The free fall gave speed to the American who had appeared from a crack in the other ceiling of the room. His swords wrapped in fire drew a cross, enveloping his rival in a fiery hell.
A harmonious chiburi Noto (a technique of cleaning and sheathing blood in the saya of Iaido) followed by a current of air kept Shiro safe from the flames. With two lateral steps accelerated to the maximum, he dodged the projectile that was Karslan.
The beautiful thing about how Shiro used magic is that he had integrated it into his movements of the samurai sword, he did not channel the mana through it since as many discovered this damaged the weapons, but he did synchronize it in the movements, giving more meaning to the actions that he had already internalized.