The instant the golden text appeared, a searing torrent, entirely different from[Lonely Barrier], swept through Roland's entire body.
This wasn't the tempered toughness of forged steel, but a seething that originated from the very core of his soul.
It felt as if unseen contractual Runes were being inscribed upon his heart. A molten draught of scalding oaths surged through his veins, finally settling into a heavy, unshakable sense of responsibility and Power.
He felt his Spiritual Perception being invisibly stretched and extended, as if he had cast an unseen web into the void, its core nodes representing those he truly wished to protect.
Although the web was still empty for now, its very structure held the potential to tear through space itself.
'Ignore spatial barriers... at the cost of burning oneself... precisely parry a fatal blow... mandatory knockback and stun...'
