"Starlight"

It was a box placed on a table in the corner of the room.

The box is rectangular, and the contents inside are also clearly rectangular.

Leo had reason to believe that inside was a sword, or rather, a weapon that would soon be his.

Loki chuckled when he saw Leo staring intently at the long box.

"Look at how impatient you are, why don't you go and take a look?"

This statement can be seen as a tacit admission of what's inside the box.

Leo immediately stepped forward, reached out, and picked up the long, rectangular box that was on the table.

It was quite heavy, even a strong dwarf would have to exert a lot of effort to lift it. Only Leo, a level 5 adventurer, could easily lift it with one hand.

Then, Leo opened the box, finally exposing the weapon inside to the air and bringing it into view.

The first thing that caught Leo's eye was a dazzling expanse of white and gold.

It was an extremely dazzling platinum color, as if it could pierce through the darkness. The moment it appeared, it was destined to be the most dazzling existence in this space, causing Leo to involuntarily squint his eyes slightly.

Then, the weapons in the box came into full view of him, Leo in their entirety.

It lay on a soft cushion inside the box, the sword and scabbard separated, one above the other, allowing its bright blade to enter Leo's field of vision without any concealment.

The entire sword is platinum in color, about 130 centimeters long, with a blade about 5 centimeters wide and a guard about 7 centimeters wide. It features a circular openwork design, and the hilt is wider at the top and bottom and gradually narrows towards the center. A gold gemstone is also set at the top, exuding luxury.

This Platinum Sword is covered with mysterious patterns of scattered gold. Both the blade and the hilt are engraved with gold patterns, and there is a polygonal diamond-shaped gem in the center of the circular openwork guard, which complements the gold gem at the top of the hilt, making it even more luxurious.

Leo could sense that both the golden gem at the top of the hilt and the diamond-shaped gem in the center of the circular openwork hilt contained extraordinary Demonic Power.

Clearly, these two gems are not ordinary ornaments, but rather the source of Demonic Power found on almost all wands—magic gems.

The gold-flecked patterns covering the blade and hilt actually connect the two magic gems, transporting their Demonic Power to the entire sword, making it flow with an extremely abundant Demonic Power.

Leo wasn't usually one for flashy or ostentatious displays, but for some reason, he fell in love with this overly luxurious and exquisite weapon at first sight.

So, without thinking, Leo reached out, grasped the hilt, and took the sword out of the box.

"Buzz----"

The platinum blade sliced through the air, creating a slight vibration.

As Leo grasped the sword, he discovered that, guided by the magic gems and gold-flecked patterns on the blade, his spiritual power was stirring restlessly, eagerly transforming into a Demonic Power that flowed through his palm into the sword, causing the magic gems and gold-flecked patterns on the blade to light up.

"So smooth----"

Leo watched this scene with some surprise.

His Demonic Power flowed into the Platinum Sword so smoothly, it was even smoother than touching a high-end wand.

"How could it not be smooth?" Loki chuckled as he chuckled, "To ensure this sword could function like a wand and perfectly channel the power of the magic gems within, the blacksmith himself had to forge a massive amount of Mithril into it."

Mithril is a refined metal that is lighter than iron, yet harder and much easier to forge, and its value is in no way inferior to Orichalcum (the hardest metal) and Adamantite (an ultra-hard metal).

While its hardness may not match that of Orichalcum and Adamantite, it possesses extremely high Demonic Power conductivity, making it the preferred material for almost all magical items that require metal.

Bete Loga's metal boots, which could absorb magic and imbue them with magical power, were primarily forged from Mithril. Without Mithril, a metal with extremely high Demonic Power conductivity, the boots would never have been able to release the absorbed magic.

Therefore, when Leo demanded that his special weapon be an integrated sword and wand type, possessing the functions of both a sword and a wand, the main forging material of this weapon was destined to be Mithril, not the black sword of Udaeus that he originally intended to use to forge the weapon.

"This sword is made entirely of refined Mithril. The gold-flecked patterns on the blade and hilt were created by pouring a synthetic Demonic Power liquid made from the resin of the Great Sacred Tree. The patterns themselves are actually Divine Script, with countless tiny Divine Script connected to form these patterns, which enhances the already high Demonic Power conductivity to an astonishing level."

"The magic gems in the hilt and guard were also made using the highest craftsmanship from the magical superpower. The materials were extremely expensive, but the technique used was priceless, belonging to the most secret of secret rituals, said to be used only by celestial beings."

"The combination of the two gives this weapon both the highest level of sharpness and the strongest Demonic Power."

Loki spoke with great pride, as if he were showing off.

"As a sword, its power and quality are both top-tier, and it is even one of the very best first-grade swords."

"As a wand, it is also the highest tier of the first tier, its performance being only slightly inferior to the Supreme Five Staves, including the Great Spirit wand in Riveria Ljos Alf's possession."

"The staff-sword called Twilight in the hands of Freya Familia's [Hedin Selland] is inferior to this."

This is absolutely the culmination of the highest craftsmanship in the Lower World, the most outstanding among all the divine weapons and artifacts that have appeared in the Lower World throughout history, and its value is immeasurable.

"We really went all out this time, using all our connections to prepare this special weapon for you. It was exhausting."

Loki said this with a bitter expression.

She really went to great lengths this time, using up countless favors and connections to prepare such a weapon.

There was nothing she could do; Leo's [Crossed Star Swords] effect was right in front of her.

The higher the quality of the equipped sword, the stronger the skill's effect. It's all written out in black and white, so how could Loki not try to make this special weapon as perfect as possible?

The higher the quality, the stronger Leo will be, and his family will have another powerful pillar. In addition, Leo's growth rate is so fast. If this special weapon is not made as good and strong as possible, he will probably have to change weapons again soon.

With this in mind, Loki gritted his teeth and devoted himself wholeheartedly to preparing this weapon, which is why the final product was so powerful.

Leo had absolutely no doubt about Loki's words.

Because he could already feel that when he held this sword, his abilities increased significantly, making him much stronger than when he held Udaeus's black longsword, which was comparable to a first-grade weapon.

If his previous stats were roughly equivalent to Ais's when she first reached Lv.6, then now his stats are estimated to be significantly higher than Ais's, almost on par with Lv.6 players like Finn and Gareth.

It rivals the top-tier existences.

At the very least, his "agility" is definitely higher than Finn's and Gareth's, his "dexterity" is comparable to Finn's S-rank, and even his "strength" is probably not much worse than Grace's, who has been trained to S -Gareth.

"This sword—"

After snapping out of his reverie, Leo couldn't help but look at Loki and say something.

"Could this be the work of some blacksmithing god?"

Leo couldn't help but have this suspicion.

As far as swords are concerned, this sword is already at the first-level of weaponry, and is among the top-tier ones.

As a wand, this weapon's performance is close to that of the "Supreme Five Staves," and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it's the sixth strongest wand in the world.

Each of these two items alone would require legendary-level craftsmen to forge, let alone combining them into a single sword and staff.

It's important to understand that these are two completely different fields.

Generally speaking, the blacksmiths people talk about only forge physical weapons such as swords, spears, and halberds, while the making of magic wands involves a profession called magician.

Unlike swords and other weapons used in melee combat, Mage wands, which can enhance "Demonic Power" and adjust the power of magic, require the maker to be proficient in magic. Therefore, they require special craftsmanship. Even if ordinary blacksmiths cultivate their "forging" ability to the highest S level, they still cannot make magic wands.

Therefore, people who handle magical items are also called magicians, or craftsmen who specialize in making wands and staves.

Magicians craft their own wands using sacred woods or special metals and ores from the elven forest to enhance the Mage's abilities. Among these, the most potent magic gems, which do not exist in nature and can only be crafted by magicians, greatly amplify the effects of magic. The performance of a wand differs drastically depending on whether it contains such gems.

Under such circumstances, while a weapon combining a sword and a staff might seem to exist, there are probably only a handful of people in the entire Lower World who could actually forge such a weapon.

A craftsman must be proficient in both forging and magical craftsmanship. Such a rare craftsman is unheard of in Orario. Only in magical superpowers can one occasionally hear of such a craftsman, but finding one is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.

Leo didn't know how the Twilight of the [Hedin Selland] was born.

But he could understand it after thinking about it. Even if some incredibly skilled craftsman could create a sword-and-staff integrated weapon like Twilight, that would probably be the limit of that craftsman's abilities.

Leo couldn't imagine any craftsman in the Lower World who could forge this weapon, which was even superior to Twilight's.

Therefore, he suspected that the weapon was not made by a craftsman from the Lower World, but by a god from a certain forging sect.

Leo roughly examined the weapon and found that it did not bear the mark of the most famous blacksmithing goddess in Orario — Hephaestus.

I heard that the blacksmith god and Loki had a good relationship. Leo had initially suspected that the sword might have been made by him, but now it seems—it doesn't seem so?

"Alright, stop looking. This isn't Fei Fei's work, nor is it the work of some forging god."

Loki immediately saw through Leo's thoughts and said something rather irritating.

"Divine craftsmanship doesn't appear out of nowhere. Even if we have a good relationship with Feifei, whether we can get her to help us is still uncertain."

While gods do indeed seal their divine power in the Lower World, the technologies they possess do not belong to the realm of divine power. These technologies are collectively known as divine crafts, which are divine skills that could never have appeared in the Lower World and far surpass the craftsmanship of the Lower World.

The forging goddess Hephaestus possessed forging techniques in the divine realm, but precisely because she deeply understood how harmful divine craftsmanship was in the Lower World, she herself almost never forged weapons.

In the original work, even Hestia, who was his closest friend, had to kneel on her knees for an entire day to persuade Hephaestus to forge the famous little black knife for Bell Cranel —the "Hestia Knife"—that grows stronger as the user develops.

Although Loki and Hephaestus had a good relationship, it was unlikely that Loki would have the power to get Hephaestus to personally forge weapons for his own children.

So, where did this sword come from?

"Divine craftsmanship doesn't exist, but we can find things similar to it." Loki said, puffing out his chest. "Didn't I just mention it? The technology used here is priceless, a secret among secrets, something only immortals can use."

One sentence made Leo instantly realize the truth.

"Is this a work by a fairy?"

Upon hearing this, Loki snapped his fingers.

"To be more precise, it's the masterpiece of a reclusive, Great Fairy."

As an incarnation of a god, the immortal spirit is inherently capable of performing miracles equivalent to a portion of divine power.

As mentioned before, some celestial spirits can even transform into weapons, accompanying heroes and helping them defeat enemies.

In various legends and anecdotes, the fairies also created many incredible things, including weapons that have gone down in history.

The sword in Leo's hand is yet another legendary masterpiece.

"By the way, this also has the blessing of that Great Fairy, so it's practically indestructible, even wear-proof, making it even more unfair Ais's indestructible Desperate."

Loki finished the last sip of his drink before speaking softly.

"Barring unforeseen circumstances, this sword will accompany you until death."

"You could say it's your future alter ego, your future companion."

"You should name it."

Upon hearing this, Leo instinctively gripped his weapon tighter.

Gazing at the Platinum Sword engraved with fragmented gold patterns, Leo quickly made his decision.

Since the weapon [Hedin Selland] is called Twilight, then it should be called----

"Starlight".