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[System Notification: You have slain a Four-Star Soldier. +40 Experience.]
[System Notification: You have slain a Four-Star Soldier. +40 Experience.]
[System Notification: You have slain a Four-Star Soldier. +40 Experience.]
Rauk swung for Kai's head. Kai ducked, stepped inside, and slammed a forearm into Rauk's broken jaw. The captain reeled, breath hissing. Kai would have ended him, but two more points flashed. He flowed back, took a shallow cut on his forearm plate, then ripped one spear away and ran its owner through with his own weapon.
[System Notification: You have slain a Four-Star Soldier. +40 Experience.]
A man on Kai's right made a desperate lunge. Kai let the point scrape his side, grabbed the shaft, yanked, and drove the butt into the man's larynx.
[System Notification: You have slain a Four-Star Soldier. +40 Experience.]
The crescent was thinner now. Fear ate at discipline. Some still fought clean; some jabbed with panic.
