Divine Echo Sword

The **Divine Echo Sword** (天あま谺こだまの剣, *Amakodama no Ken*?) is a «Priority» 47-class «Divine Object» single-edged sword created out of the «Bell of Amahabaki» when it was retired from use. It is the personal weapon of Hīragi Mahiru.

## Background

In the Year 16 of the Imperial World Calendar, Phoebus, God of Music, created the «Bell of Amahabaki» and presented it to the residents of the Kiyotō Empire as proof of his divine blessing. After he finished building it, he charged the citizens of the empire with the following orders. Once a millennium had passed, the bell was to be retired from use and turned into a weapon whose purpose is to protect the empire. Taking this order to heart, the people passed down the story through the centuries until the Year 1020.*[citation needed]*

Although slightly off schedule due to internal events delaying the procedure, the bell was retired as dictated by the god on the Second Day of the First Month, its parts separated. Each important piece was made into a «Divine Object». Synthesized by Shinku, the «Divine Echo Sword» is created from the clapper of the bell and was gifted to the House of Hīragi as a family heirloom, passed down from swordsman to swordsman throughout the following centuries.

## Stats

 Life
 Priority Class

## Abilities

### Armament Full Control Art

When the «Armament Full Control Art» is in effect, the sword's memories of being the object that makes the sound of a bell awakens. This «strengthening» phase effectively turns the cutting edge of the sword into a vibrating blade that oscillates at high speeds. This oscillation gives the sword extreme cutting power as the vibration makes the sword impossible to be defended against as it would simply slice through anything. However, it seems that other «Divine Objects» of slightly higher «Priority» cannot be cut through while slightly lower «Priority» is dented (as in, the blade cuts through the opposing object little by little and repeatedly clashing will eventually cut through the opposing weapon completely).*[citation needed]*

The second «releasing» stage is to put it simply, the area of effect version of the «strengthening» phase. The oscillations that the sword unleashes can now be "thrown", in the sense that when slashing the sword, a sonic blade detaches itself from the sword and flies forward at the speed of sound. This sonic blade carries the same properties as the sword and as such, aside from higher «Priority» «Divine Objects», all objects in its path will be sliced through.*[citation needed]* The sword can also unleash a sonic boom that will completely disable the hearing of those who are caught in its radius by stabbing the ground; the wielder, of course, is exempt.*[citation needed]* This effect can still be achieved by simply making a downward stabbing motion if the wielder is in the air.*[citation needed]*

## Appearance

The «Divine Echo Sword» takes the shape of a black katana, both its blade and sheath being the color of midnight. It is exactly 78 centimeters long and the black hilt is obscured by beautiful white wrappings. Three small round silver bells are tied to the end of the hilt.

## Notes

1. ↑ The Latin letters making up the Object ID stand for **N**on-ranged, **S**ingle-Edged, **S**word, **D**ouble-Handed and the alphanumeric characters following that is the hexadecimal form of the number 12,847,467,986 which represents the order in which this specific weapon type was made in.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Volume 22, Prologue, Part 3
2. ↑ Material Collection 22