Morsh still couldn't move because of the divine chains but his strength has risen quite a bit,
He said with a smile,
"Anyone will be able to wield the holy sword after the strand of dark energy absorb into the dark energy of the sword "
"But whoever wields will gain powers and die as soon as he lose contact with the sword "
Morsh then looked up and to his soul space,
"I want to see the outside world again... "
He then started absorbing souls again,
Outside the soul space,
Pete was sleeping while Leona was sitting beside him,
The knights were loading the bodies of their fallen comrades in their Pegasus,
With the morning sun, the knights left the city,
The corpses of the monsters and humans began to rot and smell,
The citizens and remaining soldiers were cleaning the corpses but there were just too many to be cleaned in a day,
Two days passed in just cleaning but there were still rotted corpses behind,
Pete was still sleeping, and Leona was staying by his side,
After two more days, Rita came to visit Leona,
She sat on the chair next to bed Pete was sleeping,
"Thank you for helping the city "
Leona said with a smile,
"It was all done by the hero, I didn't do anything "
Rita looked at Pete and said,
"I brought what you asked for "
Rita clapped an old man entered the room,
Rita said,
"He is the best healer of this city "
The old man then checked Pete and said,
"Don't worry he is fine, but it's a miracle for him to be alive "
Rita said,
"What do you mean? "
The old man said,
"He has used all of the aura of his body, so it should be impossible for him to be alive "
Leona said,
"So when will he wake up? "
The old man said,
"He should wake up in a day or two "
The old man then left the room,
Leona said,
"So, tell me what's happening in the kingdom "
Rita joyfully said,
"We have human sword masters now "
Leona was surprised and said,
"What!!!! really "
Rita nodded and said,
"Yes and the first one reached that level in this city too "
Leona looked at Pete and said,
"I know that "
Rita then said with a sad tone,
"But alas he was found dead in his bed "
Leona was surprised and asked,
"Who were you talking about? "
Rita said,
"A knight, he was in the battle against the monsters "
"After that he returned to his hometown and killed a noble family for the revenge of his family"
"But the next day his body was found in the bed "
Rita then sighed and said,
"Then a servant of his became sword master but was found dead in bath "
"Many sword masters rose after that but all were found dead "
Rita stood up and said,
"I think someone deliberately doing it to suppress humanity "
Leona said,
"I think I know the reason of their death "
Rita looked at Leona with a surprised look on her face and said,
"Really!!! but how do you know that despite not leaving this house "
Leona said,
"How I know doesn't matter but the holy sword is the cause of the rise and death of sword masters"
Rita said in a confused tone,
"What do you mean? "
Leona said,
"Whoever wields the holy sword will rise to the level of sword master but will die soon after "
"I think that nobody but hero can handle the powers of holy sword "
Rita said as she left the room hurriedly,
"I will release this news so that no one will touch the sword "
Leona was about to stop her but Rita has already left the house,
The kingdom was now in turmoil as the holy sword was now in the hands of bandits,
They looted and destroyed cities without mercy,
As one bandit dies, other one becomes the sword master,
They loot, rapes women and kills people in a city and then heads towards the next city,
After two days, Pete opened his eyes and saw Leona sleeping in the chair next to the bed,
He tried to stand up but couldn't muster enough strength,
Leona woke up at that moment and saw Pete,
"Hey, you woke up "
She quickly helped him sit on the bed and said,
"Don't move, you were sleeping for 7 days "
"I will go and cook something for you "
Leona cooked soup and feed it to Pete,
Pete couldn't move for a day but was able to get out of the bed the next day,
Leona prepared breakfast and they began eating,
Pete asked,
"Where is my sword? "
Leona remembered about the sword and said,
"We need to go and get back that sword!!! "
Pete was confused by Leona sudden burst and said,
"Calm down and tell me what happened "
Leona then told everything about the holy sword and sword masters to Pete,
After that Pete said,
"Don't worry, I can call back the sword from here "
He then raised his hand and said,
"Come back "
Couple of hours passed and it was now noon, but the sword still hasn't return,
Pete was getting anxious by every passing minute,
Rita entered the house at that moment and saw Pete,
She ran up to him and said,
"Pete, you have to get that sword back, it's in the hands of bandits and they are wreaking havoc "
Pete said,
"Do you know where those bandits are? "
Rita said,
"They are coming to this city and will reach here in couple of hours. "
Pete sighed and said with a smile,
"The goddess is helping us... "
"Don't worry, go back and I will handle everything "
Rita nodded and left the house,
Leona began to prepare for the battle while Pete calmly sat on the chair,
After the preparations were complete, they headed to the city gate,
They stood in front of the city guard with soldiers, adventurers and mercenaries,
The adventurers and mercenaries were staring Pete,
Leona said,
"Pete I don't think these guys have good intentions "
Pete said,
"Let them be, they are not strong enough to do anything to me "
After about an hour, around hundred bandits could be seen from afar,
They were all riding horses and soon reached the city gate,
The bandit in front was wielding the dark holy sword,
He got down from his horse and said,
"I am giving you a chance to live, leave the women here and get out from the city "
"Otherwise, I will have them in front of your eyes "
Pete took a few steps forward and said,
"You all are monsters in the form of humans. "
"I will have no guilt killing you "
The bandits began laughing and the bandit with the holy sword pointed his sword at Pete,
Pete smiled then raised his hand and said,
"Return "
The dark holy sword flew back to Pete and the bandit's corpse fell on the ground,
The laughter of the bandits abruptly stopped,
Pete then manifested dark energy swords and shot them towards the bandits,
The dark energy swords penetrated them and their dead bodies fell from the horses,
The dark energy then returned to the sword with their souls,
The eyes of the adventurers and the mercenaries were wide open with fear in their eyes,
Pete sighed and said to Leona,
"Let's go "
They then left the city,
Rita was watching everything from the city wall and said as she saw Pete leaving,
"Goodbye hero "
Pete and Leona were walking through the forest,
Leona asked,
"Where should we go next? "
Pete said,
"I don't know... where do you think the demons would attack next "
Leona said,
"I don't know that, but we shouldn't live in some remote place where it would take ages for the news to reach "
Pete said,
"Yes, we should head to a city "
Leona said,
"If that's the case then let's go to the Iron city "
In the demon kingdom,
The demon that had ran away has reached the demon kingdom and was kneeling in front of the wife of the last demon lord,
He said,
"I am sorry my queen, I couldn't protect them "
The queen said,
"How did they die "
The demon told her everything about the sword and Pete,
The queen thought for a moment and said,
"Go inform the other queens that none of them is allowed to leave the demon kingdom "
"And tell them to prepare for a war "
The demon then left the room,
The queen said,
"The sword in his hands is not the holy sword "
"And I have never heard of a weapon that can make someone a grand sage "
She took a deep breath and said,
"I hope that he is not someone we can't handle before we can return "
After about a week, Pete and Leona has reached the Iron city,
The city was fairly large with mines around it,
Pete and Leona entered the city,
Leona said,
"More then 70 percent of the iron ore comes from here "
There were mostly miners roaming around the city,
Carriages filled with iron ore was entering the city from the mines and carriages filled with iron bars were leaving the city,
Pete and Leona rented rooms at an inn and rested there for the day,
The next day Leona took Pete to a tavern,
The barkeeper was an old man wearing butler outfit,
Pete and Leona sat on the chairs and Leona puts a gold coin on the table and said,
"Tell me everything you know about the next demon attack"
The bartender said,
"Unfortunately, we don't have that information but we have information about another attack "
Leona puts another gold coin on the table,
The bartender said,
"The elven and dwarven armies will reach the human kingdom in two days "
Leona and Pete were surprised when they heard this,
Pete said,
"Are they going to attack us? "
The bartender said slowly with a gentle smile,
"Yes, sir hero "
Pete also smiled and said,
"Oh, you know my name Mr. former assassin "
The bartender reached to the knife in his pocket and was about to take it out when Pete said,
"I don't want any bloodshed. "
The bartender said,
"That will be good for both of us, sir hero. "
Pete said,
"No this is only good for you... I am a lot faster than you "
Pete then stood up and started walking towards the exit of the tavern,
Leona also followed him,
After they got out, Leona asked,
"How did you know he was an assassin? "
Pete said,
"A bartender wearing a butler uniform is always an assassin in isekai novels "
Leona said with a confused expression,
"What is this isekai novel? "
Pete smiled and said,
"I will tell you about it later, we have to stop the elven and dwarven armies first "