In Ryza's personal Workshop, Jean saw the blade covered by a black cloth.
Ryza herself was lying lifeless on a stool nearby, appearing as if she had exhausted all her essence—energy, that is.
"Jean, you're here. Sorry, I'll get up right away." After saying that, she pulled a blue crystal grain from her bosom and put it into her mouth, chewing with her eyes closed for a while, and then regained her energy.
"Want one? This is a mental energy recovery agent I made. It works really well, though the crystal is a bit prickly on the mouth."
"No, no, I'm still quite energetic. Let's take a look at the blade."
"Right, right, right. Let me tell you, this is my greatest masterpiece to date."
After saying this, she removed the black cloth, revealing the blade that had been fixed in mid-air by several transmutation circles, now completely renewed.
"According to custom, dripping a drop of blood on it or using it to prick yourself completes the binding."
"Blood binding?"
"In professional terms, it should be called recording the soul wavelength. After all, blood is the currency of the soul; it records information about the soul, and other methods of having it record the soul wavelength are the same. However, blades with upgrades are naturally bound; this is just a custom."
Jean nodded, used wind to slightly cut their fingertip, and dripped the blood onto it.
The moment the blood dripped onto it, it was as if their minds were connected; a feeling arose within: this is my blade.
Taking it in hand, Jean appraised it:
[Item Appraisal]
Name: white wind "Bright Lights, Thousand Colors, Sun Shining on the Shore; white wind Brushes the Willows, Water Reflecting the Sky."
Grade: Mythical — 1 Star
Characteristics:
1. Shapeless: Freely adjust form within a certain limit (blade limited).
2. Mythical Upgrade — Reconstruction: Other materials can be added for reinforcement (total amount of reinforcement materials cannot exceed the total amount of the main material).
3. Assimilation Evolution: The main material will absorb and assimilate the reinforcement materials, forming a new main material containing all characteristics.
Description: Reforged using Divine Iron Ruyi, it has transcended the category of a nichirin blade and become an independent blade — white wind. The originally limited enhancements have, through the artisan's ingenuity, achieved infinite growth potential. (Note: Sole designated user — Jean.)
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Stroking the blade, the flawless luster of the original Divine Iron was displayed to the fullest; once one's gaze fell upon it, one could not bear to look away.
"How is it? Are you satisfied, Boss? The reconstruction of this blade means that as long as there are good materials, or blades that already possess characteristics, they can be used for reinforcement. But normally, this reinforcement has a limit."
Ryza explained while tidying up the messy surroundings: "For example, if you add shells to a clay blade, once the amount of shells exceeds the clay, it has to be renamed a shell blade. But assimilation changes this; the material will gradually assimilate into shell-clay, so it can be infinitely reinforced. However, because assimilation takes time, it's equivalent to the reinforcement itself having a cooldown."
"I'm very satisfied, but if the reinforcement has a cooldown, wouldn't it be better to reinforce it once now?" Jean asked.
"That's not necessarily true. Every reinforcement will affect the main body; if the materials are too poor, it will be a drag. It's best to find ideal materials before reinforcing. However, we can proceed with the remaining two upgrades now."
Speaking of which, the Epic and Legendary upgrades hadn't been done yet, so Jean asked Ryza for recommendations.
"Let me see. Hmm, textually speaking, for the Epic tier, there is 'Anti-Ghost,' which can derive Undying Slash; there is 'Duo Combat,' which can derive 'Linked Amplification,' and so on. As for the Legendary tier, the text is relatively vague; it can only do some broad projects, such as all-attribute enhancement, durability enhancement, speed enhancement."
After some deliberation, they ultimately chose Undying Slash for the Epic tier; after all, there are too many immortal things in the fantasy genre.
For the Legendary tier, they chose a new idea proposed by Jean: Life Conduction. Combined with the ability brought by the azure spider lily, it can inject life force or extract life force—vampirism combined with blood transfusion is simply ruthless.
"Life Conduction is really a good idea. I've learned something. By the way, do you have any requirements for the scabbard?" Ryza noted down Jean's idea in a small notebook.
Upon hearing about the scabbard, Jean got excited and told Ryza everything, including design style, quick-draw mechanisms, and various other things.
"Jean, to be honest, a seven-colored treasure blade is a bit too tacky. Multi-attribute attachment doesn't need to be made so flashy."
She completely rejected Jean's sketch; after all, this blade was also Ryza's masterpiece, and she had her own persistence regarding style design.
"However, there are indeed several mature schemes for burst quick-draw." Then Ryza pulled out an illustrated guide, which contained examples of three types of burst quick-draw devices.
1. Maikeru No. 12 (Ga-Rei) — Ammunition-style compressed air quick-draw system, which drives a single burst quick-draw by triggering ammunition.
2. Ancient Belka Magic Cartridge Loading System (Magical Girl Nanoha) — Uses pre-fabricated energy cartridges to enhance power; the representative character is Nanoha Takamachi.
3. Wilt & Blush — Remnant world weapon; by adding a firing system to the scabbard, it can become a weapon capable of both long-range and close-quarters combat; the representative character is Adam.
"Wilt & Blush! I know this; it's super cool. Can we use this?"
"Uh, there's a problem with this; it requires using a pure straight blade. Are you used to this type of blade? Of course, your white wind can change into any shape, but the quick-draw motion must match the shape of the scabbard."
"Then forget it. My swordsmanship focuses on slashing; straight blades focus on stabbing."
After discussing for a long time, they decided to use a normal scabbard as the main body, while building in rechargeable crystals—a total of 4 shots, which can be recharged as used.
As for the style, they still chose the Western noble style. Although it was simplified as much as possible, in Jean's eyes, it still looked like Index's nun habit.
Because the same material as the hilt was used, the final total cost was 8000T points.
At this point, due to other miscellaneous expenses, Jean only had 3000T points left on hand.
Perhaps for an average Reincarnator, this is a huge sum of 300,000 to 600,000 Reincarnation Points, but Jean just had the feeling of returning to pre-liberation days overnight.
The production of these accessories was very fast; after waiting in the shop for only about 30 minutes, Ryza completed everything.
Putting the blade into the spatial pouch, saying goodbye to Ryza, and carrying a sense of emptiness—the kind where you've finished paying for a gacha, got the item, but your wallet has also died—Jean returned to their room.
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