“Yes,” she confirmed. It involved absorbing the magic, or whatever leaked out from opponents during battle, and using that to make enhancements. That wasn’t the kind of thing I could do right now. “L’Arc can imbue the souls of monsters he has defeated.”

“Spirit Enchant?” I asked. That was the power-up method from the spear, as Motoyasu had taught us.

“It sounds pretty similar,” Glass said. I didn’t like the sound of that—so it might be compatible, and it might not.

Then I noticed that the Spirit Tortoise Carapace Mirror had a fixed Spirit Tortoise soul attached to it. Was that thanks to Ost? It looked like it boosted all status and centered around defense. It could also deflect and nullify a single powerful attack, although that one had a long cooldown—and if the attack was too powerful, it couldn’t handle it all.

That must have been what I used to stop Armor’s attack. That made sense.

Of course, in my case, my attack wasn’t increased. But it also had bonuses to health, magic, and even auto SP regeneration. The Spirit Tortoise was something else! As it was fixed, I could also apply another for myself . . . In light of the effects of the shield, I decided to use the White Tiger Clone materials I had inside my shield on it. It looked like they increased agility. Maybe I could expect some effects from Atla as a result of that.

We were still connected, even if we couldn’t talk. Maybe it was a bit much on my part, but I wanted to believe that Atla and Ost were lending me their strength.

“What about ofuda, like Kizuna said?” I asked.

“I think this would be good for you,” Raphtalia replied, taking one out and giving it to me. I put it inside the mirror and took a look. It appeared to increase defense. Yes, that was perfectly suited to me.

“Ethnobalt’s ship had provided bonuses based on the type of items placed inside it, right?” I confirmed. It was a power-up method that any hardcore item collector would love.

“That seems to cover it. What is the mirror’s power-up method, anyway?” Raphtalia asked. I checked the help . . . and quickly realized it wasn’t something we could do right away.

“Not something we can do in a hurry!” I replied.

“Okay. Understood,” Raphtalia responded.

“Can you please start concentrating on the battle again?!” Glass interjected even as she protected us from Armor’s raging attacks. I was periodically putting out Glass Shield and Stardust Shield so she could hold on a little longer.

“I’m ready. Let’s do this,” I finally said.

“Okay!” Raphtalia agreed.

“Hey, Glass. Do you think I could use that magic that Trash #2 . . . Tsugumi’s guy used?” I asked.