The Epic Story of the Heroic Spirit of Emiya Giant Warrior

“And you, Riveria?”

Thus, Ais and Loki left Riveria's study.

As she reached the doorway, Ais paused for a moment, turning back to see Riveria poring over bills.

76

Chapter 76: Magic Sword Auction

“Shirou-kun, let's not do any forging today.”

“Is something the matter, Tsubaki-nee?”

After leveling up to Lv.2, Shirou could be considered a blacksmith capable of standing on his own, and thus had his own workshop.

Especially in sword forging, Shirou was a natural-born master in the field of "sword making". Yesterday, he forged a sword in his own workshop for the first time, and the resulting piece was praised by the goddess Hephaestus.

A low-quality short sword of the same type, sold by the Guild to new adventurers, goes for 3,600 valis, while a sword of average quality costs around 20,000 valis. However, a piece made by the hands of Shirou, a forging master (limited to swords), is priced dozens of times higher.

“Tsubaki-nee, please come in.”

Shirou said, inviting the captain into his workshop.

The workshop wasn't particularly large, but it was fully equipped. The previous owner of this workshop had just retired a few months ago, which was convenient for Shirou, who moved in directly.

Shirou said, "Adding Minotaur horn material during forging can increase the toughness of the finished product. Besides that, I'm also experimenting with embedding magic stones into swords."

“Hmm, forging weapons with magical properties is very difficult, and their value is extremely high. Keep up the good work, and feel free to ask me if you don't understand anything.”

“I'm confident that no one in all of Orario knows more about magical armaments than I do!”

“Then I'll thank you in advance, Tsubaki-nee... By the way, is there something you need today?”

She said, "Today is the day for the auction of our joint creation, the [Magic Sword Spiral Sword]."

Goddess Hephaestus's assessment was: "A magic sword that surpasses all previous magic swords, the key to a new era of magic swords."

It can be used three times, with a power estimated to be equivalent to a Lv.5 mage's wide-area attack magic. By charging for a short period, the magic output can be increased, at the cost of consuming all remaining uses in one powerful attack.

Therefore, the Loki Familia was so eager for the [Magic Sword Spiral Sword], not just her, but any familia that might have the financial resources to purchase this magic sword expressed great interest.

Looking at it now, the 100 million valis that Goddess Hephaestus initially told Shirou was actually the most conservative estimate.

[The Valiant] Ottar crushed all infiltrators, and no one dared to have any more crooked ideas.

“Let's go take a look together, Shirou, after all, it's our joint creation.”

The Babel Tower, a conference room on one of its floors.

The Hephaestus Familia had temporarily rented it as the auction venue.

Many small familias may never see 100 million valis in their entire lives, and that number may just be the starting bid for the [Magic Sword Spiral Sword].

Shirou observed the adventurers who had arrived.

Freyja Familia's executive, Lv.6 First-Class Adventurer, the handsome elf mage, [White Fox's Magic Staff] Hedin Selland.

Loki Familia's vice-captain, Lv.6 First-Class Adventurer, the elven princess, [Nine Magic Princess] Riveria Lios Alf.

Ishtar Familia's executive, Lv.3 Second-Class Adventurer, [Lesser Rakta] Aisha Belka.

All of them were famous figures in the labyrinth city, and their gathering together made people marvel at how many heroes there were in the world.

“First of all, thank you all for coming.”

The half-elf girl acting as the master of ceremonies respectfully said: "Riveria-sama, Hedin-sama, have you confirmed the condition of the magic sword?"

Hedin looked at Riveria, first bowing his head slightly to show respect to the royal family, and then said: "The magic sword contains very strong magic power, there is no problem."

“Two hundred million valis!”

Ishtar Familia's [Lesser Rakta] Aisha suddenly spoke.

She looked around, her eyes met Ganesha Familia's Ilta, both leaned back in their chairs and smiled tacitly.

“Two hundred million valis!”

Aisha's initial bid, directly raising the price from the base price of 50 million valis to 200 million, caused the atmosphere at the scene to stagnate.

The Loki Familia withdrew from the competition. Riveria's gaze turned to Amid, paused for a few seconds on the girl's doll-like exquisite face, and then moved away.

Ilta: "Laughable, I don't have any money at all, not even one valis."

Riveria began to worry when she saw that only 400 million valis were left in the familia's account. Ganesha Familia's account books, with the chief god's obsession with spectacle construction directly leading to the familia's deficit and debt, would probably make Riveria die on the spot.

Miss Ilta, who felt that she had nothing to do with the bidding, began to wander off into space.

At this time, in contrast to the calm Riveria and the absent-minded Ilta, the most nervous person in the audience was actually Aisha, who made the first bid.

Aisha felt bitter inside: "It would have been better if it had been a little earlier."

"Killing Stone" was already an extremely rare item, plus the need to smuggle it without being noticed, the final cost actually reached hundreds of millions of valis.

It was precisely because she lacked confidence that Aisha had to preemptively try to intimidate other competitors with her aura.

Aisha sighed inwardly.

Freyja Familia's Hedin spoke, breaking the silence: "Two hundred and ten million valis."

The Freyja Familia was interested in the magic sword, but not that interested. After all, the Freyja Familia had a close relationship with the key figure behind the birth of the [Magic Sword Spiral Sword], that Lv.2 Shirou Emiya.

Hedin's purpose in attending this auction was only one: to prevent the Ishtar Familia from obtaining the [Magic Sword Spiral Sword]

Because the relationship between the goddess Freya and Ishtar, who is also a goddess of beauty, was very bad, and there were many conflicts between the two familias.

“The thought of Ishtar possibly laying her hands on the sword made by that child disgusts me.”

“If the Ishtar Familia really gets the [Magic Sword] through the auction, we'll start a war tonight and destroy the Ishtar Familia in one fell swoop.”

Hedin thought expressionlessly.

Aisha had no idea that the [White Fox's Magic Staff] was thinking about such dangerous things. Although Hedin's idea was completely correct, everything the Ishtar Familia did was aimed at the Freya Familia.

Aisha spoke: "Two hundred and sixty million valis."

Hearing Aisha's bid, Hedin immediately followed up: "Two hundred and seventy million valis."

This is all money that the sisters worked hard to earn by twisting their waists and shaking their butts... Thinking about this fact, Aisha felt a pain in her heart.

Now, even a fool could feel that Hedin was simply targeting the Ishtar Familia—he didn't chase Amid's bid at all, but immediately topped Aisha's.

Aisha felt a chill and stopped looking at Hedin.

Ais asked.

Riveria: "I'll think of another way... The more power we have, the greater the chance everyone will be safe on the next expedition."

The beautiful eyebrows of the Elf Princess furrowed, a hint of worry in her expression.

The tall, half-dwarf hybrid pushed open the workshop door.

Weimiya looked up, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Although he didn't acquire the Development Ability [Blacksmithing], he possessed the Development Ability [Mystery], which could be considered the superior version of [Blacksmithing]. With the blessing of [Mystery] and the support of his ultra-high potential ability values, Weimiya's blacksmithing skills were now comparable to those of a high-level blacksmith.

The short sword, engraved with the Hestia Familia crest, was placed in the Hestia Familia's specialty shop in Babel for the high price of 499,000 Valis. It was bought on the first day, even though the sword's materials were just ordinary steel, and the cost was almost negligible.

No wonder the Goddess Hestia would suggest that Weimiya not bother picking up magic stones and dropped items in the dungeon. For him, forging swords was much more efficient for earning money.

"Oh? Shirou is starting to try using monster drops for forging."

Tsubaki was immediately attracted by the scene on the workbench.

"Yes, I'm currently trying to use a Minotaur's horn to make a dagger."

Although the client hadn't urged him, Weimiya hadn't forgotten that he still had an order from Miss Lefiya that he hadn't completed.

Tsubaki patted her chest: "The Loki Familia's [Ferocious Wolf]'s metal boots [Frostverr] were forged by me. They are currently the only special armaments in Orario with magic absorption properties."

Tsubaki slapped her forehead: "Ah, I was so fascinated by Shirou's work that I almost forgot."

[Magic Sword Spiral Sword]. With Tsubaki's assistance, Weimiya designed it based on the Celtic myth of Ireland's great hero Fergus mac Róich's Noble Phantasm [Spiral Sword (Caladbolg)]. Tsubaki completed the forging work, and finally, Weimiya injected the special properties of his [Unlimited Blade Works] to realize the Magic Sword.

Its power is equivalent to a Lv.6 mage's long incantation-type wide-area annihilation magic.

It should be noted that mages' firepower often exceeds their level. In terms of attack power alone, Lv.2 Lefiya has the level of a Lv.4, and Lv.6 Riveria's output in legion battles even exceeds that of Lv.7 Ottar.

Even a few days ago, there was a thief who tried to take it without permission, but the [Magic Sword Spiral Sword] was stored in the Hestia Familia's specialty store in Babel, and Babel was guarded by the Freya Familia.

Tsubaki extended an invitation.

"Hmm, okay."

Weimiya thought for a moment, then nodded: "I also want to see how much that Magic Sword is worth."

In order to pursue higher profits, the Hestia Familia chose to have the various Familias bid against each other, but this transaction was not open to all Familias, because only a few Familias could reach the threshold to purchase the Magic Sword.

As the seller, the Hestia Familia, the attendees were the captain Tsubaki, Weimiya who came to join in the fun, and several other blacksmiths who also came to see the world. In addition, they also had a half-elf girl borrowed from the Guild to serve as the master of ceremonies.

Ganesha Familia Vice Captain, Lv.5 First-Class Adventurer, [Red Battle Leopard] Ilta Farna.

Dian Cecht Familia Executive, Lv.2 Third-Class Adventurer, [Battlefield Saint] Amid Teasanare.

As for the other wealthy production Familia, the Goibniu Familia, the Hestia Familia did not invite them. Because rivals are enemies, the Goibniu Familia also has Magic Sword blacksmiths, and the Hestia Familia did not want their own Magic Sword to be studied by other Familias.

Riveria nodded: "Just as Heding said, there is no problem."

The city's two strongest mages both gave their confirmation.

"In that case, the bidding for the [Magic Sword Spiral Sword] will now begin, with a starting price of 50 million Valis..."

Riveria's lips parted slightly, then slowly closed, swallowing back the "60 million Valis" she wanted to shout.

77

Chapter 77: Amid's Extravagant Spending.

The most relaxed person now was actually Riveria. The highest price that the Loki Familia could accept was 150 million Valis. Any higher than that might affect the next expedition.

And besides Riveria, there was another person who was very calm on the scene, and that was the Ganesha Familia's Vice Captain, [Red Battle Leopard] Ilta Farna.

The Loki Familia could still offer 100 million Valis, but the Ganesha Familia couldn't even afford the starting price of 50 million Valis. Ilta came here just to join in the fun and to support the Ganesha Familia's reputation.

Ilta: "Oh my, oh my, just like Sister Shakti said, this Weimiya-kun's aura is so sharp, he's simply a born strongman. I want to have a big fight with him, but alas, how long will it take for him to level up to Lv.5..."

"To think it would be at this time..."

Not long ago, the Ishtar Familia had just spent a great price to secretly purchase a tool called [Sesshouseki] from the distant Far East.

So much so that even the Ishtar Familia, which managed the pleasure district and was usually very wealthy, was temporarily lacking confidence in terms of money.

"It would have been better if it were a little earlier. If we had spent 500 million or a billion Valis on purchasing the Magic Sword first, the matter of purchasing the Sesshouseki might have been postponed..."

Unfortunately, Aisha's strategy did not work.

Not to mention anything else, the place where Weimiya currently lives is a tavern run by the former captain of the Freya Familia.

If the Freya Familia really wanted the [Magic Sword], they could just order it from him directly.

Anyone else is fine. The Loki Familia is fine, the Ganesha Familia is fine, the Dian Cecht Familia is fine, only the Ishtar Familia is not.

Rationally, Heding didn't want the Ishtar Familia to get the [Magic Sword Spiral Sword], and more importantly, the Goddess had said it herself:

The Goddess's oracle was like this, and Heding unconditionally obeyed. Unlike the Loki Familia's structure where the gods don't manage practical matters and the three giants lead the Familia, the Freya Familia takes the Goddess's will as absolute and unique.

Anyway, the Ishtar Familia must be purchasing the [Magic Sword] in order to deal with the Freya Familia, so it's better to strike first.

"250 million Valis."

Amid of the Dian Cecht Familia spoke. She was the lowest level among the representatives of the various Familias, but her aura was not at all inferior to Lv.6 Riveria and Heding.

Amid: "300 million Valis."

Aisha's emotions began to fluctuate a little: "310 million Valis."

Heding was still calm as usual: "310.1 million Valis."

Aisha glared at Heding, but Heding completely ignored her.

"If we were to go to war with the Ishtar Familia tonight, how should we deploy our troops..."

Heding was thinking about this question.

"350... No, 400 million Valis."