"We will bar no holds, and limit no weapons," Oliver said. "There will be no tournament blades. After much discussion, we have decided it shall be thus. All contestants will be drawn out at first blood. Any who seek to intentionally mortally wound their enemies shall be disqualified. My men shall be amongst the field at all times, drawing out competitors that we know to be bleeding."
The crowd stirred far more at that than anything else that Oliver had said. Murmurs of shock were the principal emotion. "Edged weapons, sharpened to the fullest? Is that what he means?" He heard a mutter. "That can't be right! It'll be a bloodbath! A slaughter."
