User blog comment:Jekkers/Anti-Monster Content and You/@comment-26517142-20160113073830/@comment-5426290-20160114085419

Remember that KC said monsters use DemonSilver.

Meaning that if a lizardman slices at your chest with her sword your Spirit Energy is forced out of you causing a comatose state in you with no damage or an undeep wound <- (Don't remember which of the two), but you're not cut in half. =P