User blog comment:Thrycius/Zheiro and The Moonlight Sculptor: Chapter 16/@comment-26328778-20150825065936/@comment-25002135-20150825073719

It totally does sound like something Thry would do. xD

Especially considering his actions definitely did not match his words in that scene xDD

Yes, Zheiro is an Earth type. It does have an effect, but it's more like a combination effect of his skill (which cuts through defense) and his element.

If you remember in the previous chapter, he was finally able to defeat a skeleton not by physically destroying it, but by bypassing the bones and cutting away at the darkness. The idea is more or less the same, just applied during battle. Being an Earth element does help alot though, yes.