Izumaru's travel notes

"Are you sure you want to try this sword?"

Outside the workshop, Magna stuck the Holy Fire Judge into the ground and looked at Chonggong with some worry. Even he himself could not bear this kind of temperature. As an earthling... Oh no, he was no longer an ordinary earthling.

"Sure. The Dark Trident of the Dark Armor is broken. It's really inconvenient to lose a weapon to fight the enemy. And... I don't think this sword can hurt me."

As he spoke, Takamiya grabbed the hot hilt of the sword without wearing any protective gear.

"Zi!"

A chill spread from his hand, competing with the heat of the hilt.

"Tsk, it's really hot."

Chong Gong was a little surprised. The lava core of a Grungon could be so hot. With this heat, he would definitely be burned before he evolved.

“But times have changed.”

Chonggong pulled the unruly sword out of the ground with great force, and the blazing flames instantly swept across his body. Even Magna, who had been living with fire for many years, could not endure the terrifying high temperature.

"Good fellow, you have such a bad temper?"

Looking at the Holy Judge of Heavenly Fire in his hand with billowing flames, Chong Gong was somewhat surprised. With a wave of his hand, a huge rock not far away instantly turned into a pool of sticky and hot magma.

After waving it casually a few times, Chonggong suddenly showed a troubled expression.

“…Dark Armor.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the armor arrived. After stretching the dark armor that he hadn't worn for a long time, Takamiya reached out again and grabbed the hilt of the sword, but this time...

"Zi! Zhi! Zhi!"

Drops of black liquid dripped from the hands of the dark armor. There was no doubt that they were melted.

“…I don’t understand why you are wearing the dark armor? Your physical fitness is already abnormal enough. Not to mention being invulnerable to swords and guns, even if a star destroyer cannon is fired at you, your physical strength may not be able to hurt you. Why do you need the dark armor?”

"Because... I want to be lazy." After removing the dark armor, Takamiya explained the reason, and this reason made Magna a little confused.

"Being lazy? What are you being lazy about? It's not like you don't know how to use a sword."

"He really can't use a sword."

The dark armor separated from Takamiya's body, and he looked at him, his blood-red but empty eyes miraculously showing contempt. Magna looked at him in disbelief.

"You... don't know how to use a sword?"

"Ah."

"You still um, you don't know how to use a sword, you want a hammer sword? I'll give you a brick and you can swing it!"

Magna was irritated by Chonggong's straightforward words, but soon, Magna was also in trouble. The temperature of this sword... indeed no one can control it, unless they wear protective gear. But what kind of protective gear can isolate this temperature that can incinerate a person in an instant...

"But I can teach you."

The Dark Armor's words made Magna a little confused. He wanted to ask from a while ago, why can the Dark Armor speak? And why does it have its own logic?

"This set of dark armor has its own AI. In other words, this set of dark armor is a robot. But why did you teach me swordsmanship?" Takamiya simply replied, looking at the dark armor.

The Dark Armor didn't answer the question, but pulled out the Dark Pattern Cloth and pointed it at Takamiya.

"I don't want my wielder to be someone who can't even hold a sword. Pick up that sword, and you should be able to curb that man-eating fire."

Chonggong looked at the dark armor and seemed to be serious. He also drew out the big sword, as if he sensed the opponent's will to fight. The flame of the Holy Judge of Heavenly Fire changed from the previous violent and unruly to calm and low-key, but the aggressive heat could not be ignored.

Looking at Chonggong, the blood-red eyes of the man in dark armor burst out with a high fighting spirit. With a flash of footsteps, the black and fierce sword headed straight for Chonggong's head.

"!"

Chonggong never thought that this seemingly bulky armor could burst out with lightning speed. He subconsciously shook his head, brushed past the sword, and kicked out with his leg.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the dark armor smashed a mottled rock directly, and Magna was shocked. He usually used that huge rock to test his swords, and he didn't know how many of his beloved weapons were destroyed by it. His biggest wish was to smash this rock with the strongest weapon he made, but it was broken just like that!

In an instant, Magna felt like he had lost his dream.

"…Are you…okay?"

Looking at the dark armor that had been buried in the rubble for a long time without any movement, Chonggong was a little scared. Could it be killed by his kick?

"Wow!"

Climbing out from the rubble, Dark Armor looked at the sunken armor on his abdomen and glanced at Magna next to him.

"Blacksmith, do you have the Decutaro Gear Armor? And, this, can you repair it?"

"what?"

...

After a long time, after the Dark Armor was kicked away countless times by Takamiya, Magna finally restored the replacement parts of the Dark Armor based on the drawings that Takamiya bought at a high price. As for the Dikutaro Gear Armor, it was really impossible to get it. In the end, Takamiya had no choice but to go to the black market himself and spend a lot of money to customize a set from the Salome people.

As for why it was Chonggong who paid... Just take a look at the workshop where Magna was turned into charcoal and you will know.

"You guys, you actually have so many good things on you?"

Beside the campfire, Magna looked at his forge that was being rebuilt and the seven-digit sum in his card, feeling somewhat unbelievable.

"Well, these are just the leftovers from my meal. I didn't expect them to be so popular."

Chonggong was also a little bit unbelievable. If he hadn't been reminded by the dark armor, he wouldn't have known that there were so many dregs in his stomach.

"Hello, Star Express, who is Mr. Magna?"

A Gatsi alien drove a cargo ship over their heads, and Magna went up to check the goods, and signed after confirming that there was no problem. Then he threw the thing to Chonggong.

"Put them on and get used to it. Tomorrow you go fight in that valley. Don't destroy my new forge again."

"Good good."

Seeing Magna's unhappy expression, Takamiya put on the armor. Instantly, a strong sense of restraint spread throughout his body. The amazing thing was that although his armor only covered his upper body, it seemed as if the strength of his entire body was locked tightly. It was less than 30% of his usual strength.

"Wait a minute, take this with you."

Magna threw a pair of black gloves to Takamiya. The cool and soft feeling made Takamiya curious about what they were made of.

"It's made of some monster skin. Although the strength is not very high, it is definitely heat-insulating. It can prevent your power from being suppressed and your hands from being burned..."

Looking at Magna, Takamiya had a complicated expression, because...

"Is this thing... too big?"