Chapter 42

Chapter 42 Strongest Sage, Obtains the Sword He Made Himself

As one might expect of the royal treasury, it's quite wide and well tidied .

However, I don't see anything interesting from the entrance .

Well, let's try looking for it .

"First of all, dungeon's materials . . . . I would like something sturdy . "

"Something sturdy is it?"

"Yes . It doesn't matter what it is as long as it's sturdy . "

Perpetual-type barrier magic fundamentally transfers the damage on the barrier to the object used as its core to decrease burden on the barrier .

A magic stone can be used as the core if it's for a small-scale barrier, but if it's used on the barrier that will cover the entire royal capital, a slight burden would be enough to destroy it along with the entire barrier .

" . . . To be honest, I don't understand what kind of durability Mathias-san is looking for . I can understand if you mean something sturdier than mithril, however, if it's admantite and orichalcum, that is . . . . "

Unfortunately the custodian doesn't seem to know which of the treasures are the sturdy ones .

There were lots of indestructible lab apparatus made with magic . . . . But they were most likely lost along with chantless maagic .

"Then, I guess I'll see for myself . I can pick anything I like as my reward right?"

"Y-yes! There are some exceptions, but you can basically pick anything . "

This is an advance reward as the real one will be for later, so it's already quite lavish– .

Looking at the mana reaction, the things that piqued my curiosity are gathered together in one place .

I walk to that place while asking the custodian .

"Are the things around this part included in those exceptions?"

"No . I'm sure there are no things that can't be given around this part . These are most likely relics from an ancient civilization or the age of myth, we don't know how to even use most of them . "

I see .

Most of the things in this part are certainly junks .

There's a lot of magic items created by the civilization in my past life, but most of them are boring things like kid toys, or stiff shoulder reliever .

However, I see something that looks usable among them .

"What about this sword?"

I raised the sword in question while saying that .

This is most likely a sword my past life made in an experiment . I don't remember when it was, but the mana pattern is familiar .

"That's an old sword excavated from an ancient ruin . It is sturdy, however, it's very heavy on top of being dull, thus I cannot recommend it . May I interest you with this sword instead . This was discovered very recently, but its performance is mythical . This was going to be put as a prize in a contest were it wasn't going to be granted to Mathias-sama–"

The custodian took out another sword .

That sword also looks familiar–Or rather, this was the sword I augmented in Bass's blacksmith . This was bought for 1000 gold coins huh, what a huge rip-off .

Why is this sword even in the treasury .

"We're troubled how to store it since it can cut stones when one just lightly swings it . This is truly the appropriate sword for the hero that killed a demon–"

"I don't need that sword . If there's someone else who wants it, you should let that person have it . "

I declined the rip-off sword and continued observing the other sword .

This sword needs a huge amount of mana to activates the magic put in it .

Once activated, it can erase this entire castle from the map, but I would need another 50 year to have enough mana to activate this sword .

However, the material of this sword is far stronger than orichalcum-adamantite alloy .

It's more than enough as a core for the barrier .

"Alright . Let's use this sword as the core . "

"The sword is? I heard it had to be of orichalcum . . . . "

"This sword is far sturdier than orichalcum . "

"Y-You know just by looking!?"

"There's many way for it . "

Well, it's cause it's my own creation .

I made a lot of things with this kind of configuration, so I can know just by looking .

I don't remember when I did it since I produced lots of stuff of similar kind .

"Also, I found something interesting . I'd like this as the reward . "

I take a pendant on the nearby shelf .

The pendant has a small magic stone, loaded with a complex magic, inserted on it .

" . . . You picked another thing with unknown usage . . . . Are you sure you're fine with just that? There are many other powerful equipment here like that sword, or an armor that can be strengthened with mana . . . . "

"No . I'm good with this one . "

This pendant is also another thing my past life made .

It has the effect of increasing the experience point you get from killing a monster or an animal by collecting the mana that would have been scattered to the surroundings, by several times . Moreover, it affects your companions as long as they're nearby . Furthermore, the range is quite wide, it can cover the entire first layer of the school's dungeon .

It's the ideal magic item for me who wants to quickly bolster my force .

My mana and strength had reached their limit by the time I completed the pendant in my past life, so I threw it away without ever using it, who would have thought that it would be useful after I reincarnated myself .

"If Mathias-sama is fine with it, I don't have any objection . . . . "

"I've got no objection either . Since Mathias has never taken an action we expected him to, not even once . He must have some kind of plan this time too . I hope you won't destroy the schoolyard again though–"

"Then . It's settled . And I've got to quickly prepare the barrier creation, let's go back to the academy!"

"What are you gonna do about the mithril?"

"We'll get the mithril in the school . . . . Ah, you told me not to destroy the schoolyard, but that doesn't apply to the dungeon right?"

" . . . . Huh?"

We went back to the Second Academy while having that talk .