Why was it the Sacred Sword Amber?
Brando naturally could not have forgotten this sacred sword, the only one players had ever had a chance to encounter in the game. But how could Odephys be Amber?
His thoughts came to an abrupt halt because Bradley's attack had already reached him. Bradley, the bearer of the sword, was known as the Sword Saint of Flames. In the Temple, this title was by no means something just anyone could possess; at the very least, it meant that its holder had mastered an extremely high-level Fire Element.
Bradley was exactly such a person. He had made a name for himself in battle at the age of thirty. After becoming a Templar Knight, he had been directly selected by the previous Grand Holy Seat as a reserve for the Flame Dependent. However, he had not taken the path of the Flame Dependent Knight. Instead, he had risen from priest to bishop and then into the highest levels of power within the Temple. Vala had personally chosen him to become the next knight to wield the Blade of Flames, a position equivalent to the attendant of the King of Flames and one possessing supreme honor.
Because he had mastered Fire Element, the same supreme-level Element as Gilt's, the Imperials often spread the rumor that Bradley was the heir to the King of Flames. One day, Blade of Flames Odephys would reappear in the Empire in his hands.
Yet decades later, that prophecy had not come true. Ironically, Bradley had personally witnessed Odephys's resurrection—but not in his own hands.
Had it happened fifty years earlier, he might have burned with rage over it, furious at not being chosen by the Path of Golden Flames. But after weathering half a century, he had spent too long in