S-so Cool…!

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“Hmm-hmm-hmm~.”

I headed to Ferguls’s blacksmith shop with Luna-noona and Ms. Physique.

“J-Jin-sang. Y-you look really excited.”

“Your humming sounds very cheerful too!”

“Of course! It’s a magic spear! A magic spear!”

My very own unique weapon!

Plus, a magic weapon with the functions I wanted!

How could I not be excited!

Hehehehe.

And finally, I arrived at the blacksmith shop.

“Ferguls~ I’m here~!”

“Welcome! My benefactor Jin-sang!”

Hmm~ why.

It feels weird just having my name attached like that!

“Is the weapon finished?”

“Hahaha, of course it is! Here, this is it!”

Ferguls handed me a spear with a red shaft and a round golden orb attached to the back.

Ooh~ so shiny~.

“Wow! This is my unique weapon!”

I was so moved that I blurted it out.

“Kuhahaha! That’s right! This is a unique weapon I made for my benefactor Jin-sang!”

Ferguls laughed heartily and matched my enthusiasm.

Even his customer service is Master Smith level!

But…

“Why is Jelbon here?”

“Because it’s an opportunity to see a weapon made by the Master!”

“Is that so?”

Is it like observing a master craftsman’s weapon evaluation?

Anyway.

“It has all the functions I mentioned, right?”

“Of course! Just as my benefactor Jin-sang requested, you can use all the functions you asked for just by infusing magic power and thinking about it! You can freely extend or shorten the length depending on the amount of magic power, and I also added a function to make the spearhead rotate!”

“Ohhh!”

So it definitely has the extend-shorten function and the drill-like rotation function I wanted!

“And there’s also a function to heat up the spearhead when you infuse magic power!”

“Wow!”

Perfect!

“Actually, making functions activate just by thinking requires advanced technology, but… that’s nothing for Ferguls, the Master Smith!”

“Thank you so much, Ferguls!”

“It’s nothing! I had fun making it too! Actually, I was relieved you didn’t ask for functions like making fire or water come out of the spear. Due to inscription limitations, those kinds of things still require the caster to create the inscriptions directly.”

“Um… aren’t there things like magic swords where you say an activation word and it happens?”

“Hahaha! Those are almost like cheats.”

“Cheats?”

“When you say the activation word, the inscription embedded in the sword forcibly activates through the user’s body. Of course, only simple things are possible. You can’t dream of difficult intermediate or advanced techniques. Such things might only be possible with divine weapons from the ancient era sleeping in ruins.”

“Oh.”

I almost bought a magic sword without knowing and could have severely damaged my body.

“Try testing the functions!”

“Oh, then… do you have a cup of water?”

At my words, Jelbon immediately brought a large cup filled with water.

“Here it is, Customer Jin-sang!”

“Thank you.”

I dipped the spearhead into the cup and infused it with magic power while thinking “heat up.”

And not long after.

Bubble, bubble, bubble, the water in the cup started to foam.

“Oh!”

“Wow! It’s b-boiling!”

“Amazing!”

“Hahaha! It works properly!”

“Now I can have warm water anytime!”

“Hmm? Is that what you requested it for?”

“No. Originally, I wanted to stab monsters and cauterize their wounds to hurt them more.”

“That’s brutal.”

“But I can use it in other ways too. For example… heating up a stone to grill meat on top?”

“That’s a delicious application.”

“Right?”

“Well then, let’s test the next function!”

“Yes!”

I took the spear out of the water cup, pointed it to an area without people, and this time infused it with magic power while thinking “rotate.”

And then.

Whiiiiiiing!

“Ohhhhh!”

The area around the spearhead rotated rapidly, quickly shaking off the water droplets.

“The performance is awesome!”

“Who made it after all! But my benefactor Jin-sang’s magic power is quite impressive too. I designed it so that the rotation speed increases with magic power input… but I didn’t expect it to spin this fast.”

“Hehe, I’m pretty good with magic power.”

“T-that’s right! Jin-sang has t-tons of magic power!”

“He can use recovery magic continuously any number of times!”

“Now only the last function remains to be checked.”

“Yes!”

After leaving the blacksmith shop, I pointed the spear toward the sky.

And this time:

“Extend!”

I shouted while infusing the spear with magic power.

Then with a streeeeeetch! the spear began to extend upward.

“Ohhhh! It’s extending! It’s exten— ugh! H-heavy! S-shrink!”

But during the extension, the spear suddenly became extremely heavy, so I hurriedly made it shrink.

Fortunately, as it shrank, it became light enough to hold again, and the spear returned to its original length.

“F-Ferguls. What happened?”

“Hohoho… to think such a thing would happen.”

Ferguls stroked his beard admiringly and said:

“That spear uses Iron Golem as its main material. So it’s much heavier than an ordinary spear. But thanks to the lightening enchantment I inscribed separately, it’s now light enough for my benefactor Jin-sang to carry. However… when my benefactor Jin-sang infused a large amount of magic power and extended the length, it seems the lightening magic couldn’t handle the weight of the extended length.”

“R-really?”

You… were actually an extremely heavy fellow.

“Well, as long as you don’t extend it too much like just now, there won’t be any problems in battle.”

Well, it only became heavy when it extended more than 20 meters.

As Ferguls said, it probably wouldn’t be a problem in battle.

Hmm… but if we disregard weight…

Would that also be possible?

“Benefactor Jin-sang.”

While I was having an ingenious thought.

Ferguls asked me:

“So what name will you give to that weapon made exclusively for you?”

“A name?”

“Yes. Surely it would be strange to just call a weapon made for yourself a ‘spear,’ wouldn’t it?”

That’s true.

“Then the name of this spear is…”

My spear that can extend and contract.

Then naturally, this name is the golden rule.

“I’ll call it Yeoui!”

From now on, your name is the Yeoui Spear~.

“Yeoui… hmm, it’s not a bad sound. But… what are you doing now?”

While Ferguls was thinking about the name I had given,

I was digging in the ground, trying to implement the brilliant application I had thought of.

“Ah, I have something I want to test.”

After digging the ground sufficiently, I placed the spearhead on the ground and covered the front part of the spear with the excavated soil.

“Hmm, good, the fixation is somewhat done!”

“What on earth… d-don’t tell me?”

“It’s probably what you’re thinking?”

If I named it Yeoui… I wanted to try this at least once!

“W-wait! Benefactor Jin-sang! If you do that…!”

“Extend! Yeoui!”

Streeeeeeeetch!

“Waaaaaaa!”

And as I expected, when I infused magic power, I was carried upward while hanging onto the extending spear.

Ah, it’s getting scary as it keeps going higher. I should stop now.

When I reached about 10 meters.

I stopped the magic power.

I buried it firmly enough, but it would be terrible if it fell over.

Well then, let me breathe the clear air up here!

“Inhaaaale… cough cough cough!”

Uwek! The blacksmith’s smoke is no joke!

I shouldn’t have inhaled!

“J-Jin-saaaaaaang!”

“Brother Jin-saaaaaaaaang!”

I could hear Luna-noona and Ms. Physique calling me from below.

Oh no, I shouldn’t worry them too much.

“Don’t worry! I’ll come down right away!”

It’s getting a bit scary to stay up here any longer.

“Then… shrink, Yeoui!”

This way I’ll go down like an elevator…

Shriiiiink!

Huh?

Why are you coming up here?

That’s when Ferguls’s shout was heard.

“The part that changes length is the front of the spear!”

Ah.

Why are you only telling me that now…

Before I could complete that thought.

I felt the sensation of falling from the sky.

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaa!”

“J-Jin-saaaaaaang!”

I’m falling!

I-I-I’m going to die!

N-no!

“H-Heal Regeneratiooooon!”

I hastily cast continuous Heal, but…

Ah, it’s going to hurt terribly when I hit the ground.

“Brother Jin-saaaaaaaaaang!”

At that moment.

Kwaaaaang!

A loud sound was heard, and

Suddenly, the falling sensation throughout my body disappeared.

“Don’t worry! I’ve got you!”

When I came to my senses, Ms. Physique was holding me in a princess carry.

“P-Physique!?”

“Leave it to me! I will never let Brother Jin-sang get hurt!”

“P-Physique!”

S-so cool…!

What should I do?

My heart is pounding!

But…

“Aren’t we still falling?”

“Brother Jin-sang will absolutely not get hurt!”

“Ms. Physiqueeee!?”

And the next moment.

Kuuuuung!

Ms. Physique, who was holding me, landed on the ground.

She may have caught me when I was halfway through falling.

But I thought landing while holding me would be difficult even for Ms. Physique.

“P-Physique! Are you okay!?”

“Brother Jin-sang!”

Ms. Physique, with her usual bright smile.

“Yes, yes!”

“My legs hurt terribly! Please heal me!”

She complained about the pain and asked for treatment.

“Yes! Heeeeeeeeal!”

I immediately cast Heal.

“Oh! It’s better right away! Thank you, Brother Jin-sang!”

“No, I should be the one thanking you!?”

I couldn’t help but retort at Ms. Physique’s overly bright reaction.