With slow and quiet steps, Kiernan trekked to the middle of the sand and looked straight into Gruber's eyes.
"…"
Maximilian stayed silent and looked at him with no light in his eyes.
"The Martial Gods are satisfied with this decision. Have a good match, and don't disappoint them."
The temple priest said, and then shouted.
"Maximilian Gruber vs. Arakawa Kiernan!"
With his arm, when the gong sounded, he swung his arm down.
"FIGHT!"
Maximilian jumped forward and punched ahead, but from his wrist to the shoulder, it started wobbling like a jellyfish in the water.
It made the punch's trajectory far more difficult to understand!
"Rendering Edge!"
It didn't matter to Kiernan, though.
With the sides of his hands, he smacked the punches away as if they were nothing and stood still like an unmovable fortress.
