As Alan heard this he got pretty excited. He had seen his parents and siblings use such weapons but he had never gotten the chance to touch one. Alan went down on his knees and looked at the first weapon. It was shorter than the length of an ordinary spear and it had small holes in a single line from top to bottom. Alan touched those holes as he didn't know what to do. He looked at Rutmod for an explanation.
"The spear has a special feature where if you rotate the spear between your fingers and keep the holes facing front then a shield is created which can block physical and magical attacks. This spear is more suited for agility and not strength."
Alan liked the special feature had was effective against physical and magical attacks but he had practiced the spear based on his strength and his soul spirit. He then moved on to the second spear. This spear was standard in size and had inscriptions in green made on them. As Alan touched the spear, the green inscriptions glowed for a second, and then liquid metal started claiming Alan's hand and stopped after reaching his wrist. It looked as if Alan had worn a glove that perfectly matched the color and design of the spear.
Alan as well as the other kids got pretty excited when they saw this. Simon also came close and poked the glove with the back of his pen. To his surprise, it didn't feel like solid metal but a soft and flexible sponge.
Simon looked at Rutmod and asked "Does the weapon have a sentience?" As those words left his mouth Simon heard loud laughter coming from behind him. When he turned back he saw all the grown-ups were laughing. The next second even Rutmod started laughing.
Arya didn't know what was so funny but seeing that this pissed off her brother, she also started giggling which infuriated Simon more.
"What is there to laugh about?" Simon asked while making a crooked face. Rutmod slowly stopped laughing and said "Kid do you really think I would hand over a weapon with Sentience to a 7-year-old?"
"I don't know. I just heard that sentience weapons can even hide in liquid form so I thought that this was it." Simon said in a low voice trying to lessen his embarrassment.
"Brat Sentience weapons are so rare and strong that even most of Galaxy masters don't use them. Many weapons have gained sentience after going through many massacres so when one starts to use the sentience weapon, they can even get affected psychologically. Some even turn mad due to the bloodlust and madness in weapons. We call these weapons cursed or demonic and they are sealed by the govt or by the church."
Rutmod then pointed at the spear in Alan's hand and said "This weapon created a glove for the user because it has a high amount of Serenium in it. The green inscriptions are healing inscriptions so if the weapon is ever damaged, by using your soul spirit you can heal it. Just remember that it will exhaust a lot of your soul spirit. It may be equal to fighting with your soul spirit for half n hour."
Alan was more than happy after he heard about the two special features of this weapon. He felt the weapon was perfect for him who used strength and technique to fight the enemy.
"What about this 3rd one? This looks a little different." Arya said as she pointed at the last weapon. The last weapon was different than the other two. Like the others, it didn't have a metal pointy head but it had a cloudy blue crystal. The crystal looked like a piece carved from ice.
Rutmod picked up the last spear and said "Oh his one...This is something I think will suit Alan the best. It's special ability is when the spearhead cuts someone whether it be a monster or a human, it applies a little frost on their wound which slows down the opponent's healing process by 10%. Though this property can only be used 10 times in 24hrs if applied properly you can slow down a fast opponent by 50%.
"WOW...that's a wonderful ability." Simon rushed to touch the spear but Rutmod slapped his hand away. "Keep your hands to yourself brat."
Alan wanted to take the self-healing spear but he knew he could never compare with warriors who were far above him in terms of raw strength. In the end, Alan decided to take the third spear. Rutmod himself said that the 3rd one was better for Alan so disregarding his opinion could be taken as an insult. The Dwarfs weren't as petty as the elves but Rutmod seemed like the moody type.
"Now which brat's next?" Rutmod asked glancing at the excited kids. "Me...me" Arya started jumping. Seeing the weapons that were in front of Alan, Arya's excitement had gone through the roof.
Without Rutmod needing to say anything, Arya unleashed her soul spirit. She quickly waved the fire whip around a few times.
"Careful brat...you want to burn my beard or what?" Rutmod scolded Arya making her laugh embarrassedly. He went back and started searching his chest. After a minute, Rutmod came back with two whips and kept them in front of the kids. One was black and red in color while the other one was silver and red in color.
"Can you tell me about them?" Arya asked to which Rutmod pointed at the first spear and said "This whip is made from numerous fine threads of Serenium and carbon steel. This makes the whip strong and also flexible. The special ability of this is at the tip of the whip also called as the cracker. It is made from real volcanic unicorns' hair. It will give you the ability to throw an arc of fire toward the enemy. It can only be used thrice in 24 hours."
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