This wasn't a life-and-death situation, nor was I facing some mortal enemy.
This was meant to be training, so there was no need for me to go extreme in order to win.
But...
I had to make the man before me realize the limits of his thinking.
To be second in command, he had to broaden his horizons.
In a battle, every single thing counts. It might be different for someone who specialized in hand-to-hand combat, while the one wielding a spear may find it different.
There was no fixed rule, when the only thing one needed to do was to kill.
Yes...
For me, the essence of combat is to first kill and then survive, not the other way around.
I value my life above everything else, but it had to be noted that if one preferred surviving against a strong enemy instead of eliminating the threat,
Then...
A wounded animal is far worse than an apex predator.
It was my prime rule to never let my enemies see the other day.
