With this mentality, Takumi began to consider how to distribute these six artifacts.
"First of all, the Heroic Spirits, or rather the Artorias, are excluded for the time being."
The Heroic Spirit girls all have their own Noble Phantasms, so they are not short of weapons.
Especially the Artorias; they basically have one Holy Sword and one Holy Spear each, and some even dual-wield (one of them being Takumi's imitation product). They are all strengthened by the King's Treasure, so there is no need to change them.
"Moreover, if they were arranged in order, it wasn't their turn yet."
Takumi treats his women equally and basically doesn't favor anyone, so for this allocation, he plans to follow the order in which they joined.
Both Artoria (Lancer Alter) and Artoria (Lancer) joined recently, so they are arranged last in the queue.
But...
"Hestia and Hephaestus basically do not participate in battle, so they can be skipped."
"The remaining people are Saeko, Kanae, Shizuka, Rika, Riveria, Lea, Reese... omitting the High Elves... Lulucy, Esdeath, Tia..."
"Emmm..."
There are a lot of people, and six artifacts are simply not enough.
"According to the order, the staff should be given to Riveria. After all, there is no other person who masters magic before her, so this staff is just right for her."
"As for the Severing Sword ..."
This is a bit difficult to handle.
Both Saeko and Kanae use swords, but there is only one sword. If it is given to one of them, there will be no other suitable one for the other.
Not only that, in fact, Takumi was more inclined to give this sword to Esdeath because it would have a better effect.
Just imagine, with Esdeath's Mahapadma, a super-tough crowd control ability, coupled with an extremely sharp sword, how terrifying would it be?
As stated before, Esdeath's strongest point is the hard control of Mahapadma. If the enemy is controlled by her, as long as they are not immune to her attacks, no matter who comes, they will be killed instantly.
But in addition to the possibility of the enemy being immune to control, there is another problem with this combo.
That is Esdeath's own attack power—whether it can break the opponent's defense!
If you can't break through the defense, even if you control the opponent, it will be in vain.
And if Esdeath obtains the Severing Sword, there is basically no need to worry about this problem anymore.
A divine sword powerful enough to split a planet can allow Esdeath to easily kill more and stronger opponents, allowing Mahapadma to reach the point where almost anyone controlled by it dies.
Therefore, the strategic value that the Severing Sword can exert in the hands of Esdeath is definitely much greater than in the hands of Saeko or Kanae.
To put it more intuitively, if Saeko or Kanae use the Severing Sword, at most they can only rely on the power of the sword to raise their strength to the level of the first echelon of Dimension City.
But this increased power level is somewhat inflated. Before their own strength catches up, their combat ability can only stay at this level for a long time until they fill the gap.
And if Esdeath uses it, she will not only be promoted to the first echelon immediately, but as her own strength becomes stronger in the future, Mahapadma will also become stronger, and her ability to kill enemies will steadily improve.
These are Esdeath's advantages. Only...
"According to the order, Esdeath is not ranked..."
This time, Takumi was in a bit of trouble.
After struggling for a while, Takumi shook his head and said, "Forget it, instead of me assigning them, it's better to let them choose by themselves."
He simply didn't bother to struggle anymore and left the choice to the girls.
So, he took advantage of lunch time to call all the girls back.
After eating, he took out the six artifacts and placed them in front of them.
"This is the harvest from the cooperation with the Heavenly Realm of the Konosuba world. There are only six pieces for now, but there will be more in the future. I don't need them. You can allocate them as you see fit."
When all the girls heard this, they all looked at Hestia.
After all, Hestia was the first one, and everyone was more convinced of her fairness as a goddess who had little selfish desire and treated everyone equally.
Takumi, who silently observed their reactions, couldn't help but nod with satisfaction when he saw how harmonious the order in his backyard was.
Seeing everyone looking over, Hestia smiled and said, "I'll pass. I basically don't participate in battle anyway. I don't need these things."
"However, since there are not enough items at the moment, I suggest that everyone sign up if they want one, and then we will see who gets it based on who can play a more useful role. In the end, those who have not signed up will vote."
Seeing that Hestia had said this, the girls nodded in agreement without much hesitation, thinking that this distribution method was indeed more reasonable—at least relatively fair and convincing.
"That's it, I want that sword."
"Then I will sign up; I also want a sword."
"Me too."
"The competition is so fierce; then I want that armor."
"Yeah, I want armor too."
"Although I want that staff, forget it. Sister Riveria is more suitable."
"True."
"In this case, let me concede."
The girls began to express their opinions one after another, but before voting, the ownership of the amplification staff was already decided; it was won by Riveria, who didn't even have time to sign up.
In this regard, Riveria was also a little dumbfounded. She didn't expect everyone to recognize her magic power so much.
But she didn't refuse, because she really wanted this staff, so she accepted it.
With this good start, the subsequent distribution was very harmonious.
The girls didn't argue about anything. When they met competitors, they just talked about the advantages they would have after obtaining the corresponding artifacts to canvass votes for themselves.
Under such a trend, all six artifacts were quickly distributed. The division was over.
The staff was obtained by Riveria.
The Severing Sword was obtained by Esdeath, given to her by the girls. They also thought the same as Takumi, believing that Esdeath would use it to maximize the benefits.
The armor was acquired by Kanae on the grounds that it was to ensure the safety of frontline combatants, supported by Hestia.
Lea relied on the collective support of the High Elves to obtain a pair of combat boots. Since there were many of them, they had a great advantage in this kind of voting activity.
However, they quit while they were ahead and did not fight for other artifacts.
Later, Lulucy also obtained a battle scythe with the support of the Oni maids.
Well, mainly because not many people knew how to use this kind of weapon, and among those who did, she was the only one who preferred it.
The last piece, a soft armor with good life-saving capabilities, was obtained by Marikawa Shizuka. Hephaestus helped her win it on the grounds of researching it and protecting the nurse, at the cost of occasionally borrowing it for study.
Of course, the main reason why Marikawa Shizuka won the vote was because everyone felt that this natural airhead should be taken care of.
Although Marikawa Shizuka's strength is not weak, with her character, she cannot display much fighting power.
If she isn't given something to protect her life, everyone is really afraid that one day she will inexplicably become the first user of the Hall of Valor while she is outside.
Marikawa Shizuka had no awareness of this. She just gestured happily with the beautiful-looking soft armor, wanting to try it on quickly, as if she had gotten a new piece of clothing...