User blog comment:B214/Azazel Cup discussion center/@comment-110.145.63.240-20170718065240/@comment-1359322-20171028010557

The one Strada was using in V19 is a replica. The current on Strada is using is the Durandal II. The Durandal II is part of the next generation Holy Sword they're creating. It's going to be the test bed to the later generation of the Holy Swords. Here's the mention of Durandal IV in EX.

"The successor, IV, that is to say that it is the fourth in Durandal's lineage. It could be considered something that was newly manufactured……. That would mean that thirty years from now they were capable of manufacturing a new version of the legendary holy sword. However, this sword……it has an ejectable magazine attached. This wasn't just alchemy. This made use of mechanical techniques. It was a weapon born from the union of supernatural and scientific techniques. This was an extension of a holy sword we at the Grigori had been pursuing."

They're planning to go beyond Alchemy here, why do you think it'll be much inferior when Grigori could've potentially helped with the Holy Sword.