The NPC soldiers were very clever, so they understood the command to cover their faces. But they needed a cloth to cover their faces in the first place, and it was apparent that the soldiers did not have any on them. However, they understood how to make the cloths themselves, so they all moved a hand to a corner of their attires and tore them. The sound of fabric tearing could be heard as the NPCs created a cloth that they could use to cover their faces with. Sword Demon's heart nearly shattered when he heard it! The equipment that the soldiers were wearing was all his! Were they still usable after being torn?
Sword Demon used his Appraisal skill in a hurry to check, and sure enough, what had originally been perfectly fine equipment now had a modifier added to it: Torn! The color of this word was the same as the rest of the text, but the quality of the equipment saw a drastic decrease, and with it, a decrease in the stats as well.