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4.86% Reincarnated as a Son of the Sword Saint and the Sage / Chapter 24: Chapter 24: Katana

Bab 24: Chapter 24: Katana

Having the materials for the katana in my hands, I went straight to the workshop. My sister's sword must be made of high quality materials. But my sister is still with me.

"Why are you still following me?"

"I want to see you work."

"Then, it's not a surprise anymore."

"I don't care."

My sister followed me to the workshop. Maybe she wanted to witness the making of her future sword. I don't mind her watching me, as long as she doesn't disturb me.

"Just don't touch anything here without permission, okay?" I reminded her after opening the door.

"Okay." She nodded, and we entered the workshop.

After entering the room, I locked the door and began to prepare the solution for the time schedule.

The workshop was located on the third floor of our mansion. The second floor was only limited to a few servants, so disturbance was not a problem. The inside was filled with equipment and tools for my inventions. The walls had soundproofing and anti-surveillance functions for secrecy and confidentiality.

"Barrier."

I cast a Level 4 Pure Magic spell to erect a barrier that enveloped the whole workshop. I enhanced it with my Level 8 Infinite Barrier Manipulation spell, so I can freely shape it according to my will.

"Time Accel."

I cast another magic spell again. But this time, it was a Space-Time Magic spell, Level 8 Time Delay. It was a spell that accelerated the flow of time. I only cast it in the area of my barrier, so it doesn't affect the whole world.

The acceleration rate limit was proportional to the user's magic power. Currently, I can freely change the time in my barrier up to nine times faster than the real world.

"Hey, Raphael. What did you do just now?"

"I just accelerated the time flowing through this room."

"Really? Its feel like nothing." she tilted her head in confusion.

"Sigh… Try shooting a spell from the window and see."

"Okay…"

After hearing my words, she approached the window and opened it.

"Water Bullet!"

She cast a valley of low-level Water Magic and shot it out of the window. The bullets fly at normal speed inside the room. But when it passed the window, which was the boundary of my barrier, it suddenly flew slowly like the flying bullets in a scene from The Matrix.

"Whoa. It really moves slowly. Now that I think about it, the swaying of the leaves seems slow. As if the whole thing were suspended."

"No. This room was just moving faster than the world. Nine minutes here is only a minute in the real world." I said I was debunking my sister's statement.

"Is that so?"

She closed the window, and I opened my Inventory to take out the materials needed for the katana.

"Now, let's get started."

I put on my personal protective equipment and lit the forge. I grabbed the ingot that I will be using for the material of the blade, an adamantite ingot.

I will use this metal for the blade instead of orichalcum or mithrill. Mithrill had high mana conductivity but was not durable enough for my sister's usage.

Orichalcum was more durable and only slightly inferior to mithrill in terms of conductivity, but it was too conspicuous. It gave off a dazzling golden gleam and attracts much attention.

Adamantite, on the other hand, was more durable than orichalcum. However, it had a mana conductivity lower or almost equal to orichalcum but much higher than silver.

Its metallic blue hue isn't too lustrous and more like a blue-tinted steel. Sister's main attribute is Lightning like Mother's. Lightning Magic is compatible with any type of steel material. It's definitely worth it for my sister's blade.

I molded the ingot and shaped it based on the 3D object I've been constructing in my mind. The material is adamantite, the hardest material known to mankind. The harder the material, the more difficult and complex it is to mold with Alchemy.

I poured a huge amount of mana into the ingot and successfully shaped it into a thirty-inch-long deep blue rod. I put it in the furnace and chanted a spell.

"Smelting Heat."

It was a Level 6 Fire Magic spell that could melt hard metals. Few of the veteran blacksmiths had this spell for smelting hard metals like orichalcum.

After heating for a while, the adamantite rod gave off a bright red glow. I took it from the fire with the tong and placed it on the anvil. With the hammer in my right hand, I hit the hot steel to flatten it.

"It is really difficult and time consuming if seen up close."

"Yeah. So don't be too close if you don't want your sword to deform."

"Yeah, yeah, I understand."

Sister pressed her chest against my back again after I put the hot rod back in the forge. I warned her that distractions might cause deformities to the blade.

I prepare the rod again. I hit it repeatedly with the hammer on the anvil. The sound of clashing metals resonating throughout the entire workshop as I keep shaping it.

After continually hitting the hot steel, it already had the curved shape, the tang, and the back side of the blade. Then I used a fullering tool to draw the groove and the ridge.

"Can you operate that machine for me?" I asked for help, pointing at the machine.

"Not a problem. Then what should I do?"

"Hold the handle with each of your hands and cast the Short Circuit spell."

Yellow bolts of dazzling lightning emitted from each of her hands as she held its corresponding handle, and the machine started to work. And that machine was my homemade sanding belt machine.

"You never failed to impress me with your revolutionary ideas."

"Good job, sister." I praised her while giving a thumbs up.

"Of course. I am your sister after all."

I adjusted the speed of the rotation just enough to grind the adamantite. Then place the blade against the running sandpaper and start to sharpen the edge side of the blade.

The machine was powered by electricity instead of magic. The spell that my sister used was a Level 3 Lightning Magic spell. It emits lightning bolts on each of the user's hands with different charges, positive and negative. If the two bolts meet, they short circuit and explode.

The machine had handles that received electrical charges to spin the motor, which made the belt spin. It also had a voltage regulator to control the voltage and a switch to adjust the rotation speed.

(If Mother was the meat grinder, Mom was the storage room, then my sister is the power generator…)

"And the blade has done."

"Yey! As expected of my little brother!"

After hours of hitting and shaping and minutes of sharpening the blade and polishing the impurities, I am finally done with the blade. Now that I've done with the most complicated part, I proceed to the hilt.

I opened my Inventory and took some orichalcum nuggets, silvery wool from a C-ranked Thunder Sheep, a B-ranked Spear Shark skin, and a branch from a B-ranked Black Treant.

Using Alchemy, I shaped the orichalcum to make the blade collar, the guard, and the pommel of the katana. Black Treant wood into a handle.

I want the collar, guard, and pommel made of orichalcum to make it complement the blue blade. It is also durable and has high mana conductivity, which makes the sword more powerful and beautiful to the eye.

Black Treant wood was as durable as iron and had high conductivity. It is also the main material for making the bodies of staves and wands for mages.

I then one by one assembled the parts of the sword and fastened the tang and the handle with orichalcum fasteners. I am making sure that the wood covers the entire tang and that no blue metal will be exposed from the hilt.

I grabbed the wool, and using Alchemy, I entwined the fibers of the wool and transformed it into lace. Thunder Sheep Wool had the components of silver and made a good electrical conductor. I manually knotted the golden lace to the handle and finished the hilt.

For the scabbard, I still used the same Black Treant wood, but larger. The same as before, I used Alchemy to shape it. After shaping the scabbard, I engraved our family name on it using orichalcum.

Attaching some details to the throat and the tip of the scabbard with orichalcum, and the scabbard is done.

"And finally, your katana has been completed." I said to my sister as I sheathed the sword in its scabbard.

"You're the best, Raphael! And it's only been less than an hour in the real world."

"But before you can have it, let me enchant this first."

I use my Unique Skill Bestow to endow the katana with some skills. This is my gift for my sister's birthday and my best masterpiece so far. So I have to power it up as much as I can.

"Blood Life."

A Ghoul's Racial Skill that restores health and heals injuries when blood is consumed. The blade automatically generated itself just by drenching itself with blood.

"Absolute Severance."

Ultimate Art's subskill that cuts almost everything and ignores defenses. However, it only has one usage every 24 hours.

"Disguise." to hide the katana's effects.

"Ownership. And done. Just add your mana, and the katana will be all yours." I instructed her and handed her the sword.

"It's so magnificent and overflowing with radiance. I can't wait to try it outside."

"It had the ability to fix itself upon absorbing blood and a once-a-day attempt of Absolute Severance. I already concealed its effects, so don't use them in front of the others."

"Got it. Then, what will this sword be called?"

"Let me think."

I haven't thought of its name yet. I have no sense in naming things, and I can't just baptize the sword on a whim. I took a glimpse at my sister, who was swinging her new sword. Then an idea came up in my mind.

"I came up with a name." I said as I took the sword. "I hereby baptize this sword in the name of 'Raven Blue'."


Bab 25: Chapter 25: Raven Blue

My sister forced me to make her a katana, but I flatly refused. She even threatened and blackmailed me, but I eventually gave up after she offered me a reward.

Just now, I have finished her anticipated katana and named it Raven Blue, the combination of my sister's hair color and the shade of the blade.

"You're really amazing, Raphael. I can't just believe that you managed to create this sword in less than an hour in real time." She complimented me while I was caressing the hilt of the katana hanging on her waist.

"Yeah. It was my first time extending the time that much. My mana was depleted like hell." I whined.

Walking together along the second-floor hallway, we chatted about the stuff that happened today. Using high-level Magic Spells for hours sucked too much mana, and my mana reserve dropped by almost half. I can gradually recover it using a MP restoration skill.

"I can't wait to show it off to our mothers."

"Eh? Are you really sure about that? It can't even hold a candle compared to their legendary-grade weapons."

"Even so, it's your work that you made with your sweat and blood. Like I said last night, you should have confidence in yourself and be proud of your efforts."

"Thank you, sister."

I am still looking down on myself, even though my sister keeps reminding me to gain confidence. I am just a poor scholarship student who has been surrounded by rich and intelligent people in my past life.

My inferiority complex must have been carried until my death and brought back in my second incarnation. I am a nobleman here, and I have to be competent in front of my future citizens to gain their trust.

"But I am more excited about using my new blade in action."

"Want to try it? We still have time before we dress up."

"Let's do that, Raphael. To the Great Forest of Darkness!"

"Yes, ma'am!. Portal."

I cast the Level 7 Space-Time Magic spell Portal, and a door-sized mirror-like matter appeared in the thin air of the hallway. The scenery behind the portal was the trees in the forest, indicating that the door was connected to the forest.

"Let's go, Sis."

I jump off to the portal, and my sister follows suit. Reaching the other side, the forest, I looked back at the portal, and the hallway of the second floor could be seen from the forest. I deactivated the spell, and the Portal shrank until it disappeared.

Unlike the instant one-way transportation spell Warp, Portal is a two-way transportation spell that lets you transport back and forth between two distant places.

But the accuracy of the destination point depends on the user's memory. I have a photographic memory, so that wasn't a problem for me. Also, the doors in the basement were my transfer point to our mansion.

"This area is good for hunting tough monsters like Drake and Tyrant Lizard. But first, let's try its sharpness on that tree over there." I said as I pointed out a tree that was standing out among the others.

"Did you notice that it's on the brink of becoming a Treant?"

"Yeah. It has a small magic crystal inside, and its bark is darker than usual. Also, the roots are starting to surface."

Treants are born from absorbing too much mana in the air. The absorbed mana will concentrate inside the tree and take the form of a crystal. Treants were common occurrences in this forest due to its thick concentration of mana.

"Let me kill it before it completely transforms into a monster." she said with conviction while sheathing the katana.

"Take your time," I said, and then she walked towards the tree.

She stopped in front of the tree with the katana on her right. She brandished her sword and then swiped it horizontally at great speed. It looks like nothing happened at first, but then the tree trunk tilted and collapsed.

"Wow. It has superb sharpness. I don't use any technique, but I can't feel any resistance at all."

The stumbled tree was cleaved cleanly. Not even a lump on the slice or a crack in the bark could be seen. It is even harder than normal trees due to its monsterization.

"Is that so? How about trying it on the Drake a kilometer ahead?"

"Yeah. Let's do that."

Having my Clairvoyance sent in advance, I open a Portal not far from the Drake. We passed through the Portal and found ourselves several meters away from the sleeping Drake.

"Oh! This one is big and looks tough. Now, be grateful and become my first opponent with my new sword!"

"Hey, calm down. You look more heinous than the Drake itself."

"Hee hee." she smiled ferociously at the Drake as if she had found prey.

The Drake is indeed huge and tougher than any that I have encountered so far. I estimated it to be twenty meters long. I didn't waste time evaluating it.

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Race: Drake

Condition: Normal

LV: 492

MP: 4274

STR: 8932

DEF: 11544

MAG: 4158

MDEF: 10028

AGI: 3568

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This Drake is huge because it's already at Level 492 and is almost at the level of its evolution. If a Drake reaches Level 500, it will evolve into a S-ranked War Drake.

Drakes are like wingless dragons and have the rank of A in the Adventurers' Guild Monster Tier List. They are quadrupedal and have tough scales that can invalidate half-hearted physical and magical attacks.

"You're too loud that it's going to wake up."

"That's what I want! You would be furious if someone disturb your deep slumber!" She shouted louder to provoke the newly awakened Drake.

Me too. I would have been furious if someone had interrupted my sleep. In the worst case, I might fall into darkness and attack the one who disturbs my sleep. Just like this Drake.

"Grahhhhhh!!"

"Come on!"

The Drake gets up from its sleeping position and cries a loud growl. The sister stepped forward and faced the Drake.

"Let's see what you've got," she said, then charged at the Drake.

The Drake raised one of its front limbs and swung it to my charging sister. With her superior speed, she easily dodges the attack and all of the next attacks.

Claw attacks, tail swipes, and bites. All of the efforts of the Drake were hitting nothing but trees, dirt, and air. The area got messy from those attacks.

Realizing physical attacks wouldn't work, the Drake switched to ranged attacks. It is now rapidly firing Rock Bullets in all directions. Of course, me and my sister effortlessly avoided all of the bullets and the flying debris.

The Drake even used Spikerocks to trap my sister, then fired Rock Bullets at her. But before the bullets touched her, she sliced each of them into two with her katana. After slicing hundreds of bullets, the Drake finally stopped firing.

"Is this all you got? Now my turn."

Sister lunged herself towards the Drake. Her speed was so imperceptible that the Drake didn't realize that its left front limb was missing.

"Gwahhhh!!"

The Drake cried in agony before it collapsed to the ground. But stand back again with bloodshot eyes, glaring at my sister, whose right foot is stepping on something big.

"Is this what you're looking for?"

"Graaahhh!"

The Drake charged at my sister with only three limbs. Despite its large size and an amputated limb, it is still moving fast. Trails of blood were made as it moved.

Sister sheathed her sword back into its scabbard and bent her knees. She closed her eyes and held the hilt of the katana with her right hand. The Drake kept approaching until it reached my sister's attack range.

Swoosh

A sharp sound has occurred in the area, like it's bending the space. Sister slashes her katana from the scabbard at such incredible speed that I barely catch a glimpse of it.

The Drake just passed my standing sister and collapsed to the ground. She sheathed her sword, and a dragon's head dropped from the sky.

"Did you just imitate those moves from the footage?" I asked, approaching the dead Drake.

"Yeah. I just want to try it, but I didn't expect that it could cleave the Drake's neck with this sword. Normally, you have to do a Technique just to penetrate a dragon's defense. This sword not only penetrated its tough defense but was also capable of amputating it."

Sister just imitated the Iai Technique that I'd shown her last night. Even though it was a short clip, she already copied the technique on her first try.

Normally, it takes a party of adventurers with a total level greater than twice that of the monster's to subjugate it. But that's not the case for my sister. She had superior stats than average, high-level forms of attacks and defenses, and high performance equipment in her hands.

"If you are finished now, how about we go back to the mansion after I store the corpse?"

"Yeah. I got smelly and have to take a bath."

"Me too."

I froze the amputated head, limb, and neck of the Drake before throwing it into the Inventory. Drake's raw materials are of high quality and fetch a high price. I opened a Portal connected to the mansion and used it to go back there.


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