The next morning, they all began a eting to plan the fight. Uzu joined them, taking Piisuke’s place again. They had to discuss who would be part of the infiltration forces, and who would go to the other site.
First, the infiltration force that would head to the main base was small but strong, composed of Mira, Uzu, and Sero. That was decided due to their mobility as well, since the rocky mountain which housed Chira Clauzen’s main base was located thirty kiloters to the east of Sentopolly. They needed to be able to cross that distance as quickly as possible.
Mira had Pegasus, Uzu could use a high mobility shikigami, and Sero had trained his endurance a lot, allowing him to run thirty kiloters in half an hour. Though more importantly, his power would be valuable. Sero had once claid Mira was stronger than himself, and Mira believed he was equally as strong as Uzu.
Era and the rest were considerably strong as well, but if those three went all out, it was impossible for them to keep up. So they decided they would go with Arlon in a separate platoon. No one had any real complaints about that arrangent, except for Fricca who was distressed about being separated from Mira.
As for the separate platoon’s mission, it was to suppress the control room. Other mbers assigned to that platoon’s first unit were Mizar, who commanded Bellerophon, Alioth, and Kongou from the Multicolor troops.
That control room was a very important building for Chira Clauzen, so Jamal said it was likely under heavy guard. On top of that, the man in charge of said place, Zele Schedar, had been working to develop sothing new for multiple months already. He had developed multiple spirit weapons in the past, so whatever this new thing was, had high chances of being sothing powerful. Because of that, the separate platoon would receive a second unit.
Uzu was sending half the Fifty Bells’ fighting power as support, half of which would follow after Mira and infiltrate the main base, making sure they covered it entirely. Once everyone was assigned their unit, they proceeded to discuss each platoon’s strategy. Though Mira, Uzu, and Sero’s strategy was to simply adapt to whatever they encountered. Considering who they were, that was the best strategy for them.
anwhile the separate platoon spent ti together discussing their strategy. Though that was nothing out of the ordinary, considering they were about to assault a very important location for their enemy.
They had no idea what course of action the Sky Denizen would take, and Jamal had no knowledge of the internal structure of the location, so they could not make a specific attack strategy, so instead they focused on how they would react to various scenarios.
The first unit had the Fifty Bells’ elite mbers, with Era as their leader. Their mission was to subjugate the control room and nullify the main base’s defenses. If they failed, the infiltration of the main base would be needlessly complex, and would take much more ti than necessary.
Once the defenses were down, Mira’s group would run wild. Chira Clauzen’s higher ups had always been sneaky and careful with their movents, so they were likely unprepared for a head-on fight, and there was the possibility they would instantly try to escape. Or in the worst case, take more drastic asures like blowing up the base.
Their ability to corner them relied heavily on the success of the separate platoon taking down the defenses.
After hours of discussion, the eting finally ca to a close.
「Well, that concludes our arrangents, now it’s ti to hand out the weapons that will see us through this mission!」
Uzu stood up, it was ti for the star of the show. She took out a large case from her Item Box and placed it on the table.
「Wait, is that what I think it is?!」
Era was obviously the first one to raise her voice seeing the case. It had been a few days since they discussed the weapons that would negate the effects of black mist stones. She only had eyes for blades, so she had been excited about her new sword since then.
「The weapons for those present here are ready, so I brought them with . They were specifically made to counter Chira, but from what I saw they’re good enough to use them anywhere!」
Uzu was proud of her people, so she puffed her chest as she opened the case. It was filled with white weapons, one for everyone present.
「Woah, amazing…」
Era leaned forward instinctively, srized by their beauty.
「It actually feels special.」
Zef was entranced seeing them too, and reached into the case even faster than Era. He muttered to himself as he examined his dagger, which could easily be called an angel’s weapon without sounding weird.
Everyone began taking their weapon, Era being the last after she finally snapped back to reality.
「There must be many skilled blacksmith’s at Uzu’s place to be able to make so many beauts in just a few days.」
Era narrowed her eyes as she examined the blade, an abnormal smile overtaking her lips.
The weapons Uzu prepared were all unique, but all were of equally high quality. It was like a specialized crafter at the top of their ga had made them, their qualities as weapons refined as much as they could. And their pure white color would make them look right at ho in a display of fine arts.
Era was right, sothing like an assembly line of master blacksmiths working day and night would be needed to make such a large number of weapons in a short ti.
But Uzu’s proud smile seed to just grow wider, adding 「There were only two people involved in the creation of them all!」 in a loud voice.
「That’s actually incredible.」
Asbar had barely finished his impressed mutter when soone else raised their voice.
「Just two?! All of this?! But how! Just who are they?!」
Sothing had spurred on Era’s flas. But there was no way around that. It was impossible to make so many varied weapons unless a large number of specialized crafters worked together. But if only two had done it, then this was a testant to their superiority as masters.
「What’s their na?! What’s their specialty?! Are they from the Mythril school? Or Adaman school?!」
Putting the sword away, Era closed on Uzu and shook her shoulder while barraging her with questions.
「I’ll tell you, so please let gooo…」
Not knowing Era’s passion, Uzu had accidentally triggered a landmine. Feeling a different type of terror and pressure than that of a beast or monster, Uzu cowered back.
Eventually Fricca managed to calm down Era, and Uzu began talking about the two masters while carefully watching out for Era. Though everyone had already heard one of the nas.
「You already know the one who made the staff and wand for Mira and Fricca, it was Albatinus.」
The famous alchemist revered as a living legend, Albatinus. He was not only a master at purifying materials, but was a skilled crafter of spell staves and magic wares.
「As for the physical weapons…」
The mont Uzu said that, Era stood up like a nacing creature. Uzu’s body twitched seeing her, but she kept her chest puffed as she nad the other person.
「The dwarf master blacksmith, Dovalin!」
An instant later Era began screeching loudly before fainting and collapsing on the floor. Uzu watched that with incredulity, Mira was the sa, while Fricca began shaking Era awake.
The unconscious Era was smiling happily, as if she had just experienced all the happiness the world had to offer all at once, like a blissful monk that had been elevated to a higher plane above life and death.
Mira silently clasped her hands together.
Era’s reaction was enough to determine that the dwarf master blacksmith Dovalin was famous. Or more exactly, he also had a long lifespan, during which he had continuously honed his skills and beca yet another living legend.
Sero and Asbar were also visibly surprised, though not to the sa extent as Era. They were also not necessarily impressed with Dovalin himself, but rather with the fact that Uzu had managed to recruit two living legends into the Fifty Bells’ ranks.
「Err… there wasn’t enough ti to prepare scabbards or accessories like that, but I believe everyone here can use their Item Boxes instead. Anyway, moving on. Let explain how to use them, though it’s just what I understood from Albatinus and Dovalin.」
Uzu decided to ignore Era, who still had to regain consciousness, telling the others to repeat everything to her later, and began her explanation of how to use the weapons to counter black mist stones, coined the Anti-Demon Silver series.
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