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The Divine Tools (神器, Jinki) were created in retaliation against the homunculi, in the time when they were being mass-produced as bioweapons of war. The Divine Tools are meant to amplify magic chord steps and they are considered anti-mystic devices. The names are indicative of Sealed Deities of the Cardinal Directions and 8-Fold Path of Buddhism (North, Northwest, West, Southwest, South, Southeast, East, Northeast), which is often represented by an 8-Trigram Furnace. In other words, a Dragon or Elemental Spirit is sealed within each Divine Tool indicative of its potential power.

Description
Only those with the highest proficiency in the Proper Use of Magic can wield them, and even then, there is a significant risk of mental burden on the user. The Divine Tools are also known as "Magic Killers" (魔導殺し, Madō Koroshi), which is actually the effect of breaking the bonds of magical energy. By this, the Divine Tools are able to repel any magical attack and break through any magical defense, making them extremely dangerous to mages. It is said that the Divine Tools choose their masters. One of the primary functions of Divine Tools is to unburden their owners of "needless" emotions and enhance others; this has a profound effect, for example eliminating fear, but owners may also find themselves losing their compassion, remorse, etc; additionally, many of the people that had wielded them experienced negative side effects, and some would lose their senses or become insane. While shapeless at first, serving as a formless mass of pure magical energy, once a Divine Tool gains a worthy wielder, it will analyze the wielder's soul and forge a link between the Divine Tool and the wielder; transforming into an forged extension of their soul; bolstering their powers immensely. However, the weapons are so powerful, even wielding a Divine Tool is almost impossible as they shock (maybe even kill) anyone who tries to so much as grasp them. There are only two ways that anyone can wield Divine Tools without being a chosen wielder. One is with a specifically designed protective glove. The second is to have a powerful will, which can allow them to be used, but not without burning up the user's bare hands in the process.

Fireseal
Fireseal (封炎剣, Fūenken): The Divine Tool of Flame, the Fireseal is the first of the set; and one of the four elemental Tools. Naturally, Fireseal takes upon the form of a uniquely designed sword with a rectangular blade, the blunt part which seems to have an exhaust/engine-like device that spews forth flames. The hilt forms 4 prongs that act as a guard around the revolver's chamber-like mechanism in place of the usual basket hilt. The wielder controls this mechanism with their hands. Its most prominent ability lies in the revolver-like mechanism held within the hilt, which is colour coded with various temperatures of fire activating depending on the mode. When utilizing it, the user appears to insert some form of magazine or energy source, in this case a transparent cube, into Fireseal before activating it's flames; and by spinning the chamber around merely by thinking about it, the user generates white-blue flames from it's aura that emerges, surrounded by electricity. These flames are highly powerful, overwhelming normal flames of the same quantity with general ease. Upon contact with normal beings, the flames suddenly become alive, so to speak, and latch onto them, sucking up their energy which allows the fire to intensify; and the user can shape the flames into numerous structures in order to attack. These flames are unable to be extinguished nor are they able to be taken control of by a secondary-source; they move and burn according to the will of the user, and only another Divine Tool can possibly quell them. The aura of this weapon disintegrates everything and anything which the user waves the sword at, changing it into nothing more than ash, and engulfs the surrounding landscape in a blazing firestorm, the heat of which is intense enough to scorch the sky. Only powerful fighters can resist it, but even then only indirectly.

Thunderbrand
Thunderbrand (封雷剣, Fūraiken): The Thunderbrand is the Divine Tool of Lightning; it is a katana terminating in a long hook, with a shimmering blue, lightning-like blade. The guard is oval, and the tsuka-ito seems to be braided from white and black material. The blade features several intricate ornaments, most notable is a relief of a dragon at the endpoint of the hilt; there are two holes on the blade near the hilt. It is noted to be the natural counter to the Fireseal; this is evident in its design, as well as its powers. By focusing magical energy into the two holes, the energy will build up and then release; coating the blade in an aura of lightning; allows the user to generate blue lightning from various parts of the blade, which is mostly used for offensive purposes. Such distinctive "blue lightning" possesses high voltage and great destructive power, and, much like that employed in standard Lightning Magic, can be generated in places away from the user. Electricity can be charged in the blade and be used to make slashes and thrusts more deadly. Likewise, the electricity in the blade can be launched as projectiles in different speed and strength. The maximum power output of Thunderbrand is around 20 billion volts. The blade is powerful enough to cause city-wide blackouts. Because of this enormous amount of power, the wielder of the sword constantly generates electrical fields that cause sensitive animals such as cats and dogs physical discomfort whenever they are near them. Also, because of this, wielder can sense anything that approaches them when an object reflects the electromagnetic waves. The lightning produced by the Thunderbrand has a charge of 9,500,000,000 KW and a voltage of 900,000,000 V.

Narukami
Narukami (鳴神, Crying God): Narukami is the name of the Divine Tool of Sharpness; wielded by Venalita Giseiki. It is a powerful vibration blade; at some point, the user had Narukami modified into an vibration blade with an ID lock. Already a superlative sword, this led to the creation of an incredibly powerful vibration blade which shone an eerie red colour. It has been specially customized with a motorcycle-like gear shift which, when pulled, it activates the pistons inside the blade and sprays a flammable propellant across the blade and opponent, greatly increasing the power of its blows. The sword has proven to be incredibly useful in many a situation; being almost unequaled in power. The sword is so unnaturally sharp that Venalita joked that it could "cut you just by looking at it", but on a serious note, Narukami was able to cleave through diamond and even magic blasts effortlessly; and on one occasion, she was capable of using the cold steel of the sword to absorb an energy blast before returning it to sender via another swing of the blade. The blade of Narukami is reinforced by a powerful alternating current and resonates at extremely high frequencies. This oscillation weakens the molecular bonds of anything it cuts, thereby increasing its cutting ability. Striking, cutting, and thrusting attacks are performed with the blade, with the sharpened edge and point used for lethal attacks, and the blunt edge used as a clubbing weapon. It can also be superheated from friction to be hot enough to sear anything that it comes into contact with. When using the rifle as the sheathe, it can launch from its "sheathe" at the press of a trigger, making the user's strikes ten times more deadly, and can also be linked to its sheathe via chain so it can swing through enemies and come back to the user. The user is able to channel magic into Narukami, endowing it with a bright red aura and causing runic symbols to appear along its length. The user makes liberal use of magic and uses spells with shadowy appearances. Lastly, Narukami allows the user to control and regulate their power better. Even if it can't cut the opponent, they can be burned by the energy it emits.

Ekitokuan
Ekitokuan (益篤闇, Eternal Fervor of Darkness): The Divine Tool of Darkness; Ekitokuan takes the form of two separate blades; perfect for dual wielding. One is the size and shape of a khyber knife, with the grip at the base of the blade and a handle extending back from this about roughly the width and length of the user's forearm. There is a thin, hollowed-out portion running along the back edge of the blade from the base to the middle of the blade. The second blade is relatively small, about the size of the user's arm, and is similar to the first blade, but resembles a trench knife more than a sword; it has an enclosed handle, with a portion acting like a hand guard. What is special about both of the swords is that they possess a gun action built into the hilt, the barrel running inside the length of the blade. They are mostly used like normal swords, but triggering a round sends a shock wave through the blade as the weapon passes through an opponent to increase damage. The user can utilize the recoil from a triggered round to drive the blade back after attacking and quickly move into position for a second attack, allowing them to use powerful multi-hit combos that hit several times in rapid succession; additionally, the user can transform this weapon into multiple forms, including a whip, a jet-vehicle, a spinning-cog weapon, a cannon, and a gigantic sword. Ekitokuan allows the wielder to have absolute dominance over the element of darkness; with it, they are capable of projecting dark blasts, and it has a physical form used for destroying objects, blocking enemies' attacks and picking up things; forming it into claws and apparitions of a demonic beast in order to attack; surrounding themselves in an aura of darkness to boost their abilities. While Darkness Magic is normally associated with evil, the darkness that Ekitokuan produces is aligned with the forces of good.

Ryūsenga
Ryūsenga (竜閃牙, Dragon Flashing Tooth): The Divine Tool of Explosions, Ryūsenga takes the form of bracelets at first, but when activated, they cover the user's hands and forearm as gauntlets. The gauntlets have a golden colour and the shells wrapped around it are red and orange, acting as single barrel shotguns which are fired with a piston mechanism. Each magazine consists of 24 shells, giving 48 shots in total when both gauntlets are fully loaded; once these shells have been spent, they will regenerate with time. In order to be activated, the piston goes up and down in a cylinder built-into the gauntlets; when it is up, magical energy from the shells wrapped around the gauntlets is injected and ignited by the reaction between Ryūsenga and the magical energy, causing the magical energy to build up and explode once it is ejected from the gauntlets, transforming into beams of energy which possess impressive piercing power and swiftness, utilizing either incendiary or explosive rounds, as they generate a sort of flame effect after being fired, often blasting enemies far backward. They are also incredibly powerful, as a single punch from the user knocked an entire dance floor outwards in a wave-like quake movement, knocking multiple foes off their feet with ease. Ryūsenga also has the ability to absorb magical power from the area in order to drastically increase the wielder's attack and defense power by an inhuman amount, enough that they can one-hit-kill some foes. Despite this, this ability cannot be employed simultaneously; as it's either attack, or defense, not both. It is said that Ryūsenga was forged from two fangs of the Dragon King; because of this, it has immense power and is extremely durable—nothing is even capable of putting a scratch of the gauntlets.

Chimatsuri
Chimatsuri (血祭り, Bloodfest): Chimatsuri is the Divine Tool of Bloodshed; it is a hybrid between a Scythe and a Rifle; in order to effectively use it in melee combat, the user must fire a shot immediately before a swing to increase the power of their attacks. It can fold up tightly for easy portability. Although Chimatsuri can fold into the form of a gun, which bears a small resemblance to a shotgun, it does not have to be in that form to fire. It is able to freely transform from its compacted self, to its gun mode, to a full Scythe in a short time. It is a jet-black and crimson texture. The weapon appears to have two separate types of ammunition. When the user reloads, they can change the ammunition; inserting a magazine with a cross etched on it. Their subsequent attacks and movements are significantly more powerful than those with the “regular” ammunition, due to the shots themselves being much more powerful, increasing their speed through the increased recoil of each shot. It is customized with a fourteen inch rifled barrel made for hunting specifications and fitted for .30-06 Springfield bullets. The cartridge of the bullet has a bottleneck structure, and its size and power level on an entirely different level from a handgun bullet. The .30-06 is 10% stronger than the .308 Winchester rifle bullet, and even surpasses the hand cannon class of a Magnum bullet. Interestingly, Chimatsuri occasionally transforms its blade back while using this ammo. This form largely resembles the traditional war-scythe, a combat modified version of the old scythes. Befitting the name, whenever Chimatsuri draws blood, it absorbs it; transferring it into the user, essentially healing the user when they damage an enemy. The scythe inflicts damage based on the maximum magical power of a foe, and thus, it is effective against extremely powerful mages.

Shikei
Shikei (死刑, Death Penalty): Shikei is a large handcannon-esque revolver, its make completely in metal, while sporting five unraveling barrels that comes to form a cross motif, and a wicked, menacing, and devilish aesthetic using sharp and sleeked adornments, all in metallic grey and dark black. Any bullets formed from the Shikei appear noticeably solid, at least when unfired, rather than just the standard bullets of magic; this ensures that they will be able to deal tremendous damage, and are automatically guided to the target via heat-seeking properties. Shikei has unlimited ammo; and all of its shots deal tremendous damage; it is said that the bullets never miss. The bullets have three small spheres orbiting around it, in a similar manner to moons around a planet. When coming into contact with a target, the disordered rotations of the individual attack, created by the central and smaller ones spinning in different directions, interact with each other to form a massive and turbulent wave-like vortex that demolishes everything that it comes into contact with. The Death Penalty, known formally as Capital Punishment, is one of the highest sentences laws and states can give out to offenders and criminals, as a form of punishment, and to halt political dissent.

Kojōhaku
Kojōhaku (湖上白, White on the Lake): Not much is known about this Divine Tool; but some speculate that it was destroyed in the past.

Fūmuwa
Fūmuwa (風無輪, Matchless Wind Wheel''): Also known as the Divine Tool of Wind, this is an enormous chakram. It's main wheel is gold on the outer edge and red on the inner edge. It has four relatively small spikes alternating with four much larger, more complex spikes. The smaller spikes are gold with black centers. The larger spikes are connected to the main wheel by small, gold triangles, while the spikes themselves are shaped like curved right triangles. One tip of these triangles are connected to the smaller spikes. Finally, the handle is a black cross that connects to the larger spikes. Capable of Lacrima allocation, the weapon possesses slots for such baubles along its central length below the sharp point; it possesses pre-eminent sharpness and lethality; and its four blades can be collapsed for easy storage, the chakram is mainly used in melee combat, by spinning the blade in one's hand to slash and stab the opponent directly. When being swung, the Fūmuwa generates a powerful wind that peaks at 120m/s, with a pressure of 900HPA; essentially possessing enough power to rip an enormous hole in the foe through mere touch. When it strikes, it grinds into the opponent with extreme force, and the wind decompressing into the user's opponent at high speeds, grinding against them and shredding them through sheer force.

Kyūkyokusenjin
Kyūkyokusenjin (究極戦刃, Ultimate Battle Blade): Originally, there were only nine Divine Tools; that same number brought balance to the set. However, in a final act of defiance, Varian, with its dying actions, created a tenth Divine Tool to unbalance the equation, one far beyond the capabilities of the other nine. Due to it's mystical creation, it is said to be indestructible, and it is classified as a 'living weapon' of sorts. The Kyūkyokusenjin is a six-piece sword assembly. As a set of six swords, the fusion swords come in a variety of shapes and sizes and are thus suited to a variety of combat situations, and can combine to a single large sword. It is composed of six separate swords that assemble into a single large sword. The blades in their various states of combination serve as the user's primary weapon. Barring the First Sword the individual swords are not named, but they otherwise can be distinguished by their distinctive appearances and functions. Kyūkyokusenjin consists of one main blade, the First Sword, one hollow blade that serves as the front edge, two identical (but asymmetrically opposite) blades that form the back, and two identical (also asymmetrically opposite) smaller blades that attach to the sides. However, after its forging, the sword was split into six which Varian scattered across the globe; the reason they were divided was because the absolute potential contained in the Kyūkyokusenjin was unknown at the time it was forged; that is to say, others could not find an absolute limit to the powers a completed Kyūkyokusenjin held, so to avoid danger, it was split into six parts. When rebuilt, the sword exhibits immense power against dragons and demons; capable of obliterating them in a single strike, and it is capable of cleaving the fabric of time and space itself. Lastly, it is capable of controlling the essence of magic itself.