On the frontline

Liam looked at the sword in his hands as he was unsure what had happened. He had no idea if the ore chunk actually got absorbed or not. 

Maybe they ran out of time? He took another look at the sword and noticed that a certain rune had lit up in the sword. His knowledge in rune forging was next to nothing but even a fool could see that the sword had at least managed to partially absorb something.

"Well, that's that." Liam did not want to linger on it and stood up, taking a look at the surroundings. Once again, he was all alone and no one else was near him. This time even Luna and the other beasts were missing. However, the sword in his hand remained.

He wanted to think that the black dragon sword did something and entered the floor using a cheat method but the reality was probably the Spire allowed a weapon on this floor. 

Either way, to help his team, he needed to clear the floor as quickly as possible. That still remained the main goal.