The group promised to meet again in one week. They still had a lot of work to do, and since they had their own goals as well, it would be better if they split up. Billy's problems also increased due to his low mana, but he would solve that as long as he finds some soldiers that get in his way.
Although he returned at midnight to the capital, he still found many guards around the former place where the castle had been. Those loyal guys were a problem, so Billy got rid of them after approaching them by using Flash. A single good punch on their skulls finished the job, and Billy also recovered some mana.
"Come to think of it… I didn't notice since I was in the middle of a battle, but I gained experience when I killed them before, but I don't get it now…" Billy thought. "Was it because they had the power of those weapons, and the source of mana disappeared?"
Putting that aside, Billy got rid of all the guards around the destroyed castle without making any noise. After that, he approached the center of the terrain and used earth magic to sense things underground. Much to his surprise, he found a box there instead of bones. After digging that thing out of the ground, he found a golden box, but no mana was being emitted by it.
In any case, Billy opened the box, or at least he tried to do so. It was sealed, and it wasn't something that could be opened with brute strength alone. He wasn't in the best place to stay for long, so Billy decided to put the box in his backpack and leave the area. He still had a lot of work to do, after all.
In the middle of the night, Billy began to search for the warehouses of the capital, and he didn't have to waste much time to do so. Although they weren't emitting energy like before, Billy found some unknown individuals carrying and guarding large boxes in several carriages. They sure were being silent with that…
"I suppose even his best friends won't mourn for him for more than just a couple of hours…" Billy thought,
Billy had recovered some mana, so he quickly dealt with those guys in a pretty silent manner too. He was in a grim mood, so that was probably reflected in his actions. Using earth magic, Billy made them sink, and he crushed their whole bodies underground. He gave a whole new meaning to the words: nobody will notice if there is no one to notice it.
Billy kept doing that for an entire week. Attacking all the places that had warehouses with monsters' bioproducts. During that time, he heard and saw the population panic due to the death of so many soldiers and the destruction of the castle and of the entire royal family. No one knew what was going on, and those who had connections with the royal family were trying to run away since they were being targeted as well. Chaos was spreading like wildfire…
Thanks to that, Billy had the chance to check the houses of the aristocrats of that state and tried to learn as much as possible from the books that they had. Unfortunately, he only found recent registers of the activities of those families and crap about the legacy of their recent leaders. People of that world really sucked at registering things from their past.
Regardless, during that time, Billy recovered enough mana to try and open the gold box. The box didn't have a normal lock for some reason, but it had a magic one. Only someone with compatible mana could open that. Billy said screw to that and overwhelmed that mana with his own. He ended up destroying the box, but the contents were intact.
Magic Hammer
Blacksmith Lv + 500
Durability: ∞
"This is…" Billy frowned.
Billy had considered that, but could it be that Ollen's ancestor was a reincarnated person like him? There was no way that a normal person would be able to create such an item without some cheat powers. While it wasn't a combat weapon, it certainly could make someone ordinary become crazy skilled at blacksmithing. Still, why would he leave such a thing behind… Why would the reincarnated create such an item before its death? It was almost like he knew that he would die, but he would try to change the world even after death.
Nevertheless, Billy didn't hear anything when he touched the hammer… it was probably a medium that worked with only those that shared his blood. In any case, he decided to check the hammer and see what he could do with it. He chose a random iron ore from his pockets and then hit it once while he envisioned four-star shuriken. Much to his surprise, the more began to shine after the touch and then it turned into a shuriken.
"What the hell…" Billy frowned. "I am pretty sure that blacksmithing won't be easy when my skill reaches that level."
Maybe it was due to the nature of the creator of that hammer. His power was related to forging… In any case, the fact that his country would have dungeons that produce cores like that was really convenient. Or wasn't it a coincidence? It was hard to believe that he could make dungeons appear like that. People like him weren't supposed to have that power.
"Regardless, this will be a fine addition to my collection," Billy thought.
While heading to the meeting point, Billy wondered if, under the temple city, he would find a relic like that. He couldn't steal it without a good reason, but he certainly was curious about what was down there.
""Come to think of it, Felipe suddenly got a power-up and defeated a dragon… He probably lied when he said that he didn't know what was there," Billy rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "The relic helped him."
