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A cold silence settled over the training grounds.
Caron's blatant provocation hung in the air, and the Imperial Guards, who had been watching the duel, wore expressions of rising anger. But not one of them moved. Caron looked at them with a smirk.
Still thinking it through? he thought.
One of their own had just been crushed, and they were being openly provoked. And yet, none of them stepped forward. They were likely calculating the pros and cons in their heads, even at this very moment.
"What? No takers?" Caron called out again, pushing further.
He already knew that the Imperial Guards had deteriorated, but he hadn't realized it was this bad. The Imperial Guards had once been more aggressive than the knights of Azureocean Castle. But now, in Caron's eyes, they were nothing more than complacent, peace-soaked soldiers.
"Knights with no sense of honor—" Caron started, his provocation about to continue.
But a voice cut him off. "If you're curious about the sword of an Imperial Guard, I will be your opponent."
It was Sir Luke, a familiar face Caron had seen quite often. As Luke entered the sparring grounds, Caron's smile widened.
What a great catch, he thought. It was a bigger fish than he'd expected.
Luke approached Caron with a cold expression.
"There is an evil demon loose within the Imperial Palace," he began. "In such a situation, unnecessary loss of strength must be avoided. That is why no one has stepped forward. We must focus on the safety of the emperor and the empire, rather than waste energy on pointless duels."
Luke...
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