Before the eyes of millions of people across the kingdom of UTA, Samuel was floating in the air on one leg, his face deathly pale, as if he had lost all color.
His right arm was gone.
The camera drones caught the empty sleeve of his slate-grey haori swaying vigorously in the wind.
Where his sword arm should have been, there was nothing. The severed limb had been cut clean during the second exchange. His remaining left hand gripped the sword at his side, holding the blade upright.
Millions of viewers became silent. This was the first time they had seen one of their strongest powerhouses take this much damage.
A middle-aged man in one of the emergency shelters shook his head slowly in pity, "Taking a swordsman's sword arm. That's worse than death."
