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Contrary to what most people believed, Cedric's flying swords don't discriminate.
It only looked like they did because they snatched the crowns from their previous holders and somewhat intentionally passed them to others, which made a huge difference in the leaderboard. But that's just a single display of how the swords truly disrupted the battlefield.
At this point, every participant, seeded or not, had to be wary of the flying swords because they could be attacked at any given moment. Not all of the swords acted aggressively, though; some just flew leisurely across the skies, while others floated still.
Even amongst the aggressive ones, there were unique cases. Some swords will only attack once they sense a living creature nearby; some wouldn't attack unless they were attacked first. Some swords will pick one person and will chase them until either the target dies or the sword is destroyed, and some swords are purely out for blood.
