Shadow of the Gods

Ian did not leave immediately. Instead, he paid a visit to Master Hewg, the blacksmith of the Roundtable Hold. He was very interested in how the craftsmen of this world operated. So, he spoke with the blacksmith and paid the required fees and materials to reinforce his two swords.

At first, Ian did not think much of it. Their weapon-forging system involved using a highly diluted form of Divine Power to strengthen weapons and grant them traits such as armor penetration and energy cancellation. However, what happened next left him stunned.

"This is..." Ian murmured to Morgana.

"This is so exquisite, so perfect," the elf marveled. The master blacksmith had created Shadow Particles for the weapons, forming a dual system of positive and negative energy. Like positive and negative numbers in mathematics, they fit together perfectly. The weapons' positive particles contained Divine Power to reinforce themselves, while the negative particles, or Shadow Particles, contained what Ian had pursued for years: Anti-Divine Power.

"This is a weapon designed specifically to slay gods," Morgana said.

"It seems Marika truly planned the destruction of the Golden Order, perhaps even including her own death," Ian said. Marika had imprisoned Hewg here and made him serve the Tarnished. In the original timeline, he had successfully forged a Godslayer Weapon, which the Tarnished used to kill Radagon and the Elden Beast.

"We invested so much effort and research into anti-Divinity. Yet in this random world, someone casually came up with the perfect method," Morgana sighed deeply.

"He is not just anyone. Marika likely chose him because she knew he had the talent to succeed."

"That is not the point," Morgana retorted. *"Do you not find it a little depressing? Think about how much effort you spent because of Cosmos and the Time Game. Do you know