Vol.5, Ch.6, P.9
“Now, then,” said Cronheim, astood distantly still. “Death awaits. Let us be courteous, shall we?”
With that, the knight-sword ascended, slow and steady as a rising sun. And there at the high guard was it borne for a briefness, a sliver of light gleaming in the gloam. But in that while, as hands gripped themselves ever tightly about the hilt, the face beneath them furrowed softly, as if swayed by some thought.
And then, down the bright blade flashed.
“Tyahh!!”
Doubtless like cattle did Cronheim mean to drive me: sidewise I would evade, and there be cut down by his bladespell as it followed. But nay; guessing his game, I speeded my thoughts.
This mareschal—long had he restrained the sharpness of his strokes by the subtlest, and in so doing, had me fooled when he had at
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Notes
Dēcollāns Ruptūra
(Language: Latin; original name: “Behead Rupture”) “Beheading Rupture”. Spatial ensorcellment and bladespell. Vastly extends the arc of a sword attack with a wash of odyl, which then, for an instant, nicks atwain the very space it occupies, sundering all matter caught within.
Digitus
(Language: Latin; plural: digitī) A unit of measure used by the ancient Romans, taken from the width of a finger. 1 centimetre is equal to 0.5405 of a digitus. A digitus, therefore, can be roughly equated to 2 centimetres.
Passus
(Language: Latin; plural: passūs) A unit of measure used by the ancient Romans, taken from the length of a pace (2 steps). 1 metre is equal to 0.6757 of a passus. A passus, therefore, can be roughly equated to 1 and a half metres.
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