Agares focused his eyes upward. A dome of golden-yellow light appeared and wrapped around the city from every direction, trapping Kinsaber City—and Agares inside it—within a golden cage.
'I have to find the trial core, but what is it? Is it something physical, or something more like a realization?' Agares wondered.
He raised his head and looked straight ahead. Hundreds of longswords were flying toward him—not for training, but to kill.
Agares drew Shadepiercer and gripped the black longsword with both hands. His eyes glowed purple, dark energy radiating intensely from his body. Nova and the others watched the moment Agares unleashed his power.
"Dark energy? I've never seen a saber use that before."
"Maybe that's what helped him get all the way up to the 81st floor," Kevin explained.
"Saber Skill: Shadow Cleave!"
He swung his sword vertically and horizontally, sending a shadowy slash in the shape of a plus sign forward.
