You manage to dive towards the sword, but abruptly you're blocked in your path by a spinning crystal. The crystal shoves you back right when you're about to reach the sword, and you hear the bird behind you.

"That thing...! What a headache! It's there ta protect this old bastard and keep us from layin' a finger on him."

The large, hulking figure just laughs.

“SUCH FOOLISHNESS.”