Red Sword

Red Sword
Item Information
hangul	붉은 검
Romaja	bulg-eun geom
Type	Weapon
Effects	Hidden Powers
User	Ihwa/Hero Killer Ijincheon (Formerly)
Debut
Debut	Episode 151

The Red Sword (붉은 검), also known as the Ihwa's Sword, is a powerful Shard sword that was given to Hero Killer by her father Ijincheon.

Description

The sword is beautifully crafted with a slight curve and the blade having a orange hue that has a strip attached to it.

History

The exact origins of the sword are unknown, however, the sword was used by Ijincheon, the famed Sword Hunter and Executioner of the Four Swordsmen and was another addition in his collection of weaponry, it was stored inside a extra-dimensional space.

Story

Assault on Castle Gray Arc

Ijincheon gives the beautiful sword as a gift to his daughter, Ihwa in their reunion.

Hero Clan's Civil War Arc

After buying her father's freedom, Ijncheon asks Ihwa how she likes the sword and she tells him that she's been keeping it safe abut uses the One Hundred-Sided Blade more as it's easier to wield. She tries to ask what abilities her sword has, but Ijincheon draws his sword.

He unleashes one of his techniques and attacks Ihwa as she defends herself, and she asks what he's doing. Ijincheon explains that since Ihwa wasn't taught properly by Yushin she had to learn and imitate how to use his Shadowless Blade by observing the former Elder wield a sword, however, unlike him or Yushin who are strongly bound by one weapon in the sword she isn't bounded by the sword as its one of her many weapons. She was raised to use other weapons and even the Gifts of others that she sees fit in different situations.

In other words, they're all swords for her in a way. Since Yushin researched how to efficiently kill others throughout his life, that teaching is certainly embedded in her style with it being so murderous. Ijincheon thinks that perhaps Ihwa was fated to hold the sword in her hands. He tells her should try putting some blood on it and that she will realize what he means by this as he attempts to leave.

Abilities

The Red Sword is an extremely powerful shard that is impossible to draw if the user is not powerful enough, even after becoming strong enough to draw the blade, Ihwa regards it to be more difficult to wield than the One Hundred-Sided Blade. Ijincheon states that it's a sword perfectly fit for someone with much bloodlust like Ihwa who embodies the research and teachings of Yushin. Its special ability is unknown, but Ijincheon states that in order to activate it, the user needs to put blood on the blade.

Even without the full extent of its special ability, the sword is incredibly powerful, having allowed the Hero Killer to cut through a mountain in half from a distance upon drawing it for the first time.