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　I remember many years ago.

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　It was when I answered Carlos' call and led the army of Barca into Uruk territory.

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　After the battle for the hill of Einrad, I took the hill and was charged with its maintenance.

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　Then Carlos and the main army of Fontana left the hill for the northern city of Burma.

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　Reinforcements from Uruk moved in as if to take advantage of this power vacuum.

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　Among these reinforcements was Thanatos, the first Atmos warrior I had ever met.

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　The Balkan army was not to intercept the Uruk reinforcements, but to launch a night attack on them.

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　Wasn't that the first time they made a night attack?

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　In that night attack, they fished the Uruk forces out to the Xillia road where the trap was located, and used the wall to block their direction of movement and attack.

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　But Thanatos could not get through.

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　I was chilled to my core when I saw the Titan jump on top of the wall, put his hand on it, and came over it in a single bound.

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　If we had fought normally then, we would have lost without a doubt.

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　We were able to defeat Thanatos merely because our next trap worked.

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　Regardless of our individual strength, we managed to defeat the Titan and return home safely by using a trap that would not seem to be a strategy for warriors: submerging a giant at the bottom of a body of water.

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　That was my first battle with an Atmos warrior.

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　The next time I saw him was many years later.

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　Thanatos, whom I had thought dead after the trap, was alive.

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　But Thanatos was alive but weak.

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　Thanatos had managed to survive near drowning, and was then imprisoned by the Xillia family, under the control of the House of Uruk.

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　Thanatos was only able to manage to stay alive without food, and the Xillia family told him that they would give him food after he had defeated the Vulcans.

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　However, at that time, thanks to the magic of "Strengthening Arms" created by the Baito brothers and the soldiers who were given the surname of Balto, the Balkan army had become much stronger than before.

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　The weakened Thanatos was once again defeated by Barca.

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　But Thanatos had said at that time.

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　If he had been in perfect physical condition, he would have won even against the whole of Barca's army.

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　And perhaps he was not mistaken.

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　I wasn't even at the head of the army then.

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　I would fight one on one with Ian, a warrior of Atmos, the same as Thanatos.

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　I am not sure that I can fight him properly, when I think back to the past.

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　But I am much stronger than I used to be.

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　I think I have a good chance to win.

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　And more than anything else, I am sure that other Atmos warriors besides Ian are not happy with me.

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　They must not be able to forgive the fact that the great stone in which the spirit of the earth dwells, which is like a sacred object for them, is in another land.

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　So I must show my power against them.

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　It will also appeal to the inhabitants of Valeant.

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　I led the Eastern Expeditionary Force against the guards of the Bryllian mage state, but none of the people of Valiant had seen it.

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　I need to show them that I, and Barca, have power.

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　That's why I provoked Ian and challenged him to a duel.

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　I prepared a vacant lot outside Valiant for a confrontation with Ian.

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　A part of the land that had been neatly cleared so that a space would open up.

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　I prepared the rule that if you leave the space, you lose, and the audience surrounds you.

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　All that is left is for me to beat Ian and everything will be all right.

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　Thanatos, who is witnessing the duel, gives the signal as Ian and I face each other in the plaza.

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　The next moment, Ian's body swells.

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　Ian's body expands with a loud cry, and he becomes a 5 meter tall giant.

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　I was right in front of him, but he was so large that I could not even see his opponent's face clearly when I lifted my head.

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　Ian raised his right leg wide and brought it down toward me as if he were sewing a huge stake into the ground.

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　The ground shook with a roar.

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　The shock reminded me of the earthquake I had experienced before.

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　It seems that my body and brain are still intact if I remember the earthquake.

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　I reacted almost unconsciously.

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　Just before Ian's foot swung down, I took a big back step and retreated.

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　In that split second, I was out of reach of Ian's foot.

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　I am amazed that I was able to react at all.

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　Ian is strong.

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　There is no doubt about that.

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　But even though I was aware of Ian's strength, I was not overly afraid of him.

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　I guess it is because I have personally fought an immortal bone dragon.

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　The Immortal Bone Dragon, who was both an immortal and a dragon, was a very powerful and troublesome opponent.

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　Compared to it, even an Atmos warrior, however strong he might be, would not be so shaken that he would not be able to move.

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　However, the other spectators around the dueling arena seemed to think that I had been trampled by the giant, unable to even react to the momentary movement.

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　There were various screams of "ah" and "kyaa" here and there.

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　But that didn't last long.

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　Someone pointed to the direction where I was, and they were relieved to see me there.

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　As the dust from Ian's attack settles, I pull a sword from the sheath that hangs from my waist.

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　This time I will surprise the audience.

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　Before he attacked, he said one word to his opponent.

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　This sword I'm about to use is not just any sword, of course.

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　It's a sword called a magic sword.

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　But I haven't mastered it yet.

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　This is because it is a new magic sword that Gran and Luke created through their joint research.

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　The Immortal King, whom the Church could only deal with by sealing him with the magic of the Sanctuary.

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　I was the first to use the new sword that was created in the search to create a divine sword that could defeat the immortal king.

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