Omake: If There Were No Divine Weapons Received

"Okay, this will keep you on even ground with Daein..." Legault said while impressed with his work.

Ike stood adorned with energy rings on each finger, a dragon shield as armor on both his front and back sides, and a boot within boots. Not only that, he had several wing feathers tucked into his headband, wore several talismans around his neck, and had several Ashera icons tied to himself. He gave a deadpan look at Legault. It was clear that this was going beyond what was needed.

"This is ridiculous..." Ike muttered with a dry tone. "I can't fight like this. I can't even hold my sword as efficiently with all these rings."

"Oh, come on!" Legault replied with a desperate expression and pleading tone. "Can't you go to battle with all these enhancements?"

His eyes looked desperate. If Ike didn't accept, he would be subjected to something cruel. Either way, Ike wasn't willing to take all these buff items into battle. There was no practical way of wearing these, like reading a secret book. They needed to come off.

"None of us can go to battle like this, Legault. I'm sorry." Ike told the man, who slumped over in response.

Why was he so desperate to have people be strengthened like this? Legault called him over to discuss war plans and was subjected to being adorned with various enhancement items to defeat Daein. Maybe one set was fine, but this was overdone.

He then spotted Anna walking up behind Legault, who had failed to convince Ike to accept the equipment set. Her eyes had a sinister glint in them while she held some object, likely an artifact. She playfully tapped Legault's shoulder, to which the latter groaned in response.

"Now, now! You know what to do, Legault!" Anna exclaimed. Legault then lifelessly took the item into his hands without further complaint. "Be sure to ask nicely! You get two round trips with this. Don't worry about the time; you'll be able to finish by then and be able to give them their sacred weapons back once everything is over."

Ike blinked repeatedly at Anna's words. What was Legault's job now?

"So... Prince Joshua of Jehanna... Please guide me to your country's Sacred Twin Weapons..." Legault lazily addressed the man with long red hair, green garbs, and a tricorn hat. Joshua became visibly alert against the assassin in response.

Joshua, a mercenary who traveled to Serafew for work. He planned to go to the pub after a loss from gambling at the arena, but then this stranger came up to him in the middle of the night and blurted out his true identity. Luckily, there was no one around to hear their conversation.

Based on the man's appearance, he was probably a thief or assassin, out to get his homeland's treasure. He had already found out his true identity. He couldn't let his guard down, even though this assassin was superior in combat compared to himself. He tightly gripped his killing edge, ready to defend himself. The assassin gave a dry look at Joshua, who was ready for combat.

"Don't make this harder for me. I have a boss who has me on a fetch quest without my family to help me (they were still angry at my idea of infamy exposure). I need to borrow the sacred weapons from each country and bring them back to our benefactor to use in a war that erupted in his home continent from an aggressive nation, just like how your country will experience the same as with Renais. But don't worry, every country will be compensated and have their weapons returned. Now... I—" Legault was cut off by the high-pitched screams of someone. He turned his head in the direction of the source, which came from outside the walls of the town.

"Aaaaaaaahhhh! SPIDER MONSTER!"

How did a creature like that manage to come near a town like this? Legault remembered that monsters exist on this continent. He didn't have time to help a person. Then again... the voice sounded familiar... The town's militia and arena contestants should be able to help.

"Mister Legault! Help me! It's me, Rolf! I accidentally stumbled into the place where you teleported! PLEASE HELP!" Rolf cried out while sprinting away from the arachnid abomination.

It was then that Legault paled and groaned in front of Joshua. He should have never taken this job...