Vol 4. Chapter 45: The Holy Sword Goes Berserk

"Lady Yumo wants to see the Holy Sword?! Why so suddenly?!"

Xiao's brows involuntarily knitted together as a trace of solemnity and astonishment immediately surfaced in his pitch-black eyes.

Lady Yumo?

Hadn't she never shown any interest in the Holy Sword before? Why all of a sudden? And how did Lady Yumo even know that the elves had brought the Holy Sword with them this time, much less that they intended to give it to Mengxi?

...

While Xiao was filled with confusion, an even stronger sense of unease enveloped him.

Normally,

there wouldn't have been any problem with letting Lady Yumo see the so-called Holy Sword—Ishufiel. But right now, this sword was absolutely not in a state that Lady Yumo could be allowed to see!

In order to make this Holy Sword a 'suitable' gift for the Child of Destiny,

Xiao had deliberately borrowed the sword from the Elven King and spent some time personally 'training' it.

However, to make it easier to shift the blame later, once Xiao had finished 'training' the Holy Sword, he had very generously returned it to the elves...

After being trained by Xiao, the Holy Sword wouldn't have any problems when touched by an elf.

But if someone from another race tried to draw her from her scabbard...

Something... something would happen...

After briefly imagining the scene that might follow, a drop of cold sweat involuntarily trickled down the Black Rose Duke's forehead.

Xiao's mind immediately began racing, desperately searching for a way to stop Audom from handing the Holy Sword to Lady Yumo.

It had to be said that Xiao was extremely good at improvising. Very quickly, the Black Rose Duke came up with a suitable excuse.

Unfortunately, before Xiao could even open his mouth, Audom had already turned around and nodded without the slightest concern.

"You want to see the Holy Sword? That's no problem."

Audom answered almost without thinking.

As far as Audom was concerned,

he had seen far too many people who wanted to catch a glimpse of the legendary Holy Sword. It was perfectly understandable that the black-haired girl before him would be curious and want to see it.

There was no reason to object...

Besides,

could he even object?

With that thought in mind, Audom beat Xiao to the punch and quickly nodded. Without another word, he opened his spatial ring, immediately causing the brows of the black-haired man beside him to twitch.

Meanwhile,

under Lady Yumo's expectant gaze, a slender sword embedded with blood diamonds and forged from blue gold and White Soul Silver was taken out of the spatial ring.

Although it wasn't particularly ornate, an indescribably murderous aura was contained within the longsword.

It hadn't even been unsheathed, yet the powerful aura faintly surrounding it was already beginning to distort the atmosphere. Even the magical power and battle aura within the garden seemed to become restless because of Ishufiel's appearance.

"Wow~ So this is the Holy Sword?"

Lady Yumo couldn't help marveling inwardly.

The excited black-haired girl quickly walked over to Audom,

accepted the legendary weapon from the Elven Prince, and began carefully examining it in her hands.

The reason Lady Yumo had suddenly become interested in this world-famous Holy Sword was naturally because she was thinking about the trial.

If Mengxi was going to successfully kill her in the future, a powerful weapon was indispensable.

Unfortunately,

recently, Lady Yumo had developed serious doubts regarding the forging capabilities of the human powers.

It was one thing if ordinary soldiers' weapons were useless, but even weapons wielded by important figures like White Yama and Mengxi couldn't injure her in the slightest?

They weren't even qualified to be anything more than toothpicks for her?

This left Lady Yumo extremely depressed.

After the Battle of Skyvault ended, Yumo had ordered people to collect a large number of the weapons Xue Tianao had previously manufactured from the ruins. She then set up a barrier and unleashed all those weapons on herself at once.

And then...

unsurprisingly, apart from having that set of clothes completely blown off her body, she hadn't suffered so much as a scratch.

At that moment, Lady Yumo had become thoroughly disappointed in weapons manufactured by humans.

Thus, Lady Yumo shifted her attention toward ancient races such as the dragons and elves.

She began looking forward to the divine artifacts in their possession~

Furthermore,

judging from the current situation, Ishufiel, this Holy Sword of continental civilization, didn't seem to disappoint her~

Judging solely by the formidable aura emanating from its exterior, it was already incomparable to other weapons.

Even more importantly, that aura contained tremendous sacred power.

In Yumo's eyes, this was the kind of longsword that truly deserved to be called a divine artifact.

Unlike those pieces of scrap metal wielded by the Braves in the past, which became battered and broken after hitting her a few times~

As expected of a Holy Sword~

As expected of the divine artifact every swordsman dreamed of possessing~

As expected of the priceless treasure carefully preserved by the elves~

"For the sake of the world's future, the elves are actually willing to selflessly give such a precious treasure to Mengxi... Their spirit of dedication... really is admirable."

Without even realizing it, Lady Yumo's opinion of the elves rose another level.

Hm?

Staring at the simple, unadorned scabbard, a trace of curiosity flashed through Lady Yumo's eyes.

Its aura seems pretty impressive. Then... why don't I test how hard it is?

The black-haired girl couldn't help revealing an eager smile.

Then,

having made her decision, the girl didn't hesitate for even a second.

Under the uneasy gazes of Xiao and Mr. Saiboke in the distance, she directly drew the Holy Sword Ishufiel from its scabbard.

The Holy Sword that had once slain a Demon King and saved the world was finally revealed in its entirety before Lady Yumo.

Under the sunlight, Ishufiel's platinum-white blade, engraved with silver ancient lettering, became increasingly brilliant and dazzling.

Platinum-white light accompanied by waves of sacred power abruptly surged outward, enveloping the entire garden.

The blade was incomparably sharp, truly as cold and keen as autumn frost. The instant its chilling gleam spread outward, even the surrounding flowers seemed to instinctively sense danger and tremblingly bowed toward the ground.

Alongside its overwhelming power of light, it also contained a terrifying murderous aura.

That was Lady Yumo's most immediate impression after drawing the Holy Sword.

However,

just as Lady Yumo was marveling at it, something completely unexpected happened.

A tremendous force suddenly erupted from within the Holy Sword!

?!

Hm? What the heck?!

The next instant,

under Lady Yumo's utterly bewildered gaze, dazzling platinum-white light instantly erupted from Ishufiel's blade!

As endless platinum-white radiance gathered together, Ishufiel abruptly entered a lightsaber state.

A violent aura immediately roared outward in every direction like a raging tidal wave.

"Rumble~"

Under the devastating baptism of that powerful aura, the beautiful garden around them was instantly left half-destroyed.

The terrifying residual heat immediately vaporized the nearest flowers. The shockwaves spreading in every direction even sent several Black Rose attendants flying backward.

Even Audom, despite possessing Saint-Class strength, was uncontrollably forced down onto one knee as he stared in horror at the Holy Sword that had suddenly released its power.

?!

"Why... Why would Ishufiel...?"

Although the sword spirit had a violent temper, she wouldn't suddenly enter a power-release state for absolutely no reason?!

Nobody here had even provoked her?!

No,

this wasn't the time to worry about that!!

What the hell was Ishufiel trying to do?!

An intense sense of foreboding abruptly surged into Audom's heart.

Realizing that something was wrong, the Elven Prince's face immediately filled with terror. He hurriedly mobilized every ounce of power within his body and tried to rush forward to stop his Holy Sword from going berserk.

Unfortunately,

it was already too late.

The next moment, under the astonished gazes of practically everyone present except Xiao, who covered his face and sighed, the Holy Sword erupted with a heaven-shaking killing intent at the worst possible moment.

That murderous intent surged forward like a flood bursting through a dam, charging unstoppably toward Lady Yumo, whose hand was wrapped around the sword's hilt.

"Fucking hell! Who gave you permission to grab this lady's foot?! Go die!!"

Along with the explosive release of terrifying magical sword energy, a loli voice as sweet as honey yet brimming with hostility suddenly entered everyone's ears.

A furious, snarling expression even vaguely appeared across the lightsaber itself.

Then,

Ishufiel, now transformed into a lightsaber, suddenly twisted her blade and, carrying a terrifying momentum capable of annihilating everything in its path, violently slashed toward Lady Yumo's chest.

Yumo: Huh?

"BOOM~~"

Accompanied by an earth-shattering explosion, platinum-white light violently swept across the surroundings.

The terrifying sword energy roared out of the Black Rose Family's camp like a ferocious beast breaking free from its restraints, shooting directly into the clouds.

The people belonging to the various powers stationed in nearby camps couldn't help turning toward the spectacular sight, revealing confused expressions one after another.

At the center of the explosion,

thick smoke billowed everywhere.

Audom hurriedly scrambled up from the ground and anxiously waved his hands, dispersing the dense smoke around him.

Covered in dust and looking rather disheveled, Audom quickly rubbed his eyes and stared toward the center of the explosion.

"L-Lady Yumo?! A-Are you all right?!"

Ishufiel's actions had completely exceeded Audom's expectations,

throwing the prince into unprecedented panic.

If

that black-haired girl had really been seriously injured by the Holy Sword—or even killed—wouldn't those Black Rose bastards fucking skin me alive and swallow me whole?!

...Hm??

Wait, didn't Brother say that the Holy Sword had previously been taken away by the Black Rose Family for 'education'?

Education?

Could the reason the Holy Sword suddenly attacked the black-haired girl... have something to do with the Black Rose Family?!

Could this be...

infighting?!

For a moment, all sorts of bizarre thoughts flooded Audom's mind, but he had no energy to think about any of them.

All he could do was rush forward in a panic, trying to figure out what the hell was going on.

However,

when the smoke was finally completely dispersed, the sight before him instantly made Audom freeze.

His eyes widened as he stood petrified on the spot.

'?!?'

At this very moment,

despite Ishufiel's tremendously powerful attack, the black-haired girl who had taken the Holy Sword's strike directly to the chest was still standing there blankly as though absolutely nothing had happened.

As for the Holy Sword pressed against her chest, which had attempted to pierce straight through her—

it was as though it had slammed into some kind of epic-grade steel plate.

It couldn't advance even a fraction of an inch.

It couldn't even pierce the black-haired girl's skin...

?!!

'J-Just... how fucking thick is this girl's skin?!?'

The Holy Sword...

couldn't even break through her defense?!

Ishufiel was a weapon that even that Sword Demon couldn't defend against!!

Although Audom felt an immense sense of relief, the sheer shock of what he had just witnessed caused his mind to completely shut down...