“Then what about my armor, rings, and the rest of my equipment? Do we need to reforge everything?” Faluel asked.

“Now that I think about it, no.” Solus pondered. “Ever since War learned Blade Magic and taught it to Lith, we never altered his equipment aside from normal upgrades. Without the Ears, crafting every piece of Blade equipment took too much time and effort to try something like that.”

“Also, I’ve always heard of Blade Weapons. No one ever mentioned Blade Shields or armor.” Faluel grunted in sheer focus as she tried to hold on to the fleeting sensation coming from Gungnir’s power core.

“I can explain that.” Menadion replied. “Unless the Forgemaster is beyond incompetent or the client a total weirdo, even a common piece of equipment has a minimal degree of affinity with its user.

“The problem is that it’s never enough for a mage to draw mana from their equipment. Casting a Blade Spell that way is akin to pushing a large boulder forward. Even if you make it slide a bit, the friction stops it immediately, and the same applies to the rest of your equipment.

“Once you have a Blade Weapon, however, you have a power core that answers your call and follows your commands.

“The exchange of mana and the flow that user and weapon generate is strong enough to overcome the resistance of the second-most attuned to you piece of equipment you have, and once you tap into its power as well, you move on to the third, and so on.