The collision of the white flash and golden glow caused an explosion to occur. However, it was a noise too complex to be grasped by a human. The sword master’s aura and paladin’s divine power met in a terrific clash, causing space to distort.

Baek Jongmyung’s sword technique was indeed sharp enough to deserve the epithet of piercing the moon, but Ruben’s divine power held up its name in Lairon as God’s Hammer.

The meeting of the two was destined to end in violence.

――――――!

Blood splattered over the ground as the air rang with the sound of armor shattering. It was a wholly natural result, since a master’s attack power was much higher than their defense. So, even a master would suffer a serious injury when facing another master.

“Cough!”

The middle-aged Baek Jongmyung was thrown back, and he grabbed his bleeding left shoulder. He was astounded, since it wasn’t an injury he was expecting. Speed was an absolute advantage in a battle between masters, and Baek Jongmyung had timed his strike so perfectly that Ruben would be hard pressed to block, let alone unleash a counter.

He looked at his opponent with a horrified expression.

Surely he didn’t ignore defense in order to counterattack!

That’s right. Lairon’s...