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"Haaahhhhh—!"
With a powerful roar, the sharp sword in Climb's hand turned into streaks of sword light, slashing madly at Noah like a cutting machine.
Watching the unceasing barrage of slashes, Noah extended a finger with an utterly calm expression. Only when those cutting-machine-like streaks of sword light came tearing toward him did he finally move.
At the side, all the others could see was that Noah's hand, like Climb's slashes, suddenly turned into an afterimage and began dancing repeatedly.
"Clang clang clang clang clang—!"
In an instant, every merciless slash rushing toward Noah was blocked by that utterly ordinary finger amid a series of crisp clashes.
"Clang—!"
When the final slash landed on Noah's finger and the sharp sword was forcibly stopped by a single finger, everyone present saw it.
Noah's finger, which had blocked every slash and seemed as hard as steel, suddenly moved. Like an arrow leaving the bowstring, it darted before Climb's forehead, curled, and flicked.
"Bang—!"
It had clearly been nothing more than a flick to the forehead, yet it produced a dull impact.
Amid that dull impact, Climb was violently sent flying by that utterly ordinary finger. Like a kite with its string cut, he crashed into a wall with a sharp whistling sound.
"Cough..." Climb felt all the air in his chest being forced out in that instant. His head felt as though it had been struck by a heavy club, and even his vision became blurry.
Logically speaking, being struck in the forehead by enough force to send a strong young man flying should have made his head explode outright.
Yet Climb did