After the cheerful "loot-divvying party"—ahem, no!—the rewards ceremony ended, the jubilant players quickly returned to their usual gaming routine.
The students had all logged off by then. The invitation from Rich Bro to "grab some barbecue" tonight had sent them into a frenzy of excitement.
They'd heard the venue was extremely fancy and that a car was already waiting at the school entrance, so they needed some time to get ready. They weren't going to show up for barbecue in suits, but they couldn't embarrass themselves, either.
Before Pomegranate Sister logged off to do her makeup and pick out an outfit, the famous blade she'd received, "Cold Night," was borrowed by Master Broken Blade and her younger brother, Hundred-Forged Steed, for a "closer look," at the price of ten gold coins.
As blacksmiths, they were very interested in the super weapons that had appeared in the game.
Of course, considering that the two of them couldn't even recognize all the minerals in Transia yet, no matter how closely they examined this divine weapon from the distant Eastern nation of ancient Callem, there was no way they'd discover any of its core secrets.
Put simply, their blacksmithing skills weren't up to par. They had no way to figure out exactly how the thing had been forged and work backward to recreate its blueprint. If they really wanted to learn the forging techniques of the distant East, they'd have to start with the two Eastern blades owned by "Black-Hearted Witch Hunter" Natalie.
But that didn't stop these two ambitious fellows, who dreamed of becoming "master weapon smiths," from finding a little "inspiration" in the blade.
"This is incredible. Now this is what you call a proper 'fantasy weapon,' right?"
In the camp's smithy, the two "otherworldly blacksmiths" laid Cold Night on the