No Heroes in War

At that moment, the air stagnated as everyone reeled in shock. 

Mizuno, who had already eliminated her two combatants, stood atop the stairway with widened eyes of surprise. Her gaze was locked on Joseph.

Likewise, my attention was ensnared by the scene before me. Joseph's body was covered in splattered crimson as he fell to the ground.

The woman, too, stood agape at the scene, clenching her teeth in rage.

However, there was one amongst us who moved. He was the one who took action and defied fate. He changed the course of this fight with a single move.

"You all right, kid?" a grizzled voice asked as he turned back to Joseph. But Joseph didn't reply; he was unresponsively in shock at what happened.

That's right. Precisely when everything could've gone wrong, Barik intervened as if sent by a heavenly deity. At that moment, he swung his flail, wrapping the chain around the old man's handaxe mid-air, and tore it from his hand.