Due to how focused I was on the fight, mostly because I tried my very best to limit the serious injuries that my opponents would suffer to the minimum, I didn't notice when Monica entered the fray. Yet no matter her words, by the time she made her presence known to all of us, it was already too late to save the arms of the two of her disciples!
Falling heavily to the ground, instead of tensing my back, I instantly relaxed all of its muscles, allowing the wave of pain to spread throughout my entire back and dissolve as swiftly as it appeared.
Leaving the hands of the two disciples whose faces were now torn in the grimace of pain, I calmly stood up from the floor, swept the dust from my clothes and nodded my head to this teacher of mine.
"Teacher, they wanted to have a duel with me and put me in a situation where I couldn't really refuse. As such, I can't be blamed for the injuries they sustained since I warned them that this might be an outcome of our fight!"
