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"Clang, clang, clang, clang—!"
The pitch-black divine blade, tightly bound by chain after chain, trembled without pause as it scraped against the restraints around it. Crisp clashes rang out continuously, echoing through the air.
Yet no matter how the pitch-black divine blade struggled, it could not break free from the chains.
Only then did Noah rise from the bed.
"So that's how it is. I thought it was strange—why would a divine tool possess consciousness?"
The divine blade called Ama no Murakumo clearly possessed a will of its own and had attacked Noah on its own initiative.
Noah had never heard of divine tools possessing self-awareness.
Glancing at the struggling pitch-black divine blade, Noah turned his gaze toward Ena.
"That sword may be a divine tool, but it isn't actually the sword wielded by Susanoo in Japanese mythology. It's a subordinate god born from a god's power, isn't it?"
Ena was slightly startled before nodding repeatedly.
"Yes. Although Ama no Murakumo is a divine tool, it isn't the true Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi from mythology. It is a subordinate god of the deity I serve."
—Subordinate gods.
They were also a type of god.
Just as Noah had servants like Leticia, Pest, and Est, gods in all sorts of mythologies also had deities subordinate to them.
Such beings were called subordinate gods.
Subordinate gods had no fixed forms, nor did they have fixed identities.
Some were deities deeply connected to the gods they served in mythology. Others, like Ama no Murakumo, were manifestations of a portion of the power used in mythology