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I can't really seperate Chapter 6 and 7 without it looking a bit disjointed, so for your delight here is Chapter 6 and 7 in one glorious bundle of love. Glad you like it stonetooth, I'll be sure to read your tribal story.

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Chapter 6: Trials of Honor

Tury had managed to successfully shoot Nara in the foot of the mechanical pants. Nara slipped and fell on the floor with a thump. Tury walked closer, preparing to pick her up and throw her out of the ring, but Nara span around and kicked him with one of her metal pants legs. Tury bend over in pain. Nara got her dagger and approached Tury. Nara swiped the dagger across the crossbow, destroying the thread mechanism that was used to fire. "Your weapon is useless, do you surrender willingly?". Tury sighed, "I guess so... good match". Tury raised his arms and a loud gong was heard. The announcer spoke, "Oh what a shame, seems like Tury was disarmed and defeated by Nara. Thanks anyway Tury, you have us all a bit of interesting combat". Tury walked off the stage and headed to the losers bench.

Kardo was blocking with his sword again, as Une tried to shoot him. Unfortunately, Kardo realised that the sword he was using to block wasn't nearly strong enough. A few shots later, he could see a crack forming on the hilt. Une shot the sword once more, and it broke into pieces. Kardo was shocked, "Darn it". Kardo had to try and rely on physical combat, he ran towards Une, preparing to grab her. While it looked like she would lose, she sidestepped and knocked him out of the ring with her pants leg. The crowd cheered and another gong was heard. "Kardo is eliminated from the trials". Kardo was annoyed at losing, he sat down on the losers bench.

Chapter 7: Armor and Sword

Park was now on the offensive, he was using his spear to try and knock Mern to the ground. Mern would always come back up though, and he was managing to hit Park's armor quite a few times. Park's armor was starting to get damaged, so he threw off his shoulder pads, in order to give him more room to move. He flexed his spear and then started attacking Mern once more. Mern was getting tired and couldn't dodge all of the blows. Mern was hit on the shoulder and he winced in pain. Mern lay on the ground as the timer counted down. By the tenth count he was still down and was disqualified. "Such a shame, our valiant Mern everyone!", the crowd cheered.

Warro and Rao were trading blows, while Warro's swordplay was fast, he couldn't get past Rao's armor or defensive technique. Eventually Warro was getting tired. "I have to finish this quickly". Warro ran towards Rao, with his sword scraping the ground. Rao wasn't ready to defend, trying to drag his spear down in time. Warro performed a series of complex moves, he sliced part of Rao's spear off in the most vulnerable point, as the spear fell, Warro ran around Rao, slicing at the armor. At first, Rao wasn't sure what happened, a few seconds later, his armor started falling off piece by piece. Warro had managed to slice off all of the hinges and screws holding Rao's armor in place. Rao was now vulnerable to attack. Warro ran towards him and performed a roundhouse kick, knocking Rao off the stage. A gong was heard, "Rao is defeated... that concludes the first round!".

The outsider walked to the nearest officer. The officer smiled at him, "Howdy". The outsider raised an eyebrow, "Do you get paid everytime you talk to us?", "Yup". The outsider was lost for words.