A Race Against Time

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Meanwhile, while everyone was fighting Fafnir fiercely to buy time, Planta, Acorn, and Richard continued their recreation of Gram!

FLAAAASH!

Out of the cauldron as hundreds of Alchemy Spirits both accelerated the process and enhanced its quality, a beautiful golden blade surged from within!

It emanated the might of all four Great Dragons' Fangs, which were incredibly tough and powerful. Combined together with their claws, scales, and bones durability, alongside Planta's own spirit wood and other ores from the underground, it seemed that this blade might be actually capable of piercing Fafnir's scales!

However, it still lacked what made Gram so grand, capable of piercing and slashing apart a near indestructible being… It needed its divine power, something that only the other half held. To grant this powerful new blade the other half's divine power, of course, both had to merge as one.

"We've managed to do it!" Acorn was shocked.