Celine swung, and the crystalline sword passed through the air with enough force to split the canyon apart.
Ludwig had seen Wrath manifest through his own body countless times. He understood the pressure, the fury, and the constant desire to destroy whatever stood before him. Yet his experience with the Authority was fundamentally different from Celine's.
Undeath protected him.
Whenever Ludwig drew too deeply upon the Wrathful Heart, the power still flooded him with violence. It demanded destruction, pushed him toward excess, and made every problem appear solvable through sufficient brutality. Which in fact was not wrong.
However, his Living Vessel could suppress that emotional imbalance. He could quiet fear, pain, rage, and instinct by falling back upon the nature of the undead.
Celine could not.
