red aura like energies emerged from it and started wrapping around Tiona's arm.

Tiona immediately dropped the sword and jumped back with a horrified expression, "Tiona!" Tione shouted in concern while the rest readied their weapons just in case something else happened.

"Woops." Aika caught the sword before it touched the ground and said, "I see... It looks like you don't want to be touched by strangers. I'll keep that in mind."

"Tiona, are you alright?" The girls of the Loki Familia approached the sweating Amazoness and helped her stand up.

"I'm alright... But what the hell was that? That was scary..." Tiona replied with a strained smile.

"R-really, what the hell is that?" Tsubaki muttered with a twitching mouth. She thanked her instincts.

"Scary?" Lefiya muttered. She and the rest knew that Tiona is one of the fearless ones in their group and to think that she was scared.

"Just for reference, what did you see?" Aika suddenly asked, not minding the defensive look they were giving her and her sword.

Tiona was able to calm herself down after taking a few deep breaths and her usual smile returned, "I saw the two silhouettes of giant dragons eyeing me. If that makes sense."

Ais twitched when she heard about the dragons, however, Riveria immediately grabbed her hand to calm her down. Ais nodded at her and signaled that she wouldn't do anything.

"I see... Two dragons, huh." Aika muttered in understanding.

"That weapon... It's alive, right?" Tsubaki suddenly said.

Everyone from the Loki Familia was startled at her words, as this was their first time hearing about a weapon being alive.

With a big grin, Aika only answered, "Yep~."

Sighing, Tsubaki continued to answer for the confused expressions of the Loki Familia, "I only heard about it from Hephaestus, but it seems that in this world, extremely capable blacksmiths can imbue thoughts or will into their weapons. I'm not capable of doing the same, however, it seems that Hephaestus created a few of them in the past."

"By giving the weapon its own awareness, you could make it so that it would only allow the wielder or the creator to use it. There are also other uses, but Hephaestus didn't say anything else as it would only corrupt my understanding regarding the weapons since I haven't reached that level yet."

She then looked towards Aika again, "Can I ask who forged this?"

Aika thought for a moment and recalled what Kisuke said regarding her Zanpakuto. Although the shape of the sword and its spirits were shaped by her nature as a Shinigami, the materials used were her Sacred Gear. So in essence, the one who forged her Zanpakuto was the Biblical God, "He's not around anymore and I'm sure that no one knows about him here, so I'll spare you the effort of searching for him."

"...I see."

Although incredibly curious, Finn didn't have the right to poke his nose into their secrets. He clapped his hands to gather everyone's attention before saying, "Let's prepare to set off tomorrow. We'll change lookouts every 4 hours."

After dismissing everyone, the trio immediately separated themselves to prepare for tomorrow while Tsubaki offered to do some maintenance on Ais' sword, which was already a 'Durandal' from the start, "Sword Princess, show me your weapon. It probably needs maintenance."

"...Please do." Both of them then separated from the group.

In Tsubaki's tent, Ais watched her as she cleaned and sharpened her sword. A few seconds later, Tsubaki started talking, "Still, to think the little girl from back then would now be the Adventurer representative of the city... Guess I should have established a contract with you? What a waste that I didn't..."

Ais only stayed quiet.

"...Well, not really." said Tsubaki as she suddenly took back her words, which startled Ais a bit, "To be honest with you, Sword Princess, I did not feel a shred of desire to create weapons for you back then."

"Ten years ago... or rather, nine years ago, wasn't it? You were like a drawn sword back then. You kept fighting regardless of how damaged your edge became. I didn't think you would live very long."

Ais stayed silent as she couldn't deny any of her words.

"Why did you think I would make a weapon for someone like you, who viewed yourself as nothing more than a sword?"

"I..."

"That's right, you were not a weapon user. You were like the weapons that we forge. 'Sword Princess' was a rather ironic nickname that the Gods decided to award you back then. The name was just a joke. The only thing I wondered about was when you would break."

Thanks to Tsubaki's words, Ais recalled Loki's words too, 'Ais, If you keep running by falling forward, you will eventually stumble and trip. Don't forget this, all right?' While regretting that she couldn't change, Tsubaki suddenly said something contrary to that.

"However, you've changed."

"Eh...?"

"I'm saying that you've mellowed out. While people used to describe you as a doll, your expressions have softened."

With a frown, Ais asked, "Do you think that I have become weaker?"

"You've probably become stronger. Your level has been going up after all."

"That's not what I meant!"

Tsubaki became silent for a few seconds and finished the sword's maintenance and handed it over to Ais, "Maybe you've lost your edge, but if I was to describe you as a sword, then it would be because you've found your sheath."

Ais' eyes slightly widened, "By being protected by a sheath, a sword loses its need to constantly stay sharp. And when one meets an enemy that needs to be cut down, the protected sword can leap from its sheath in a flash of light. In other words, you've found your comrades."

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Phis-Chama's Corner:

28th00: I swear to Ophis, if I have to come back to this chapter to clean up any commas...

Alexander: Well, I take it as our running gag. In my case, I once described that I tend to use more commas because of my linguistic background. I can only use my own experience. So, in case some of the commas were mine, no offense intended.


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