Chapter Fifteen: Magical Weapons

  No matter whether you're a physically-oriented job, a magically-oriented job, or one of those jobs that dabbles in both... who wouldn't want a magical weapon?! Compared to regular weapons, magical weapons have superior stats across the board, and they also possess functions that regular weapons can't even begin to match. A good magical weapon will give you a significant boost to your aura or spellcasting abilities. Having one might just raise your overall strength by a tier... or several!

  However, the number of magic weapons is pitifully small. After all, those alchemists and blacksmiths, even if they do nothing else all day but make magic weapons, need at least half a month to produce a qualified product that can be considered decent. And this is still low-level, if it's high-level, the time spent will be even more staggering.

  In this case, ordinary professionals can only drool at magical weapons, but they are out of reach. After all, even if it's an ordinary magic weapon, the price is calculated in three-digit gold coins. Low-level fine works can even be sold for thousands of gold coins!

  And this one refined by Ji Ran doesn't seem like an ordinary product no matter how you look at it.

  This double-handed great sword is slightly different from the one used by Lays, with a slightly wider width but a longer length. The floral pattern on the blade extends all the way to the hilt, adding a hint of mystery. The guard is clean and neat, with two sides resembling teeth protecting the back of the hilt. At the center, a magic crystal adorns it, as if it were the core, connecting all the patterns on the sword together. The entire great sword has a streamlined shape, made from bone, with a pale white color that exudes a hint of cold-blooded killing intent.

  Bone Blade: High-quality. Hardness is mid-to-low, sharpness is mid-to-mid. Increases attack power by 30%, increases critical hit rate by 5%. Slightly increases strength, slightly increases vitality.

  Intimidation: When attacking, Bone Sword continuously releases oppressive aura, with a certain probability to stun the enemy.

  Yashiro: Kokoro's sword attacks gain a 5% increase in power, lasting for 8 seconds and stacking up to 8 times.

  Mountain Collapse: After using this skill, the ground within a 20-meter radius of the sword holder collapses, and a massive amount of aura bursts out, dealing area-of-effect damage. This skill requires at least one-fifth of the user's true energy to activate, with its power increasing based on the amount of true energy infused.

  Sword of Will: Continuously consumes magical power to make the Bone Blade Sword launch a long-range attack on enemies. Can also make the Bone Blade Sword fly, requires a matching Sword of Will technique.

  The level of this Bone Blade Sword is not high, with a usage level of 30 levels, which translates to Level 3 in this world. Level 3 is still considered Bronze level and belongs to the lowest level among magic weapons.

  The determination of the middle and lower levels of hardness and sharpness is a description of the attributes of the law-abiding treasure in the game. From bottom to top, it is divided into nine grades. Of course, there are also extreme and super-grade settings beyond these nine grades, but that's not something that can be done easily.

  A top-grade thirty-level magic sword, in some sense, is not much different from a low-grade forty-level magic sword. The Bone Slasher's attributes are all well-utilized, each one increasing combat power, and its style of wielding a large two-handed sword is fully expressed. The three additional skills, two passive and one active, have elevated this two-handed greatsword to the level of an excellent piece - naturally, in this world.

  It's just... the attributes of that sword are a bit disappointing. Ji Ran doesn't know anything about the sword's technique, and his sect doesn't allow him to learn it either. Previously in the game when he flew, he relied on magic artifacts... but in this world, so far he hasn't found any materials that can be used to refine flying magic artifacts...

  Even if it's the Imperial Sword, he can't use it for long due to his current lack of magical power. Moreover, this Bone Blade is extremely heavy, and compared to the flexible Imperial Sword, it's better suited for chopping people with brute force.

  Uncle Leis stared at the bone-blade sword, his eyes wide with excitement. Although the main body of the sword was made of bone, its hardness was not low and it could be considered as one of the higher ones among the bronze-grade magical weapons. The patterns on it seemed to be a bridge between the magic crystal and the sword body, indicating that this double-handed greatsword definitely had special magical properties that ordinary weapons did not have. And its design was much cooler than the one he carried on his back!

  Ji Ran saw this scene and recited the properties of the Bone Blade Sword, of course omitting the properties of the sword holder. Uncle Leis listened intently, nodding his head, with a look of longing in his eyes that was hard to conceal.

  "Come on." Ji Ran saw his desire and handed over the Bone Slasher sword to Lais.

  Lais hesitated for a moment, then took the two-handed great sword without declining. He closed his eyes and carefully savored the various enhancements brought by the sword. After a while, he flashed his eyes open, walked out of the cave, and suddenly slashed at several small trees in the distance!

  A burst of fierce energy transformed into a white light, flying out along the direction of the giant sword's slash, directly cutting off all small trees on the way. Moreover, a huge groove at least half a meter deep was left on the ground!

  Looking at the sword mark that was over ten meters long, everyone was shocked. Even if Uncle Leys was already a 4th-level White Silver rank, to make such an attack, he would have had to go all out. And now, looking at Leys' state, it was clear that he hadn't even used his full strength!

  "The increase is at least 30% or more, what a great sword! And those stunning enemy stacking attacks you mentioned, I'm sure they exist too. Most importantly, there's that active skill you mentioned... This is a great sword that won't fall behind even in the White Silver tier!"

  Lais Uncle couldn't stop praising the Bone Blade Sword, holding it in his hand with a look of infatuation. Strong power, low consumption, high amplification, and most importantly, its shape is still quite cool! If those alchemists in the city could make such a good magic weapon... maybe even over a thousand gold coins wouldn't be enough?

  In this world, the poor don't even need to be mentioned, a single gold coin is already a lot of money for them. But for those wealthy families or other powers, tens of thousands of gold coins are nothing... Spending a thousand gold coins to buy a sword that can greatly enhance the abilities of a Bronze Rank swordsman, and can even be used by Silver Rank warriors, is truly a great bargain.

  In fact, even the silver-tiered weapons may not necessarily reach a price of one thousand gold coins. But this bronze-tiered sword can be used with power that is no less than that of a silver-tiered weapon, and its value has surpassed that of a silver-tiered weapon. There's no way around it - those rich people aren't necessarily highly skilled, but their desire for powerful weapons far exceeds that of others.

  However, in the end, Uncle Leis let out a sigh and handed the Bone Sword over to Ji Ran.

  "It's a fine sword, but giving it to me would be a waste. I recall you saying you're skilled with two-handed greatswords as well; you'd wield it better than I. As for me... this sword is sufficient."

  Ji Ran was very surprised. Why? Didn't Uncle Leis say before that he also wanted a magic tool like this? Why did he decline to use the weapon he was best at using, which he had made himself?

  "Heh heh...... Actually, you can probably tell that my current strength isn't the strongest I've ever had, right?" Lays' face was slightly bitter. "That's because I once suffered an injury, one that could hardly be healed. From then on, my strength has been stuck at level 4 and couldn't be raised again. Even if I took this sword, it would just be a waste...... Your journey is much longer than mine, so you should use it instead."

  As expected! Ji Yan had been guessing that Uncle Leis's strength was far from just this. From the battles of these days, it can be seen that Uncle Leis's control over Dou Qi is not something that an ordinary 4th-level swordsman can achieve. Moreover, Uncle Leis seems to dislike long battles, and once the battle time is slightly longer, he will feel a bit out of breath.

  It can be seen that Uncle Leis's injury is not healed yet. Moreover, this injury may not be so easy to heal... A white silver high-ranking warrior cannot even heal his own injuries, and there are probably only two reasons for this. One is that it is fundamentally incurable, and the other is that the cost of healing is too great.

  So it's understandable that Uncle Leis wouldn't accept this sword either.

  "……Well, Uncle Leis, listen to me. The materials used for this sword are all above level three, and the grade of the finished product is also level three. You know that my strength is only at level two, so I'm not able to fully utilize the power of this sword. Giving this sword to me would be a great waste of its potential. How about this: you use this sword first to raise our overall strength a bit, and then we'll be safer on our next adventure. When my strength reaches level three, if you still don't want to accept this sword, I'll take it back from you. What do you think?"

  Ji Ran did not force Lais to accept the bone sword, but instead used another method to temporarily lend him the sword.

  He also had his own ideas. When refining the bone blade sword, he also felt that thrill, but it was still like a layer of fog, unable to grasp that feeling firmly. In his opinion, what was needed was to refine more magical artifacts, so that this feeling could be truly utilized by him... Handing over the bone blade sword to Uncle Lays, hunting down higher-level magic beasts and obtaining higher-level materials was also the fastest way for him to refine magical artifacts again.

  His proposal was also very reasonable, so Uncle Leis thought for a while, sighed, and took the Bone Slasher from Ji Ran's hand again.

  "Alright then, just like you said, I'll use this sword for a while on this adventure. Once the adventure is over, I'll return it to you."

  Ji Ran smiled when he heard Lai's words.

  "That's right, this is the correct choice. Besides, Uncle Leis, your injury may not be incurable either. If possible, I'd really like to give it a try."

  Ji Ran's words made Leis turn around and enter the cave, then after a moment, he flashed back like lightning.

  "What? You're saying you can cure my wound?" Uncle Lees's face was full of incredulity.

  "I can only say that I'll try my best... You know, the food I make has some healing effects. Of course, the low-level food I'm making now isn't capable of treating your old injury from years ago. My current abilities aren't enough to create high-level food, and besides, the materials are insufficient too. However, don't worry, even if it can't be completely cured at once, slowly nursing you back to health should allow your strength to gradually recover without any major issues..."

  He didn't dare to make any promises, after all, his cooking skills had changed significantly in this world and he couldn't guarantee that he could completely heal Uncle Leys' old wounds. However, based on the excellent performance of these dishes, he thought there was still a certain chance.

  "...It doesn't matter, if it can be cured, that's the best. If not, then so be it. I've lived with it for all these years and have gotten used to it..." Uncle Leis' eyes flickered, seemingly lost in thought. In the end, as if afraid of having too much hope only to face greater disappointment, he muttered a few insincere words before walking away towards the cave without looking back.