The spear flickered with pale lightning, humming with a low, predatory sound that filled the shattered stone chamber. Lucian rolled his shoulders, feeling the stiffness in his ribs where fractures throbbed faintly under his skin. His half-lidded eyes stayed locked on the Echo ahead, watching its every micro-shift of balance.
[Combat Echo: Azure Spear Warden – Rank D+ Simulation.]
[Objective: Neutralise. No restrictions.]
The spear-wielding Echo didn't speak. Its black robes drifted in the violet fog, silver-blue circuits glowing faintly across its chest and arms. Its pale eyes flickered once before it vanished in a burst of compressed air.
Fold Step.
Lucian tilted his head sideways just as the spear tore through the space his skull had been, the lightning tip slicing a thin line across his cheek. Sparks exploded outward, blinding white, as he twisted under the thrust. His hand flicked upward.
[Dimensional Claw]
