Grog tries his hand, but feels bad when he rips the magical stone out of the ground, and cat get it back in. Grog smart enough to know he didn’t do it right, only option is to travel the country side and find the real person who will free the sword, bringing it to them rather than the other way around. Grog so smart, this way better idea

Maybe, but my first thought was defensive wounds

Careful where you do that, you could get grabbed by the feet and slammed into the wall by a pensioner