A Sword Honed for Ten Years, Its Frosty Edge Yet Untried.

With the preparations complete, his eyes narrowed and he chanted in a low voice.

“Dual Element Attunement!”

The Alchemist’s Mid-Tier Oracle.

It greatly enhanced his perception and ability to harmonize the elemental activity of the materials, making the refining process more stable and smooth.

The success rate increased by 20%.

“Voom!”

A soft silver light, like mercury, covered his hands.

Black began his refining.

A day passed by quickly.

When night fell, Black let out a long sigh of relief.

On the workbench in front of him, there were dozens of crystal-clear small glass vials.

They were filled with a clear liquid.

It was the successfully brewed Ivoran Holy Water!

“I take back what I said before. This thing is really a pain to make.”

Black muttered to himself with a wry smile.

Continuously maintaining “Dual Element Attunement” consumed a great deal of magical power, and his mind had to be highly focused.

He had failed nearly ten times at the beginning.

Only after getting the hang of it did things become smoother.

However, looking at these dozens of vials of potion, it was worth it.

The next day, just as the sky was beginning to brighten, Black opened his eyes.

According to the plot, today was the day of the initial outbreak of Blightbloom Fever at Dragonheart Academy.

He had to cure the infected and cut off the chain of transmission before the epidemic spread on a large scale.

Coincidentally, the Dragon-Slaying Guard also had a mission today.

To escort a batch of important supplies to Dragonheart Academy.

Black stored the dozens of vials of Ivoran Holy Water, put on his Dragon-Slaying Guard uniform, and went out to the meeting point.

When he arrived, many Dragon-Slaying Guards were already there.

Leon and Land were also there, and they seemed to be arguing with someone.

Leon’s voice could be heard from far away.

Seeing Black, Leon was stunned for a moment.

He then came over, patted Black on the shoulder, and said as if taking credit.

“Brother, you don’t know, but they were all spreading rumors about you!”

“Saying that you got the six-star weapon, the Demon-Cleaver. I was thinking, this sword belongs to the academy, and you’re not a student, so how could the academy let you into the Thousand-Blade Corridor?”

“After my eloquent refutation, they said they would never make things up out of thin air again.”

Hearing this, Black smiled.

With a thought, he took out the Demon-Cleaver from the Void Traveler’s Ring.

The moment the golden sword body appeared.

It immediately attracted the attention of everyone around.

Just one glance, and everyone felt a sense of clarity in their hearts, a pull towards righteousness.

“Th-This! It’s not a rumor?!”

Leon’s eyes instantly went straight, his mouth slightly agape.

This pure gold, this feeling of clarity in his heart, was exactly as the newspaper had described!

Even the usually calm Land.

Couldn’t help but take several deep breaths, his eyes filled with shock.

“It is indeed the Demon-Cleaver. You’ve earned it.”

Black said faintly.

“You bastard!”

Leon circled the sword, his mouth almost drooling, and wailed.

“Why is the gap between people so big!”

He rubbed his hands and looked at Black eagerly.

“Um…”

“Good brother! Can you let me touch it? Just once!”

“I’ve never even touched a six-star weapon in my life, let alone used one! It’s every swordsman’s dream!”

Black looked at his eager eyes, found it a little amusing, and reminded him.

“Are you sure?”

“Sure! Of course, I’m sure!”

Leon nodded vigorously.

Black then handed the Demon-Cleaver over.

Leon excitedly reached out with both hands and carefully took it.

However, the moment his fingers gripped the hilt.

“Huh?!”

Leon only felt a heavy weight in his hands. The Demon-Cleaver, which had been as light as a feather in Black’s hands, had become as heavy as a mountain!

“Swish,” the Demon-Cleaver slipped from his grasp and fell to the ground with a dull thud.

Leon’s face flushed red, and he used all his strength.

He even used his spiritual power, but he couldn’t lift the sword from the ground an inch.

“W-What’s going on?”

Leon was dumbfounded.

“You were holding it so easily just now, without even using spiritual power.”

Black smiled and shook his head. He walked over, bent down casually, and easily picked up the Demon-Cleaver again.

Leon was not convinced.

“No! I’ll try again!”

The result was still the same.

As soon as Black let go, the Demon-Cleaver became incredibly heavy in Leon’s hands.

Leon’s face was mournful.

“Black, you’re not being fair! You’re ganging up with your sword to bully me?”

At the side, Land observed carefully and suddenly said in surprise.

“I’ve heard that six-star weapons have a spirit. This sword is probably the same. It will instinctively reject anyone other than its master.”

Black nodded.

“Indeed.”

Hearing the word “spirit,” Leon’s eyes turned red with envy, and he beat his chest.

“Heavens! A sword with a spirit! That’s number one on the wish list of every swordsman in the empire!”

“If I could have a sword like that, my life would be worth it!”

Just then, a crisp, pleasant, and somewhat tender female voice suddenly sounded.

“A good sword.”

Black and the others were startled and quickly turned around.

Not far away, a girl who looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old was floating barefoot in mid-air.

Her face wore a half-smiling expression, her gaze fixed on the Demon-Cleaver in Black’s hand.

She wore a simple dark dress, her aura ethereal, like a spirit.

It was Noa.

Behind her stood a man and a woman respectfully. One of them nodded at Black; it was Yanar.

The other was a beautiful woman with a hint of arrogance.

From the badge on her chest, she was also a five-star Dragon-Slaying Guard.

Black and the others around him quickly bowed in salute.

“Greetings, First Chair!”

Black was not very surprised. He had already expected Noa to be here.

Noa floated closer lightly, her gaze lingering on the Demon-Cleaver for a moment.

She made a grasping motion at the Demon-Cleaver on the ground, and it flew directly into her hand.

In the face of the absolute power of an Emperor-Tier Sage, even a divine weapon with a spirit had no right to resist.

She carefully examined the golden light flowing on the blade, nodded slightly, and recited softly.

“A sword honed for ten years, its frosty edge yet untried.”

She then handed the sword back to Black, leaving him with a sentence.

“Treat it well. It will not disappoint you.”

“Yes, Lady Noa.”

Black respectfully accepted the sword.

Noa’s eyes, which seemed to see through a person’s heart, looked directly at Black and suddenly spoke.

“Black, if you have any requests in the future, you can come directly to the top floor of the Dragon-Slaying Guard headquarters to find me, without needing anyone else’s permission.”

“Of course, I may not necessarily agree.”

The moment these words were spoken, not only were Black and the other two stunned.

Even the two people behind Noa, including Yanar, showed unconcealed surprise.

‘Go directly to the First Chair of the Dragon-Slaying Guard?’

For a one-star Dragon-Slaying Guard, what a huge honor this was!

“Yes, thank you, Lady Noa.”

Although Black didn’t understand her meaning, he could only suppress the waves in his heart and respond.