Halberd

Kisuke put Koneko down and patted her head, "You can do that later. I haven't explained some parts about it yet."

Koneko fixed her ruffled clothing and waited for Kisuke.

"The next feature is the weapons stored in the separate space connected to this gear. Try saying 'Arms'." Kisuke instructed.

"Arms." Koneko muttered and a bunch of information was directly injected into her mind, "T-this is..."

Kisuke smiled and said, "The weapons you can use. I added various types so you'll have more flexibility on the battlefield. Just think about the weapon that you want to use and it'll materialize in your hands."

Koneko nodded and a few seconds later a 6 foot tall and 2 feet wide white hexagonal shield materialized in front of her. The shield had a glossy finish and it was the same with her jetpack, having a blue light outline running through its body, "...Beautiful." Koneko muttered.

Even Sona and, especially, Hephaestus thought the same. The first time she saw it, Hephaestus couldn't believe that Kisuke had a way to reveal the flow of magic power to naked eyes. But instead of researching further on this, Kisuke used it for cosmetics. When she asked why he would waste this kind of technology on mere cosmetics, she got a reply, 'Even without this, I can still see the flow of magic very clearly.'

Koneko dematerialized the shield and took out various more traditional weapons, but they all had the same theme as the shield. She then suddenly stopped and tilted her head in confusion, "Why can't I pull out the gun?"

"That's because I put restrictions on it and that includes some more weapons. To unlock it, you have to be at a certain level of mastery and have high enough energy levels in regards to your flame. Once you meet these requirements, it'll automatically unlock."

"And by the way, each one of those weapons can also use your flames but I won't tell you how. It's up to you to figure it out."

"Few more things about it. It has a self-repair function, so it's fine to go wild with this. Additionally, once equipped it gives the user a coating of magic power which blocks a certain amount of damage. Since it uses magic power, it can deplete your reserves, but you can do something about it with your flames and if you want, you can also disable it."

"Finally, the most important feature is its self-evolution. It grows alongside the user and the possibilities or where this would take you is entirely up to the user. Without Hephaestus-sama's help, I couldn't have implemented this feature without any problems emerging inside the host."

Koneko nodded with a smile, "Thank you very much!" She also turned to Hephaestus and bowed down, "Thank you very much, Hephaestus-sama."

Hephaestus only nodded to her with a smile as a response.

Koneko then turned her attention back to Kisuke, "Can I play with this now outside?"

"Hmm..." Kisuke rubbed his chin in contemplation, "How about this, you can play with it outside of Riveria-san and Wallenstein-san's vision. I know that you'll be showing it when you go with them on their exploration, but isn't it better to surprise them with it when things are getting nasty?"

Thanks to Kisuke's words of 'encouragement', Koneko's eye shone with an odd glint as she nodded, "I'll use the training room!" She then ran out of the building to immediately play with her new toy.

Hephaestus pointed at the strangely motivated Koneko and asked Sona who is beside her, "Hey... What's with that strange instruction? And why is she so motivated?"

Sona, on the other hand, looked at her in puzzlement, "Eh? What's wrong with it? I think it's a splendid idea."

"..." Hephaestus chose to stay quiet as she saw the rabbit hole that she didn't want to descend into, 'How the hell are they still unknown in Orario!?' Was the question in her head. Little did she know that they would still be relatively unknown in the near future, but the damage they would cause would be enormous.

"Now then, Sona-chan. It's your turn~." Kisuke then took out a blue orb and asked her to do the same as Koneko did earlier. The result was the same and a few seconds later, Sona was able to take out her gear.

Sona's gear was a 6.5 feet tall halberd with a foot-long ax blade and a twisted spike on top of it. While the shaft and spike were jet black, the ax blade and hook are made out of glistening blue material that shines like the night stars.

"A halberd?" Asked Sona after looking at it for a few seconds. One shouldn't confuse her reaction with that of Sona not wanting since she was a magic-user. Contrary to that, she liked it very much and although she hadn't touched a halberd before, now that she's interested in learning close combat techniques, she wanted to try out various weapons. And strangely enough, she's very much attracted to the halberd the moment she touched it.

"Yep, a halberd. I always watch you practice your close combat whenever I'm free and according to the data I gathered this is the most suitable weapon for you... Well, I took liberties and didn't ask you about this. If you don't want it, I can always reforge it into something else."

Sona immediately shook her head, "No! Please don't! I really like it!" She played with it for a while and her motivation in learning close combat increased. Wanting to play with it now like Koneko, Sona asked, "What can it do?"

"It was made while thinking about the concept of 'water'. It's different from Koneko's which has specific tasks. With this one, you're free to discover what it can offer as long as it's within the concept of 'water'."

"Water, huh..." Sona muttered, "Looks like I'll have to work harder on my magic too so that I can take advantage of this."

Kisuke nodded and continued, "Aside from that, it also serves as a storage unit for your, erm, special magic power. Currently, it can store around three times your current capacity. You can overcharge it, however, the excess magic power would be leaked over time."

"I understand," Sona answered and started charging the halberd with her Demonic Power.

Hephaestus's brows furrowed a bit, but she didn't ask anything, 'It's really a strange and special magic power. Really... Where did they come from?'

"Those are the main points. In addition, it also has self-repair and self-evolution functions, the same as Koneko's jetpack." Kisuke then took out another halberd, an ordinary one, but with the same dimensions as Sona's halberd and gave it to her, "Take this and ask Yoruichi to teach you some basics. You should be able to use it in battle before you leave for the expedition."

Sona made her gear disappear and happily took the halberd from Kisuke's hands. She also faced Hephaestus just like Koneko. "Thank you very much, Hephaestus-sama. I'll be going first." She said, before running off towards Yoruichi's location.

After Sona left, Hephaestus could only sigh and rub her forehead, "Haah... You got me."

Kisuke turned to Hephaestus with a bright smile, "Whatever are you talking about, Hephaestus-sama~?"

Hephaestus looked at him and smiled wryly, "I didn't realize how ridiculous those weapons really were until they got in the hands of their users. And I finally realized why you insisted on putting my insignia on them."

"Eh~? Isn't it so that they could recognize Hephaestus-sama's contribution?"

"Exactly! Whoever sees those weapons would automatically come to me instead of you!"

"Oh! Now that you say it~."

"Don't pretend you weren't aiming for this from the start!", Hephaestus sighed again, "Whatever... What's done is done. As long as you take care of Hestia, I'll deal with all people, who want the gear."

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Bestia Appreciation Corner:

28th00: Can't wait for Sona to find out that her SG talks. I mean, if it's like MGLN Devices, it should… But we need Serafall's voice for it! AN UPGRADE SHALL HAPPEN IF IT DOES NOT EXIST ALREADY!

Alexander: Yeah I second that.