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"Did you get cut? ......?"

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"Yeah. You're cut in half, Alondar. I mean, how can you talk like that?"

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"...... feel no pain. I never thought it would hurt to be cut. This is a complete defeat.

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　Alondar's body lies on the ground, split in two.

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　I had swung the sword Norn vertically, and his torso had been sliced off from the shoulder to the body in one piece.

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　The cross-sectional view was clean and bloodless, probably because I had made my own modification based on Alondar's technique, which I call a "sharp-edged" cut.

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　Perhaps that is why the fallen Alondar's consciousness seemed to be clear.

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　But how was he able to speak?

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　At first he did not seem to feel any pain, but since his lungs had been cut off, his face became more and more distressed as he moved his mouth.

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"I learned a lot thanks to you. Thank you, Alondar. Shall I at least hear your last words as a thank you?"

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　I was feeling good now that I had succeeded in giving the magic sword a sharpness it had never had before.

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　At the moment I cut my opponent, I manipulate both magic power and blood in the blade of the sword at the same time.

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　This allows me to make dramatic changes.

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　So I decided to show him mercy.

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　I ask him if he has a last will and testament.

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"...... help me. I've heard that you can perform miraculous cures. Even defects can be cured. Then you can heal my current condition, can't you?"

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"What?　No. How can I help someone I fought as an enemy?"

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"...... I still want to live. I don't want to end up like this. I thought I had mastered the art of swordsmanship with all my training, but I was wrong. Even in the land of Elis my sword was sharpest. And yet you have offered me a higher path. It would be a shame for me to let it die here. Please. You're right. Help me and I swear I will work for you. That's right. ...... is ......."

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　Perhaps because he spoke all at once, all the air in Alondar's body must have been used up.

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　He is having difficulty breathing, his face is pale, and his expression has turned pale.

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　I did not expect him to beg for his life.

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　I had the impression that he would say, "If you are going to kill me, kill me quickly.

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　However, it was also clear to me that Alondar's words were not just a plea for help out of fear for his life.

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　It was because he was saying that with his body split in two and with little air left in his body.

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　Normally, he would have either desperately asked for help or hurled abusive words at the person who had cut him down.

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　But not Alondar.

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　He said it was a pity that he had not mastered the way of the warrior.

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　I can understand that feeling.

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　I might have felt the same way if I had been in the opposite situation.

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　I have been thoroughly trained in the manipulation of magic through Ai's teachings.

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　And I thought I had mastered it by creating my own flow to move magic power in accordance with the movement of my body.

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　But there was more.

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　There was still a way to improve the sharpness of the magic sword like never before.

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　If I were to lose my life the moment I realized that, I would feel so frustrated.

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　For there is a destination that we thought we had mastered.

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　If possible, I would like to reach that point.

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　Isn't that how you feel?

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　That is why I understood what Alondar meant and how he felt as if it were me.

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　Maybe he is like me and Ian.

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　Maybe he is like me and Ian...a man who enjoys being in the battlefield.

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　It's not a shame to die in battle, but it is a shame not to be able to fight.

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　These conflicting emotions erupted just before his death, and he asked for help even from those who had defeated him.

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"Okay. Then swear, Alondar. You will fight as my limbs once more until death. I'll help you if you swear it."

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"I swear it. I will put my sword to the test and use all of my time from now on for you."

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"We have a deal. I hope you're not lying. Recovery.

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　Pick up Alondar's body, which is lying on the ground, and attach it to the ground.

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　Then he casts a spell.

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　Recovery.

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　I am impressed by the sharpness of my magic sword.

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　As expected, if the body had been split in two, no matter how much [Recovery] I had used, I would not have been able to heal it.

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　However, the section of the cut was too sharp and it was right after the cut, so Alondar's revival was completed without any problem.

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　However, right after the wound was healed, I thrust the magic sword at Alondar once more.

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　To kill him again.

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　Of course not.

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　It was for an oath.

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　As in a ceremony in the church of Barca, I contract the oath I swore before the recovery.

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　I sent a piece of the demon sword Norn into Alondar's body.

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　If he betrays me in the future he will feel the agony of death.

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　What will happen?

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　Whoever betrays you will betray you even if you feel pain.

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　But it may still be a good find.

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　After all, the Orientals still had few men to fight against a strong enemy.

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　He can cut down some of them, and moreover, there is a lot of room for him to become stronger in the future.

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　When I thrust the magic sword into him, I also implanted a reddish-black magic stone in his body so that he can suck blood to increase his power.

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　For now, let's just keep him alive until he dies.

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　And so it was that I became a friend of Alondar, one of the Ten Swordsmen of the Kingdom of Eris.

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