Chapter 99

Chapter 99 Strongest Sage, Suggests Weapon Change

"Oo . . . ops!"

Iris swung her sword while shouting .

I block that with one hand and immediately parry it to the side .

At the same time, I catch an arrow coming from behind with my other hand and throw it away .

"The way you're swinging your sword is still the same as usual but your stance has gotten quite stable . "

An hour passed since the start of training .

The way she swings her sword is still as bad as always, probably because the way to use a sword is different from dragon's claws, but it seems that she's gotten quite accustomed to human legs .

At the very least, she doesn't fall over small bumps now .

"Yes! I've figured out the trick not to fall down!"

Since Iris is originally a dragon that fights in mid-air at high speed, her reflexes are considerably excellent .

Once she knows how to regain her posture, there's no chance of her falling .

"Hold it there Mathi-kun! The arrows won't hit if you move around!"

Looks like Alma really has a hard time hitting her arrow on a moving target .

There's only three arrows stuck on the crab shell on top of my head .

"All of them will hit if I don't move, there's no point then!"

Most of the arrows didn't hit because I was moving around on this bumpy site, if I wasn't, Alma could hit even a target 1/20 of this size .

I see that she's gotten quite used to using 【Guided Enchant】 to hit moving targets, she should be fine now .

"But handling a sword is really difficult isn't it . . . "

Iris swings her sword once again .

Her control is questionable like usual, and the blade handling is bad, but the power is tremendous .

It might be a good idea to let Iris use another weapon besides a sword .

To begin with, swords can't take too strong of power, so even if Iris manages to swing a sword properly, I have a feeling that the sword won't be able to endure it .

. . . Let's try that for a bit .

"You two, stop for now! And gather here!"

"Gotcha!"

"What are we going to do?"

I gathered the three .

"I'm thinking of changing Iris's weapon . The material is . . . this should be fine . "

I took out a huge lump of iron from Storage magic .

It's a by product of mithril mining in the dungeon . The weight is about 20kg .

I broke that apart, processed it with magic and stretched it into a long cylinder shape .

It doesn't need to be that precise, so I've done all the jobs besides the magic augmenting .

"Is that . . . a spear?"

Ruli looks at the metal bar I made .

"Yeah . It's a bit different from your usual spear though . "

Unlike the common spear, the tip of the spear I created is blunt .

I've rounded it up since it won't be able to stand Iris's strength otherwise .

"Now then, I'm counting on you to augment this . Just 【Toughening】 will do . "

"I understand . Please let me see it!"

Ruli put out her hands to receive the spear .

" . . . Since it's heavy, I think it's better if I stick it on the ground, and then you augment it . "

I stick the spear's tip on the ground and hand it over to Ruli .

You don't normally treat a spear like this, but this spear was made with the assumption that it'd be treated roughly, so there's no problem here .

"Got it!"

Ruli quickly finished the augment while supporting the spear .

And then she tries to take it with one hand to give it to Iris–

"I-it's heavy! I can't lift it!"

And failed at it .

Well, it's impossible with one hand .

It's a lump of iron nearly 20 kg heavy .

"It's a condensed lump of iron to the inside . . . . What do you think Iris?"

"It doesn't really feel that heavy . . . . Or rather, I think it's easier to use than a sword!"

Iris lifted the spear and brandished it with one hand .

"Try to pierce this with that . "

I molded a plank from the remaining iron ingot from earlier and stuck it on the ground .

It's about 5 cm thick .

By the way, the thickness of an average shield in this world is 1 cm .

"Yes!"

Iris took a stance with the spear around her waist and thrust at the plank .

And then, boom! With that explosion-like sound, splinters of the plank that had been broken into pieces flew out far away .

. . . . Looks like it's a success .