Chapter 26 Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi

(POV-Shin)

Thanks to Moroha's help, I managed to polish my combat skills in a very short time.

"Onii-chan, are you ready to go?"(Shira)

"Yes."(Shin)

Shira teleported us to Grand Imperial Shrine at Ise Prefecture.

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All of us are dumbfounded. In front of the great shrine, we saw the mikos, priests, and priestesses collapsing. The shrine is damaged and there are many rubbles and scattered parts of it as proof of the calamity that happened. We saw a black giant golem get out of the shrine.

"Kakaka!! What a joyful occassion!! To think there are five godslayers that have come for me!"

"Golem-san talked?!!"(Rin)

As expected of sword god, he is a pure battle junkie.

"Shin-sama that sword is the Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi (T/N: Heavenly Cloud Gathering Sword)."(Hikari)

"I see. Thanks. Leave this to me. Please take care so no living casualties will happened."(Shin)

I stepped forward and talked to 'him'.

"I will be your first opponent."(Shin)

"Hou... Very well."

"As the one who holds all victory in my hands, I am the strongest. Man and devil, all enemies, all those who harbors enmity will be vanquished. I shall smash through all enemies in my way. By the divine protection of the sun and all skills with which I wield spellwords, let the justice of this world manifest. Word is power. Spellword is light. Therefore, oh light, oh spellwords, become my sword."(Shin)

"Kakaka!! You plan to defeat a sword god with a sword?! So shall it be! Let me test your mettle then!"

I smile wryly back at the god.

"My apologies. I have to defeat you without playing around. At the very first, you are sword the is directly forged from the flesh of Yamata no Orochi, an evil calamitous snake god. A pure sword. A pure steel."(Shin)

I exchange flurry of sword attacks against him.

--Remember boy, my sword is tricky. To cut apart your your enemies you need to learn both yourself and your opponents right? Same to this sword. To cut apart the divine, you must learn the identity of the divine. Knowledge is power-

I felt Verethragna advising me through the remnants of his authority.

"You're damn right. You are the sword that came from that snake that can manipulate weather. That is why your divinity also associated to it becoming part of your legends."(Shin)

"Sword forge from wisdom, capable of any gods asunder huh... As expected of a godslayer."

"Susanoo, on his revolt and wandering on his exile, obtained you. Susanoo as a storm defeating the snake god become a dragonslaying hero. An ever- changing thief turning to war god of steel. Becoming his sword on his revolt he conquered the lands, you have obtained the ability to steal and replicate as symbol of you being the sword of conquest. And he offered you to Amaterasu, making you the sword of kingship."(Shin)

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(POV-Narrator)

While he is busy fighting the god, they finished evacuating everyone on the safe place.

"that's the exact scriptures of the 10th incarnation of Verethragna. Was the golden sword his authority?"(Momo)

"No. All ten of them."(Shira.)

That shocked her.

"Or rather, the authority Shin-sama usurped is not the '10 incarnations of Verethragna' but the 'all powers to smash any obstacles.'. It just happened exactly all ten are needed that he wish on his heart. If we comprehend it in reverse, Shin-sama believes that he will encounter all kinds of enemies and hardships."(Hikari)

"As expected of Hikari-chan."(Lia)

Moroha as about Miharu. Since they all agreed to discuss about the things like these to each other, they revealed what they could.

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(POV-Shin)

He got me good. Even though I sealed all his powers completely, his combat skills remain unrefutably god-like. Nothing fall short to the sword known to whole Japan.

"Hahaha!!!"

"This stupid sword..."(Shin)

I don't want to used it. That will cause a hell fire. Wait is a sea here ain't it?! I decided to purposely blundered on parrying and run towards the sea.

"Don't think of running away brat!!!"

"Oh shining stallion, bring forth the halo of your master!"(Shin)

A laser of converged sunlight engulfed and melted him completely.

-Level Up-

-Level 5710 reached-

-[Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi] Authority Acquired-

[Holy Sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi]

=Description: Holy Attribute, Wind Slash, Magic Absorb and Release