Surrounded... Once More

Duncan panted in exhaustion. 

He felt as if his entire body was drained of energy. He couldn't support his body anymore. He slumped down and looked at the corpse of the young man before him. 

Fortunately, his last strike had decapitated his opponent. He didn't have any more energy to even lift his sword, let alone fight. If that strike hadn't killed his opponent, Duncan knew that he would be dead by now.

Duncan closed his eyes and recalled the last strike he had performed. Something was entirely different about it. The more he recalled the details of that strike, the more he marveled at the sheer beauty of it.

He felt entirely intoxicated by that strike. Even now, he couldn't believe that he had performed such a strike. That sword cut was otherworldly. It had a unique charm that kept tugging at his heartstrings.