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DUELING CLUB // ISSUE 07

BLADEBOUND

LOCAL ARCADE

ARENA 01//NIGHT MARKET

KAI // THE LANTERNYOU

VITALBREATH

ROUND 01

60

ENGAGE

GUTTER GHOSTBOT

VITALBREATH

OPPONENT INTENTWATCH THEIR SHOULDERS

WASD MOVESPACE STRIKEF GUARDSHIFT DODGEP PAUSE

A SMALL, SHARP COMBAT STORY

READ THE
TELEGRAPH.

Step into the ink. Find the beat between a bot's shoulder twitch and the cut. A duel is won before the blade arrives.

CHOOSE YOUR MATCHUP01 / 02

BEST OF ONE // NO LOGIN // NO MERCYUSE HEADPHONES IF YOU LIKE DRAMA

WASDMOVE

SPACESTRIKE

FGUARD / PARRY

SHIFTDODGE

PPAUSE

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THE PANEL HOLDS

DUEL PAUSED

Take a breath. The arena is waiting for your next read.

VICTORY

THE LAST PANEL

A CLEAN READ.

You caught the shoulder before the steel found daylight.

0HITS LANDED

0PARRIES

0:00ROUND TIME

CLICK THE ARENA TO FOCUS ↗

FIELD NOTES 03

Every blade
leaves a clue.

The orange flare is an attack telegraph. Guard inside the final beat to parry. A white burst means impact. A blue afterimage means you were never there.

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THE CLEAN READ

Back away from a heavy swing, then spend the opening. Panic is a stamina tax.

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