Isekai Adventure in the Dimensional Cube-Chapter 1358 - 965: Special Grade Cursed Tool: Renge_2
It’s a pity that, for Reiger, the value of this special-grade cursed tool is almost zero.
The reason is very simple.
First, his own curse energy is abundant, almost infinite, so no matter how much curse energy is stored in the Lotus, its effect on him is very limited.
Second, he is ultimately a swordsman, not a fighter. When it comes to fighting with weapons, he would definitely choose swords over gauntlets.
Therefore, Reiger originally planned to give the Lotus to Itadori Yuji when he was about to leave this world.
For Itadori Yuji, who doesn’t have a technique and relies entirely on physical skills, the Lotus should be of great help, and he himself should really like this cursed tool.
But, in the battle of Destruction Revisit, Reiger found that the Lotus suddenly had a bit of purpose.
"Since I plan to disguise myself as a reverse case of [Heaven and Curse Binding], like Fushiguro Toji, fighting solely with physical strength in a zero curse energy state, it’s necessary to leverage the power of cursed tools."
As the most special and powerful individual in the reverse case of [Heaven and Curse Binding], Fushiguro Toji has world-class physical strength, far surpassing even Itadori Yuji. But due to the zero curse energy, some disadvantages must be considered regardless.
After all, without curse energy, not to mention facing a special-grade curse spirit, you can’t even kill a fourth-grade curse spirit.
Some mages’ techniques cannot be broken with physical strength alone; curse energy is necessary to counter them.
Thus, during battles, Fushiguro Toji also needs to use various cursed tools to increase his combat options.
Under such circumstances, Reiger feels that he cannot be an exception.
So, he turned out all the cursed tools and cursed items he had collected over the past month.
Most of these cursed tools and items are special-grade, either owned by the people from the curse management department who came to pursue Reiger or by curse masters and organizations that Reiger has eliminated.
Reiger feels they’re basically useless to him and set them aside to deal with when leaving this world, but for now, they can play their part.
Of course, even so, many of these cursed tools and items are still useless and were ultimately eliminated one by one by Reiger.
For example, Eight-Eyed Pillars, which require multiple people to inject curse energy and cooperate to activate, are just eight pieces of scrap iron to Reiger.
And some cursed tools such as guns, sticks, and axes are eliminated unless they have very special effects.
As said, he’s a swordsman, blade and sword cursed tools are acceptable, gauntlets can be used too, but guns, sticks, axes are out of the question.
In addition, the cursed tools and items brought by the mages sent by the curse management department to pursue him also need to be eliminated by Reiger.
Because they have owners, even Geto Suguru may know they belonged to the curse management department, and now they become Reiger’s spoils. If Reiger uses them, it’s as if openly telling Geto Suguru, he is Reiger.
Therefore, such cursed tools that would lead to Reiger’s identity being exposed also need to be eliminated.
In the end, the only ones usable by Reiger are cursed tools and items like the Lotus, collected by underground curse masters, with origins unknown.
Among these cursed tools and items, those that aren’t special-grade are also all eliminated by Reiger, leading to ultimately just two pieces that Reiger can take and use.
The Lotus is one of them.
The remaining one is placed in a shoulder bag along with a weapon that Reiger himself found from the dimensional cube’s storage space.
These three weapons are what Reiger can use while in disguise, especially the one originally belonging to him, which can even be considered a trump card during Reiger’s prime.
The reason Reiger takes it out is just in case.
In case he truly encounters an enemy that physical strength and two cursed tools and items can’t solve, he can resort to this trump card.
Just, those Poets just now obviously didn’t have the honor to see this trump card, only the Lotus, the weapon Reiger values the least among the three.
As a special-grade cursed tool, the Lotus has only one ability.
That is, whenever it is used to kill a curse spirit, it can absorb the body of that curse spirit, restore its body to curse energy, and store it inside the cursed tool for the wearer to use.
If used by mages, they can rely on the curse energy stored within the cursed tool to raise their combat power by one or two levels.
If used by non-mages, they can also leverage the curse energy stored within the cursed tool to perform enhancements in aspects such as body and senses, and even conduct special curse energy attacks just like mages.
The reason Reiger chose it is that he can use physical techniques, indeed he can use gauntlet-type weapons, and because of its high power and defensive capability, and because it can supply curse energy to the wearer.
With it, even under the guise of "Eric Mozart," he can use some curse energy to fight.
This curse energy belongs to the Lotus, not Reiger, so even if residue curse energy is left, it doesn’t matter, it won’t lead to Reiger’s identity being exposed.
"Who’s next?"
Reiger moved his fist with the gauntlet, raising his gaze to look at the midair beside him.
"Is it you?"
Just as he spoke—
"Orrrrrrooooorrrrrrrooooorrrrrrrooooorrrrrrrooooorrrrrrroooo...!"
A colossal figure suddenly plummeted from midair, emitting a terrifying roar as it descended, charging towards Reiger.
It looked like a fish but was bigger than any fish, at least twenty meters long.
"Curse spirit?"
Reiger squinted his eyes under the shadow brought by its descent.
"No, this feeling... is it a Shikigami?"
Speaking, Reiger did not retreat half a step, like trying to shake a tree, he threw a powerful punch with a sonic boom at the descending gigantic Shikigami.
"Boom!"
Though Reiger’s fist was extremely small compared to the gigantic Shikigami, like a toothpick, colliding with the large Shikigami caused a thunderous boom.
With the contact point between Reiger’s Lotus and the gigantic Shikigami as the center, a shockwave exploded outwards, shattering the ground beneath Reiger’s feet and causing surrounding buildings to collapse one after another.
The collision of such an astonishing momentum finally resulted in Reiger, who was much smaller in stature, claiming the upper hand.
His feet directly sank into the shattered ground, while the gigantic Shikigami was blasted into the sky, returning from where it came.
"Orrrrrrooooorrrrrrrooooorrrrrrrooooorrrrrrrooooorrrrrrroooo...!"
The gigantic Shikigami’s cries changed to ones of agony.
Looking closely, its head was shattered like the ground beneath Reiger’s feet.
Blood spurted from the cracks in its head, causing it to continually emit cries of despair.
"Shikigami can feel pain too?"
Reiger, whose feet were embedded in the ground, watched this spectacle, offhandedly remarked, then extended his hand and grabbed a large piece of rubble nearby, lifting it up.
The massive piece of rubble was about five times larger than Reiger’s own stature.
Nevertheless, Reiger lifted it, and like throwing a shot put, hurled it fiercely towards the sky.
"Whoosh!"
The sharp sound of something tearing through the air ensued.
"Boom!"
The resounding impact of the huge rubble hitting its target followed instantly.
The Shikigami in the sky, crying in distress, was struck by this massive blow from the ground, being completely knocked away.
"Swish!"
Reiger’s figure instantly shot out like a bullet, catching up to the gigantic Shikigami, his fist wearing the Lotus howling as it struck its skull.
"Bang!!!"
In the loud boom, the Shikigami’s head was blown apart.
Reiger, using rarely seen violent tactics, eliminated all the entities targeting him.
