Marco blankly stared at the broken sword in front of his eyes—it was a holy sword that was granted with His Majesty’s Grace. The blade of the sword shattered and its broken pieces cut into his skin, but Marco still couldn’t take his eyes off of his broken sword.

It was impossible for a holy sword to break. In fact, such a thing had never happened ever since the beginning of Eternal Rule.

Marco saw Juan smiling at him while he was looking at the broken sword with a dumbfounded look. Only then did Marco realize that Juan had been repeatedly attacking only one specific spot on his holy sword despite their fierce battle. Although Marco had thought that Juan’s attacks were messy and some of his moves were unnecessary, Juan had actually been striking only one spot of the holy sword, as if he was picking at it stubbornly with only a needle. It seemed impossible, just like a drop of water trying to pierce through a rock, but the holy sword granted with His Majesty’s Grace was broken in vain.

When Marco flinched and trembled due to the shock of the destruction of his holy sword, Juan swung his short sword toward him to put an end to the battle.

At that moment, Velkre struck his sword toward Juan. Having been completely focused on his battle with Marco, Juan couldn’t dodge Velkre’s sword and ended up getting his cloak cut. However, Velkre realized that he failed to do any damage to Juan due to the cloak having a mushy texture that absorbed the shock.

Velkre frowned upon seeing the cloak that Juan had draped on his shoulder and observing the gruesome and negative energy that it exuded.

‘It is certainly...