Zich struck down an armored gauntlet with Windur. It fell off from the impact, but the armor didn’t stop moving. It stretched out its empty arm towards Zich, and the severed gauntlet flopped on the ground like a fish out of water. Hans, Snoc, and Lyla scowled at the sight. However, Zich swung his Windur again indifferently.

Slice!

An armored hand fell off this time. Its wrist and fingers moved and convulsed as if it were trying to attack Zich individually. Simultaneously, other armored figures rushed towards Zich, and he swung his sword at them. Two armors were flung away, but they all continued to move even after they were sliced apart. This time, however, Zich sliced the joints on their fingers.

Thud!

As the armors’ joints were ripped apart, the digits of their fingers fell to the ground and stopped moving. Zich moved quickly to break apart the joints of all the fingers and crushed even the wrists that were folding and unfolding repeatedly. Soon, all movements ceased.

Zich stared at his companions and saw that they were fighting the armored figures in their own individual ways. Like Zich, Hans was piercing the armors with his sword and experimenting on how he could stop their movements. Snoc was trapping the armors inside the earth and crushing them from below,...