Chapter 99
"Oo . . . ops!"
Iris swung her sword while shouting .
I block that with one hand and immediately parry it to the side .
At the same time, I catch an arrow coming from behind with my other hand and throw it away .
"The way you're swinging your sword is still the same as usual but your stance has gotten quite stable . "
An hour passed since the start of training .
The way she swings her sword is still as bad as always, probably because the way to use a sword is different from dragon's claws, but it seems that she's gotten quite accustomed to human legs .
At the very least, she doesn't fall over small bumps now .
"Yes! I've figured out the trick not to fall down!"
Since Iris is originally a dragon that fights in mid-air at high speed, her reflexes are considerably excellent .
Once she knows how to regain her posture, there's no chance of her falling .
"Hold it there Mathi-kun! The arrows won't hit if you move around!"
There's only three arrows stuck on the crab shell on top of my head .
"All of them will hit if I don't move, there's no point then!"
Most of the arrows didn't hit because I was moving around on this bumpy site, if I wasn't, Alma could hit even a target 1/20 of this size .
I see that she's gotten quite used to using 【Guided Enchant】 to hit moving targets, she should be fine now .
"But handling a sword is really difficult isn't it . . . "
Iris swings her sword once again .
Her control is questionable like usual, and the blade handling is bad, but the power is tremendous .
It might be a good idea to let Iris use another weapon besides a sword .
To begin with, swords can't take too strong of power, so even if Iris manages to swing a sword properly, I have a feeling that the sword won't be able to endure it .
. . . Let's try that for a bit .
"You two, stop for now! And gather here!"
"Gotcha!"
"What are we going to do?"
I gathered the three .
"I'm thinking of changing Iris's weapon . The material is . . . this should be fine . "
I took out a huge lump of iron from Storage magic .
It's a by product of mithril mining in the dungeon . The weight is about 20kg .
I broke that apart, processed it with magic and stretched it into a long cylinder shape .
It doesn't need to be that precise, so I've done all the jobs besides the magic augmenting .
"Is that . . . a spear?"
Ruli looks at the metal bar I made .
"Yeah . It's a bit different from your usual spear though . "
Unlike the common spear, the tip of the spear I created is blunt .
I've rounded it up since it won't be able to stand Iris's strength otherwise .
"Now then, I'm counting on you to augment this . Just 【Toughening】 will do . "
"I understand . Please let me see it!"
Ruli put out her hands to receive the spear .
" . . . Since it's heavy, I think it's better if I stick it on the ground, and then you augment it . "
I stick the spear's tip on the ground and hand it over to Ruli .
You don't normally treat a spear like this, but this spear was made with the assumption that it'd be treated roughly, so there's no problem here .
"Got it!"
Ruli quickly finished the augment while supporting the spear .
And then she tries to take it with one hand to give it to Iris--
"I-it's heavy! I can't lift it!"
And failed at it .
Well, it's impossible with one hand .
It's a lump of iron nearly 20 kg heavy .
"It's a condensed lump of iron to the inside . . . . What do you think Iris?"
"It doesn't really feel that heavy . . . . Or rather, I think it's easier to use than a sword!"
Iris lifted the spear and brandished it with one hand .
"Try to pierce this with that . "
I molded a plank from the remaining iron ingot from earlier and stuck it on the ground .
It's about 5 cm thick .
By the way, the thickness of an average shield in this world is 1 cm .
"Yes!"
Iris took a stance with the spear around her waist and thrust at the plank .
And then, boom! With that explosion-like sound, splinters of the plank that had been broken into pieces flew out far away .
. . . . Looks like it's a success .