Chapter 25: Raven Blue

My sister forced me to make her a katana, but I flatly refused. She even threatened and blackmailed me, but I eventually gave up after she offered me a reward.

Just now, I have finished her anticipated katana and named it Raven Blue, the combination of my sister's hair color and the shade of the blade.

"You're really amazing, Raphael. I can't just believe that you managed to create this sword in less than an hour in real time." She complimented me while I was caressing the hilt of the katana hanging on her waist.

"Yeah. It was my first time extending the time that much. My mana was depleted like hell." I whined.

Walking together along the second-floor hallway, we chatted about the stuff that happened today. Using high-level Magic Spells for hours sucked too much mana, and my mana reserve dropped by almost half. I can gradually recover it using a MP restoration skill.

"I can't wait to show it off to our mothers."

"Eh? Are you really sure about that? It can't even hold a candle compared to their legendary-grade weapons."

"Even so, it's your work that you made with your sweat and blood. Like I said last night, you should have confidence in yourself and be proud of your efforts."

"Thank you, sister."

I am still looking down on myself, even though my sister keeps reminding me to gain confidence. I am just a poor scholarship student who has been surrounded by rich and intelligent people in my past life.

My inferiority complex must have been carried until my death and brought back in my second incarnation. I am a nobleman here, and I have to be competent in front of my future citizens to gain their trust.

"But I am more excited about using my new blade in action."

"Want to try it? We still have time before we dress up."

"Let's do that, Raphael. To the Great Forest of Darkness!"

"Yes, ma'am!. Portal."

I cast the Level 7 Space-Time Magic spell Portal, and a door-sized mirror-like matter appeared in the thin air of the hallway. The scenery behind the portal was the trees in the forest, indicating that the door was connected to the forest.

"Let's go, Sis."

I jump off to the portal, and my sister follows suit. Reaching the other side, the forest, I looked back at the portal, and the hallway of the second floor could be seen from the forest. I deactivated the spell, and the Portal shrank until it disappeared.

Unlike the instant one-way transportation spell Warp, Portal is a two-way transportation spell that lets you transport back and forth between two distant places.

But the accuracy of the destination point depends on the user's memory. I have a photographic memory, so that wasn't a problem for me. Also, the doors in the basement were my transfer point to our mansion.

"This area is good for hunting tough monsters like Drake and Tyrant Lizard. But first, let's try its sharpness on that tree over there." I said as I pointed out a tree that was standing out among the others.

"Did you notice that it's on the brink of becoming a Treant?"

"Yeah. It has a small magic crystal inside, and its bark is darker than usual. Also, the roots are starting to surface."

Treants are born from absorbing too much mana in the air. The absorbed mana will concentrate inside the tree and take the form of a crystal. Treants were common occurrences in this forest due to its thick concentration of mana.

"Let me kill it before it completely transforms into a monster." she said with conviction while sheathing the katana.

"Take your time," I said, and then she walked towards the tree.

She stopped in front of the tree with the katana on her right. She brandished her sword and then swiped it horizontally at great speed. It looks like nothing happened at first, but then the tree trunk tilted and collapsed.

"Wow. It has superb sharpness. I don't use any technique, but I can't feel any resistance at all."

The stumbled tree was cleaved cleanly. Not even a lump on the slice or a crack in the bark could be seen. It is even harder than normal trees due to its monsterization.

"Is that so? How about trying it on the Drake a kilometer ahead?"

"Yeah. Let's do that."

Having my Clairvoyance sent in advance, I open a Portal not far from the Drake. We passed through the Portal and found ourselves several meters away from the sleeping Drake.

"Oh! This one is big and looks tough. Now, be grateful and become my first opponent with my new sword!"

"Hey, calm down. You look more heinous than the Drake itself."

"Hee hee." she smiled ferociously at the Drake as if she had found prey.

The Drake is indeed huge and tougher than any that I have encountered so far. I estimated it to be twenty meters long. I didn't waste time evaluating it.

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Race: Drake

Condition: Normal

LV: 492

MP: 4274

STR: 8932

DEF: 11544

MAG: 4158

MDEF: 10028

AGI: 3568

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This Drake is huge because it's already at Level 492 and is almost at the level of its evolution. If a Drake reaches Level 500, it will evolve into a S-ranked War Drake.

Drakes are like wingless dragons and have the rank of A in the Adventurers' Guild Monster Tier List. They are quadrupedal and have tough scales that can invalidate half-hearted physical and magical attacks.

"You're too loud that it's going to wake up."

"That's what I want! You would be furious if someone disturb your deep slumber!" She shouted louder to provoke the newly awakened Drake.

Me too. I would have been furious if someone had interrupted my sleep. In the worst case, I might fall into darkness and attack the one who disturbs my sleep. Just like this Drake.

"Grahhhhhh!!"

"Come on!"

The Drake gets up from its sleeping position and cries a loud growl. The sister stepped forward and faced the Drake.

"Let's see what you've got," she said, then charged at the Drake.

The Drake raised one of its front limbs and swung it to my charging sister. With her superior speed, she easily dodges the attack and all of the next attacks.

Claw attacks, tail swipes, and bites. All of the efforts of the Drake were hitting nothing but trees, dirt, and air. The area got messy from those attacks.

Realizing physical attacks wouldn't work, the Drake switched to ranged attacks. It is now rapidly firing Rock Bullets in all directions. Of course, me and my sister effortlessly avoided all of the bullets and the flying debris.

The Drake even used Spikerocks to trap my sister, then fired Rock Bullets at her. But before the bullets touched her, she sliced each of them into two with her katana. After slicing hundreds of bullets, the Drake finally stopped firing.

"Is this all you got? Now my turn."

Sister lunged herself towards the Drake. Her speed was so imperceptible that the Drake didn't realize that its left front limb was missing.

"Gwahhhh!!"

The Drake cried in agony before it collapsed to the ground. But stand back again with bloodshot eyes, glaring at my sister, whose right foot is stepping on something big.

"Is this what you're looking for?"

"Graaahhh!"

The Drake charged at my sister with only three limbs. Despite its large size and an amputated limb, it is still moving fast. Trails of blood were made as it moved.

Sister sheathed her sword back into its scabbard and bent her knees. She closed her eyes and held the hilt of the katana with her right hand. The Drake kept approaching until it reached my sister's attack range.

Swoosh

A sharp sound has occurred in the area, like it's bending the space. Sister slashes her katana from the scabbard at such incredible speed that I barely catch a glimpse of it.

The Drake just passed my standing sister and collapsed to the ground. She sheathed her sword, and a dragon's head dropped from the sky.

"Did you just imitate those moves from the footage?" I asked, approaching the dead Drake.

"Yeah. I just want to try it, but I didn't expect that it could cleave the Drake's neck with this sword. Normally, you have to do a Technique just to penetrate a dragon's defense. This sword not only penetrated its tough defense but was also capable of amputating it."

Sister just imitated the Iai Technique that I'd shown her last night. Even though it was a short clip, she already copied the technique on her first try.

Normally, it takes a party of adventurers with a total level greater than twice that of the monster's to subjugate it. But that's not the case for my sister. She had superior stats than average, high-level forms of attacks and defenses, and high performance equipment in her hands.

"If you are finished now, how about we go back to the mansion after I store the corpse?"

"Yeah. I got smelly and have to take a bath."

"Me too."

I froze the amputated head, limb, and neck of the Drake before throwing it into the Inventory. Drake's raw materials are of high quality and fetch a high price. I opened a Portal connected to the mansion and used it to go back there.