Kaiser caught her before she could even take off.
His knee struck her abdomen with brutal force.
She spat blood, a thick jet that splashed onto the ground.
"Wait—!"
He grabbed her by the hair, wrapping his fingers around the strands and slammed her down onto the ground.
The impact cracked the stone beneath her head, impact lines radiating outward around her.
She tried to summon another sword, her trembling hand still gripping the hilt.
He struck her arm.
Another crack, sharper this time.
"AAAAAHH! YOU BASTARD!"
Her blade fell to the ground.
Every blow he delivered grew more violent, more savage.
But every movement was also wounding him.
The skin on his arms tore further, the cracks widening. His muscles trembled under the strain, twitching with spasms. The energy of Sundering Eclipse was tearing his own body apart from the inside, a constant pain that should have brought him down.
Yet he did not slow down.
