____These items, if you don't care about their age, then everything in St. Maria's Church is preserved. For an orphan like Phantom, he doesn't want to buy these items. What he really wants to buy is a sharp weapon.
____People usually have an image in their heads that soldiers are only skilled and trained in using modern weapons such as guns. In reality, that is the case. But Phantom is a bit of an oddity, even among spies. Phantom has a hobby of twirling knives and throwing secret weapons.
____Phantom can throw knives at targets hundreds of meters away with precise and mysterious accuracy. When combined with his secret weapon skill, Phantom's targets killed by knives are almost three times more than those killed by guns. Phantom will only use guns when he has no way to get close to his targets. In fact, Phantom quite hates guns because they are loud and have a high chance of easily ruining his work even with a silencer. While killing targets with knives is like an art, Phantom can use knives to kill enemies without bleeding at all. The silence of his work is Phantom's favorite lullaby.
____Furthermore, using a Phantom Sword was not uncommon. Even during World War II, using a sword was not uncommon. One of Phantom's fake identities was an Olympic gold medal fencer. So while Phantom knew that his magic was not strong enough to effectively protect himself, using cold weapons was not a bad thing.
____Phantom brushed away the snow on his white cloak and quickly walked into a blacksmith's shop. This shop was one of the dozens of magic weapon shops along Phantom's path. However , this shop was small and had almost no customers inside. However, Phantom 's sharp magic senses urged him to hurry inside.
[Ring ring !]
____The sound of an old brass bell that was almost black hanging above the door rang out faintly. The interior of the shop was extremely dark because there was hardly any Lightium coating, making the entire shop have a dark, gloomy, and scary atmosphere. The sound of swords being forged from the back of the shop made it seem eerie instead of lively. The shop was decorated like a standard weapons shop, with swords, knives, spears, lances, hammers, pendulums, whips, shields, and armor hanging and displayed in various forms . There were also many types of weapons that looked strange, which even Phantom himself could not define or categorize. Not only that, there were many other weapons displayed on shelves and wooden cabinets, including low-quality weapons that were chipped and cracked in baskets of cheap weapons on the floor.
____But there was something strange that was different from the weapons in other shops that Phantom could feel. This blacksmith shop had a strong smell of blood. Phantom had never killed demons or devils in his life before, but in his previous life, the smell of human blood was something that Phantom could not be more familiar with.
____As Phantom looked around the arms shop, he could clearly feel it. Every weapon in the shop had been bathed in blood before, and some of the weapons had been used to kill humans. Phantom could feel a dark, angry murderous intent piercing through every atom ever since he entered the shop. Throughout the five years, Phantom had always been close to divine power. At this moment, the dark power was so thick within the arms shop that Phantom almost wanted to vomit.
____"Wow ! I can't believe that the visitor to my humble home is the pure and noble Phantom. Welcome , my lord." A tall, stocky man wearing an apron, with a scruffy beard and a thick build, more like the head of a gangster than the owner of this blacksmith shop, just walked out from the back of the shop and greeted Phantom with sarcastic words, and bowed to him so low that he was almost touching the ground.
____His demeanor, instead of being respectful, seemed insincere and disgusting. His actions reminded Phantom of the person he despised, Dahad. Phantom immediately narrowed his eyes in displeasure.
____"Do you know me?" Phantom asked in a cold voice.
____"Of course, sir. Who wouldn't know the famous and renowned Phantom of Metrolight City? I also heard that you have become the last direct disciple of Grandmaster Keetus. For Phantom to step foot in my shop is an honor that almost purifies my shop to the point of floating towards the gods. I didn't think that a servant of God would need to use these filthy weapons, sir." The shop owner bowed his head and said the most insincere flattery.
____Phantom had to admit that the other party had a talent for flattering people to the point of making the other party furious. Originally, Phantom was happily exploring the magic weapons market, but now, he was boiling with rage.
____"Cough !! My… my lord." The blacksmith slowly rose from the ground, his hands clenched around his neck in agony. His face changed from deep red to green and purple, indicating that he was about to suffocate to death.
____"Are you selling weapons or not ?! " Phantom raised his fist in the air, his eyes shining brightly and asked in a strangely low voice.
____In fact, Phantom's voice at this age was still as clear as a glass bell, but strangely, his voice now sounded even more terrifying than Satan's.
____" I… I'll definitely sell it." the blacksmith said with a disgusting smile, as if he was pleased that he had successfully removed Phantom's true mask and released his true nature.
____In fact, this swordsmith was the creator of the dark sword, Decares. Due to the special magic of the Darksmith family , the weapons that Decares created were often embedded with dark magic. After that, the weapons would be soaked in the blood of humans, beasts, or demons, and then the process of creating the dark weapon would be considered complete. Not only that, Decares would also often accept second-hand weapons that had died owners and sell them in the shop, causing people in Metrolight City to often call this shop ' Decares The Dark '.
____Due to the darkness that engulfed this world, dark magic was often despised and seen as a symbol of the devil. But in reality, magic was like any weapon. It could protect life, but it could also destroy life. Dark weapons, in particular, were often extremely sharp and corrosive. Even if they were grazed by these weapons, there was a high chance of death. That's why there were still many people who enjoyed using dark magic or dark equipment. However, those people would secretly use these items, especially criminals who were particularly fond of dark weapons and Decares' weapons. Although Decares' weapons did not sell well in the morning, Decares's shop was the top-selling weapon shop in Metrolight City at night. In addition, the weapons in this shop were often resold on the black market in various cities at high prices. These were the things that often happened under the dark shadows of the world that no one often saw.
[Thud !]
____Decares fell to the ground, but he was still able to kneel gracefully and not fall to the ground, showing that the true strength of this swordsman Decares was not inferior, worthy of being a top swordsman in Metrolight City.
____"You're a psychopath! " Phantom tucked his arms into his magic cloak in disgust as he watched Decares stand up briskly, a smile on his thick, black beard.
____Phantom has met many people like this. Many of them have a mental condition that likes to be violently abused or likes to abuse others with violent cruelty. Especially people in the dark world or underground world tend to have a high chance of having this kind of personality. They like to judge with force and violence. These people tend to believe that violence and harsh but sincere words are what humans should really be. Sometimes, Phantom can't help but agree with these people's attitudes. But no matter how much he understands these people, Phantom can't really have the same attitude as these people.