Third Person's POV
The world spun as he was thrown backward.
His body raked across the broken ground, leaving torn grass and earth erupting in his wake.
His clothes smoked, and his skin was charred and cracked at several points with blood trickling in thin streams.
The shock slamming into Ethan like a hammer to the ribs was a brutal reminder of how severely he had underestimated the monstrous might of the Sky Realm.
Flashes of his earlier skirmish with this knight last night flickered through his mind, and he realized that that battle had been too brief and short for him or the knight to give their best.
But after experiencing the full unchained power, a real truth seared itself into his heart,
If he slipped even once and if he let even the tiniest opening remain unchecked, he wouldn't just lose, but he would be crushed without mercy.
