The Sword and The Shadow - Chapter 51 – Pyrrhic Victory

... ser, the duel could conclude as it had.

The problem lay in how the end of the match should be decided. One side would have to die fighting or be suppressed in battle so completely that the duel’s witness declared one of them the victor and concluded the duel.

However, while Kurdak did manage to subdue his opponent, the witness from the Association wasn’t able to announce the results in time. In other words, the duel still hadn’t ended. That was why Orwen’s sneak attack wa ...