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Old Sword – Part 03

“This takes me back,” Hannibal murmured wistfully.

“Are you talking about the expedition to reinforce the seal?”

“Yeah.”

Cecily didn’t know the details firsthand, but she’d heard that a similar expedition took place in the past for the same purpose. The outcome was disastrous. The first Housman, who accompanied the expedition, died in an accident, and Cecily’s father, Chester Campbell, failed his Demon Pact and sustained internal injuries. He passed away about a year ago due to the aftereffects.

Though the expedition itself failed, the Campbell family’s Infernal Blade, whose effectiveness was reaffirmed during the mission, was placed under the Continental Law Commission’s control and banned from being taken out, reserved as a trump card for the battle against Valbanill. Still, fearing Valbanill’s return, Hugo and Hannibal secretly swapped the Campbell blade with a fake and used the real one in the reinforcement process without authorization. In short, the