What is A Kyruku?
When a kyruku is shamed however, or accused of crimes against his kin, species, or state, or defeated in a sanctioned honour duel, the main growth (or their tails entirely, in extreme cases) is often severed entirely and cauterized, leaving a scarred and knotted
Chapter 3: Unexpected Friends
Is there a duel going on? a war?" scia shakes her head.
[Story] Sed the Elder of Issad: In Abun - By Kalibran
"you killed kepi ahkis, a dangerous savage, in a duel, earning the respect of both issad and abun alike." sed turned away, staring back out at the street. "maybe. i feel horrible... it wasn't right, ekon.
Gnoll Brigand: The Adventure (Prologue I)
Your mother, fair ruler that she is, decreed that they should seek their justice in a duel. to make things interesting, you were given armor but no weapons, and your opponents were given blades but no armor.
Wolfen - Chapter 14
"they're going to duel. we do this all the time when we're all here. all it is, is they spar with the other until one of them loses their balance until the fall. it's good exercise for when there's nothing else to do."
Sieg and Marien - A Basitin Love Story - Part 1 - Thier First Time
She'd even been called a whore more than once, and though she had made short work of her accusers in the resulting duels, the suggestion that she was some sort of harlot had haunted her.
Little Blue - Short Story - Mech Donkey
The knee itself is a work of art, a duel joint in one, about a foot round, allowing any leg to be used as robotic arm. it matches the rest of the machine in a fully rotational, load sensing, never complaining monster with huge strength.
Battle Royale part 2
It looked like the drones had very little data on fang and tamatis abilities and tamati wanted it to stay that way as he and his clones tried to take down the drones as fast as they could while fang went on with his duel.
The Codex Chapter 4: Codex
"how about we duel, like old...friends..." he said, ears flat on his head, he was aware of the power of both his opponents.
Into the Blue
It was a challenge, a request for an honourable duel, but would an imperial general truly honour such a contract? "it's a trap." mina said simply, her voice low enough that only her comrades could hear her.
The Arcane Warrior - The Art of Combat and Survival Without Blade or Heavy Steel Vol#1 Destruction
_-note -- a wise mage always casts a protective shell when engaging in any combat-_ using only destruction spells, i strongly recommend that the mage arm himself with firebolts and honed his skill to the point where a concentrated duel handed firebolt will
Student body chapter 4
The prince had challenged another prince from a foreign land to a duel.