The god of destruction had been mentioned, however. Tiris, the ancient priest of P’hul, had told him that he, Garth, was either Bheleu himself or his representative. Garth had dismissed that as the babblings of a senile old man, but perhaps it had not been entirely that. Tiris might have known something of the magic sword and somehow recognized Garth as the one who would wield it. There was nothing particularly distinctive about Garth, except the fact that he was an overman.
That was evidence, then.
No other theory seemed to fit very well. Therefore, he would act on the assumption that the sword’s magic was somehow geared so that only overmen could use it—or more accurately, it could use only overmen.
If that was in fact correct, then he need not worry about leaving it where it was. Wan
