Chapter 77
“If it has been missing for nearly two hundred years... are you saying that Iyarugt’s transformation function isn’t the work of the Song family?”
The first time Jae-Hyeok had gotten his hands on Iyarugt, he had been in a quandary about a new scabbard. However, Iyarugt naturally reverted to the hwando when placed in the scabbard. Jae-Hyeok expected this convenient function to be the work of Craftsman Song, but the truth was completely different.
Elder Song replied, “That’s exactly what I’m saying. Iyarugt changes form not through design but through the will of the owner. It’s an ego sword. As far as I know, the Song family doesn’t have the technology to make ego weapons.”
“Didn’t you say that Iyarugt has lost its soul? How can it be an ego sword?”
‘Ego’ literally meant ‘self,’ so how could the soulless Iyarugt have an ego?
Elder Song explained, “Although the soul departed, I think the thoughts left behind have turned into an ego all of its own.”
“Ah... ”
Theodore had also said something similar when it first saw Iyarugt—saying it was a sword that had originally harbored the soul of a demon but was now forged by remnant thoughts.
It seemed it indeed deserved to be called a demon sword.
Jae-Hyeok wondered, “Whose work was it?”
“I’m not certain. The only thing I am certain of is that Iyarugt was hidden so others wouldn’t target it. But after reflecting on the prophecies passed down through my family's generations, I personally think the Blacksmith God had bestowed it.”