Day 321-330/Day 326

Day 326
During the morning training, I was called by Blacksmith-san. Apparently, it seems that she has completed the halberd. Ah... when I excitedly went there to look for it... the【Workshop】was noisy as usual. However, the work has also settled down a little bit in these past several days since there has been a lot less pressure. Seeing as the departure is the day after tomorrow, we should be able to afford more mess than we have now.
『There, there...』despite being deep in thought, Blacksmith-san came to me with a self-satisfied look when I arrived at her workshop. In a similar way, the triumphant blacksmith dwarf chief does a daunting pose by folding his arms.
The solidly built physique of blacksmith dwarf chief, and the daunting pose made by folding arms came off as a dignified presence, but the innocent glare and the sparkling from his both eyes are as pure as child's. Aside from that, even if the bearded face old man has such eyes, he isn't cute.
While saying『This is our best masterpiece!』, Blacksmith-san took out the halberd. I understood that the status was different at first sight. The magic metal which I had extracted from my silver arm, its long shaft comprised of the new magic alloys in question, the huge hue axe-head that compressed ice of frozen soil, the long spearhead with the sharpness that made a form of thunder that gushes out to the air, a thick pick with a hue like that of a super-high temperature, and the black butt end like condensed land were all new.
Not only has it greatly improved the abilities that were kept on each part of it, but she also embedded the【Soul Gem of Jade Eagle King】exactly in the central part of the long shaft. As a result, I seem to become able to develop a new ability, which needs to be confirmed later.
It was very different than before, as the halberd had more overall growth and became familiar to handle, even more so than before. The weight also went up adequately and it seems to weigh several more kilos. Normally, the weight would make it harder to use, and yet the current me could use it freely even without any abilities. Rather, this much heavier version seemed much easier to handle and more natural.
I went out at once and tried to pull off the usual forms. I get warmed up to get into a more integrated sense, and have the red spear, curse spear, black body spear in each arm and stand opposite to an imaginary enemy. I pretend the enemy is Minokichi-kun. It is image training in the end, but the performance of the halberd is pretty good.
There is no distorted thing even if I swing it around at a speed that far exceeds the speed of sound and there is also no need to modify the grip either. I seem to be able to use this much strength at ease, and do something somewhat unreasonable would also be possible.
After I had it confirmed, I hugged Blacksmith-san and showed her my gratitude. I also hugged Alchemist-san who came over to where I was working on the confirmation and then went about my chores. After finishing my business for the day, I quickly went to bed.
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RAWS
“三百二十六日目”
朝の訓練中、鍛冶師さんに呼び出される。
どうやらハルバードが完成したらしい。
おお、と喜び勇んで行ってみると、≪工房≫は変わらず騒がしかった。
しかしここ数日で作業も少しは落ち着いたからか、切羽詰った感じは薄れていた。出立日は明後日なので、今もゴタゴタしているよりかは余裕がある方が良い。
よしよし、と思いながら鍛冶師さんの作業場に到着すると、ドヤ顔の鍛冶師さんがそこにいた。
すぐ隣には同じくドヤ顔の鍛冶長ドワーフが腕を組んだ状態で仁王立ちしている。
ガッチリとした体格の鍛冶長ドワーフが仁王立ちした姿は貫禄があるものの、爛々と輝く双眸はまるで子供のように純真無垢である。
ヒゲ面の親父がそんな目をしても可愛くないが、それはともかく。
『これが私達の最高傑作です！』と言いながら鍛冶師さん達が取り出したハルバードは、以前とは格が違うと一目で分かった。
銀腕から抽出した魔法金属や例の新しい魔法合金などで構成された長柄、凍土の氷を圧縮したような色合いの巨大な斧頭、天空を迸る雷を形にしたような鋭利で長い穂先、超高熱を宿したかのような色合いの太いピック、大地を凝縮したような黒い石突き。
以前よりもそれぞれの部分に持たせた能力を大幅に向上させただけでなく、長柄の丁度中央部に【四翼大鷲の主の御霊石】を埋め込んでいる。
それによって新たな能力を発現できるようになっているらしいが、それはまた後で確認するとして。
以前と変わらず、どころか以前よりも手に馴染むハルバードは、全体的に少しばかり大きくなっている。
重量も相応に上がり、数十キロはありそうだ。普通なら扱いに苦慮する重量だが、現在の俺ならばアビリティ無しでも自在に扱う事が出来る。
むしろこれくらい重いほうが扱いやすいくらいだった。
一旦外に出て、一通り型を流してみる。
使えば使うほど一体化していく感覚に興が乗り、朱槍、呪槍、黒い生体槍をそれぞれの腕で持ち、想像上の敵と相対する。
想定したのはミノ吉くんだ。
あくまでもイメージトレーニングだが、ハルバードの性能はかなりいい。
音速を超える速度で振り回しても歪む事は無く、また握力で変形する事もない。これほどの強度なら、安心して使う事ができそうだし、多少の無茶もできるだろう。
確認した後は鍛冶師さんを抱きしめて感謝の意を示した。
確認作業中にやってきた錬金術師さんも抱きしめ、その後は雑務をこなしていく。
今日は用事を済ませると、さっさと寝た。
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