The Sword Demon?0

Karyl tilted his head in confusion, as he had never heard that name before. 0

[Hey, how do you even know his name?]0

[The Magical Era? That’s nonsense. His existence goes back far earlier than that.]0

But unlike the puzzled Karyl, the Spirit Kings’ reactions were surprisingly cynical.0

Do you all know of him?0

[Of course.]0

[How could we not know him?]0

[Now I’m curious too,] Allen chimed in. [How is it that you, from the Mythical Era, know of a figure who was spoken of only in rumors even during the Magical Era? No, rather, how extraordinary must he have been for his reputation to endure from the Mythical Era all the way to my lifetime? And also...]0

Allen went on, [How could he have lived until the Magical Era?]0

Karyl nodded at his words.0

[Karyl, do you remember when I first met you in the lair of the Flame Dragon?] Ramine asked. [I told you there was another man besides you who wielded both spirit power and dragon mana.]0

Are you referring to the one who reached the pinnacle of that Great Magic?0

[Exactly.]0

At that, Karyl swallowed dry. He remembered the words of the Blazing King, who had once described it as “Great Magic”—magic powerful enough to kill even gods.0

[That man was the Sword Demon.]0

So he was a Blader as well?0

[Yes and no.]0

What do you mean by that?0

[He was a pioneer who showed us the way to stand against the gods, but he did not participate in the Great War as a Blader alongside us. He disappeared when the war broke out.]0

[To be honest, it’s more surprising to us that his existence was known during the Magical Era.]0

[Since we were sealed at the time.]0

Duaat and Ethereal added to Ramine’s words.0

Allen, are...0