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"Shh."

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　As the crowd around him watched, he drew his sword from his waist and swung.

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　The only sound I could hear was my breath escaping from my mouth, which strangely echoed around me.

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<...... no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. My arm! >>

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　The next moment, blood spurted out from the tip of Ian's elbow on his left arm, which had been watching for our move.

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　Ian's arm was naturally thicker than his body, which had transformed into a giant.

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　His log-like arm kept bleeding as if it were a joke.

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　It's like he's crushing the end of a hose to make the water flow out.

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　Ian's eyes widen in astonishment.

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　And then, he looked at me.

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　Apparently, Ian does not understand exactly what has happened to him.

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　No, it wasn't just Ian.

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　Many of the people in the room had no idea what kind of attack I had just launched.

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　Maybe I would have reacted exactly the same way as Ian did if I had been in the opposite position.

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　I thought that maybe I would have died from the blow I had just given him.

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　Because I had taken Ian's stomping attack, and I had retreated to a large distance from him.

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　And I am still there.

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　That is, I drew my sword at a distance from Ian and just swung it right there.

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　Why is Ian's arm cut off and on the ground?

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　But I didn't answer the question of what I had done.

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　I was in the middle of a life-threatening battle, so I could not be blamed for anything.

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　I'm just giving you a warning, so you can feel my kindness.

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"Shhh!"

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　Again I swung my sword without moving from the spot.

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　The next moment, Ian's right leg was separated from his body.

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　This time he was trying to avoid my attack, and was trying to attack me.

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　By the time I swung my sword after I called out to him, Ian was running toward me, taking a slight detour.

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　His leg was cut off in the process.

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　And guess what?

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　The axial leg that was supposed to support his weight is lost, and his huge body is tilted.

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　I thought that he would crash against the ground, but it seems that he is indeed a warrior of ATMOS, who is said to even live on the battlefield.

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　Even though he had lost his limbs, he had not lost any of his fighting instinct.

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　He lost his balance and almost fell down, but he supported himself with his right arm on a nearby tree.

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　He used a tree that was left at the far end of the area that had been [cleared] for the duel.

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　And not only that, he ripped the tree out of the ground by its roots with a single arm, making a muffled sound.

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　The land set aside for the duel was somewhat large, but not that large.

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　Hence, Atmos' huge warrior's body and the reach of the tree in his hand were long.

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　It was probably due to the effect that he was running toward us.

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　The tip of the overgrown tree should have been able to reach my position.

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　Or maybe he hoped that by thrusting the tree forward, he would be able to detect and prevent my attack.

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"Shhh."

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　But the sword is swung once more.

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　This time, Ian's right arm parted from his torso at the base of his shoulder.

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　His right arm, which was gripping the tree, flies off in the direction of the day after tomorrow, as if it had fallen off.

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　Ian must have thought this was strange.

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　My attack was obviously not supposed to hit him.

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　Because the tree I pulled out had many branches and leaves sticking out toward me.

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　Normally, if I had made some kind of attack, the tree should have been damaged before Ian's body was hit.

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　In other words, Ian's attack was made while using the tree as a shield.

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　Even if you can't see my attack, you should be able to tell if a tree pushed in front of you is hit by some kind of attack.

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　At that time, he might have thought of evading the tree even if he had to let go of it.

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　And yet, there was no attack on the tree at all.

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　Not a branch or even a leaf was cut off.

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　Nevertheless, Ian's right arm, which should have been behind the tree, was cut off.

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　The attack hit as if there was no tree between me and Ian's body.

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"Shhh!"

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　Ian, who had lost one of his legs, pulled out a tree and attacked with a swinging motion, but he was unable to stand because the tree flew off with his arm in the middle of his attack.

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　As if with a "boom" sound, the body spun around and fell on its buttocks.

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　Then, he struck back.

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　The fourth attack was aimed at his left leg.

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　The tip of his thigh was sliced off with a snap.

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　With this, Ian lost both arms and legs from his body.

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　Blood is still spurting from the amputation, but it does not seem to be spurting as much as it did at first, as if the muscles had been tightened with force.

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　But that is all Ian could do.

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　Losing both arms and legs and falling on his buttocks did not allow him to take another action immediately.

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　In fact, he could not even stand up.

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　Silence fell around him.

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　No one could speak.

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　Did the warriors of Atmos not expect to find themselves in such a one-sided situation?

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　Or maybe they still don't understand what I did.

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　Maybe the most important thing is that no one in the audience is even aware of what kind of weapon I am holding.

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　Because the sword I was holding was not in the shape of a sword.

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　The sword I pulled out from the scabbard hanging on my waist had no body, but only a handle.

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　A boy wielding only the hilt without the blade.

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　The situation was like a small child playing with a sword, but the cut hands and feet of the Atmos warrior proved that this was real, and there was a lot of blood spread on the ground from there.

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　Ian's surrender was followed by Thanatos, the witness, announcing the end of the contest.

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　But I still hold my sword.

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　Thanatos said this because he did not know whether the other Atmos warriors would accept the victory or defeat in this duel.

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　Maybe some of them would not be satisfied with my victory and would come in.

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　He gripped his sword by its hilt and looked around him.

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　But maybe I was worrying too much.

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　The crowd around me, including the other warriors of Atmos, were all looking on in disbelief.

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　Naturally, my fears of a possible intrusion seemed to be unfounded, and no one made any attempt to approach me.

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　Thus, the duel between me and Ian ended in my victory.

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