Iron Sword

After giving shadow scout no.1748 a few more beatings, the Wizard King of Life & Death glanced towards the direction of Ivan's house before he teleported away with a bloodied and battered shadow scout no.1748 in hand. 

Back in his living room, Ivan had now successfully created an iron sword after doing countless trials and errors, albeit its blade being dull and blunt. 

Even after trying out countless chanting sequences and getting the most effective chant, the 10 year old child's next problem was getting the sharpness of the blade right. 

Since Ivan lacked the ability to imagine the sharpness of a blade, every time the young boy decided to create an iron sword, the handle and the cross guard came out fine. 

But when the blade materializes, Ivan imagines a sharp sword capable of cutting stone which causes the blade of the sword to lose its edge instead.

Within the modern magical society in Ishgar, cutting stone with an iron sword purely with nothing but strength has been debunked as false. 

Even if someone was able to do it with purely their strength, the people will still call it fake or that it was a magic sword etc. 

The art of cutting stone with a sword was considered to be merely the work of fiction. 

Of course, that sentiment only applied to the normal citizens of Ishgar. Ivan, being the naive and innocent child he was, always dreamed of being able to soar through the skies or explore the depths of the boundless ocean surrounding the country despite not having magic. 

Furthermore, his imagination turned wilder after getting his hands on some martial fiction about men and women being able to move mountains and oceans with their bare palms. 

Martial arts were mainly used as a form of self defense for wizards and could not let its practitioners fly in the sky solely using their stamina. Everyone with a little bit of common sense understood this. 

But contrary to normal beliefs, Ivan treated these martial stories as history books and would find time to practice the various martial arts. 

Be it in phys ed classes in school or before he went to bed, Ivan would always practice one or two moves from those martial stories. 

While Ivan was focused on practicing his sword creation art, darkness fell across the lands silently. In the midst of the black sky, a blue moon along with a smaller red moon could be seen hanging in the sky. 

The faint light emitted from the two moons painted the land and seas bright purple. 

Finishing another set of hand seals, Ivan took a deep breath before he repeated the chant from his creation art, "I am the link between Heaven & Earth! Create for me! Iron Sword!" 

Following that, the same scene where all the elements within a certain radius of Ivan gathered before converging into a double edged sword shaped light. 

But when this sword cast made of light appeared again, Ivan decided to close his eyes before emptying out his mind. 

Within his world of whiteness, the image of a mighty sword appeared. The imagined sword had double edged blades, a strong but light cross guard, a steady hilt and a leather grip. 

When Ivan wielded the mighty sword in his mind, he felt as though he had gained the ability to tear the world asunder.

Immediately, a mountain as tall as the sky suddenly appeared in his mind. Gripping the hilt of this mighty sword, Ivan slowly raised the sword above his head before he swung it down with all of his might. 

As the sword was falling vertically towards the mountain, something clicked within Ivan's mind. Before he knew it, Ivan was already roaring like a beast as his mighty sword descended upon the mountain like an unstoppable meteor, cleaving the mountain in half as a result. 

A dust storm as tall as the mountain appeared following the mountain splitting slash. 

Although the whole scene where Ivan held a mighty sword before splitting a mountain in half was done within his mind, the young boy had gained a new level of understanding about the sword now. 

"A mighty will can split a mountain into two even if the will's owner only possesses a mediocre weapon ...That slash especially, that was the Mountain Splitting Slash from the wuxia novel, Rise Of The Roaring Moon! That was so cool!" 

Ivan, who had read every short story about Xingluo's journey through the myriad realms, felt incredibly happy that he got to see one of the protagonist's main martial arts within his mind. 

"But wait, since this was the first time a scene like this appeared in my mind, does that mean I've successfully created an iron sword? A sharp one at that?" Curious, Ivan decided to open his eyes to take a look at the final product. 

But it was at this moment that everything that can go wrong, went wrong. Firstly, when the young boy opened his eyes, he was greeted by a blinding flash of light. 

After the light subsided, Ivan was only able to glance at his finished product briefly before his house was shaken from the constant bombardment of thunder and lightning. 

The sound of explosions continuously rang in the 10 year old's ears for a good 10 minutes straight before it stopped completely. 

But before Ivan could take a breather, the thunderstorm from before continued its assault on the small house in the middle of the woods with greater ferocity. 

It seemed as though the Heavens were not pleased with the boy's home and wanted to annihilate it from the face of the earth. 

"Waaaa! The Heavens are angry!" Frightened by the constant tremors caused by the thunderstorm, Ivan quickly hid under a table before curling into a fetal position and covering his ears.