"However, the truth is that there are no gods in this world. There are only stronger beings who are more powerful than ordinary people. Otherwise, those guys wouldn't have chosen to stand by and watch their followers suffer." I subconsciously retorted.
Miyuki frowned in displeasure: "Don't interrupt, I'm just analyzing the marks left on this sword."
I pulled my ear back: "Okay... what did you figure out?"
“Many. From the swordsman’s beliefs, personality, physical condition, and the number of battles he has experienced.”
I couldn't glean anything from that sword that looked merely a bit more ornate.
"Hmm, this must be an extremely powerful swordsman, at least a sword saint."
"Is he even more capable than those two you know?"
Shen Xue was silent for a few seconds before sharply commenting, "Perhaps he's not as powerful as the [Northern Sword Saint], but he's still much stronger than that [Hurricane Sword Saint] who often goes back on his word."
“You seem to have a lot of opinions about that newly crowned Sword Saint… Could it be that you two knew each other before?” I asked.
"I guess you could call it a tragic fate," Miyuki said without denying it. "But most of the time, it's just exaggerated rumors I've heard from adults; in reality, we've never actually met."
"The same thing happened at the previous sword fighting tournament."
She still seemed to harbor resentment about the fact that the other party had been injured while hunting the Zinogre and thus failed to fight him.
"If I had been able to meet that guy that time, I might have been able to learn the secrets of sword techniques from our fight, thus making further progress in the application and mastery of Qi, successfully advancing to the level of Sword Saint, and then directly killing that guy who has never done anything serious in front of everyone."
...Yeah, as expected of you.
"But that guy is a Sword Saint after all, right? And a newly promoted Sword Saint who can kill you in one-on-one, and you're not even sure if you can defeat the Thunder Wolf Dragon."
"I'm just a 'newcomer'," [Frost Sword] said coldly. "My original duty was to deal with people, rather than monsters. Even if the opponent is a sword saint, I am far from being so weak, and there is still a possibility of victory."
She skipped over that topic and returned to the sword before her: "If this sword had been forged in the era when it was created, and combined with the skill of a sword saint, it might have truly shone with divine brilliance when wielded. Perhaps that's why the swordsman was called the Radiant Sword Saint."
“Based on some of the stories I heard at the Holy Tree Barrier, in those dark and desperate times, even a false but seemingly warm light can fill people with hope.”
I nodded: "So there's also that saying that this legendary savior team wasn't actually the one that saved the world. Because the real savior team had already joined the fight against the endless black tide, and this team just happened to have a leader who had the ability to summon radiance, which is why they were so popular after the war."
"Reasonable."
Miyuki nodded in agreement, her gaze sweeping over the other weapons below, pausing only briefly on the longsword with its blade broken before looking away with little interest.
Just then, Annie exclaimed as if she had discovered something, and then hurried over, followed by an equally surprised Hikari.
"Hey everyone, come look what I've found!"
I turned around and saw that Anne was holding a thick leather-bound book with silver buttons and slightly thick pages.
That was clearly a notebook.
What did you discover?
I asked in response, and Annie, equally cooperative, held up the book in her hand: "A diary!"
“It’s a diary that records the era of the Kuroshio Impact,” Hikari added, panting slightly.
My previously subdued thoughts suddenly resurfaced, and I became somewhat interested.
"That's not the point!" Anne's face lit up with excitement, and she even started gesturing wildly, a rare sight for her. "I... I saw a very familiar name up there—Restless!"
"What kind of nonsensical names are these?"
Confused words slipped from my tongue unconsciously. Realizing the danger, I saw the black-haired girl not far away instantly frown, hands on her hips angrily: "How can you call it something so nonsensical! It's too presumptuous! Such a beautiful name belongs only to the great kingdom that created a continent where everyone can live in peace and prosperity, free from worries! Remember it well!"
“Kingdom…” Miyuki frowned. “Excuse me for interrupting, although I don’t know the current situation, the concept of a kingdom no longer exists in this world.”
Annie: "Ah..."
She twisted her fingers awkwardly.
"In short, this is definitely a very important name!"
Ignoring the youngest boy present, Hikari, Miyuki, and I exchanged glances before turning back to Annie. I could only shake my head: "I'm sorry, although the academy taught some history, but... most of what happened before the Kingdom era has been buried beneath the Black Tide. Nobody knows what the civilization before that time was like, nor do they know the name you mentioned."
"However, since you've said so, we'll remember it."
"Hmm, well, that's more like it."
She blinked her dark red eyes, then regained her enthusiasm: "I was just examining those strangely shaped sculptures, trying to find any mechanisms or interesting things inside, and then this thing suddenly fell out!"
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