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Seeing a white circle at the base of the blade, Issei tapped it once and another screen popped up.
[Sapphire Blade Evolution and Growth Management]
Thank you for choosing to evolve the [Gamer's Gear] to include the [Sapphire Blade] to be a part of its abilities. You are the first Gamer to choose this option and thus you are to receive a reward: you are permitted to grow the length of the blade to whatever your preferred length might be for free, just this once. Please state your preferred length aloud, in inches, to do so.
Taking out his [Bloodmetal Gladius] and eyeing the length of its blade, Issei guesstimated that it was about 25 to 26 inches long. As the blade (for whatever reason) extended from where the wrist was on the [Gamer's Gear], that was a good three inches or so of it that could be deducted from its reach. That being the case, he'd have to add that number to the blade length he wanted.
"Twenty-eight inches." Issei said aloud after returning the gladius to his inventory.
SHNK!
In an instant, the blade extended from its previous ten inches to the length that Issei had requested. It looked damned cool, what with the fact that the blade was marbled with various shades of blue, with a couple of white pieces thrown in for effect. Overall, it was very nice.
After that, Issei ran through the basic tutorial on how the blade worked. It was interesting in how it worked, almost like a totally separate Sacred Gear to the [Gamer's Gear]. At the moment, the profile of the blade was…less than stellar.
[Brittle and Weak Sapphire Blade]
LV0
EXP: 0%
Durability: 20/20
Slashing Damage: ½ S
Piercing Damage: ½ S
Bludgeoning damage: ¼ S
Abilities: [Self-Forging], [Weak Durability Regeneration], [Ability Generation]
It wasn't just less than stellar, it was goddamn awful. Yes, the part where all of the Slashing and Piercing damage from the sword was exactly half of what his STR stat was would be bad enough on its own, but the absolutely lousy Durability was bad too. Combined, it made using the weapon more than slightly problematic.
Fortunately, the first two skills it possessed, [Self-Forging] and [Weak Durability Regeneration], helped to mitigate that weakness a bit. The first allowed it to level up like he could, which meant that eventually it would get stronger, while the second regenerated Durability…very slowly, at a rate of 1 DP per five minutes. That one would level up as the [Sapphire Blade] itself did…or so Issei hoped.
The third ability that the blade had allowed it to 100% generate a new skill at Level 5 and every five levels after that, with a 5% chance of getting a new skill with every level the blade gained as well. That meant that if the roulette landed on that 5% every time, Issei could have a sword with a hundred more skills.
Of course, the likelihood of that actually happening was slim to none, as Issei was pragmatic about the fact that his LUK stat was seriously screwed up to the point that not even the [Gamer's Gear] was able to quantify it as a number.
The first thing Issei looked for once he had finished absorbing all of that was a way to possibly upgrade the sword's Durability from its pathetic and paltry twenty points. He found good and bad news. On the good side, he could do it, but on the bad side, he was limited in what he could purchase based on the level of his [Sapphire Blade]. At its current level of zero, he could purchase, for five-hundred Yen, a +30 Durability upgrade…and that was it.
He wasn't about to say no to even so meagre an upgrade as this, so purchase it he did. Now that it had fifty Durability Points, it would, hopefully, be less likely to shatter when he needed it. That reminded him, if a Sacred Gear was destroyed, would it regenerate? Something to ask the Devils the next time he saw them.
Dismissing both the [Sapphire Blade] and the [Gamer's Gear] along with it, Issei headed off to have a nice relaxing bath before he turned in. After the day he'd just had, he deserved it.
Later
Issei's Dreamscape
"Whoa!" Issei yelped as he was once more surrounded by fire.
[Yo, partner.] Ddraig rumbled as he loomed over Issei. [Been a while.]
"D-Ddraig? How…oh, dreamscape visit, right?" the boy calmed down as he assessed the situation.
[Yup. I would have talked with you on the actual day that you became level 15, but you taking the Rare Candies messed the system up a bit, somehow.] The Welsh Dragon said as he tapped one enormous talon on the flame-covered ground. [It took this long for the stupid error to resolve itself. Anyway, I was watching as you fought that insane little crow, Armârôs. You got very lucky.]
"Yeah, I did…embarrassingly so." Issei admitted with a sigh.
[Part of that is because you have been underusing the [Boosted Gear], you know.] The dragon looked down at him reprovingly. [At higher levels, it shouldn't make you physically weak after the [Reset] command is issued.]
"Wait, how-?"
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