There is deep tranquility in the palace of thought, and the river of time does not seem to flow here.
Ed was currently in a dark and hazy double dream, and in his hand was the card obtained from the Silver Knight's Secret Treasure - "Crystal Arc Blade 'Epieus'".
"How do I summon it?"
He held his left palm emptyly, trying to grasp an ethereal sword blade, but there was no feedback.
[As the card says, it is not a sword or a knife, but a sharp edge. You must add it to the existing thing. 】
I see……
As he thought, the White Crow Cane appeared out of thin air in his hand. The familiar metal texture is light and warm, like white tin.
The palm of his hand gently brushed along the crow's skull-shaped handle, and a shadowy and transparent arc-shaped curved blade extended from the bottom of the silver crow's skull. It was stained with rust and emitted the faint moonlight, as if waiting for harvest. Death's Scythe.
Gently pushing his right palm forward to point, Ed projected a virtual humanoid in front of him. The silver sickle blade swept across, cutting off the head and limbs with ease, as if harvesting golden and ripe corn.
[The energy in the personality crystal of the extraordinary creature killed by this blade will be swallowed by the weapon. When the absorbed energy reaches saturation, this fantasy weapon will enter the next stage. 】
A pretty good weapon, Ed commented. This sickle blade just makes up for the shortcomings of my current attack methods:
In terms of investigation, the one-eyed spider in your hand is enough to cope with most situations;
In terms of defense, with Catalina's "Lake" barrier and her complete swordsmanship system as protective techniques, his protective power is already powerful among extraordinary people of the same level;
But in terms of offense, his only means are a 9mm revolver and a cane.
The most terrible thing is that his marksmanship is not very good. Its main achievements include:
The Rat King lying on the ground pretending to be dead (even missing a shot);
Mr. Kuntu's right knee (aimed at the left knee);
The ghouls in the underground fortress (shooting in the terrain without cover, although it caused a large degree of chaos and damage, not even a single ghoul was killed, and the only kill was with a white crow cane).
From this point of view, Arthur's character card did not bring him any additional gains in shooting. Ed shook his head and had to go to the shooting range to practice hard.
His palm gently touched the blade from the side, and the sickle was immediately split into a cane and a card.
"Sylvie, you said there is a way to project it into reality, right?"
[Yes, this technique comes from the "Crystal" secret text. Put the faceless iron coin into the machine and I will extract a card from the database and give it to you. 】
Ed escaped from the double dream, took out one of the five faceless iron coins given to him by his grandmother, and threw it into the strange white machine.
"Secret Binding Blade"
The card was spit out by the machine.
[The Secret Blade must be summoned using gems as the energy medium. Different gems will give the blade special attributes. In addition, the gems will be permanently consumed after the operation. Judging from our current economic situation, I recommend that you only use this ability when necessary. 】
Use gems as a medium to summon...
Ed suddenly felt something was wrong. You know, the price of a whole gemstone is never cheap. In a jewelry store, apart from the scraps, even the lowest quality finished gemstone starts at ten pounds - equivalent to a whole week's salary without food or drink.
You can't just have a fight with someone and he'll be ruined, right?
"Can I use this card now?"
Ed asked. The last time he absorbed the memory card, he almost burned his brain. This time, he didn't dare to try it easily if he wasn't sure.
[Of course you can, but it's dangerous. The knowledge provided by the card is actually stored in your personality crystal, and the storage space of the personality crystal is limited, just like the difference engine——]
[Once the input knowledge exceeds the load limit, your brain will either randomly forget most of the memory to protect itself, or it will be overloaded like the boiler of the dragoon armor, and finally explode with a "bang". 】
"Then what should I do?"
[The first method is to improve the level of personality crystallization. The stronger and more stable your personality crystal is, the more complex knowledge you can accept. 】
"So, is there a second way?"
[The second method... you don’t just have one personality crystal. 】
…
Catalina looked at the rain outside the window. The gas lamps at night were orange and bright, but there were no flowers hanging on them.
I don't know what's going on with Ed, whether he has taken good care of his armor.
She was very fond of this attendant, after all, he was the first attendant she taught:
The relationship between a knight and his squire is more like that of a master and an apprentice. The squire provides assistance to the knight, while the knight teaches him martial arts and chivalrous spirit so that he can grow into a new knight in the future.
Of course, there are a small number of people who will always serve the knights as attendants, such as "Mad Knight" Diev and "Lialer" Killian.
From the bottom of her heart, although she is a little reluctant to let go, Catalina still hopes that Ed can become a knight in his own right in the future.
Maybe when he is strong enough, I can tell him his true identity and invite him to work for the Lord Keeper.
She took out her diary, considered it for a moment and wrote:
[I extend my highest respect to you, distinguished keeper of the secret. Under your guidance, I have obtained the treasure of the Silver Knight. Mr. Edgar Waikolo, whom you entrusted to my care, is a man of malleable talent, so I took the initiative to make him a squire, hoping to teach a great knight. 】
With the mentality of giving it a try, Catalina wrote in her diary again:
[In addition, by chance, I also obtained the broken handle of the family heirloom sword, the blade "Heart of the Tree" held by my ancestor Brandon. Forgive me for asking, venerable sir, is there any way you can recast this sword? 】
Although she only had a broken handle in her hand for the time being, Catalina still wanted to test whether there was anything else she didn't know about this mysterious man who was suspected of being Master Van Der Wyk.
After all, the secret keeper has given her too many surprises, and maybe there will be unexpected answers this time.
[The time is not yet ripe, young Catalina, you must learn to be patient. 】
A knight should seek strength within himself, not outside of him.
Yes, this is not what a knight should do. He must be obsessed with it. she said ruefully.
However, "the time has not yet matured"...could it be said that the secret keeper has learned the secret method for the purple flame to reappear, but has not yet fully mastered it?
No...this is even stranger than curing crystal malignancy.
Just when Catalina was thinking wildly, a gust of damp night wind blew. The pages of the book flicked gently, and pale white flame characters appeared in front of them——
[But before that, there is another way to restore it to its glory. 】
