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Eighty-eight holy swords are said to exist in this world. The greatest among them is the legendary Holy Sword wielded by Hero Kanon: Evansmana, the Sword of Three Races. Two thousand years ago, humans forged this sword in which a spirit chose to reside, while the gods gave their blessing.
Evansmana, the Sword of Three Races (霊神人剣エヴァンスマナ,Reishinjinken Evansumana?) is the legendary sword created to destroy the Demon King of Tyranny Anos Voldigoad. Two thousand years ago, the only person capable of wielding Evansmana was Hero Kanon,[1] as it was stated that only those with the purest light in their source could wield it.[6]
When Evansmana is summoned, a divine radiance is manifests in the wielder's hand as the sword manifests from the divine light.[7] The sword can also be summoned via a holy magic circle, as a divine radiance will emerge from the circle to form the shape of the sword until it is fully manifested.[8]
Evansmana is a sword with a blue guard and hilt embellished with gold. The holy sword's blade is adorned with an intricate gold pattern, and a green jewel is embedded in its guard. The blade also emits a divine radiance, described as whiter than white, and the sword comes with a blue and gold sheath.
History[]
Long ago in the Silver Sea, Arzenon's Lion of Destruction from the Disaster Abyss World Evezeino attacked Water Calculation World Sailaina. The Fateful Spirit King Dionatek from Sailaina joined forces with the Holy Sword World Hayfolia and the Blacksmith World Bardilua to oppose Evezeino, but they needed a weapon powerful enough to slaughter the beast. The original sword was forged by Bellamy Standad, the sovereign of Bardilua. And with the blessing of St. Evansmana from Hayfolia's Chief God, the Blessed Lady Eife, Evansmana was reborn as a symbol of Hayfolia. Finally, Dionatek who was a spirit born from the rumors of a god who gives a destiny suitable for a person, sacrificed herself by giving herself the destiny to reside in Evansmana. Since she was rumored to be Sailaina's second Chief God and actually possessed that much power, this resulted in Evansmana's immense power. Furthermore, Dionatek's power to control destinies was not lost and combined with the blessing of St. Evansmana, giving the holy sword the power to cut off even predestined destinies.[9]
The sword then became the symbol of the Holy Sword World Hayfolia, and it was wielded by the legendary Holy King, Ordov Heinriel, who used it as his main weapon to battle against the Living Disaster Yzak. After Ordov relinquished his title as the Holy King, he left the sword on Hayfolia so it could be wielded by the next Holy King. During that time, his son, Lebrahard Freneros, met Luna Arzenon, the Abyssal Princess of Calamity, who wanted his help to sever her fate of giving birth to the Lion of Destruction. After taking Luna to Hayfolia, Lebrahard was able to draw Evansmana and attempted to sever her fate. However, the clash of the two powers was intense, as Evansmana slashed through the Abyss of Cravings that connected to her womb. The holy sword broke in the process, as both Luna and its blade fell into a bubble world, while the sword's original handle remained in Lebrahard's possession.
During her stay in the Elenesia World, Luna realized that the world was coming to an end and that her new companion; Ceris Voldigoad, was trying to create a unique form of magic; Syrica, which would allow them to escape the destruction of the world by reincarnating into the new world. However, the magic was incomplete due to its incompatibility with the world's order. Luna then appealed to him to use Syrica on her, by telling Celis that she believes that the Sword of Three Races in her womb would sever fate and allowed Syrica to become part of the new world's order and avert the fate of the Phantom Knights' destruction. Celis obliged and used Syrica on her and then himself as the two were reborn in the Militia World. However, during the reincarnation process, Evansmana was separated from her womb, as the sword fell into the world and remain there, as there was no one capable of lifting it.
Evansmana was discovered by humans, as the sword was being guarded a protector god, who told them the sword was created by humans, gods and spirits in ancient times in order to cut off the fate of disaster. It was stated by its legend that Evansmana is a holy sword that slays evil calamities, as its divine radiance manifested after the emergence of Demon King Anos.[10]
However, the sword was originally incapable of being lifted as it didn't accept any human who tried to become its owner until the Hero Kanon tried, as the sword chose him as its wielder. Kanon then started using it as his main weapon in his battle against the Demon King Anos, with the sword being very effective against him to due to the fact that its divine holy power was a counter to Anos' nature, thus allowing him to be permanently killed should the sword destroy him.
After the end of the Great War, Evansmana vanished due to the mysterious disappearance Hero Kanon. However, the legends of Azesion state that the sword would be wielded once again by Hero Kanon once he returned to repel the "deepest darkness", which was actually just a metaphor for the Demon King of Tyranny, as the heroes passed down the legend in a indirect way to avoid agitating Dilhade.
It is eventually revealed that Evansmana wasn't truly lost, as the heroes concealed the fact that they still possessed it in order to have it as a trump card against the Demon King of Tyranny when he reincarnated. However, due to the disappearance of Hero Kanon, there wasn't anyone capable of lifting the sword. Eventually, the shrine containing the sword was infiltrated by Avos Dilhevia and his Demon Elders, as Avos succeeded in lifting the sword and stole it. Due to this action, Azesion declared war on Dilhade. Anos succeeded in tracking down Avos, whose real identity was Lay Grandsley, the true reincarnation of Hero Kanon. He used the theft of the sword as a means to trigger the war so he could end the hatred for demons that humans were brainwashed with. He used Evansmana to battle against Anos, as the Demon King lead him into a public area, letting Lay stab him with the sword as Anos dressed as Avos while having Lay dressed as Kanon so he could show the humans that the Demon King was killed by the resurrected Hero. However, that wasn't enough to satisfy Jerga's hatred, who manifested as holy magic in order to destroy the demons. Lay and a resurrected Anos fought against the magicalized Jerga, with him being defeated after Lay used Evansmana to sever his fate and separate him from the world's order.
During the second Academy Exchange with the Hero Academy, it was revealed that king Lycius Engelo Gairadite was secretly conspiring with Ahid Alovo Agartz to steal Evansmana from Lay, due to feeling betrayed by the fact that Lay/Hero Kanon had "abandoned" the humans for the demons, as he turned to worshiping the gods due to being lured in by Ahid's promises of eternal life and regal power. After tricking Lay and Misa into a trap, he tried to goad Lay into drawing Evansmana in hopes of stealing with by using Arcana's divine authority after presenting the sword to her as a sacrifice. He tried to force Lay into drawing the sword by having his summoned Keeper control Misa into attacking Lay. However, Misa was easily able to resist after assuming her true form, with Lycius merging with the Royal Dragon and revealing that he had already sacrificed all but one of his family members to the Royal Dragon, leaving only his daughter partially fused as leverage, as Lay would be forced to save her with Evansmana's fate-severing power. When Lay used Evansmana to try to separate her from the Royal Dragon, she used the opportunity to steal the sword for her father, but was immediately destroyed by Misa. Having obtained Evansmana, Lycius manifested it on the Royal Dragon as a horn, which he used to attack Lay and Misa, but was easily defeated by the duo.
Afterwards, Arcana summoned Evansmana along with Gneodoros, the God Slasher, which she stole from Shin, in order to combine the two swords into Leviangilma, the Sword of the Almighty. After Anos defeated Ahid, Arcana split Leviangilma back into the two swords.
Evansmana is considered the most powerful holy sword in existence. An average demon would disappear just by touching it.[11] It demonstrated the ability to easily penetrate the anti-magic barrier of a powerful demon such as Misha Necron with just the aftermath of its light, and the wounds it inflicted initially couldn't be healed by healing magic.[12] Its slash was easily able to cut through six Jio Graze that Anos released and the slash could only be dampened by his Magic Eyes of Destruction and anti-magic, redirecting it behind him.[11] The sword showed the ability to use its holy power to easily shatter Anos' wards and pierce his body when he accidentally gazed at it with his Magic Eyes.[13] During Lay's duel with Anos, Evansmana demonstrated the ability to easily cut through Anos' various spells and inflict numerous stigmatas on Anos himself after injuring him.[14]
After Evansmana's true power was released by Lay in the Silver Water Holy Sea, Evansmana demonstrated far greater power then what could be displayed in the Militia World, as Lay was able to use it slash a Balandias Eten castleship in half with a simple slash, even though it was being protected by the Badrehia barrier (which boasts equal or greater durability then Equis' protection), as Lay was able to continuously slash away at their castle-ships with ease until he reached his limit due to use of Evansmana's increased power fatiguing him.[15]
It is stated that Evansmana's power even exceeds that of the Blessed Lady Eife, who is one of the strongest gods in the Silver Water Holy Sea and empowered the sword itself with her divine blessing power.[16] Lay was even capable of using Evansmana to slash though the power of the Silver Bubble Magic Bullet Zonade; which possess the power to destroy entire Silver Bubble worlds, although it is noted that the sword couldn't fully offset the power of the magic bullet and Lay was injured significantly after negating multiple shots simultaneously.[17]
Demon King-Slaying:
Evansmana destroys the Demon King's source.
Evansmana was created to annihilate Demon King Anos, as demonstrated by its power to inflict fatal wounds on his source, capable of negating its capability of overcoming destruction and destroying it.[18]
The reason for why Evansmana is effective against Anos is because the sword was originally forged to fight against the Lions of Destruction, who terrorized the Silver Water Holy Sea, which includes Anos due to his maternal heritage.
Fate Manipulation:
Evansmana nullifies Anos' fate to reincarnate as the Demon King.
Evansmana has the power to manipulate fate, as Kanon was able to use it to sever Anos' fate of reincarnating as the Demon King of Tyranny and change his history.[8] Evansmana demonstrated the ability to nullify the magicalized Jerga's fate of being tied to the world's order, thus allowing Lay and Anos to destroy him without any negative consequences to the world itself.[19]
By utilizing its fate-severing power, Evansmana demonstrated the ability to distort the power of the Goddess of the Future Naphta, although this was ability was only effective to a particular degree due to the fact that Lay used it in Naphta's Limiting World, where she has control over the future, although it is stated it would would have been able to have a far greater effect if it was used against Naphta herself.[20][21] Evansmana was capable of temporarily stopping the Solar Eclipse of Apocalypse: Ain Ayal Naverva, by severing its fate and returning the Sun of Destruction to its original form. [22]
Anti-Magic Enhancement:
Evansmana shields Lay from Anos' Jio Graze blasts
By wrapping Evansmana's holy power around them like a blessing, the user can enhance their anti-magic capabilities to withstand ranged magical attacks, as was demonstrated when Lay was able to shrug off Anos' continuous wave of Jio Graze blasts during their duel. However, it does not prevent attacks that directly interfere with the source such as Vebzud.[14]
Evansmana was able to envelop Lay in its blessing power despite him not using his own anti-magic, thus allowing him to survive being scorched by the Solar Eclipse of Apocalypse: Ain Ayal Naverva, although Lay was significantly injured in the process.[22]
Summoning: Unless the sword is fully destroyed, it can be summoned by its wielder at any place regardless of any obstructions such as anti-magic barriers[23] or alternate dimensions such as Azesith[13][8].
Memory Manipulation: Evansmana possesses the ability to erase memories,[24] to the point where they cannot be recovered via magic such as Eviy.[25]
Evansmana divides the Child of God into her two halves.
Source Manipulation: Evansmana has the power to interfere with sources, as it has demonstrated the ability to directly affect the sources of others with its power. By utilizing its fate manipulation power, Evansmana demonstrated the ability to separate the Child of God's source into two halves, with her demon half representing Misa, while her spirit half represented Avos Dilhevia.[26]
Hidden Arts[]
Heaven Splitter
First Hidden Art: Heaven Splitter (天牙刃断,Tengahadan?): Pure-white light gathers around Evansmana, reinforcing its blade, before countless blades of light slash the target and sever their fate without the sword being swung.[26]
Second Hidden Art: Space Severing Thorn (断空絶刺,Dankūzesshi?): Envelops both the user and Evansmana in holy light before unleashing a powerful stab.
Fourth Hidden Art: Heavenly Sovereign Sword (天覇王剣,Tenhaōken?): The hidden art that Lebrahard released in order to sever the fate of Luna Arzenon. Evansmana was able to cut through the Abyss of Cravings, but it also broke.
Fifth Hidden Art: Tide Turning Rainbow Blades (廻天虹刃,Kaitenkōha?): Converts any attack that was blocked by Evansmana into magic power and then leaves behind rainbow blades to attack the opponent. The stronger the attack, the more magic power it obtains and the stronger the rainbow blade becomes.
Fifth Hidden Art: Tide Turning Rainbow Blades Turn (廻天虹刃・転,Kaitenkōha Ten?): The hidden art that releases the magic power absorbed with <Tide Turning Rainbow Blades> with a large explosion.
Weaknessess[]
Evansmana cannot affect Jerga, whose body is holy magic.
Holy Immunity: While Evansmana is an extremely effective weapon against things of demonic nature, it cannot affect things that are truly holy such as Jerga's magical body that was created by holy magic.[27]
Divine Intervention: The sword, blessed by the gods, lost its power before the words of the Heavenly Father Nosgalia. However, Lay was able to unleash the hidden art of Evansmana for the first time, which awakened its power once again and allowed it to reject Nosgalia's divine words.[3]
It is shown that gods possess the ability to rob Evansmana from its user if the blade is brought before them as an offering[28], as Lycius Engelo Gairadite was able to steal Evansmana from Lay[29] after he presented the sword to Arcana as an offering, who then used it to create Leviangilma, the Sword of the Almighty, by using Evansmana as a catalyst.[30] It is stated that if the sword is present inside of Hayfolia, then Eife can seal half of its power if she so chooses.[31]
Opposing Powers: Due to their opposing natures, Yzak, the Chief God of the Disaster Abyss World Evezeino, can partially freeze Evansmana's power with his own divine power. But this also works in reverse, as Evansmana can sever his power to freeze the future with its own power.[32] Evansmana also once lost its power in the Mythical Age when Anos used magic which was developed to counter the holy sword. He used Jilma to cover the sword with a black sheath which suppressed its power. It was effective the first time, but its effects were later nullified by Evansmana's evolution.[33]
Power Limitation: It is stated that Evansmana cannot unleash its true power in a bubble world, such as the pre-evolution Militia World, as the sword's true power would be enough to completely destroy the world, so it has to limit its power to avoid causing damage.[15] However, unleashing its true power in the Silver Water Holy Sea, made Evansmana's power extremely difficult to control and began to cause immense fatigue on its wielder, especially when using its secrets. It has even caused the destruction of Lay's sources merely by holding it, until he was reduced to one source.[34] However, this weakness only applies if the user is unused to Evansmana's true power, as it is shown that a user can negate these weakness by training to use the sword in its increased level of power.
Rusted Blade (Formerly): Due to the fact that it spent several thousand years stuck in the Abyss of Cravings, as well as being used to battle against Anos, Evansmana had accumulated a large amount of rust in the blade, which hampered its strength and weakened its power.[35][36] After the genius blacksmith Silk Mueller helped remove the rust, Evansmana was able to regain it true full power.
The anime's English translation mistranslated Evansmana's title of the "Spirit God Human Sword" as the "Thunder God Sword", even though 雷 (rai) is the kanji for "thunder" rather than 霊 (rei); which is the kanji for "spirit", as the sword itself doesn't have any powers related to thunder, and it specifically being stated to be the creation of spirits, gods and humans working together.
It was stated that the ability to wield Evansmana made its wielder eligible to become the next Holy King of the Holy Sword World Hayfolia.[37]
The right to try to wield Evansmana is given to the Five Holy Peers three times in their lifetime, with the selection ceremony being held in a descending order from the higher ranked nobles to the lower ranked ones.[37]
It was stated that only the inhabitants of the Holy Sword World Hayfolia are able to gain the ability to wield Evansmana if they are found worthy by the sword.[38]
Due to this reason, Lay Grandsley is considered a misfit in the Holy Sword World Hayfolia, due to the fact that he possesses the ability to wield Evansmana despite not originally being an inhabitant of Hayfolia.[38]
Initially, Eife thought that Lay's ability to wield Evansmana was a result of her being broken. However, upon seeing him manifest a Rainbow Road, she stated that she revised her opinion as she saw that Evansmana recognized Lay's kindness, courage and strength, thus giving its blessing to Lay.[39]
According to Lebrahard Heinriel, Evansmana has its own will and in the hands of a chosen one who was chosen by the sword, it has a role to play in a important fate.[40]
Dionatek, the Fateful Spirit King, that normally resides inside of Evansmana will manifest and appear if its wielder is in the midst of a great destiny to guide them to their fate.[35]
In order to reforge Evansmana, the process must be done by a extremely talented blacksmith like Bellamy Standad, its creator or her most talented apprentice Silk Mueller. It is also stated that several other things are required for the process:[9]
The sword must be reforged on Hayfolia due to the sword's limited order, as the unique water from the Rainbow Lake is used in the reforging process.
Ten large hammers that are sturdy and suitable for hitting the holy sword, though some may break. Or one extraordinarily powerful hammer, such as the White Bright Hammer Wiselhan, which was used to forge it.
Arzenon's Claw, since the blade of the holy sword is too hard to sharpen, as the blade is sharpened by using the claws of its natural enemy, Arzenon. To the point where the claws are cut.
Misa Reglia demonstrated the ability to create a pseudo-Evansmana by combining a deep-class holy sword which she created via Iris and Lyfid, the holy blessing she received from the Blessed Lady Eife and by using her spirit powers to imitate the power of the Fateful Spirit King Dionatek through the use the spirit magic of Natek. While it is stated that its power is several folds inferior to the real Evansmana, it is noted to be particularly effective against the Lion of Destruction.[41]
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