They were not humans but beasts.

"Have you finished provoking each other?" inquired the adult beastman.

He appeared disinterested in officiating a match with such an obvious outcome.

"Yes."

"I'm also finished."

"The rules are straightforward: subdue your opponent without killing them."

Both Han-Yeol and Kandir nodded in agreement.

"Prepare yourselves," announced the adult beastman officiating the match.

They both took a step back.

Han-Yeol assumed a lower stance and drew his original weapon, the curved blade.

‘It’s a shame that I don’t have a chain, but oh well, beggars can’t be choosers…’ he decided to forget about it.

Kandir scoffed after seeing Han-Yeol dual-wield a sword and a blade. He thought with a smirk, ‘Ha! The coward thinks he can do something by using two weapons.’

Chwak!

Kandir took an additional step back with his sizeable left foot and shifted his weight onto it.

“Fight!”

Boom!

Kandir forcefully propelled himself off the ground and sped forward.

Would he not take it easy on Harkan the Coward? No, a beastman warrior never lowered their guard. Their instinct was to incapacitate weaker opponents as quickly as possible and then toy with them until they grew bored. This mentality was ingrained in them from a young age, as they were taught...