After Hori killed the birdman, he slumped on the floor. Although the battle didn't take a long amount of time, it still caused him some damage. He had a lot of random small cuts and a wound across his stomach.
Hori smiled bitterly when he remembered the battle. If he saw someone else get beaten that bad when fighting against a birdman that basically did nothing but stand still and shoot out wind blades, he would've cursed that person to death, but here he was doing the same thing.
He looked at the sword in his hand and sighed depressingly. If only he knew how to manipulate the Mana around him then he would've been a bit more confident going up against whatever the maze brought to him.
A battle between two spell casting Mages were typically expected to be long distance. The fact that he couldn't cast a spell was probably going to hinder him a lot going forward.
