The True Divine Blade

During the time before the Artificial Labyrinth Knossos Conquest Battle officially began, Riezel had not been idle.

While handing over supplies such as magic swords to the Hephaestus Familia, he gave his Black Blade Hermit to the forging goddess and asked her to work for him once more, modifying the Black Blade Hermit.

It could not be helped. The weapons Hephaestus forged with Heatstone as their primary material were far too powerful and simply unsuitable for everyday use. They could only serve as trump cards. Fool was far inferior to Hermit in power, and the boost its featherlight weight provided to the Development Ability "Light Armor" had gradually become less noticeable after the Giant's Gloves and Wyvern Amulet appeared.

With the Giant's Gloves and Wyvern Amulet, though Riezel still could not wield the heavy black blade Hermit as lightly as Fool, the difference was no longer that great.

Since its power could not compare to Hermit's and its effect on the "Light Armor" Development Ability was no longer particularly noticeable, Riezel naturally phased out Fool and gave it to Ais, who could make better use of it.

But Hermit did not lack room for improvement either.

It was a weapon Riezel had made using one of his former secondary weapons as its main material, supplemented with refined essences of Scarlet Crimson Sand Iron and Scarlet Crimson Ore, then crafted with Construction Magic from the Akasha Continent.

In other words, it contained little technical sophistication. Though it had drawn attention several times in the past, with some even finding it astonishing, in the eyes of a being like the forging goddess Hephaestus, it was undoubtedly a half-finished product haphazardly pieced together.

Thus, when Hephaestus brought up the matter, Riezel went along with it and handed the Black Blade Hermit over to