Chapter 18: Making Treasure From Trash.
They did not have to wait long as Yami sent Finral to check up on them not long after the Golden Dawn left. When he walked out of his portal he saw that Mordred, Charmy, Asta, and Noelle seemed to be okay. They lacked any significant injuries, and the thumbs-up Mordred gave him answered it all.
He wiped his forehead as he had a bad feeling earlier.
"You guys succeeded? Thank the Wizard King."
Mordred stood up and hefted her new sword on her shoulder.
"Yup, and I got every piece of treasure to be found. You may bow."
Finral instantly took the knee.
"Thank you, your majesty."
Mordred's face went blank which made Finral look shocked.
"You don't actually have to bow you know?"
'YOU TOLD ME TO BOW! Well, it does not matter. With my share, I will have more than enough money to go on so many dates.'
His mind instantly went into getting women to go out with him. They may want his money, but that was one of the uses of money. However, he was knocked out of his thoughts when Mordred's hand covered his face.
A powerful pressure began to crush his head as Mordred dragged him inside the portal.
"Let us get going."
"MY HEAD! IT WILL EXPLODE!"
"Then die you, creepy pervert."
Seeing that made Noelle look away.
"Not getting on her bad side. That is for sure."
Asta nodded with a knowing look on his face.
"You got a point there."
As for Charmy she just smiled.
'It's good I did not eat Atlas.'
Everyone entered the portal one after another to return to the Black Bull's hideout. On the other side, Yami was already waiting as he had a real use for that treasure. When Mordred walked out she saw Yami standing there while rubbing his hands together.
"Oh, your back already. So, how did it go?"
Mordred was about to give her report, but Finral reached out for Yami with a scared look on his face.
"SAVE ME, CAPTAIN!"
Yami looked down with a glare.
"Did you interrupt me, wheels?"
Modred let go of his head which made him hold it in pain. Asta, Charmy, and Noelle entered through the open portal which closed behind them. She grinned and gave the good news.
"We got every single piece of treasure to be found and I even found a new sword."
She raised the Demon Dweller Sword that she had found and turned it into her own. Seeing it made Yami shake his head.
"Come on, that is 5 already. Enough is enough."
She grinned and caused all her swords to float around her.
"I can do this now. And more swords are always good. Now, who is ready to split the treasure."
The rest of the Black Bulls who were still in the mansion instantly gathered around. Luck and Magna were still out as they were hunting the rest of the bandit groups, but the rest still happened to be here.
Venesa, rubbed her hands together as she thought of all the super expensive wines she would be able to buy. Grey wanted to use her share to take some speaking lessons as she was too shy to speak normally. Magna and Yami wanted their share to pay off their debt, but since Magna was not here Yami would save him his share.
Gauche would use that money to buy his sister as many presents as he could. Asta on the other hand would send a big share to the church while Gordon wanted to use his share so that he could make better figurines of his friends.
As for Charmy, she would just buy as much food as she could. Mordred picked up the storage device and activated it releasing all of the treasure. In an instant, the entire hideout had a massive pile of treasure on the ground. Seeing the sheer amount of treasure left them all speechless.
Yami walked forward and kneeled down holding his hands in prayer.
"Thank you gods of money."
Mordred sat down on a pile of treasure feeling the Magic Core in her heart begin to beat faster. All dragons liked treasure, and the Pendragon family had drunk the blood of a Red Dragon. The most powerful and most treasure-seeking of them all.
The rest of the Black Bulls dived in as they each began to take several items, gold coins, and the like. Mordred looked through the treasure before finding something. It was a golden longsword that had a decent bit of magic.
She picked out 2, which she intended to use for her little project. She wanted to gift Yami and Asta something. The Black Bulls spent the next 30 minutes just gathering some of the treasure and when they got done, Mordred stored the rest back in the storage device.
Yami happily counted his share on the table as he looked up at Mordred.
"Oh, get ready to meet the Wizard King in a week. The rest is going to go to the Kingdom."
Mordred waved him off as she walked back to her room.
"I got it. I am going to take a nap."
Yami waved her off as she and Atlas left for her room. When Mordred walked into her room, she placed all her swords on the wall before leaving the two golden swords she got from the treasure chest.
They were regular longswords, but they were golden and had some magic to them. Useless to her, but maybe she could do something useful with them. She sat down on her bed as Atlas curled on her bed to sleep.
He was still stuffed from all the magic he had eaten and taken in at the Dungeon. She smiled and ran her hand down his back before focusing back on the two swords.
"If my grimoire can also take in weapons from this world, what else can I do with it?"
She picked up one of the swords and brought it over to her grimoire. Mordred focused on the idea of a katana, but she did not expect much. Her grimoire began to use its power to affect the sword she used as material, but as the material was crap, the end result would be far weaker than her own swords.
After using quite a bit of magic, her grimoire spat out a katana. This one was not gold like the sword she used and instead seemed to be a mix of black, gold, and red. She did not even use much magic as she pulled the katana out.
"Weird."
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To her, this weapon was far inferior to her own that her Grimorie did not see it as worthy to be recorded. She pulled the blade from the sheath and saw thought that it would be perfect for Yami. It was way better than the one he had at the moment which made her smile.
She would never admit it, but she liked Yami. He was what she thought a father should be which made her shake her head.
'No one can ever know.'
She placed the katana back and looked at the second golden sword. She once again fed it to her Grimoire and gave the magic it needed to refine the sword. The same with the Katana, her grimoire spat out a second sword, but this time it was entirely black.
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It was around the same size as her new Demon Dweller sword, so this could replace it for Asta. Though, the Demon Dweller sword was better as her Grimore felt it worthy to store in her grimoire.
"I am not even tired. I did not use that much magic to make these, which shows why they are not worthy to stick around. Still, not bad for this world I guess."
She placed both swords on her desk before she lied down on her bed. She kicked off her boots before she placed her coat on her chair. She closed her eyes and after a bit of time managed to fall asleep. She fall asleep almost instantly as recently she felt her Magic Core working faster.
She had no idea why, but she welcomed it. With Excalibur, she had become unaging and would no longer be at risk of dying from old age. She was a homunculus after all, or was she?
After a few hours, she suddenly felt something big and fluffy cover her face. She reached up and ran her hand on Atlas who was this fluffy.
"Get off my face."
She felt Atlas roll over and get off her face. She got up from the bed and rubbed her eyes as she looked at Atlas.
"Good mor-"
She stopped when she saw Atlas. Yesterday he had been barely bigger than a cat, but now he was the size of a wolf. The little horn nubs on his head had grown a bit making it look like he had small cow horns on his head.
His canines had grown a bit which made them peak through his upper lip and his wings were much bigger. He even had two spikes coming out from the tips of his wings.
"Now that is something."
Atlas jumped on her and licked her face with his rough tongue making her smile.
"I see someone had a growth spurt."
His tail wagged back and forth happy that she praised him. She got up from the bed and changed her clothes before putting her boots on. She would have to wash her clothes soon and take a bath, but for the moment it could wait. She waved her hand and caused her 5 swords to float toward her.
Galatine and Excalibur went to her back while Arondight and Clarent went to her hips. As for the Demon Dweller sword, she stored it away in her grimoire just for the moment. Once that was done she picked up the swords she made for Yami and Asta.
"Come on Atlas."
Atlas walked to her side as she walked out of her room while holding the two swords in her hands. As she got up earlier than others she did not run into anyone yet as she walked out into the dining area.
When she got there she ran into someone she did not expect. Yami was once again awake early and from the look of it he had been awake for the whole night. When they ran into each other they both did not expect to see each other right now.
"Mordred?"
"Yami?"
Mordred cleared her voice before she grabbed the Katana in her hands. She held it out which made Yami look at the sword in her hands.
"This is for accepting me into the Black Bulls. I felt it was a shame for you to use an inferior sword so I made this for you."
Yami reached out and took the Katana from her hands. He pulled the blade from the sheath and looked at the red and black blade. The blade portion was dark red while the top was pitch black.
He coated the Katana in Shadow Magic and was shocked at how well the sword took to his magic. The Katana he was using was good, but it was not a magic item. This was honest to god magic item.
"You made this for me?"
Mordred looked away and nodded.
"Yes, I used one of the swords I found from the pile and put it in my grimoire. This is the end result."
Yami placed the sword in its sheath and smiled. He reached out and patted her head.
"Thanks, Mordred. Really, thank you."
"Don't bother. I owe it to you."
She began to walk with an embarrassed look on her face which made him smile. He looked at his new sword and replaced his old Katana with it. He decided to gift his old one to Asta to see if that brat could use it.
'I really appreciate it you know.'
"Hey, Mordred. Want to test this new sword with me?"
The moment he said that Mordred turned around and grinned.
"You bet old man."
"Bring it you brat."
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