With the slightly confused and unprepared state, Itsuki is dragged by Chris to an indoor training hall inside of the Alliances castle and without even noticing it, his paired curve swords appeared in his hands.
"Ha-ah... Looks like the bonds between you and your swords are strong enough that you don't really need to summon them and they will come to you whenever you need them." said Chris, rather impressed.
"Heh? They did? But how?" Itsuki asked, rather confused especially after he just witnessed that unique ritual done by Chris.
"Haha... I understand your doubt. Your swords are different from normal swords and are actually quite unique, instead of forged from lifeless material or mineral, it is crafted from antlers of a rather rare magical creature, so the sword itself stored a high level of spiritual energy, thus no special activation required, basically you just need to let it gotten used to your magic and taken good care of it. Moreover, this blood activation is not anything that should be done ruthlessly, if the blood giver has a lower magic level and life force required by that weapon, that person might get backlash or even be taken over by that weapon itself. With your current magic level, it's not a wise choice for you to do so, which is why I gifted you this pair of swords." said Chris, pretending that he wasn't planned to give the swords to either Seito or Junior in the first place.
Chris unwrapped his newly forged sword from its temporary leather wrapper. As soon as he unwrapped that sword, an intense and slightly sinister aura can be felt and caused goosebumps on Itsuki and C-760. Even Bob who is actually a Deity, can feel the intense energy from the sword. Then, another visible dark red aura can be seen oozing out from the sharpened edge of it...
"Ah... Was it this overwhelming just now?" said Bob, rather amazed.
"But still, the given name is another issue." said C-760 as he calmly pull out his saber from its sheath.
"Ah... That's a really nice saber, is it your own exclusive weapon, as it definitely looks more refined than the common saber used in Alliance's army." said Chris.
"Yes, it was a gift from Mr. Thomas during Colonel K's promotion ceremony." said C-760.
"Ah... I see. Mr. Thomas is certainly a really considerate leader, isn't he?" said Chris, a bit thoughtful.
"Ah... This is unfair, all of you have your own weapon, I am the only one with bare hands." Bob ranted all of a sudden which successfully drawn everyone's attention.
"Ah... Right. Now you mentioned it. Junior had been with us for quite some time, and he does not have any proper equipment or weapons except for that pair of magic restraint amulets. Maybe I should make him something after this." said Chris, totally omitted Bob's ranting.
"Itsuki, here, wear this armor. I don't really know the real power of this monster, I might accidentally hurt you if you didn't wear any defensive armor." said Chris as he handed a set of light leathery equipment to Itsuki.
Itsuki stared at that set of thin and light equipment with confusion.
"Don't worry, these may look light and fragile but in fact, it is a hundred times stronger than that armor I put on Sky during the testing of your swords. So far there isn't anything that had successfully break into it, including one of my strongest creations." said Chris.
"Mmm... This definitely sounds reassuring." said Itsuki in relief.
Seeing this, Chris laughed out a bit.
"Haha! Itsuki, you are surely a tense person. Sergeant C, I believe you will be alright on your own, right?" Chris asked.
"Yes, don't worry about me, I am well-trained, even if I do get injured, some small wounds would not be a big issue." said C-760 in a proper formal tone and manner.
"Great, as expected from a military person. Now then..." said Chris as he glimpsed at Bob who is staring at him with excitement and expectations.
Chris grabbed and lifted up his 'Free Gift' and gave it a rather light swing that slightly bring the dust upon the direction of the swing.
"Mhmm... This grip and this balance of weight, I indeed preferred a single-edged sword instead of a double-edged." said Chris. Yes, he ignored Bob once again...
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Deep forest. Ninth Divine Mountain. Sky is carrying a one metre long cockroach with Junior, Maria is following them and staring at the giant cockroach with a disgusted look. On the abdomen side of the cockroach, there are four letters that have been imprinted on it that spelled: L-E-A-H.
"Ah... Seriously, who would have imagined that we spent about two days just to find this cockroach." said Sky, rather irritated by whatever they are doing at this moment.
"Well, at least we found it now and can finally complete this quest from the hostess bar boss." said Junior who seems to be a bit fed up as well.
"Ah, yes... All I want right now is to get this cockroach to the lady boss, go back to my hostel room and slam onto my bed." said Sky.
"Let's just hope we can get out of this place with no extra hassle. As Chris-chan said, you are a God of Misfortune after all." said Maria in a joking manner.
Suddenly, they heard a weird rumbling noise from the ground, and without any warning, something started digging out from the ground.
"Oops... Did I make a flag just now?" said Maria in a slightly guilty and awkward manner...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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