The bald guy’s carotid artery was being squeezed.
「Guh… agh…」
He struggled in pain, flailing around and kicking at me.
I thought to myself.
(Choking someone out is harder than I expected.)
Cutting off the blood flow to the brain and knocking someone out via the carotid artery took more time than I liked.
So I used psychokinesis to jolt the bald guy’s brain directly, inducing a concussion and knocking him out.
「―――――――」
His eyes rolled back into his head, and he went limp.
Out cold.
I tossed the bald guy aside like a piece of trash.
「Now then.」
Just as I was about to start taking out the remaining contestants myself.
「Why don’t you fight me next?」
「……！」
A woman came at me from behind with a surprise slash.
She was wielding a falchion.
I bent at the waist to dodge the strike from behind,
And swiftly countered with a back kick.
「!?」
She must not have expected me to not only dodge but counterattack as well―――
She was a beat too slow to defend and took the kick square in the gut.
「Kuhf!?」
She staggered backward unsteadily.
The falchion-wielding woman muttered, sweat beading on her brow.
「No way… he dodged my attack and countered?」
She was stunned, but I was a little surprised too.
That kick should’ve been enough to take her down… yet she was still standing strong.
I spoke.
「Heh… Not bad. You took my kick and stayed on your feet.」
She snapped back, spitting her words at me.
「Hah!! Like a weak-ass kick like that would take me down! Don’t underestimate me!」
「Is that so?」
I grinned.
「Then I’ll turn it up a notch.」
I launched another kick.
This time, a high kick aimed at her jaw and temple.
She couldn’t dodge it, took the full brunt of it.
「Khh――――――――――」
「Sleep.」
I muttered as I followed up with an uppercut.
「Ughbuh!!?」
A clean hit to her chin, her eyes rolled back instantly.
She stumbled, then collapsed like a puppet with its strings cut.
「…Next.」
I started walking toward the next contestant to eliminate.
The closest was a woman with a sickle, I approached and drove a fist into her.
「Gbah!?」
Next, I stomped a male swordsman into the ground.
「Gahh!?」
There were two more, the female fighter and the fat guy who’d been arguing before the round started.
Naturally, I crushed them too.
「Guh!?」
「Gwahhh!!?」
A kick for the female fighter, a punch for the fat man. Both went down in an instant.
「Wh-What is with this guy…!?」
「He’s strong!?」
Two more guys were staring at me in shock as they watched the beatdown.
Naturally, I knocked them out too.
「Ooh…?」
Then I noticed a spot where the fight was heating up.
Two warriors were going at it.
A female axe warrior wielding a battleaxe.
And a male warrior with a machete.
Just from watching, it was clear they were on another level.
I decided to crash the party.
Slipping in from the side, I grabbed the machete-wielding man and slammed a punch into his gut.
「Gahh!!?」
Then another. And another.
Four gut punches, then a final blow to the face, dropping him for good.
The axe warrior stood frozen for a moment at my sudden interference, but quickly snapped and unleashed her fury.
「What is the meaning of this!? Crashing into an honorable duel and striking from the side, how disgraceful!」
She spoke like a proper noble lady.
Blonde hair, green eyes.
Might really be some noble’s daughter.
I grinned.
「Heh. There’s no such thing as ‘disgraceful’ on the battlefield.」
I closed in on the noble axe warrior.
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