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... alm but firm, carried through the hushed arena.
"We begin with sharpness."
A soldier dragged forward a bundle of straw, bound tight with three heavy ropes, and set it upright. The judge hefted the apprentice’s sword, testing its weight with a few practiced swings. For a breath he stilled—then the blade sang through the air.
The sound was unlike any other cut before it, a clean whistle that sliced the silence itself. In a single effortless stroke, the sword sheared through ...
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