svetikya #449 - Sword of Joy
#449 - Sword of Joy
A large amount of blood splattered on the sand.
Zun Zun raised an eyebrow.
"If you think gods don't bleed, you're wrong. God's blood is the best sacrifice."
As if answering Zun Zun's doubts, Veleslana said this.
His left half had been cut off, but he didn't feel hurt at all, still standing proudly on the sand. Something like flames was attached to his body, and then transformed into shoulders and arms.
Even though half of his body had been cut off, he was as if nothing had happened.
Of course, Zun Zun would not be so arrogant as to think that he was about to win.
After all, the boy was just one of Veleslana's incarnations. He was not the main body, and he didn't mean to die just because he was hurt like this.
It's better to say that just now was just a preliminary battle, and what follows is the real battle.
"I have to admit, I underestimated you. I apologize to you. I always felt that you should grow up to be a qualified warrior, but I found that you are already a qualified warrior! Then, in order to respond to your expectations, I will go all out!"
"Are you saying that being cut in half was just playing with me?"
"That's right."
"...You're surprisingly unwilling to admit defeat."
Zun Zun chuckled.
"That being said, that magic sword is really troublesome. In that case..." The boy said softly in a gentle tone, "In my name, I hereby declare, Charlemagne, fear me, retreat quickly!"
"What...!?"
Erica's expression changed drastically.
She had been watching the battle, and thought that Zun Zun could rely on the magic sword to defeat the opponent, but she didn't expect that Veleslana had seen through the origin of the magic sword.
"You thought you could hide it so deeply that I wouldn't find out!? I am the one who can break through any obstacles. The powerful and the unjust cannot defeat me!"
The boy god spread his arms and loudly proclaimed his absoluteness.
Suddenly, the number of lights increased.
There were 10, 20 golden glowing orbs, and in the blink of an eye, there were nearly 100 flames flying around, dyeing the boy god golden.
"Fear me, Charlemagne! Fear me and my mighty name! My name is Veleslana, the guardian of light and the sacred realm!"
Finally revealing his name?
The military god of ancient Persia, the guardian who serves Mithra, the god of light.
In West Asia, he is known as the Guardian of Light, and has the same origin as the Indian Thunder God Indra, and is related to both the East and the West. That's right, he is a rare fighting god who has descended into the world, regardless of East or West.
"Language is light, words are light. Therefore, light, words, become my sword, transform into my blade!"
Veleslana was surrounded by countless lights, emitting a brilliant glow.
The magic sword in Zun Zun's hand trembled slightly.
"I know you, Charlemagne. You are a church preacher, you are a constantly improving scholar, and you are also a hegemon who expands territory."
As the boy god chanted, the light increased fiercely like a chaotic dance.
At the same time, the flames disappeared.
"I, Veleslana, am the sword—the hero of martial arts, and you are a great hegemon, and also a person of extravagance and presumption! You are an apostle of the Saxons, but you are the murderer who caused a quarter of their deaths. You are the protector of the holy city, but you are the oppressor of kingship!"
The golden light surpassed the sun.
The black knight sword in Zun Zun's hand trembled violently.
—The incantation to cut off the power of God.
That was one of Veleslana's incarnations, the Golden Sword. Just now, he was not giving knowledge, but telling incantations containing curse power. The more you understand what kind of god the other party is, the more you can cut off that godhead's weapon.
In other words, that is a spell that can be called the Sword of Wisdom.
He couldn't let the other party continue chanting.
The true identity of this sword was probably already known by the other party, and if the incantation was completed, it would put him in a passive position.
So Zun Zun rushed over and started a swordsmanship contest with the boy god.
But the other party would no longer use branches lightly, but the golden sword in his hand, while still continuing to weave the incantation.
"Joyeuse, this is the true form of your magic sword."
Zun Zun's sword momentum became more and more fierce.
"The legendary treasure sword of the Frankish Emperor was carefully forged by the legendary blacksmith Galas over three years. The metal used for its blade is the same as the other two famous swords of the same period—the Sword of Eternity, Durendal, and the Sword of Mercy, Curtana."
Veleslana's chanting became more and more sonorous.
The magic sword in Zun Zun's hand trembled very violently, as if it wanted to break free from his control, resisting the black energy covering it.
Seeing this, the boy god smiled confidently.
"When Joyeuse was forged, fragments of the Spear of Longinus, the spear that killed God, were added to the top of the hilt, giving it divine power."
Zun Zun's long sword cut in at an exquisite angle, blocking the golden sword while attacking his waist and abdomen.
Veleslana blocked it, and said at the same time:
"In The Song of Roland, it has legendary miracles, which can change color 30 times a day, and at the same time, it can bloom with very dazzling light. It is said that with this light, it once broke through the fog barrier and led the entire army to successfully break through the siege. Because that was poisonous fog, it also gives the holder the ability to be immune to all poisons!"
Unbeknownst to when, the surrounding light transformed into swords.
Countless golden swords fell from the sky, and Zun Zun hurriedly blocked and dodged constantly.
But the incantation continued.
"Wearing white armor and a golden helmet, a treasure sword hangs at the waist, Joyeuse is unmatched, changing its color thirty times a day."
Suddenly, the knight's long sword in his hand dispelled all the black mist covering it, revealing its true form.
The slender sword body appeared bright, and the shape of the hilt top was classified as Type B according to Oakshotte's typology, about 2 inches wide.
There are bird carvings on both sides, and the style is similar to that of 11th-century Scandinavia.
A dazzling gemstone is inlaid in the acanthus flower decoration, and the ends of the cross part of the hand and the blade are carved with wyverns, with lapis lazuli inlaid in their eyes respectively.
—A gorgeous knight's sword.
Veleslana told the true identity of the magic sword, making its power even higher, but this was not his true purpose, or rather, the formal beginning.
Zun Zun's sword slashed through the air, chasing and slashing towards the lower body of the boy god.
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The purpose was not to hurt the opponent.
It was to distract him and prevent him from weaving the incantation.
Thanks to Zun Zun's superb swordsmanship, Veleslana gradually became overwhelmed, but his incantation did not stop.
On the contrary, it became more passionate.
"Joyeuse once beheaded the Saracen commander, and once broke the fog to protect its master. It was also used when Ogier was knighted. But it was lost in the Battle of Roncevaux Pass. In order to retrieve the treasure sword, he raised a high reward. After it was retrieved, he even granted the other party a fief and named it Joyeuse—it should have been a good story, but it was from this moment that it got another name."
Golden swords kept falling, Zun Zun dodged left and right, and after constantly parrying and dodging, he finally came to Veleslana's front.
The knight's sword stabbed forward fiercely.
"—The Sword of Joy."
Taking this as an opportunity, the golden sword burst out with bright light and appeared from behind Veleslana. Zun Zun didn't react at all, and saw the golden sword raised high and then slammed down, cutting off the knight's sword in one fell swoop!
A smug smile appeared on the boy god's face.
Fragments scattered everywhere, unable to hurt Veleslana in the slightest, but what he didn't expect was that Zun Zun's momentum did not diminish, and he inserted the remaining hilt fiercely into the boy god's chest.
"Ugh! ?"
He looked at Zun Zun in astonishment.
That expression was clearly saying 'Why, even though the godhead has been cut off, why am I still hurt'.
Indeed, Veleslana was absolutely right.
The knight's long sword in Zun Zun's hand was indeed the Joyeuse held by Charlemagne, which later fell into the hands of Louis XIV.
Charlemagne the Great made outstanding achievements in administrative, judicial, military system and economic production, and shifted the cultural center from the Mediterranean to the vicinity of the Rhine, enjoying the honor of the Father of Europe.
However, despite being so outstanding, he was 7 feet tall, with large and bright eyes, a slightly long nose, a ruddy complexion, and a joyful expression. His private life habits were not good.
Therefore, the sword is named Joyeuse—the French word contains joy, meaning to make people happy.
But it was truly called the Sword of Joy after it fell into the hands of Louis XIV, and was repeatedly carried with him at important occasions, and finally the godhead weakened.
However, thanks to this, Zun Zun was able to successfully enchant and reverse this knight's sword with divine power and fragments of the Holy Relic Spear of Longinus into a magic sword.
At the same time, Zun Zun also understood Veleslana's weakness.
Indeed, he can cut off the origin of the godhead by weaving incantations, making it impossible to touch it at all, but for things from another world—things that have no roots in this world—there is no way to cut off its godhead.
The proof is that Veleslana has no effect on cutting off the dragon.
Turning the knight's holy sword into a magic sword, Zun Zun used the blood of the golden dragon he had conquered, and transformed it with the help of Lu Kula Qiya.
It's just a pity this knight's holy sword.
"I see."
Veleslana pulled out the broken knight's sword from his chest. After staring at the carvings on it carefully for a while, he understood why it had not been cut off by the golden sword.
He smiled contemptuously.
"A little trick."
"But it succeeded, that's a useful little trick, and most importantly, it caught your eye, didn't it?"
"Hahaha—that's right, that's right!"
The boy god laughed heartily.
As the saying goes, the method does not lie in cleverness, success is enough. Whether it is a head-on battle or using this kind of trick, as long as Veleslana is injured, it is enough.
It's just a pity that the golden dragon from another world is just an ordinary dragon, without the blessing of mythology, and it has not reduced much of its strength and godhead.
But just like what Zun Zun just said.
Veleslana cannot cut off the origin of another world, which means that he is also fearless of the other party's golden sword.
—There is a chance of winning!
After clearly understanding this, Zun Zun waved his right hand, and a dragon burning with fierce flames, up to a hundred meters high, appeared in mid-air.
"Come, let's start the second round!"