Chapter 54:

Chapter 54:

Chapter 54

[Sario Ancient Relic Sword (Awakened)]

It is a weapon made by the huge Sario Empire, which had achieved a brilliant civilization a long time ago.

It was rotting away in a corner of the dimensional shop without any stories being passed on, until a skilled engraver recognized its value and brought out a new appearance.

It contains the essence of magic engineering from the Sario Empire, which had reached the peak of magic engineering.

Depending on how you use it, it can give you tremendous power or threaten you as a double-edged sword.

There is a huge ego sleeping inside the sword.

Grade: Mythical

-Increases strength, agility, and stamina.

-Greatly increases the probability of inflicting a fatal blow on the enemy.

-Can defend against magic.

-Can cut through magic.

-Grows with the user.

-Can use [Shape Change].

[Shape Change]

Changes the weapon into the desired shape. No time limit. No cooldown. (However, it cannot exceed twice the mass and volume)

[Special Skills]

-(Locked due to the user’s low level)

-(Locked due to the user’s low level)

-(Locked due to the user’s low level)

‘It’s amazing.’

As soon as I checked the information, I shouted with joy in my mind.

A mythical grade weapon.

This was something that could not be obtained on Earth right now.

The sword itself had excellent abilities and additional effects.

The biggest advantage was that it could change into any shape I wanted, not just a sword, and I could also adjust the weight and volume up to twice.

‘But the special skills are still locked. It must be because my level is too low to fully handle the sword.’

The key to unlocking these special skills was only my experience and the history I had.

It was unfortunate that there were conditions attached, but it would be too greedy to ask for more.

‘Besides, was this sword originally this good?’

The performance of the awakened sword was more than I expected.

It wasn’t that good before, was it?

The Sario sword I saw in the apocalypse didn’t feel that impressive.

The grade also felt a bit overrated for something called mythical.

‘Wait. I peeled off the rust and finished engraving, but why is there still ancient and relic in the name? Then maybe...’

I guessed the reason belatedly.

In Hyunseong-gye, when a weapon has ancient, relic, or legend in its name, it has [the power of stories] attached to it and gets a premium bonus.

It was similar to that now.

Because I was the first one to engrave a story of an extinct ancient empire, that power was fully embedded and created a much stronger Sario sword than before.

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An element that even I, who knew the future information, couldn’t calculate.

But if everything went as expected, it wouldn’t be fun, would it?

Besides, a gift is more joyful and valuable when you receive it unexpectedly.

The additional effect that the Sario sword had for me was like a gift from heaven.

‘Wait a minute. But there is a huge ego sleeping inside the sword?’

As soon as I realized that, there was a change in the sword.

Above the Sario sword in my hand, a small book floated up.

At the same time, the sword shook and shouted in a loud female voice.

[I’m finally freeeeeee!!]

Oh.

I heard the sword scream and nodded slightly.

Yeah.

Of course, a sword that I got through this process should be able to talk as an ego sword.

I forgot about that.

***

There are no swords without names.

Well, in this case, it probably had a name once in the past, but it would be correct to say that it disappeared over time.

I couldn’t just sit in my office and talk to the sword, so I moved to [the Room of Observers].

“So you’re the ego embedded in this sword?”

[Ahem. It’s more accurate to say that I’m an artificial intelligence that promotes autonomous thinking with magic and engineering essence rather than an ego.]

That’s an ego.

I barely swallowed what came up to my throat.

I hadn’t had a proper conversation with her yet, but I could tell from her tone and voice that she was quite talkative and proud.

Was this what an ancient contract was like?

I wondered as I felt the refreshing sensation that the story gave me.

Letters became words and words became sentences.

Sentences connected into paragraphs, and paragraphs gathered and formed a story.

The completed story accumulated in my body.

After finishing the process, I opened my eyes.

[What? What what what?]

Baekryeon uttered a strange sound as if he couldn’t believe it.

“What’s wrong?”

[No, what’s wrong with you? Kang Yu-hyun, you... What are you?]

He seemed to have noticed something, and I couldn’t help but stiffen my expression.

[You’re a reincarnator who died and was born again?]

That was a secret I never told anyone.

***

“Seriously...”

Before I could ask him how he knew, I closed my mouth because there was something obvious.

It seemed that Baekryeon read my past through the master contract.

My story had flowed into him.

He just didn’t read it completely, so he only knew bits and pieces.

But he was sure that I had died and been reborn.

In the end, there was nothing to hide, so I honestly told him my secret.

[Hmm. So that’s how it was. Well, I thought you were an extraordinary teller, but I didn’t know you had such a story. Then did you find me thanks to your future knowledge?]

“Something like that. But the one who used you in the future didn’t seem to know that you were Ego Sword, so I don’t know why that was.”

[Maybe, that’s because of your special trait as an engraver. The one who would become my master in the future probably woke me up carelessly.]

“Really? Is that so?”

[Phew. But I’m more surprised. Who would have thought that my new master would be such a remarkable person?]

“I’m not that remarkable.”

Not yet, anyway.

[But I think it’s more fun this way. I have a feeling that my old master was too rigid! And I’m curious about the tellers too. What kind of race are they? And what is this Story thing?]

“You’ll see plenty of it from now on.”

Baekryeon and I got along well somehow.

More than that, he was someone who knew my true past and appearance that no one else knew, and that made me feel comfortable.

Anyway, with this I finished awakening Baekryeon, and I also gained a lot of points as a bonus.

“I hope we get along well.”

[Me too.]

That was the moment when I got a new companion.

***

Because of Kang Hye-rim’s [Thunder Sword] awakening and Baekryeon’s engraving, I had to rest from Story for a few days.

The spirits were quite restless because of that.

‘It’s a good thing I posted a notice in advance. Otherwise, it would have been a mess.’

The spirits were angry at the notice that said I would rest for a few days. It was basic to say things like ‘He’s gone crazy’, ‘He’s full of himself’.

But I was already worried about that, so I added another sentence.

-Please look forward to the new appearance of the sword master and me.

That one sentence was enough to quell the spirits’ complaints.

They thought that I wasn’t resting for no reason, but preparing to show them something new.

And it wasn’t a lie either.

Thanks to that, the number of subscribers didn’t decrease, but increased even while I was resting.

The moment I opened the library, the spirits who received the notification rushed in.

The number of viewers surpassed 2,000 in an instant, and the speed didn’t slow down at all.

There was a new influx while I was resting from Story.

[Sword master!]

[I finally see the sword master again!]

[Kang Yu-hyun teller, what kind of Story will you show us today?]

[Long time no see.]

Direct messages poured in with points donations.

As I checked them and tried to explain today’s Story,

“Employee Kang Yu-hyun.”

Someone called me, and my eyes naturally turned to the owner of the voice.

‘There shouldn’t be anyone else here besides Kang Hye-rim and me.’

That thought vanished as soon as I saw his face.

“...Jinpung.”

Jinpung, a teller from the Pentagram department.

The guy who was after me before suddenly appeared in front of me.