Chapter 102 – A Star in the Darkness
The lingering mist and debris still hung in the air as I slowly stood up and walked toward the side of the room, where a large chest deep black in color stood proudly at the center of a magic circle. This chest looked different from the others I had found before. It bore patterns of stars and cosmic constellations that shimmered faintly, like a night sky frozen in metal.
"A reward for defeating the boss, huh..." I murmured softly, my voice nearly drowned out by the mysterious hum radiating from the chest.
I knelt down, touching the cold metal surface, and slowly opened the lid.
CLICK KRRRCKK...
The sound of an ancient mechanism echoed like the groan of some ancient beast awakening. A faint blue light flared briefly from within, then dimmed slowly revealing a single object resting inside.
A rapier.
Thin, elegant, and deadly. The weapon was made of a metallic black material that seemed unnatural. But the most striking feature was the tiny glowing dots scattered along the blade as if stars were trapped within the sword itself.
I drew it slowly. The rapier was light... too light, even. But when I moved it slightly, the air around it whispered, as if being sliced by something invisible. There was something impossibly refined yet lethally precise about this weapon.
Inside the chest was also a sword belt, jet black with a crescent moon-shaped buckle. For some reason... even though I wasn’t used to using a rapier, it felt right. As if it had been waiting for me all along. But I couldn’t use it. I wanted to keep it, but then I remembered I didn’t have any storage.
I sighed in frustration. "No inventory... no storage space... how annoying. What kind of system is this? At least give me a small magic pouch or something..."
But of course, there was no response.