"An organic demonic sword... the remains of the Path of the Beast."
Iver murmured softly, "So this is the secret behind why it drives people mad and makes them lose control?"
"Yes."
Merlin nodded, then looked down at the enormous key in Iver's hand and sighed. "If not for that, I wouldn't have smashed it apart and sealed it... It could be considered one of Galahad's relics, and it was once a treasure held by Lancelot. It would be best to keep it. At least it would give us something to remember him by.
"...It was precisely because I couldn't bear to part with it that I didn't destroy it completely back then. Otherwise, by my habits, I would have discarded such an unstable power without a second thought."
Merlin sighed. "I was also thinking... What if there were a way to solve its problems in the future?"
Merlin clearly did not approve of Iver using the Red Hilt Sword's power.
To Merlin, the Red Hilt Sword's risks far outweighed its benefits. It merely allowed a Round Table Knight to display strength far beyond that of an ordinary person, which seemed useless in a battle on the scale of subduing a Dawn Angel... Instead, the power of the Path of the Beast might cause a deviation in one's path.
"Mr. Merlin," Iver suddenly asked, "do you know about the holy knight's remnant soul inside the Red Hilt Sword?"
"I think it may be a conceptual knight formed using Sir Balin's soul as its raw material."
Merlin clearly knew of its existence, so he immediately replied, "Do you know where this sword came from, Iver?"
"I heard it came from a marble slab. Written on it were the words, 'Only the greatest knight can move me.' Everyone tried to draw the