While the priests delightedly handled the defensive weapons they had been issued, Herad was showing Natalie a more advanced, custom-made defensive weapon.
Natalie had handed over the powerful Xal'atath, Blade of the Black Empire.
Naturally, Herad had to provide a decent defensive weapon as compensation.
Although this defensive weapon could not possibly be an artifact, its performance could not fall too far short.
It had to at least qualify as a pseudo-artifact to do justice to Xal'atath, Blade of the Black Empire.
Natalie had a very good first impression when she saw the gleaming golden submachine gun inside the open briefcase.
Although lightforging iron was a Holy Light metal, its normal color was silver.
Only when filled with Holy Energy would lightforging iron turn a gleaming gold.
That was why the newly forged lightforging iron submachine guns all retained their original silver color.
The lightforging iron submachine gun Herad was displaying had not been charged in advance simply to make it look good.
Its barrel and certain precision components were made of lightforging iron.
Its stock and casing, however, were inlaid with Naaru Shards.
Naaru Shards were a higher-grade Holy Light material than lightforging iron.
Those Holy Light staves were made from Naaru Shards.
One example was the priest artifact T'uure, Beacon of the Naaru.
Previously, Herad had collected many Naaru Shards in Revendreth, attempting to piece them together and resurrect these Holy Light jigsaws.
Yet despite collecting cartload after cartload of Naaru Shards, he had not successfully resurrected a single Naaru.
In the end, he learned from X'era that once Naaru shattered, they were basically done for.
The odds of successful resurrection were only one in ten thousand, practically nonexistent.
As for her own success, being resurrected had truly been a stroke of luck.
That was why X'era was