The man froze for just the faintest flicker of a second, his brows furrowing in confusion at the voice echoing within his mind.
But the hesitation quickly burned away beneath a surge of defiance, his teeth gritting hard enough that his jaw ached.
"You won't fool me, deceiver!" he barked, his voice raw with anger.
*BANG!
His boots tore against the ground as he lunged forward in a blur, the azure glow of his eidra flaring violently along the length of his greatsword.
The air around the blade hummed, the heat of its energy distorting the space between them, before he swung with all the force he could muster—aimed straight for Jinn's exposed side.
But Jinn was already moving.
With a sharp snap of his wrist and a sudden twist of his stance,
*CLANG!
Fangeryth met the descending strike in a bone-jarring clash.
The impact was so fierce that sparks burst from the point of contact, and the man's blade was knocked back, recoiling violently under the sheer force of Jinn's parry.
