My Wife is a Dead Villainess, and I'm Her Living Weapon-Chapter 48: Command

"Sir Elian, I thought you could only give the Living Metal a single command?"

"That is true," the armored behemoth answered.

"Your weapons are all complicated. How in the world are you handling them? How do they even work? Even with Bianca's knowledge I cannot understand them. I get that Air Shotgun is just you hammering air into submission, but the rest? It's like magic."

Fluffy rested on the ground as her tail wagged. Elian then tossed a Worker Ant core into the air. And the Snow Wolf Alpha used her powerful hind legs to leaped up for it. When Fluffy noticed she couldn't reach the core, she curled her body and threw her body upward.

Wow, she even double jumped. How does that even work?

Amazed, Elian watched as Fluffy ate the core. Like a doggy treat, the core vanished into the Alpha's mouth. She licked her lips as her tail wagged from side to side.

"Bianca is crazy, these are delicious! Give me another one, Sir Elian! I'll do whatever you want!"

Chuckling, Elian pitched another one with his full strength, however Fluffy was still faster and caught it before it could gain distance. The sharp crunching sounds as she ate, punctuated her overwhelming superiority when it came to speed.

Tsk. Smug bastard.

"Crunch, tasty. Sir Elian, answer my question. How do you create such complex weapons. Living Metal just turns your body soft like liquid right? Please tell me, I find it so fascinating."

Hearing her honest thoughts, Elian nodded. He knew how good it felt when one understood something that puzzled them. It was as if one evolved further for each thing one managed to learn.

"It's nothing much. Living Metal softens my body's materials to liquid. So I figured I could also do the opposite. I hardened it to the shapes I want. As for the weapons, it's quite simple. I just treat them like puzzle pieces."

Fluffy tilted her head for a moment before narrowing her eyes.

"Hmm. You mean like modular pieces? How does that help?"

Elian raised his right arm and presented his weapon, "Pile Driver's just a nail with a detonator. Three parts: fans to gather air, doors to seal it, and a trigger to slam it shut like a syringe."

"I still don't get it; how do you coordinate all of that? Do you use your nanomachines for a skill?"

I'm surprised she even wants to ask. If I had mana, I wouldn't even be trying to deal with this crap.

The boy shook his head, "No I don't. Guess, I should demonstrate."

Three compartments across Pile Driver's body opened in sequence.

"For the compartments or the blast chambers, are made of two components, a lock and a door. The lock only has one command, 'Lock'. When engaged it keeps the doors shut. Right now, I just told it to rest. It's like I cut off their mana in a sense."

A sharp whirling sound resounded as the heavy fans on Elian's back, shoulders and right arm all began to come alive.

"As for the fans, their command is 'Spin'. When I tell them to rest they stop."

Air was rapidly sucked into the weapon, and then the compartments all suddenly began to close.

"That was the 2nd component of the blast chambers, the command for the doors is 'Shut'. When they close, I active the locks that seal them in place."

Elian then pointed his arm away from the two of them and continued.

"Finally, there is the trigger. It is just a piece of metal that hammers the sealed air. With nowhere to go, the pressure builds and detonates. The blast runs along the weapon and sends the kinetic energy into the nail. I made it to penetrate armor."

BANG!

With a loud explosion, Fluffy's body flinched as a cone of wind suddenly gushed from the tip of the Pile Driver weapon. Elian noticed the Alpha gulp as she stared at the oversized nail with wide eyes.

Guess, seeing a wolf rupture from the inside like an overinflated balloon would scare anyone.

"Each part only knows one command—but when combined, they become a weapon. My other equipment are the same. Even the Blockbuster at its core just throws a ball."

"Sir Elian, I doubt anyone would call these weapons simple. Considering the amount of damage Blockbuster can do, only stupid people will call it just throwing a ball."

Unable to feel the same way Elian just shrugged. He looked around and grew satisfied after his snakes picked the battlefield clean. Fluffy who saw the serpents returning to their master shuddered and purposely stepped away.

"Sir Elian, these things are terrifying. I am so glad you didn't use them against me."

"Huh? Well, they work, I guess. I haven't yet found a good way to devour material without them. Maybe when I level up and get my 2nd job."

"You haven't had your second job? Then you have yet to reach the Radiant rank?"

Elian's eye widened. He then pulled out three Soldier Ant cores and piled them in his arms. Fluffy who noticed, began to drool. Her eyes followed the cores as if entranced. Elian tried to bait Fluffy by waving one around and grew pleased at her reaction.

"Fluffy."

"..."

"These Soldier Cores are yours if you tell me about the ranking thing. Bianca for some reason still doesn't' want to explain it to me."

"I-I...Master has a good reason for not saying anything."

Elian furrowed his eyebrows and brought out two more.

Fluffy audibly gulped when she saw the additional cores.

"Come on my friend. You scratch my back, and I scratch yours. These might power you up, plus they are delicious right? Bianca doesn't need to know. If you don't tell her, I won't either," Elian goaded with a smirk.

"T-That's... Master would kill me..."

"Nah, she won't. I'll add 20 Worker cores."

"...Make it 30."

"Deal!"

Without any concern for her innocence, Elian manipulated Fluffy into sharing the info. Eventually, the sounds of a Snow Wolf greedily feasting on Red Ant cores echoed.

"The ranks are what the Valestra institute used to measure mana inside a human. The ranks are Dawn, Radiant, Dusk and Twilight. Each rank is separated by 27 levels. Or three sets of nine levels categorized by Low, Mid and Peak."

So it was connected to the Valestra. Just what in the world are they?

"Hmm, that doesn't sound so bad. It's a useful way to measure someone's strength. I'm at level 26, that would make me Peak Dawn, right? And I turn Low Radiant at 28?"

"Yes, an Ascendant gains a job for each rank. The one for the Dawn rank is delayed at level ten. The second job would be at 28, upon entering the Radiant rank. The third and fourth follow the same method."

Another term I don't know.

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"Fluffy, what are Ascendants?"

The sounds of eating stopped, "Ah...Ascendant? What are Ascendants? I sure don't know either. HAHAHAHA." the Snow Wolf hurriedly stuffed the last cores in her mouth and tried to inch away from Elian.

Only something touched her feet, Fluffy saw the black serpents coiled around her limbs and paled in horror.

"Sir Elian, we are family, right? Just forget about the term. I meant Human! It was Human! There is no such thing as an Ascendant. I am just going crazy. Hahahaha," Fluffy laughed nervously.

"Fluffy, we are family, but you do not get to eat without paying. Give me the goods or I will pump the cores out of your stomach," Elian threatened.

At that moment, a powerful surge of wind erupted. Fluffy quickly jumped away, Elian crossed his arms and braced his core. A meter-long icicle slammed into his armor. What happened next, even he didn't expect.

"What the hell?"

The mana powered projectile was so powerful it lifted Elian off the ground. Blowing him over a few feet, the icicle trashed him as it passed. Surprisingly, it didn't stab directly into Elian but narrowly missed.

That thing was way too dense; it was at least ten times heavier than it looked.

"Speak of it no longer. It is not yet time."

Fluffy, then was about to speak only whips made of water wrapped around her mouth then froze shut. Elian and Fluffy who saw Bianca's new tricks both went wide eyed.

Water? She can command water now!

However, rather than smug, the Witch's demeanor was that of rage.

"As for you, Elian—We need to talk."