170 Conversion (1/2)

Broly was delighted as he felt the power of his ki return to his body. Now he was back to having full control of his body. He had closed his eyes as he relished in the feeling, completely ignoring the two guards.

The guards had their widened eyes fixed on the sword Broly held. Shock was written on their face. ”This is…” The blue guard spoke out for the first time with a trembling voice.

Broly opened his eyes and looked at the sword he was holding and felt the power inside of it. The swords that were hovering on his side, suddenly shrunk in size until they became blinking floating lights.

Solutus' sword, however, first trembled slightly before it did the same as the other swords.

Without a warning the sword lights shot towards Broly's sword and merged with it on different places. On embedded itself at the bottom of the hilt, one into the cross-guard and the last merged with the blade of the sword.

The former crystal sword changed to a black that seemed to absorb every bit of light that touches it. Only the edge of the blade was shimmering in a blue light. The energy of the sword was somewhat masked, only Broly who held it was still feeling the full tremendous power it hid.

He felt like he was holding a bomb that could go off any second, but he still felt no threat coming from it, like it was meant for him.

”It has finally appeared!” The red guard blurted out and brought Broly's out of his daze. Broly shot him a glance. ”Is this sword something special?” Broly felt that it held significant more power than Solutus sword. It was on a completely different level.

”...It is the First Sword which has been wielded by the king. There had been several imitations that tried to recreate its power, but no sword came close to it. After the king fell, his sword shattered, and the pieces turned into swords of their own. The one you are holding is the foundation of the First Sword! Even if all the other swords fused, it would only be on the same level!”

”Is that why Solutus wanted me on this island?” Broly mumbled as he inspected the sword.

”Solutus wanted you on this island?” Broly looked at the red guard.

”Yeah, he is the reason I was able to get here in the first place.” Broly suddenly came to a realization.

”Can you try to convert a second time?” Broly asked the red guard, who now seemed willing to answer some questions.

”Indeed, you can. A sword grants you one attempt to convert, so if you absorb another sword you can try again.”

”How can one acquire another sword?”

”You can't enter the island of trials a second time, but you can get another sword by killing its owner in a duel. The rights of the sword will automatically transfer to you after the owner is dead.”

”Hm? But I did kill Solutus, why did you tell me to get another one from the island of trials?”

'Was he not dead? I cut him in half and burned his remains! I even used my vision of truth to confirm it numerous times that the corpse was indeed his.'

”Yes, you did, but it wasn't a duel. You can challenge another sword wielder if you wield one yourself. If you kill one without challenging him first, it is not considered a duel. So, even though you killed him, you didn't get the rights to his sword.”

”But I did absorb it just now.”

”Indeed, usually a swordsman can only absorb another sword if he has the rights for it, however, what you wield is the foundation of the First Sword, its essence. It doesn't need the rights to one of its own sword pieces to absorb it.”

”So, Solutus wanted to challenge me to get another sword piece?”

”Probably, after all if you had acquired a normal sword piece your powers wouldn't have returned.”