Despite the gap in their levels, Magnus knew the truth.
Judging from his gaze and movement, the man standing before him was no ordinary swordsman.
His Divine Frame shimmered faintly, like a dying flame refusing to go out. Yet even that faint glow was enough to tell Magnus exactly who he was facing.
His name is Mardonio.
With a terrifying level of 72 and once hailed as a legendary adventurer during his peak.
The founding father of the Katana household. A man who built not only his family's name, but an entire legacy in the Austerra Kingdom.
This was the man who had trained knights, forged warriors, and raised champions whose loyalty still echoed across the kingdom's battlefields.
Without Mardonio's help, Robert's rebellion three years ago would never have even been possible.
And yet here he stood- broken, betrayed, and left to rot in the kingdom's deepest cell.
