Chapter 361 - Fenrir ? (I)

Chapter 361 - Fenrir ? (I)

Editor Makoto

Alistair regretted that she was unable to complete the analysis.

“Also, I don’t even know why Master was sealed inside a sword.”

『The reason why I was sealed?』

“Yes. Considering the timing, the mysterious soul was first sealed in the remnant of the Discarded Divine Sword Cherubim for the purpose of protecting itself. Then, someone built a mysterious system and arranged for the power of the mysterious soul to be used by the sword’s main personality - or in this case Master.”

『Ah』

“We can only speculate as to why they did so, but I think it was for the sake of the mysterious soul. If the number of magic stones it absorbs increases, the stronger it’ll become, then the person that has equipped the sword will continue to voluntarily absorb more magic stones. In doing so, the mysterious soul will be able to recover faster too.”

I see. So we’re doing exactly what the creators of the sword might have intended us to do. No. Am I on the creator’s side? And if that’s the case, should we say that Fran was the one we’re looking for?

Still, I won’t complain about this because it is useful for Fran’s sake anyway. Rather, I am grateful towards this system. After all, it was because of this system that I was able to meet Fran.

However, the following words from Alistair made me feel like I was doused in cold water.

“But is it really necessary to have Master?”

『Eh?』

“Maybe Master’s soul was locked up in the sword at the same time as the mystery system was built. It should be so because Master’s soul and the system are paired together. But do we really need Master in this system?”

“Master is indispensable!”

Fran, who hadn’t said a word and had been listening intently to us previously, opened her mouth for the first time in a long while. I guess she was just trying to keep quiet so we wouldn’t be disturbed. You have really grown up, Fran, to be able to listen to a difficult story without dozing off even a bit! I’m a little impressed.

However, the moment she heard words that she couldn’t just ignore, she couldn’t help but shout her thoughts out loud.

“Don’t look at me like that. I’m not saying it in a bad way. It’s just that I am worried. Why did they have to go through all the trouble to seal Master in the sword just to have him act as a mediator of all this power? Couldn’t they just let the person who equipped the sword to directly wield the power of the sword?”

When you put it that way...... The sword had the ability to share skills, and we have Announcer-san. I suppose it’s possible for the wielder of the sword to choose their own skills and draw the power from the sword without me.

Ah... Am I simply a leftover, an unwanted child...?

“We need Master! It’s only because I have Master, and because I could count on him that I could get this far!!”

“Fran...”

“Hmm!”

I’m glad I was Fran’s sword!

“Well, I’m not saying that it’s completely useless either. There’s a certain amount of merit to the fact that the sword itself has its own will. Besides, there’s no way that a high class blacksmith who has created so many swords would imitate sealing a human soul into a sword for no reason. Not to mention, sealing a human soul to a sword isn’t an easy task. Therefore there must have been something, an important reason why he put Master as the main personality of the sword. Well, I wasn’t able to find out anything about that from my analysis though...”

『No, we managed to find out about a lot of things, and all of it was pretty significant for me. Isn’t that right?』

Now, I understood better what my powers were, and I came to know of the name Elmera. It also turns out that I was potentially created from a discarded divine sword. This was a huge discovery.

“I don’t know if it has anything to do with Master’s role, but there’s one place in the sword that’s completely beyond my analysis. Should I say the deepest part? It’s in the deepest part of the sword.”

“Fanatic is, to put it bluntly, a sword that connects people together in spirit.”

“? What’s so bad with that?”

『Does that mean it has something like telepathic powers?』

People connecting with each other in spirit... Does it mean you won’t have any quarrels with each other because you could understand all of each other’s thoughts? However, Alistair’s explanation was even more appalling than expected.

“I’m sorry. It seems like I didn’t say it well. Fanatic has the ability to force the mind of the person they dominate to integrate into themselves.”

『Integration? Two people become one? And if so, what about the body of the one being

eaten?』

“This one’s a little outrageous.”

Fanatic was able to integrate the spirit of others into themselves, but also maintain a connection to their original bodies. As a result, the body may appear to be a separate organism in motion individually, but the soul inside is in fact the soul of the owner of the divine sword, Fanatic.

I guess you could say that the owner of Fanatic is moving multiple mentally connected bodies at the same time. However, since the original owner of the physical body is integrated into Fanatic, it seems that the external surface can behave as it is.

“The whole spirit takes in others and fuses them together. As a result, you can own all of their memories, experiences and emotions. But do you think those who have taken in the memories of dozens or hundreds of people can keep remaining sane?”

『I don’t think so.』

“Exactly. The spirit of the owner who continued to use that sword grew so large that he could no longer retain his sense of self. In the end, he started turning crazy. The Holy Spirit Sword Holy Order was created by the earliest divine blacksmith Ulmer, who saw the Fanatic as dangerous, to counter it. It was apparently a specialized divine sword acting as an anti-Fanatic. As a result, both sides collided, and both sides were destroyed together.”

So there are a lot of different types of people who are divine blacksmiths, and there’s a lot going on between them.

『I believe Ulmer was the guy who made the first divine sword, wasn’t he? He was supposedly the creator of the Beginning God Sword, Alpha.』

“You know your stuff. That’s right. He’s a legendary man who received a divine revelation and became the first divine grade blacksmith in history.”

『Did Ulmer and that Dionysus live in the same era?』

“They were brothers, you know. Apparently Dionysus was his older brother all along.”

I thought he was Ulmur’s apprentice when he was blacksmithing, and he picked up Ulmur’s divine skills while he was being ordered around in the smithy.

“But Dionysus was fiercely jealous of his brother, who was recognized by the gods and revered as the best blacksmith in the world. As a result, he went through his brother’s work, stole the techniques of a divine grade blacksmith, and became a divine grade blacksmith on his own.”

『Isn’t that amazing?』

“To be honest, he was most likely a genius. In a book left by Ulmer, he wrote, ‘My brother is the true genius. That is why he is dangerous.’ As a result, two divine blacksmiths were born in the same era, and many divine swords were created.”

Now I understand after all this explanation. That’s why this Dionysus guy produced so many weird swords, but I think he was just trying to match his brother. In order to surpass his brother, who made orthodox swords, he must have created many specialized divine swords with unique abilities to surpass his brother.

“We’ve digressed. But anyway, I think in normal circumstances it’s rather impossible to seal off Fenrir completely in a sword.”

『So, it means that the person who helped Mr. Mystery Soul was also the person who wants to help Fenrir, and he is the one that made me, right?』

“That would only apply if the mysterious soul is indeed Fenrir”

At least it meant it’s worth looking into Fenrir’s story in the future. Well, if the mysterious soul wasn’t Fenrir, then it would be a waste of effort......

Never mind... We shall cross that bridge when that time comes I guess.

“So, let’s head back to the Plains of the Demon Wolf once more.”

“Hmm.”