The Rising Of The Fallen Warlord

~The night before~

 

When I met Ariadne last time she gave me an interesting piece of information. Demon sword Zeshia is similar to the legend of Excalibur back on Earth. In other words only the one who is worthy can pull it out of it's rock. Or so the story goes. But it's actually false.

 

Ariadne told me the truth. Zeshia was in fact also a goddess. However due to reasons that couldn't be revealed, she got banished from the God Realm. The supreme Gods transformed her into a sword as punishment. Since she is a proud being… the point is she won't allow anyone to pull her and use her. So you have to use a different way of obtaining her.

 

I was once taken to the chamber were Zeshia was held. However at that time I wasn't allowed to touch her. But thanks to that I could teleport here again. Naturally, silencing the guards was easy. And as expected, no matter how much strength I use, I can't pull her out with brute force.

 

Similar to how I pulled Lumi-chan out of her floating bubble… I actually am going to swap her position with another sword. So I took a plain sword and drew the transfer magic formation. In the blink of an eye the swords swapped places and I was now finally wielding Zeshia!

 

I was holding a pitch black sword with 3 purple gems engraved in the blade. The hilt was twisted and almost felt like horns intertwined. The tip of the handle hand another shiny gem attached to it. And a pure dark aura was emitting from it.

 

"Whaaat!??"

 

A voice resounded in my head. It was the voice of a girl. I know she was a goddess. Did her conscious side still remain.

 

"How dare you disturb my sleep!? I'm going to possess you and force you to kill yourself for this blasphemy!!"

 

However, even after a few minutes, nothing happened.

 

"Why… why can't I possess you. Just what exactly are you?"

 

"I'm Yurishia Bahamut. Nice to meet you."

 

"Idiot. I'm not asking for your name! No Mazoku should be able to withstand my power."

 

"Sorry. But I am a special existence."

 

Possession is a form of abnormal status to the body. I know because I did it myself once too. However my Cure All automatically detects and heals any abnormality in my body. Meaning in short… you can't control me.

 

"Anyway, my goal is to become Maou. And for that I will have you become my weapon. So I look forward to working together with you, Zeshia."

 

"Hey, quit screwing around! You really think you can wield me? This wasn't supposed to happen!!"

 

I lifted the sword above my head and did a few light swings.

 

"Why… why did I end up in this situation… what do you even want to use me for?"

 

"Revenge."

 

"Huh…?? Wait… don't you have any glorious plan? Like freeing the innocent, saving some village or something…?"

 

"Why would I care about trivial things like that? My goal is to just kill some people, become the Maou and do everything I want to do."

 

"Pfft… hehehe! Ahaha!! Such a reason like that… are you for real?"

 

"It's not funny to laugh at another person's dreams."

 

"Sorry sorry… it's just… hehe... I can't help it. You kind of remind me of myself. I had that attitude too. And I ended up becoming a sword."

 

"It must have been boring to sit all day in a stone."

 

"Well it… was. I had to create various fantasy dreams and scenarios to keep me sane."

 

"Well, now you'll get to see the world."

 

"Hmm… that might be fun. Okay. For the time being I will lend you my power."

 

"Nice to have you aboard, Zeshia!"

 

"Hey… hey!!! Stop! What are you doing!?"

 

Hm!? I was trying to put her in my infinite storage.

 

"Don't dump me in that space! How am I supposed to see the world!? And besides, it's dark in there! I don't like it."

 

"Jeez, would you calm down? Look, I promise to always carry you around. The shell on my back has a place were I can attach a sword. But I need to keep you a secret for now. Until tomorrow at least."

 

"I'm not okay with that! I changed my mind. Put me back in my rock!!"

 

"Too late."

 

I transferred Zeshia inside my infinite storage. She might be angry now, but she'll forgive me later. Anyway, it's better to not stay around here for too long. I took care of the guards, but this place is a small fortress. The commotion will probably attract the whole military personnel here. I can blow this place to rubble, but I don't want to draw attention right now.

 

The show that must shock everyone is tomorrow. With this… all my preparations are complete. I am 100% ready for any scenario. My time to shine, has finally come hahaha!!

 

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~Present day~

 

"Come forth… ZESHIA!!"

 

The fact that I shouted was pointless, but I wanted to make a cool entrance. So I raised my hand and brought out Zeshia. And the moment she appeared in my hand…

 

"I'll kill you!! How dare you put me in that dark place!! You have no excuse. I was so scared…"

 

I tried whispering to her.

 

"Hey, calm down. This isn't the time for that. Learn to read the mood."

 

The audience was speechless and a strong silence was floating in the air.

 

"Well, Byron, shouldn't you be bowing before me? Didn't you just say that you would obey the Maou regardless who he or she is?"

 

Byron couldn't find his words. Eventually he opened his mouth… only to spit out more nonsense.

 

"No. That's not possible! How can it be possible!? It's a fake!! It's definitely a fake! There's no way that cheap imitation is the real Demon Sword Zeshia!!"

 

"Hey… Yurishia. That guy just called me a fake. He's insulting me. Let me drink his blood. Calling a lady a cheap imitation… his death is the only form of apology I will accept."

 

Scary. She just made a 360 degree personality change. It even gave me the chills. But I need to keep my act together.

 

"Hou!? You say this is fake? Then why don't I show you. Let me shatter any pathetic excuse you may come up with!"