Millennium Witch.

Chapter 29 - Alloy Battle Blade
Two weeks later, on a frosty, chilly morning.

Outside, breath turns to ice, and the frost flowers that condense on the windowpane resemble intricate patterns sculpted from ice crystals, cutting and refracting the faint morning light, casting delicate and hazy rainbows into the room.

Standing in the warm indoor space, Rosalyn, who was about to leave, put on a thick cloak. Turning around, she saw that her teacher had also changed into a beige trench coat, with a gray sweater with a warm turtleneck underneath, which added a touch of intellectual charm to her slender figure that seemed incongruous with her face.

These clothes came from an underground warehouse in an abandoned clothing factory. Perhaps due to the powerful preservation technology of the original civilization, strange nanofiber materials, or some kind of special treatment, nearly half of the garments inside escaped the fate of microbial decomposition, photo-oxidation, and thermal degradation over the course of six hundred years, thus falling into their hands. Otherwise, with their almost zero knowledge of textiles, without warm clothes to wear in winter, they would have been stuck at home the whole time.

"Let's go, teacher!" Rosalyn announced enthusiastically after walking over and adjusting the teacher's collar slightly.

Today, their target is the eastern part of Ish City, near Grey Harbor City. According to what they learned in the dream, there should be a New Eden government military base on Ish Island there.

With the "Elemental Attenuation Completion Technology," Yvette plans to recycle some military-grade magical equipment to see if any of it is still usable. Then, she can repair the elemental capacitors and use it directly.

Of course, it largely depends on luck. If she finds a piece of high-quality military equipment that's still usable after 600 years, she'll just fix the batteries and take it home. If it won't start, then so be it; it's just a lottery after all.

Half an hour later, riding the magic-powered motorcycle, the two arrived at the entrance of the abandoned military base. Perhaps because the cold weather affected their movements, they encountered almost no attacks from the mutants along the way. The world seemed to have quieted down, turning into a vast expanse of white snow.

After entering the base and eliminating some humanoid aberrations along the way, Yvette entered several armories with their doors wide open. She tested each of the remaining magical equipment inside, but unfortunately, no matter how much magic she inputted, there was no response.

After checking several rooms, Yvette had a premonition that she might have to return empty-handed today.

However, at that moment, Rosalyn made a discovery in a spacious hall deep inside what resembled a large training ground.

It was a cyborg, but unlike other cyborgs, this one had two military-grade alloy blades on its hands. Upon discovering Rosalind, the intruder, it immediately activated the alloy blades, allowing Rosalind to clearly see the electric light on the blades and hear the striking buzzing sound.

Subsequently, Yvette, who arrived after hearing the news, disassembled the cyborg and discovered that after removing the flesh and blood attached to its body and the blades, there was actually a bionic mechanical hand underneath, which was essentially two alloy blades held in its hand and could be taken off and used directly.

"So cool..." After gripping the alloy battle blade and activating it, Rosalyn looked at the trembling blade and the lightning crackling from its cold light with an expression of amazement.

Yvette was also surprised. After searching for a long time without finding anything, she thought she was going to return empty-handed. Unexpectedly, she got equipment from the mutant for the first time.

From this perspective, although cyborg variants are often more threatening than biological variants, there are things that can be recovered, so we can target them more in the future.

"Teacher, what do you think of this knife? Is it powerful?" Rosalin asked curiously, stroking the now calm blade after turning off the combat mode.

"It's alright." After connecting and checking the parameters using the magic terminal, Yvette nodded slightly.

This knife is called "The Ripper Type VII". It belongs to the New Eden United States' self-developed military weapon series and has two effects: "high-frequency oscillation" and "high-voltage current".

Since the magic circuits were unreadable, and even if they were forcibly read, they would be encrypted gibberish, Yvette could not determine the specifications, quality, and actual parameters of the two attached spells. However, judging from the effect of just a casual test, if paired with "Muscle Unlimited", its power would be no less than that of Thunder Fury, which she herself cast. It should be able to kill a basic type of aberration without any problem.

However, the battery degradation issue hasn't diminished at all. It's clear that its previous usability was due to the aberration directly powering it. Now, separated from the battery, the element capacitors are no longer effective.

Moreover, the energy consumption rate of "high-frequency oscillation" and "high-voltage current" is indeed a bit fast. If the battery is not replenished with elements and is used directly on Rosalyn, her mana bar will probably be depleted in half an hour.

……

After searching for a while and confirming there were no new findings, Yvette returned to the manor with Rosalind before noon and quickly began replenishing the elements, restoring the two military-grade magical equipment to their perfect condition. In the afternoon, watching Rosalind enthusiastically studying various blade-slashing techniques in the manor's cold wind, Yvette silently decided to expedite the optimization of the "Crimson Armor" and "Muscle Unlimited" spells.

This wasn't entirely for her apprentice's sake; in fact, even she herself was somewhat tempted by these two military weapons from the Origin Civilization.

after all……

Which boy can resist the allure of swords?
right!

Of course, from a practical point of view, the spell bombardment composed of the traditional four spells of ice, fire, wind and thunder is definitely much more useful than the alloy battle blade in hand, and the firepower is not even in the same league.

But having more options is always a good thing.

……

Time flies, and before we knew it, three months had passed in the blink of an eye. The season had also changed from the snowy winter to the late spring and early summer.

After a period of careful iteration, the two spells, "Crimson Armor" and "Muscle Unlimited," were finally optimized to a level very close to their limits, with a significant reduction in mana consumption.

In particular, Yvette thoughtfully changed the coverage mechanism of the "Crimson Armor" - now even the clothes on your body can be protected, so there is no need to worry about the clothes being torn off due to intense battles.

Rosalyn was very happy about this, because she had begun intensive training in swordsmanship and close combat.

It's not that she wants to change jobs. In fact, melee weapons and magic training don't conflict. It's just that her magic pressure is very low right now. With the same spell and the same amount of magic power, the effect she produces is far inferior to that of her teacher.

However, using the two enhancement spells that come with the Alloy Blade is different. The magic pressure of "high-frequency oscillation" and "high-voltage current" both come from the input of the "high-voltage capacitor" inside the blade, allowing her to have destructive power no less than her teacher simply by swinging the blade.

Driven by the simple desire to "share the burden with the teacher," she naturally preferred to use this weapon that would allow her to unleash greater immediate combat power.

Yvette, on the other hand, quietly gave up on this option after practicing melee weapons for a period of time.

Yes, it takes too much time. With that effort, she could do many other things.

Having recently completed comprehensive optimizations of the "Scarlet Armor" and "Muscle Restriction" techniques, her next goal is to optimize the "Regeneration Pump," adding an emergency treatment capability for infections caused by the aberrant virus.

However, the problem with this research direction is that she knows nothing about the mysterious virus that causes organisms to mutate, only that it can be transmitted through blood, so she has to be careful not to be torn open by the mutated virus.

Therefore, in order to study the filtering or purification effect of the "regeneration pump" on this mysterious virus, biological experiments on various small animals will likely be indispensable for a long time to come.

……

And so, in the verdant manor atop the wasteland, the daily lives of the master and apprentice returned to tranquility. Exploration, meditation, learning, experimentation... day after day.

In this comfortable rhythm, three years passed by in a flash.

(End of this chapter)