Amir sidestepped Maul's slash and swung his blade toward Maul's wrist. Maul quickly retreated, avoiding Amir's attack.
At this moment, Maul was secretly alarmed. This young Jedi's Form III was somewhat lacking in variation, but almost no openings appeared in it. Even if Maul had been in perfect condition, he might not have been able to wound him.
And Amir's Force defenses completely enveloped his body. Maul had no chance to use Force techniques as a breakthrough point either.
Maul began to grow anxious. What had that tremor from the ground just now been? Had the battle outside ended or not? Had reinforcements arrived?
With the forces he had arranged, those Mandalorians should not have been able to deal with them easily. And he had also notified Qi'ra.
They should have arrived by now!
Amir had already learned about the outside situation through his earpiece. 32 had already destroyed the troop transports. For now, he would not be disturbed here. The only issue was Crimson Dawn's mobile base that had just appeared...
He did not know what choice Qi'ra would make.
Now, the only task left was Maul before him.
Bo-Katan and her young aide remained silent at the side, quietly watching Amir and Maul fight.
By now, Amir had already figured out Maul's condition. He was almost at his limit and was merely holding on, waiting for rescue from outside.
His Force was also barely enough to support any powerful techniques or shields.
Amir tightened his grip on his lightsaber and walked forward step by step.
Maul kept his distance and continued retreating. He said, "You are powerful, child. I can feel your emotions. Deep within your heart, there is a desire for strength. History has already proven that the Jedi are failures. It will be very difficult for you to achieve the goal you seek, so..."
"Aren't dark side users supposed to use fear to force others into the dark side?" Amir said with a smile.
Maul: "..."
Amir took a bomb from his backpack, pressed the button, and threw it directly at Maul.
"There's more?" Maul frowned tightly. He had thought only Mandalorians used these primitive weapons. He had not expected this Jedi to be the same.
Maul rolled sharply and once again unfolded a Force shield to withstand the impact, only to see another bomb coming straight at his head.
After the third one, he fell to the ground in a sorry state, panting with effort.
Amir waved his hand. "That's all. I don't have any more."
Maul had just breathed a sigh of relief when he sensed the Force fluctuation coming from the Jedi before him.
He stood up, gripped the Darksaber tightly, and waited for Amir's attack. Although he was already exhausted, his anger and obsession still supported his body.
Abandoning his previous conservative style, Amir charged straight forward. He raised the lightsaber in his hand to his chest, his eyes fixed on Maul's pupils.
Maul shakily raised the Darksaber and slowly stepped forward. He knew this would be the final strike.
He desperately mobilized the Force around him. A large number of mechanical devices and chunks of earth floated into the air, trembling and twisting, then rushed toward Amir from different angles as though trying to bury him.
But as Amir raised his left hand, everything around him slowed down.
Until it stopped in place.
Maul's eyes nearly split with rage. He used all his strength to swing the Darksaber down at the approaching Amir.
Suddenly, he realized that the legs he should have moved were still standing in place.
Those legs were mechanical. His original legs had been cut off by Obi-Wan long ago.
He had long since adapted to these mechanical legs, but now he had lost control over them.
He wanted to resist this control, but his Force was no longer enough to counter Amir's intrusion.
The legs beneath Maul suddenly moved, but not under his control. They moved in the complete opposite direction from where he wanted to go. His right foot stepped uncontrollably toward the front-left, and combined with the force of his right hand swinging outward, it directly caused his body to lose balance completely.
Amir stepped forward. The green blade pressed directly against the Darksaber, clinging tightly to it. Following Maul's force and reversing its direction, Amir powerfully flicked upward, and the Darksaber flew straight out of Maul's hand.
The off-balance Maul's entire body toppled toward Amir. The green blade lightly swept upward from below, letting out a piercing cutting sound.
Maul's upper half collapsed powerlessly at Amir's feet, while his mechanical legs remained standing where they were.
"Hah..." Maul lay prone on the ground, feeling the sharp agony at his waist. It was as if he had returned to that memory he least wished to remember, yet still saw every day in his dreams.
Amir looked at Maul's body, once again cut in two, and exhaled deeply. He had not done it deliberately, but it had still ended like this.
"You know... you know..." Maul supported his head with both hands, desperately trying to lift it. "You are...?"
There was no more madness or anger in Maul's eyes. At this moment, he was like an ordinary old man on the verge of death, seeking his answer.
Amir's heart was also touched.
Even though Maul had committed unforgivable crimes, setting everything aside, he was also just a pitiful man used and abandoned by the Sith Emperor. He had endured life and death, endured long years of pain, endured the betrayal of his master. He had never been able to escape his fate, forever shrouded in fear, forever tormented by hatred.
"Obi-Wan Kenobi," Amir said.
Hearing Amir's words, Maul seemed to lose all his strength at once. He quietly braced himself against the ground and looked at Amir.
"Are you the Chosen One?" Maul asked his final question.
Amir decided to give him an answer before he died. He crouched down and calmly said near Maul:
"I'm not. But that person does exist. The Sith will meet their end."
As Amir said this, he showed Maul his emotions through the Force.
After hearing those words, Maul's gaze left Amir and turned toward the void. His pupils gradually lost focus, and he closed his eyes forever.
Amir stood up, picked up the Darksaber, and turned to look at Bo-Katan, who was sitting collapsed on the ground.
She looked at Amir and at the Darksaber in his hand, silent.
Amir had intended to hand her the lightsaber, but in the end he only sighed.
"Even if I gave it to you, you wouldn't accept it, right?" Amir thought for a moment, then continued asking, "You're not going to come fight me later, are you?"
Bo-Katan remained silent.
So stubborn.
No way, right? He had come to help, and now he was going to end up being targeted?
"What if I just throw the Darksaber here and leave?" Amir tried to exploit a loophole.
"But its ownership would still be yours," Bo-Katan finally spoke, but not with the answer Amir wanted to hear.
Amir was speechless.
Although dealing with Bo-Katan would not be difficult.
What other loophole could he exploit? Amir continued thinking.
"Actually, Maul had already been defeated long ago, by..." Amir had not even finished speaking when Bo-Katan interrupted him.
"No need to say it. I know what you mean, but I cannot accept that."
After saying that, Bo-Katan motioned for her young aide to take her away.
The young aide looked at Amir with a complicated expression, then supported Bo-Katan and turned to leave.
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