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How many minutes had passed?

1 minute?

3 minutes?

Perhaps even 10 minutes had passed

Yet the duel didn’t see

’Daan to show on Ian’s forehead, along with a fil his whole face

His old body has reached its physical lied, intense combat

’I can’t waste any more ti his condition, allowing the fight to drag on any longer would be dangerous

’The next strike I’ll finish it with the next strike’

Ian tightened his grip on his sword

He was preparing hiht be at risk, but there was no other choice

’No risk, no reward!’

Ian focused his gaze and dashed forith a different stance than before

The hooded man noticed Ian’s desperation, and reacted without any hesitation

"Kuuk?!"

In the end, Ian’s decision turned out to be a mistake

The enemy had already anticipated that move

Ian’s sword parted the eh his defenses and attack from behind

’Fuck!’

Would this be where his life ended?

Ian’s sweat dripped in the air

At that moment, Ian felt as if the world had stopped

Perhaps it was a flashback? Ian’s brain acknowledged his upco as ain the Iphelleta House

Meeting Riley

It was a life rife with danger and exciteised, for he would die before fulfilling his duty to Riley

Ian had given up on his life

"!’

Woosh!

A dagger flew from an unknown corner and drove itself into the hooded man’s shoulder

"Kuk?!"

The hooded ed to his comrade

Was there a traitor?

Then who?

Even before that How could a third party who could neither be seen nor detectedeven his superior could not do

’An opening!’

Ian did not linted with hope

The deciding factor between a winner and a loser was paper-thin difference when it caed the flow of combat

"Uck!"

Instantly

Ian’s sword sliced the hooded man’s neck

The hooded ers, and he fell on his knees

Then he his chest slaround lifelessly

"Huck, Hoo, Hoo"

Ian, who had just escaped certain death began to rein in his wild breathing

He wasn’t sure what had just occurred, but all that ht now to think about the duel that had just taken place

" Young Master!"

Ian ran through the corridor, driven by his worry for his lazy master

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Hhmmmm

A murmur could be heard fro

"That’s odd"

Riley looked down at his hand, hich he had just thrown soth

The result wasn’t what he had expected

"Why did it miss?"

A knife throw

That is what it would be called in normal circu short of afor his heart"

Riley’s blade throw had ricocheted frole for the throw so only the handle would hit the wall

After that, it had indeed landed on his target, but not where he had wanted it This hy Riley was not satisfied with the result

"I guess that’s to be expected?"

The knife throas his h blessed with the sword, he lacked talent for any skills with range such as archery or ic Therefore, this was one of his coe

"This body is different from before, and quite a lot of time has passed"

Riley stretched his hands open and closed as he spoke to hie person had heard it, they would lose consciousness on the spot

There was a possibility of ’friendly fire’ if he were to miss, not even to et

Yet Riley was confident

That he would never hit Ian as in combat, and that it would only hit the hooded man

That was backed up by skill and experience equivalent to his confidence

Although it was all gained in his previous life

"Well, it was a dagger as well"

Riley gazed under hier and his coape