Fighting Match

The two slashes on the man's body felt solid. The slash had great feedback, and Stanley expected the man to die. However, when he looked back, the man was already swinging his bow in this way once again.

The bow slammed on the side of Stanley's head and immediately sent a wave of numbed sensation in that area. He quickly rolled to the side, not wanting to get hit any further.

He got to his feet quickly and looked at his opponent, confused as to why he wasn't dead. He had cut him through his body, hadn't he?

And yet, when he looked at him now, there was not a single wound on his body. It was as though all wounds on him had vanished somehow, not leaving any impairment behind.

What should've been an easy victory at first now continued as if they were back to the starting point once again?

Only, something had changed from what Stanley could see.