Chapter 230 - Chapter 230 The Legendary First Hero’s Sword

As they approached the city's walls Lily peeked through the curtain at Thomas and said "Wake up we're finally here!" Thomas glanced at her and sat up while yawning as he asked "You mean we're here already?" Lily stared at him and said "You know it took us a week to arrive here right?" Thomas nodded and said "Yeah I just thought it would take at least a month." Lily continued to stare at him as she asked "Did you even look at the map?" Lily sat back down and said "Your supposed to look after me but it's clear that I'm looking after you way more." Thomas stuck his head through the curtain and said "I would've checked the map, but I still have more books to read and stuff." Lily glanced at him and said "Just forget about it, we're already here." Mary glanced at Thomas and asked "What are we gonna do here!" Thomas stared at her and said "One of the books I was reading mentioned something about a sword sealed in the top of an unbreakable stone, we can check that out." Lily glanced at Thomas and said "Your talking about the first legendary hero's sword!" Mary stared at Lily and asked "Is it the same sword in that story you told me?" Lily nodded and said "Yeah, and legend has it that the hero used that sword to defeat hundreds upon hundreds of foes and has defeated entire armies as if they were nothing." Mira glanced at Lily and said "We all can all check that out first then." As they arrived in the city Thomas sat on top of the cart as they made there way through town. Lily and Mary both started looking around at all of the building and wares that each of the shop had as they pointed in excitement and talked about what they wanted to do. Thomas just sat there on top of the cart and mumbled "I'm pretty sure the book mentioned something about the sword being roughly around a thousand years old." Thomas peered over the cart and said "Hey Mira do you know anything about this hero?" Mira glanced at him and said "I only know that he was around when I was alive during the first demon lord's attacks, the world was in chaos then and it was a terrifying place." Thomas stared at Mira and said "Sorry for bringing it up." Mira shook her head and said "That's fine, pay it no mind." Thomas glanced around at a few shops and said "If you'd like I can store the cart and horse for now so we can take a closer look." Mira nodded and said "Just open the door in front of us and I'll come back through momentarily." As Thomas, Lily, and Mary hopped off Thomas said "Remember to untie the horse so it can run around." Mira nodded and said "Okay." Once Mira walked back through she glanced at Thomas and said "The horse can now run around freely." Mary and Lily glanced at her and asked "Can we go see the sword now!" Mira glanced at Thomas and stared at him for a few moments as she asked "Should we?" Mary and Lily both turned and began to stare at Thomas patiently waiting for an answer as he mumbled "She turned their attention to me." Lily continued to stare at him as she said "Don't keep us waiting give us an answer." Thomas shrugged and said "Don't bother asking me, I don't really care so if you want to I'm in." Mary and Lily both smiled as they said "Then let's go right now!" As Mary and Lily ran off Thomas glanced at Mira and said "Guess we better get a move on." Mira nodded and said "I would also like to get a look at this sword." As they all began to walk through the city Lily glanced at Thomas and said "I'm pretty sure I heard something about the sword and whoever pulls it out can keep it." Thomas stared at Lily and asked "Why are you looking at me when you say that?" Lily pointed to him and said "Your most likely to pull it from the rock then us and your in need of sword anyway." Mary glanced at Thomas and excitedly asked "Do you think you can pull it out?" Thomas shrugged and said "Dunno." As they arrived at the stone they all sat there and watched as a large beast man tried to pull the sword out. The beast man smiled and said "I'll boost my strength by ten and pull this thing out with ease." Thomas walked up behind the beast man and said "This guys packing some serious mana." As the beast man pulled the sword he mumbled "Its not even budging?" The beast man smiled and said "Fine then I'll do one hundred times my own strength." Thomas took a step back and said "I don't think I'll be able to pull it." As the beast man continued to pull he shouted "What the hell, it still won't move!" The beast man mumbled "Fine I'll do a thousand times my own strength." The beast man began to pull with everything he had and sword continued to sit there without moving in the slightest. The beast man let go of the sword and mumbled "It must be true, no one in the world can lift this sword." Thomas walked up to the sword and mumbled "Let's see." Lily stared at him and asked "Well are you gonna pull it?" Thomas stared at the handle of the sword and said "Maybe in a minute." Thomas felt the blade and said "This sword has mana in it to." Thomas glanced at the handle and read "A blade like no other, a sword only fit for a hero, may your will command it." Thomas grabbed the handle and asked "Hey Poppy what do you make of this?" As he stood there he heard Poppy's voice say "Don't use all your strength when trying to pull it out, it likely has a spell that turns a users own strength enhancements against them." Thomas smiled and said "Well then, here goes nothin." Lily stared at him and asked "Are you gonna do it with one hand?" Thomas began to pull the sword as he said "Poppy thinks the sword uses a persons mana against them so if I don't use any and give it my all it should be pretty simple." Mira stared at him and asked "But don't you think others have tried that before?" As the sword came lose Thomas held it above his head aiming it into the sky as he said "Apparently not." The beast man stared at Thomas in shock and asked "How is this possible?" Thomas glanced at the beast man and asked "How's what possible?" The beast man pointed to the sword and said "You just pulled it out so easily." Thomas put the sword back into the ground and said "I dunno what your talking about." The beast man approached the sword and began to pull it again as he shouted "I refuse to be bested by a demi human." Lily stared at Thomas and asked "How did you do that?" Thomas glanced at the beast man and said "Poppy explained to me what the text on it likely meant." The beast man stared at text and said "I've never seen this language in my life." Lily stared at Thomas and said "Come on please explain it now!" Thomas leaned down towards her and whispered "Mana is like the will of the caster, so when it says may your will command it, it actually meant that any mana the sword could affect would be controlled by it." Lily smiled and said "Now I get it, your just suppose to avoid any mana flow from going into the sword." Thomas nodded and said "Yeah but to prevent an ordinary person from grabbing it they also made the sword quite heavy." The beast man stared at Thomas and said "Stop whispering amongst yourselves and tell me how you pulled this sword from the ground!" Thomas shrugged and said "I don't know what your talking about." Mira stared at Thomas and said "I'm guessing you don't want anyone to know." Thomas nodded and said "If word got out that a demi human pulled the first hero's sword from the stone all of the people would be furious." Thomas glanced at the beast man and said "Keep at it, I'm sure you'll figure it out eventually." The beast man glared at Thomas and said "Figure what out?" As they began to walk away Thomas glanced at Mira and said "We should probably find an inn." Mira nodded and said "While we were walking I noticed a few that we could stay in." Mary stared at Thomas and asked "Do you think I'd be able to pull the sword to?" Thomas glanced at her and said "Maybe." Lily stared at Thomas and asked "What about me?" Thomas shrugged and said "I guess it depends on your strength and mana so I guess you both could." Lily and Mary both smiled as they said "Then we both gotta do our best so we can pull the sword out one day too!" Thomas stared at Lily and mumbled "But can't you already pull it out?"