"Inform Jules that the Enemy of Humanity has appeared. All mortal weapons are ineffective, but Dream Walkers can harm gods. Their power also comes from the gods themselves."
Theus briefly described the situation on the battlefield, then looked at Nora. "Help me connect to Castel."
"Just speak through the Mind Link." Nini's voice echoed in his mind. "We've already established a relay and can connect directly."
"Good. Inform Gem Bay that Blackstone is the weapon against gods—the kind of Blackstone the Fishmen mined. Have the Frontier Testing Ground immediately produce a batch of weapons."
"And Nini, I remember you used to mine on the seafloor, right? Can you mine another batch?"
Nini: "..."
"Ash, tell me, when we were slaves, we had to mine. Now that we've gained our freedom, we still have to mine. Did we get this freedom for nothing?"
Ash glanced at the endlessly chattering Nini beside him and ignored her.
The moment Theus learned what Blackstone could do, he had the Banshees search the seafloor.
The seabed of the Storm Ocean had long since changed beyond recognition. No one knew where the previous mines had gone, but fortunately, the Banshees were highly efficient at searching underwater. It did not take them long to find some exposed ore.
Nini curiously picked up a piece of Blackstone and held it before her eyes.
The material was not particularly hard. Nini exerted some strength and snapped off a small piece. After thinking for a moment, she cast Turn Stone to Mud, but the Blackstone did not react at all.
"Take it back first," Ash said concisely.
They had previously found several entire warehouses of this stuff in Gem Bay, yet had never discovered any use for it. Moth Chasing Flame's researchers had spent considerable effort on it, but all