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Benladann ran towards me while raising her Ice Axe, as I inspected the item's Status.

Yeah, it had a Status.

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[Ice Dragon's Freezing Axe (C-Grade)]

[Durability: 2000/2000]

[Attack Power: 1500]

[Magic Conductivity: 1000]

[Weapon Speed: 600]

[Traits: [Evolving Weapon (C)], [Freezing Slash (C)]

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As you can see, anything I put THOUSANDS of Mana, and hours after hours of intense creation, shaping, and the use of the Crafting Skill… can acquire this status, and have stats, and even Traits to boot.

This weapon took me two whole days to create, and it was a pretty intense battle, as I had to make it entirely out of ice produced by magic, which I was forcing to become a permanent, hard, and non-melting element while shaping it as a sharp axe, it took some time. But thanks to the Crafting Skill, it was not so hard, as this Skill grants me insight about how to shape and create equipment or anything.

Benladann was happy when I finally finished. Although she can't see the axe's status, obviously. But she could feel that it held a lot of power within it.

"Slash!" she said, as the axe reached me, and I used my claws to intercept it.

CLASH!

The axe is pretty strong, it was made by me obviously.

The blade of the weapon suddenly begins to slowly grind into my metallic plate-like scales, but I quickly push Benladann aside alongside the axe, as she quickly comes for another hit.

"Hya!" she roars, rather cutely for an adult young woman to roar like a little girl, but that's how she is.

CLASH!

Another hit reaches my claws, as I intercept it with the metallic nails I have and grab the blade with them.

"AH!"

Benladann is surprised over my strength, as I stop her movements just by casually catching her weapon with the tip of my claws.

"You have to put some more strength!" I roared rather arrogantly, as I moved my tail towards her!

I quickly let go of the axe, as she infused Mana into her legs and jumped out of the way of my tail, landing at my left side.

"Mold!"

She suddenly summons a mass of mold of around a meter in an instant, and uses it to make the axe float!

"Oh?"

Flash!

The axe flies towards me with great speed, like a flash of azure colors, it slashes through my scales at immense speed!

CLASH! CLASH! SLASH!

She has gotten better at controlling the Mold, I see!

However, I swipe my claws and throw away the axe, as Benladann suddenly surprises me by coming from my back!

Well, I still sensed her.

"Take this!" she said with eyes filled with resolve, as a mass of mold suddenly launches into my face, sticking into my eyes!

Eh, this is not so bad, huh…

"Uagh!" I cry as I try to catch her with my claws, but she evaded on time!

"You're quite the sneaky girl!" I said, taking out the mold from my face as I find her raising her axe again.

"Mana Slash!"

FLASH!

Suddenly, Benladann infuses a few hundred Mana into her Axe, which begins to glow with a faint aura of magical essence, the moment after, she jumps over my head and unleashes a powerful Magical Slash of pure non-attribute mana, which impacts me with great force!

BOOM!

Benladann rushes over me as she sees me on the ground with my eyes closed.

"EH? Drake? W-Was I too rude?" she asked, as I got her right where I wanted!

"Hah!"

I extend my tail and entangle her with them, catching her up!

"Uagh!"

"Never pity your enemy, Benladann! Now, I shall devour you!" I roared, as I extended my jaws towards her!

"Eat this!" she said, releasing a mass of Mold into my mouth, and quickly slipping away from my not-so-tight tail grab.

The mold gibbers annoyingly inside my mouth until I swallow it.

"Hey, that was unfair!" I said.

"Hehe, you also were unfair there!" she said.

"Well, let's continue, until you can get a better grasp of using the Axe," I said.

"Okay! But… why did you say never pity your enemies? Didn't you pity me even when we were enemies though?" asked Benladann.

"Hmm… Well… You were a special case. You were being controlled by a parasitic mold, it wasn't the real you after all. But there will be a lot of evil people we might meet in the future, we don't have to have mercy against them, especially if they try to kill you," I said.

"Oh… I see then! Well, in my previous life I had already… killed people," she sighed.

"Well, it is good that you're accustomed to the feeling at least, so you won't doubt too much, but even then, I won't let you fight alone. I am here so we can cover each other's backs, alright?" I asked as I petted Benladann's head.

"Sure… I feel more reassured if you're with me… I also want to help you as much as I can, Drake! So I will keep training so I can do so… I want to stay with you," she said, her yellow-gold eyes were glowing with a strong resolution, something that made her look fierce.

"I… see. It makes me happy that you think that… Now! Let's continue," I said, as Benladann happily nodded, raising her Axe, and then beginning our spar once more.

She slashed through my scales, although they were barely damaged, while I used my claws and tail to defend or gently hit her, forcing her to learn how to defend with the large axe blade, which I had specifically make so it could work as a shield too.

But maybe I could simply craft her a shield next… maybe with my own scales? Can I do that? I wonder…

Benladann was also getting better at her Fungokinesis Ability, the one that let her control Mold in midair, while also she was practicing her Mold-Assisted Telekinesis, by wrapping her axe with the mold and converting it into a vicious flying weapon.

Meanwhile, I practiced my physical fighting against a humanoid, as I am sure the experience will come in handy whenever we find some enemy like this.

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