Sword of the Philosopher

"I wanted to see with this eye what a hero was like. There's no further reason."

Jin, the phantom beast who showed up before us, speaks. He said it was bad between himself, but I guess he wanted to keep it face-to-face anyway.

"I'm checking with this eye right now about that power... I see you've been wandering around the training ground a long time"

"Thank you... for sleeping underground with the trump card of your existence."

"Trump card, I wonder how to say it. I was just standing on the arrow."

"... in a combat-capable sense, don't you mean the strongest?

"No, I don't think so"

Sounds different than humble......

"There are quite a few who have more power than me if they are the heads of phantom beasts. Some phantom beasts, for example, are assimilated to trees thousands of years old on the island. It sucks up magic from the trees on the island, and that's what makes it magically powerful, not only on the island you're on, but on the surrounding area as well. I can't do that."

"Then why?

"It's not about simple power, it's about my ability"

And I tell Sophia and I, laughing.

"With regard to the ability of the key..."

"Hey, wait a minute"

Here I stopped by accident.

"Are you sure? Tell me that briefly?

"I don't know what I'm capable of because I've found out. It's a simple story. The magic I grant penetrates the opponent's barriers and defenses."

Penetration...... um, if you say it in the game, do you mean it has the effect of ignoring defenses or something like that?

"Destroy all attacks with magic without question, should I say?

"That's a tremendous ability indeed..."

And, Sophia opens her mouth.

"I and Master Luon have moves and magic close to that nature, but in your case, something that doesn't capture the magic or the form of the moves, right?

"Correct. I mean, all my attacks can ignore barriers."

Sounds powerful indeed... Jin sighed small when he thought inside.

"I know it's a strong ability, but it also has its drawbacks. We can destroy magic, but we can't destroy substances like metal. In other words, if man were to fight with armor and with a sword, he could not defeat it unless he broke it."

"You mean the ability to specialize in magic?"

"Right. The ability to destroy magic, if you want to describe it?

That's what Jin told me. I put my hand on my mouth here,

"If you're capable of it, you can understand being on the front line."

"Oh, if it's my ability, the power of the underground... if I tell you so, it exerts absolute power over beings that should be called clumps of magic. Well, there are other factors that have been chosen, but that's the big reason."

... I told him that there are other strong phantom beasts, but I'm pretty sure they have more power than being long. It would be reasonable to interpret them as chosen, by virtue of their high combat ability in addition to their abilities.

"Now that the purpose is over, let's just go home."

And, Jin stretches lightly... his toes don't point out of the island, he opens his mouth.

"No, should I wait for Terra's report? Honestly, Lug the phantom beast doesn't know what to do."

"... are you close to a phantom beast named Lug?

"It wasn't like there was a special interaction. But somehow, I had this vibe that I was going to make fun of one day... but it hit me brilliantly."

Gin answers with a shrugged shoulder, glancing at me and Sophia.

"Right, for a little while... suppose we wait till Terra gets back? You got any questions or anything?

"Then... your island is closed, until you two actually get in... what do you have?

"I can't be specific...... but can I tell you something"

Speaking, Jin grinned deeply and turned his gaze further behind us. You saw the angels that would be around you?

"In this case... I mean, it's a different story from the power that exists in the underground... but simply put, there are materials about the formation of angels and demons"

- Sophia and I stopped talking about the unexpected. Then Jin started laughing,

"That reaction is exactly what I expected."

"Hey, wait a minute...!? The formation of angels and demons!?"

"That's all the ancient material I'm talking about is on my island. I'm glad you ate it."

And here's the sign from behind. If you look, there was Devals lurking in the shadows of the rocks, and even Aemer.

"... why is something like that on your island?

It was Amel who inquired. In contrast, Jin

"You can't just talk about that. Oh, I'm going to explain to those entering the island, but I'm going to ask you not to speak out. In some cases, we're going to use magic to prevent us from talking."

"Is that all the important information?

Now Sophia. Jin put his arms together here,

"It's important, it's not like that. You don't have to know the truth about the world."

"... that it has no connection with the power of the underground?

"That's not what it is. It's just that maybe it's related to an ancient sage."

"If so, it could be useful information for us."

Yeah, I open my mouth.

"The will of the ancient sages exists in the power of the underground... there are also speculations about that. I don't know if this is true, but apparently the wise man himself was involved in something, and..."

"And?"

"... The Demon King also has a verse that was moving about the power of the underground. Sage and Demon King...... If I could learn to be a part of it, it might be a hint as to why they were acting"

"Oh, is that even possible... Yeah, well, if it is, I can give you information. It could be useful information for us."

I think I can go to this place where the phantom beast is and get a lot of information. Some prophecies I received from Ange, Croix's sister in the demonic world before. If we integrate them, it's about 'God'. Then we may also get the truth about the wise man.

While reaching such a conclusion, Jin moves on to the story.

"Whatever it is, let's just say we wait for Terra to return. If it's gonna be rough, I'm gonna work with you."

"You too?

"Oh. Because I have Terra's shoulder... you may be sorry for inspiring phantom beasts to fight each other, but I don't care. Probably."

and Jin set aside for a minute to

"Sooner or later, this would have happened."

- I'm sure the reason he talks about it must have been the circumstances of the phantom beasts we don't know about.