Dumb question but if he eats the swords how can he use them? He eats the needle maidens sw...

Be gets the memories from the sword he eats causing him to relive everything they did and how they perfected their blade and it happens in small stages so durin g the fight he'll get more and more memories till he completes eating the sword this is how I interpret it

I believe you misunderstood the question, or maybe I'm biased because that's what I'm wondering about: he asked how he fights with the weapons he eats. Again, I was wondering about the same thing.
If he literally eats the swords as we have seen, how can he physically use them afterwards, or where did he procure such a unique weapon as the needle, especially without any money?

I don't think he literally eats them I think he asorbs the memories of them later on no spoilers he gains a unique weapon and continues to fight with it

But we see him literally eat it and in the beginning, when he asks what "eating" means, he's hit with the "well, just that" response.

I haven't read this yet but now I'm also asking thus question lol pls let me know what it is because my guess is he actually eats it but because of that he can form a weapon through aura???? Idkkk lol but let me know

Hello~~~ dear readers, first is the title is sword-devouring *in short he actually eat/devoir the sword, for context his ancestral bloodline have the blood of dwarves. Since you guys are only asking how he ate and use the blades afterward here's a clear summary.

On how he eat the blade, he heat up the blade to soften the blade since it was made on steel eating it directly could cause him internal bleeding, also eating it is painfully hot why? After year of generations the natural fire resistant of the dwarves in there blood disappear that why he cried in agony the first time he devoir an actual blade.

And on how he use the devoured blade, he utilized it by using the memories of the past owners. Ofc there's advantages and disadvantages. Devouring a blade he skipped the actual training on how to wield the weapon itself but the backlash is that he also need to train his stamina.

It like
Eat -> skip sword training -> poor stamina.

Well he also inherited the previous owners stats, the same thing when he devoured petel swords (RIP legend) he became a sword runner.

It's mostly inheriting the previous owners stats and memories and understanding it will* where he could utilized the stats to it exitent.

I hope u understand (￣∇￣")

Also after he devoir the blade, he need another blade to replace it.

And not he couldn't use aura but he could use sword paths for now

No*

he uses a sword similar to the one he ate

Thank you for breaking it down this way.

I think he just finds a weapon that is like the one he ingested.