Chapter 26.2
Fourth match, Bash vs. Amond.
“Winner, Bash!”
In the next match, Bash also won with a single blow. The opponent was by no means weak. He was a dwarven warrior and the captain of the 3rd Engineer division. One of the top five warriors in Do Banga’s Pit.
He fought cleanly. He charged head-on at Bash and was finished off with a single blow. To the casual observer, it would have looked silly. “Didn’t you see Bash’s fight on the first day?” Some must have thought they did.
But that was the way of the dwarves. They believed in the armor they had forged and relied on it to break through head-on. To the dwarves, evasion was the act of a coward.
The brave dwarf was defeated, but was cheered with applause. Bash moved on to the semifinals.
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His opponent in the semifinals was the previous winner. Barabara Do Banga. The eldest son of the dwarf hero Doradora Do Banga.
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