Virtue Agla wanted to prove that Arariel was a traitor and heretic. Ophiel was the first one to speak on his defense. He told the gathered crowd about how nice he was and how helpful he was to the lesser ranked angels. "He is a bit surly, but he is a true and loyal friend." He then turned to the crowd listening behind him. "Hearing these accusations hurts me even more than they hurt him!" he said emphatically. Virtue Agla smirked. "While that may, in deed, be the case, we must find the truth no matter what pain it may cause us." I rolled my eyes. From what we speculated, the amulet might give enough to get to advance one rank to the next. I did not know if it scaled up for the higher orders, but either way, she was likely to gain 50-60 levels if she wore it. I'd use my power and authority to get my hands on something like that too. It would sky rocket her all the way to cherub in an instant. I could not say that she herself was a traitor, but anyone with this much clear ambition really should be taken down a peg. The court went into recess after his testimony.
The capitol was home to massive forges. I always wanted to go into one. There were multiple smithing materials. The humans Mydaiel worked with only had access to iron and copper. The materials that could be found in the capitol were: Copper, Iron, Steel, Bronze, Sliver, Gold, Mithril, Glass, Ebony, Celestium and Adamantium. Adamantium could be made with the Essential Earth spell. The smiths were happy to tell me. I learned it for free because of my high proficiency in the profession. The three strongest materials were Mithril, Adamantium, and Celestium. There were more materials that were just as powerful, but did not exist on the plane. I was able to use the forge at any time, but I was not allowed to use Celsestium because I was still a lower order angel. That still left me with Ebony, Mithril, Adamantium. I got to work making arrow heads. Every warrior has five weapon slots when they go adventuring or to fight. Archery took up at least two slots. One for the bow and the other slots would be for quivers. A quiver held 20 arrows, but my perks allowed 30.
Mithril looked like silver, but was actually lighter and stronger than steel. Adamantium was that strongest and most rare material that could be found on a human only plane. Most of the worlds Vallysuim lead to where like that with two exceptions. One world was a fully integrated multicultural world where most of the races lived together in multiple countries. The other was a harsh world where humans were fighting an endless world war with all the other races and the monster that plagued all races equally. I made a set of 30 of each. Using the Legendary Perk, I then imbued all the arrow heads with the Clairvoyant Weapon. It erased all penalties to hit a target not visible or concealed. I then made a pair of Adamatium spears with the Intuitive Parry perk. It allowed me to parry anything that came my way, even arrows and bullets or sneak attacks from behind. I still needed to be able to parry an attack by using my stamina. When I was done, I handed them to a fletcher who made them into full arrows for me. He complimented me and gave me money for five of each set.
With the money, I went to the bowyer to get a bow. I got a silver bow with a bonus accuracy buff on it. It cost me to come out of pocket, but it was worth it. I was going to go back to the forge when the Powers walked me back to the courtroom. It was my turn to testify. Virtue Agla looked at me with a knowing smirk. "Archangel Dabriel L'chaim, thank you for finally gracing us with your presence. Did you ever see him use the Amulet of Power?" I had to think on how I could spin this. I gave my best confused face and said "Can you explain what the Amulet of Power looks like? I can't say for sure if I don't know what you are talking about." She looked at me in confusion before holding out the fake. "This is a replica of the Amulet of Power that was taken from him." I squinted at it and said "How can you tell it is a replica? It might be real. It certainly looks like it could be a Amulet of Power." She glared at me and said "Are you doubting me!?" she hissed. I shook my head. "No. I only want to understand why someone would frame Principality Arariel."
Everyone began to gasp and mutter to themselves. The Dominion looking over the case brought the court to silence. Virtue Alga gave a wry smirk and said "And who would frame him? It was found in his quarters." I shrugged and replied "I don't know who did it. But if a fake was found, does that really mean he has a real one? Wouldn't it have been found by the might of the second order angels by now? We are only humble Principalities. How could we hide something like this from you?" The angels were thinking on it and looked confused. They are all pure and innocent, so they had probably just accepted everything Virtue Alga said as truth. She chuckled as she began to catch on to what was going on. "You seem to doubt my intentions and the legitimacy of this trial. Is that so?" she asked. I shook my head. "No matter how fair and tolerant a trial is, if it is built on lies and slander, the rot will go on until even Justice is perverted." That drew another gasp from the crowd. I knew invoking one of the four gods would draw this response from the crowd.
A pause born from surprise rocked Virtue Alga. "So you think that this trial itself is a blaspheme against Justice. I assure you that this is not the case." she said with grit teeth. I blinked and put a hand to my heart. "No! I just have a real question on the basis of the case. A false amulet was "found" in his quarters and no one knows how he got it. No one know who found it or how it was found. There is not proof that a real amulet even exists. Are we even sure what a so called amulet even does!? Ophiel gave a riveting speech on his character. Why would someone that loyal and kind be so traitorous as you believe him to be? We all need to think long and hard before we quickly pass judgement. Otherwise, we are not really living up to the examples of Justice." I did not lie once and I instantly cast massive doubt on the whole trial. As long as Arariel doesn't spill the beans and Suzie keeps the real amulet away from here long enough, it should work out. I went back to the forge to create more more weapons for Nanael and Analim. I made polearms and axes for them.
