Galen could feel that Strom'kar had a soul; he sensed a weak, nascent weapon spirit.
Galen knew that artifacts like the Staff of Elune, the Skull of the Man'ari, and the Blade of the Dark Empire could speak because they contained sealed special beings or souls. Weapon spirits that could be born autonomously, like Strom'kar, were rare in Azeroth.
This was perhaps related to its uniqueness.
This sword was not simply a Titan creation; it was a weapon strengthened by Thoradin through the fusion of various Titan creations.
In the past, after Thoradin unified humanity, to ensure the stability of the empire, he persuaded the chieftains of the various human tribes to offer their clan's sacred artifacts!
These sacred weapons were mostly inherited from the Vrykul ancestors of each clan. The empire's blacksmiths took a portion from each sacred weapon and then integrated it into Thoradin's sword, "Strom'kar."
The "sacred artifacts" represented the dwelling place of the ancestral souls in the clans. Strom'kar accommodated the spirits of all human clans' ancestors and was renamed "Strom'kar, the Warbreaker."
Later, after Thoradin allied with the high elves, the high elves' arcane blacksmiths and enchanters infused the sword with powerful Sunwell energy, making it a unique, truly "Warbreaking" divine weapon.
For the next few thousand years, it was stuck on the forehead of an Old God, acting as a seal, constantly absorbing the power of shadow.
It was this special birth process that gave this weapon the opportunity to be born with sentience!
Galen was delighted; having a soul meant it could be communicated with, and Galen had special communication skills!
Move them with emotion, persuade them with reason!
And a wise man submits to circumstances. Strom'kar was a weapon with a long history and understood what it meant to resist for a moment of pleasure, only to end up in the smelting furnace later.
So, as soon as Galen finished speaking, the adaptable Strom'kar instantly plunged into Zakajz's head.
"Your efforts are meaningless. The master's power is unmatched. You and your Holy Light are meaningless, Ants! Embrace the darkness!"
The Old God, feeling the power of its boss Yogg-Saron about to descend and hoping for an escape in the previous second, was still ranting when it felt despair in the next!
It watched helplessly as its hard carapace was pierced like tofu by Strom'kar's blade, and then the weapon devoured the shadow power within its body!
"No!!"
Zakajz didn't want to die again!
At this moment, it couldn't move, but it still forcibly gathered the strength of its whole body, squeezed out the dense Holy Light in the tomb, and summoned two ugly Faceless Ones!
Turalyon and Tavadar exchanged glances, then picked up their weapons, each choosing a Faceless One to meet and prevent them from approaching Galen!
"When darkness shrouds everything, I will be the dawn in the darkness!"
The light on Galen's body became even more dazzling, and the six wings that were still behind him suddenly opened, occupying the tens of meters wide tomb.
"Judgment Declared!"
As Galen's voice fell, the Holy Light above Zakajz's head condensed into a golden greatsword!
"Boom!"
As the saying goes, a heavy sword has no edge, and great skill is effortless. Unlike Strom'kar's sharp blade, the greatsword formed by Judgment Declared smashed on the Old God's head like a hammer, and then the power of the Holy Light directly melted the Old God's head like a hot iron touching cheese!
"The master's power is unimaginable, Ants, the day I return will be the time of your death!"
The Old God, even without its head, could still whisper threats to Galen through its soul.
But just now, it didn't know who it was threatening...
"No, monster, you have no chance!"
Just after Judgment Declared ended, Zakajz had already died. It thought it could slowly absorb the power of shadow and revive as before, but it didn't know that a prompt had already come from Galen's mind!
"A demigod-level soul has been detected. Do you want to collect it?"
"Collect!"
Along with Galen's order, an irresistible suction directly sucked Zakajz's soul out of its ugly body!
"No... This is impossible! Master! Please help me!"
However, it was useless. Archimonde's half-step true god soul could not be absorbed, so why should a demigod-level Old God minion be able to?
As the soul departed, the Old God's corpse began to decompose, eventually leaving only a dark, charred remnant.
Galen took out a full bottle of golden Holy Water and then poured it down on top.
"Sizzle... Sizzle!"
The power of the Holy Light in the Holy Water resisted and melted the shadow in the remnant, and in the end, nothing was left.
Truly crush the bones and scatter the ashes, destroying the evidence.
Later, Turalyon and Tavadar also solved the two Faceless Ones, and their remnants turned to ashes in the purification of the Holy Light.
Galen gave them new Holy Water and asked them to thoroughly purify the shadow power that had condensed in this tomb for thousands of years.
"Child, you have succeeded; the evil has been purified!"
Emperor Thoradin's soul came to Galen's side, and his body seemed to have become much brighter.
Thoradin stared at Strom'kar in Galen's hand and patted Galen's shoulder: "Child, you are very strong. You not only purified the Old God but also gained Strom'kar's recognition. From now on, it will be yours. I hope you will use it well to protect our people."
Strom'kar in Galen's hand made a rapid chirping sound, as if arguing about something.
Thoradin's eyes became gentle: "Old friend, I am also reluctant to part with you, but I have finally made up for the mistakes of the past. I have stayed here for too long, and now it is time for me to leave."
After Thoradin finished speaking, Strom'kar not only chirped but even the sword body began to tremble slightly, but it was held in Galen's hand and seemed to be suppressing its excited emotions.
"Your Majesty, in fact, you don't have to be like this. Have you heard of Martial Souls...?"
Thoradin stopped Galen: "Galen, I have my mission, and the future of mankind depends on you young people!"
After speaking, Emperor Thoradin directly stroked the sword body of Strom'kar, the Warbreaker, and chanted a spell. A huge amount of energy began to gather into the sword body, and a dazzling light began to shoot out from the sword body of Strom'kar.
This dazzling light was even no less than the Holy Light emitted by the Naaru just now.
When the light dissipated, Strom'kar became radiant, the gems on the sword body became brighter, the patterns on the sword body became more refined, and the hooked blades on the blade became more ferocious!
"My mission is complete!"
Emperor Thoradin's soul body became more transparent.
"Emperor... You should continue to fight!"
"Huh?"
Emperor Thoradin did not understand what Galen meant, but in the next moment, he was taken into the air by a suction force.
"Throne of Heroes welcomes you!