Should he though? Those mercenaries got outnumbered like 6 to 11 and 2 of them used ranged weapon. If that merchant lady and maid ran/hide as soon as the alarm went off or when the battle began, Balud could avoid 1-on-1 by running away or join the battle with those mercenaries. What can those two do against armed enemies anyway? Scream them to death? Kill them with their tears?
The Haurelian knights fought bravely, they even stood their ground with their life on the line to secure the mission. They all died for some idiotic nobleman's invasion plan, and that frustrates me. I love seeing honorable enemies like them.
Love that finishing move, but honest question: would that work on anything but a katana? I feel like any variety of western swords wouldn’t have the same weaknesses that a katana or other Japanese blade would.
@dArkus_Orion That wouldn't work on any sword, although Japan has worse quality iron, pattern welding can solve most of that so they are generally on par with western swords. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8a7gpoSPbY&list=PLMUtS78ZxryO9NKU_ceM-LhcnSnAc2kHV&index=21&t=0s
reading manga about someone exchanging live on battle is fun. @TheFollower have you ever seen someone bend a thick spoon easily without any trick?it's need training to put force into right place.
the sword pretty much same case, i heard about martial art specialized in breaking weapon(in an anime lol)