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This was not a well known fact about Ixian since Ixian used guns and ranged weaponry a lot, but in truth for one reason or another his Weapon Materialization power actually seemed to have the highest affinity or what not with swords, him being able to create swords better and more powerful then normal. Not only that, but in addition to ranged combat Ixian was trained in close quarters combat as well. So he was no novice at CQC.

However, CQC was the best way to navigate around his High Velocity Barrier so in a way despite those things Ixian was more vulnerable to CQC. He was meant to be sold as a weapon after all, so they trained him to avoid him having weaknesses but no weaknesses did not mean unbeatable. Fighting against multiple enemies at once that were highly mobile and armed with plasma swords that could cut him in half? It was still very much a threat to him.

Ixian had a lot of power, but he also understood the truth of reality. Power alone was not everything. Tactics, skill, what works well against what. All of these mattered. The strongest man in the world could be beaten by someone with no powers if they used the right skills and strategy and thought things through.

Ixian dodged the attacks coming at him quickly, and with excess time, because he wanted to take no chances. He brought out swords to defend him at close range and cannons and missiles to take out the Exo-suit wearing people at range before they could get close again.

"Oi, both of you! Stop and surrender or we will just blast you with an orbi..."

One of the normal mercs that were also charging in tried to say something to make them surrender, but Ixian outright killed him for being annoying and a threat. However, given that Russian might not know...

"Don't worry about the orbital cannon, its probably a bluff. After all, they don't care if I am alive or dead, but they do want my body to be usable. They wont forfeit the bounty by obliterating us from orbit".

Actually, the orbital cannon itself was a bluff as it would be extremely difficult to sneak one into Origin's skies, but that was besides the point.