As Akiol was running the long distance towards the witch's hut, he heard a voice.
'We need to talk.' It was, of course, Stars.
"Well, we can talk on the way if you want." Akiol responded.
Stars took a deep breath, or what sounded like one.
'I feel like you have been showing me off to some extremely powerful beings recently. Am I just some sort of decoration to you?!'
Akiol chuckled, and explained his reasons on why he had shown the 'powerful beings' the sword.
'Oh, if you wanted to know about me you could've just asked.'
Akiol slowed down and smacked his forehead. Of course the sword would know it's past! Even if it didn't it wouldn't have hurt to ask.
"Then can you give me a brief explanation please?" Akiol pleaded.
'Brief huh? Alright, you should know that there are a total of twelve powerful swords spread among this world. These twelve were crafted by Borus, the god of smithing. In fact, only four of the swords were crafted when Borus became a god. Before he had a quest to make the perfect sword and used various extremely rare materials to craft them. However due to his lack of strength he couldn't perfect these eight swords. These were known to be the lesser eight swords. However they are still extremely powerful and can be considered a national treasure easily.'
"So I assume your one of the eight?" Akiol asked.
'Hold on now, I am not finished. After the creation of the eighth sword Borus had no more rare materials. He also was getting old and frail and couldn't find anymore. With his strong desire to craft a perfect sword, along with his experience in blacksmithing and the already powerful eight swords. He had fulfilled the hidden quota to become a god. Once he had ascended the first thing he did was collect even more powerful materials and crafted more swords, four to be exact.'
Stars was cut off suddenly when some players stopped Akiol. This annoyed Akiol slightly but he simply nodded and went another direction, Akiol would do the same thing he had done before.
Akiol coughed and said, "Please do continue."
'Borus had gathered some legendary materials this time. One was the center of a planet's core, the purest metal that was hardened by the extreme pressure. This planet would die in ten years because of this however. Borus thought it would be a waste of the good life on the planet, so he gathered the life force of every living thing on the planet. Creating a second material, pure life essence. Another helpful material was collected as soon as a star exploded, it was something close to a pure heat source or an eternal flame and it was the hottest thing you would ever find. This served as a heat source for forging. The next material was taken from Aquos, the goddess of water. A condensed form of water, but not just any water, but the water of life. This water was condensed and molded into a single object, an orb. Borus thought it would be a fantastic material, so he stole it from Aquos.'
Stars was again interrupted by more players, so Akiol once again went a different way.
'Ahem, the final material was from a collapse of a black hole. The singularity of the black hole was collected and made solid through much magic. Now Borus had his materials and a flame source to forge from. To experiment he used the collected life force and created Vitalityion, an emerald blade with the power of nature and life force, embedded in its guard was an emerald. This was a three week project. While it was much stronger than his previous eight swords, it wasn't his goal. So he created the next sword from the Orb he stole from Aquos, the sword of waves and water. This sword was nearly clear, with a slight green and blue tint, so he added a blue tinted quartz to its guard. He named it Wave Bringer and the sword had absolute control of anything water, or remotely close to it. This was another long project and still Borus wasn't satisfied. So he used the black hole singularity, this material was far more difficult to use so the sword wasn't made to the limits of the material, this also was added to Borus's lack of experience dealing with space metals. This created me, Breaker Of Stars, named somewhat after a black hole. Honestly it should be Absorber of Stars but I digress. He did find inspiration from the experience and used the final material, the center of a planet's core. After months of forging he completed his goal, a sword with no flaws, the embodiment of perfection. He named it Peerless Edge. This sword is the strongest sword known to mankind and gods. It was an ordinary looking sword, only it had a diamond in its guard and pommel. The symbol of perfection.'
"Woah, then how'd did you get here on this world?" Akiol asked.
'You keep cutting me off, let me finish! Ahem, after the creation of Peerless Edge, Borus thought about his goal. He then realized all his wrong doings in his quest. He messed with the circle of life, destroyed a planet, and stole a God's personal treasure! He knew what he did was unforgivable, so he made an oath to never make another weapon and to never touch anything to do with blacksmithing again. He didn't want his creations to gather dust however, so he used his magic to bless the swords with many useful enchantments. He then parted with some of his Soul to give the four swords their own conscious and thoughts. With that he hid them among this world very carefully, for someone to use.'
Akiol snorted, "Very carefully? I found you in a cave."
Stars retorted, "That's because I was already found. That cave was my doing, the only reason you found me was because I allowed access to the weaker creatures of peace because I felt pity. Had I known I would be found by you I wouldn't have let slimes be able to find the entrance!'
Akiol chuckled, "Well because of me you found very powerful creatures, which reminds me. If your a powerful sword forged by a god how come you didn't speak to the Slime King or Verhalakos?"
'I am a weapon, the majority of my strength can only be used by someone who is also strong. I can't use most of my strength by myself sadly.'
Akiol nodded, it made sense. A weapon is meant to be wielded and not left alone.
He mulled over Stars story and asked, "Has any other of the other swords been discovered yet?"
'I have no idea, I am fairly certain that the lower eight have been, and maybe one or two of the upper four besides me. However I am confident that Peerless Edge hasn't been found yet.'
"Alright then final question, how would you rank the strength levels of the upper four?"
'Ah I like this question. Alright, I shall go from worst to best, though none of the swords a worse than the lower eight. At the bottom it would be Wave Bringer, since it's strength is water it would lose most of its strength in an area without even air moisture. Next Vitalytion, it can create plant life anywhere it likes. However if the area is completely inhospitable for plant life then it also loses a lot of strength. Next would be me, since I have some of the power that was in the black hole, which was a handful of galaxies and such. I would have been better had Borus known what he was doing, so I hold a small grudge because of it. Finally it would be, of course, Peerless Edge, the cocky favored sword is definitely perfect. Because of it they have a self absorbed ego. You cannot doubt its power though. Even I cannot best it.'
"So I have been lucky to find the second strongest sword known huh?" Akiol commented.
'Of course! However I am not yours and you do not wield me.'
To this Akiol just clicked his tongue. He didn't say anything else either for the witch's hut was insight.
Of course, there was some players guarding it.