Versatile: Alternate World

Galatine.

A sword that is considered to be equal to the legendary Excalibur that is wielded by King Arthur. Although it was considered one, it never got the time to shine as much as Excalibur, making it a shadow of the former. Despite that, it contains strong power that is hard to control. It's not even an exaggeration that it is called an equal to Excalibur as this weapon holds massive potential.

This sword is used by Sir Gawain, one of the knights of the Round Table and one of the strong knights capable of holding his ground against King Arthur. It was a gift from the lady of the lake, the same lady I met back then who resides with the Merlin. Of course, the man who wields the Galatine is already dead of old age. But it is weird that the sword that he previously wielded is not returned to the Lady of the Lake. Just like the fate of Excalibur, the Galatine disappeared and no one knows where it was now.

Seeing the Galatine here, sealed in chains while its power is still potent, it is clear it has been sealed here by someone. There is a possibility that the one who sealed it is King Arthur, but if he was the one, he should have sealed it to the Frozen Region of Sandurk, and yet this weapon is here. The other theory is that before Sir Gawain retires, he sealed it here in hopes that no one else will wield the sword again.

"I recognize that sword. That's the Galatine, right?" Gobu was amazed by the view of the flaming sword that is blazing all over the place. It is something that he didn't know he would see again and now, he is once more able to find the chance to witness it once more.

"You know this weapon, Gobu?" I looked at Gobu with confusion.

"Yeah, It was back when I am still part of the demon king's army. Along with someone who wields a similar weapon, he waved this weapon a few times and in a single wave, multiple of his enemies were reduced to ashes. It was one of the things that I was able to witness without dying at their hands of them and managed to live to tell the tale. Who would have thought I would be meeting the weapon of that man again once more in here?"

"When did you meet the man who wields this weapon?" Lina was curious.

"I don't really remember the exact time I saw it, but I am quite sure that I am still not married to my wife and is still a regular goblin at that time," Gobu scratches his chin.

Gobu is already old and is similar to the human lifespan. Since Gobu should be around 50 years old, I might guess that he witnessed it during his prime around 10-15 years old. So it should be around 30 to 40 years since this thing has been here depending on what time it was sealed here. But we don't need that info now. What I needed to know is how to bring that thing down from the chains binding it and stop the flames from spewing out of its blade.

Even with my passives [Flame Resistance], and [Flame Endurance], the flames the Galatine is releasing are painful and hot, making it almost hard to approach.

"Master, are you perhaps trying to get that sword down?" Gobu asked.

"That's the plan. It's the only thing here that is present and it started releasing flames the moment we approached it. There must be something as to why the sword decided to cause havoc like this."

"Master. I know you are strong and capable of doing many things but Master, this thing can burn almost anything. If you are not the wielder, it will burn anything that is present on its path so don't be rash and think this through. We can't afford you to get injured from a weapon that is being sealed here and if it was the real Galatine, it wouldn't be an exaggeration that you might turn to ashes if you try to get close to it," Gobu warned me.

For the first time, Gobu stopped me from doing what I needed to do. It was quite weird as he never do that and fully supported me on things that I do, but now, it seems he is not liking that I am going to try and retrieve the sword out of the chains.

"What's wrong with Master taking it? I don't think there's any problem with him taking it off there, right? Besides, Master is pretty strong and his resistance to flame attacks is pretty high and he is almost close to immune against it, yet you seemed to be so adamant about Master not picking it up?" Tina tilted her head, confused.

"There are plenty of demons as well who are even stronger than Master in terms of Flame resistance. In fact, a few of them are immune to it and regularly eat flames for their meal and yet when the Galatine swung that day, everyone I mentioned turned to ashes, burned, and scattered into the wind without leaving behind a sign of their previous existence. It's natural I would be fearing him about it."

However, Cath Palug who is currently relaxing on my head suddenly speak and laughed at Gobu's worries.

"Ha. The flames of that sword? Nothing worthy to be honest. Just like what your insect woman companion said, these flames are nothing to be worried about. You might have witnessed it obliterate your previous comrades in the past but these flames? What a joke, it's not even that worth it to be honest."

"So you mean, these flames are nothing noteworthy?"

"For me, at least. This thing is not that strong and the only redeeming matter it has is the ability that the Lady of the Lake bestowed on it. Other than that, this thing is barely worth our time. However, since you humans and other beings are not as strong as me, it is natural that this thing would technically be dangerous to you all. But since I am in a good mood and since I also wanted to find more violence as much as possible, I will help on getting this sh*t down so that we can move on and this Master of yours can go back and kill monsters, how is that."

"Eh? You can easily do that?" I frowned.

"Who do you think I am? I am Cath Palug, the beast who threatened the Knights of the Round Table before I was sealed. This thing does not affect me in any other way, even when I am reduced to this state. So, if you really want this thing off the chains and obtain it, then let me do the job and in exchange, we go back and kill those f*ckers on the nest. I needed to see some bloodshed. how about that?"

Cath Palug is clearly immune to most damages done to him if he can only be sealed. Even in the past timeline, when we defeated him, he didn't really die and just got sealed once more though Merlin said that he is now in the state between life and death so there is a chance he died there is also a chance of him still being alive which is why I can definitely say that he will be fine from its flames. Besides, he is the bane of the Knights of the Round Table.

So hearing his proposal, I can easily say that it was not a bad idea. If he is willing to do so, then we should do it."

"Alright, you bastard, since you are asking for it, then let's see you do it."