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Distance is crucial in a fight.

It isn't for nothing that UFC broadcasts quantify and display a fighter's reach separately.

People in ancient times understood the importance of distance as well, which is why even the spears used by the ancient Macedonian army in its phalanxes were said to easily exceed five meters in length.

Naturally, the phalanx─the formation in which soldiers clashed with swords and spears─disappeared after open battlefields were shredded by machine guns with their longer range….

Once again, distance accounted for a tremendous share of victory in a fight.

‘…Tsk.’

The sound of me swallowing was unusually loud.

My sense of danger kept ringing alarm bells.

The distance between Elliot Crosspell and me was considerable.

Yet even from this distance, he could attack me easily if he put his mind to it...