March to Hollow Demon Valley

The Blade's Purpose

A blade is meant to kill.

Some might ask, "Isn't that true of all sharp tools? Can't a farmer's sickle or a chef's knife do the same?"

But a master blacksmith would answer differently:

A sword is forged solely to kill. It is not like a sickle or a knife, which can also kill.

A sword exists for one purpose, and one purpose only—to take life.

That is why those who carry swords are watched with far more caution than those who carry other tools.

For they are people who possess the intent to kill.

And Infernal Blade Corps Lord Daven understood this all too well.

A man with white hair, his presence radiating an aura of sheer authority.

During The Great War of Light and Shadow, the martial world had given him a title:

Sword Phantom—the direct disciple of the Sword Demon, now a master nearing his former teacher's realm.

"The Fiery Blade clan has lost its strength, Lord."