Azeal Neralum

Ch 14 - Emotion Sight

The air shook with the fury of his mighty battle cry. Harold found himself standing in front of a natural disaster waiting to occur. Knowing, he had to face it head on or his loss was imminent. Much to his great frustration, he recognized the power in his opponent was massive, to say the least. The only silver lining, the massive Raug looked clumsy as he covered the gap between them in two enormous steps. Yet, the baleful aura and pure strength exuded at that moment made up for his deficiencies.

Drawing from his massive experience, he lowered his center of gravity, widened his stance. Then bent his knees. Making himself as small as possible. Using his Tower of Might skill, he raised his shield at an angle. Sliding his left foot forward and to the right. As the enormous sword dropped like a meteorite, it hit Harold's shield with an unyielding force. Using the momentum of the blade against itself, he pushed his angled shield up, forcing the enormous blade to slide down its rough exterior.

But, at that moment, Harold was shaken by the incredible strength. Forced a step back, he found no chance to strike. Gathering his composure, he forced himself back into a compact form. The Raug used this time to swing an upward slashing attack. Attempting to make him lose balance and end the battle in two strikes.

Understanding the vast difference in strength, Harold tilted his shield in a forty-five-degree angle, where he pushed the lower part out, and the top towards him. Parrying with a grunt of effort, he spun with his sword prepared for a downward slash. Keeping his shield in front of his opponent's blade lest he is cut in half.

Screaming in effort, he swung with as much force as he could. Using his inherited skill, Strengthen, he bolstered his strength for a second. Using his battle energy wisely, he knew he could not use both Tower of Might and his Strengthen skill for an extended period of time together. So, he chose to use Strengthen in timed bursts for efficiency.

As he slashed, the Raug used the metal outgrowth on his forearms to block the incoming attack. Yet, it was not enough to stop Harold's blade from drawing blood. Hoping to follow up on his attack, he prepared to strike again but jumped back as far as possible with urgency. Having felt mana gathering in front of him. He tried to cover himself entirely with his shield.

As he was jumping back, a massive amount of mana was gathered on his opponent's hand. Within a second of time from hiding behind his shield, an inferno of fire was blasted towards him. The edges of the flame licked upon his armor; their heat, palpable.

Just as the Raug was about to charge at him again, A strong voice sounded out clearly.

"STOP!"

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"STOP!" A voice sounded out like an echo in his foggy mind. Azeal broke out of the trance he was in just a second ago. Coming to a dead stop, he lowered his head, staring at his hands. Something was freed; opened to the world. He felt afraid, worried about the consequences of this quick spar. Terrified at his complete lack of control, his eye's glazed. Anxious at the sudden change, he excused himself.

Walking towards his tent, he could not help but feel the awe, that was coming out of everyone that watched the fight, in waves. As he looked around, he saw the many shades of emotions, as if they were a tangible thing. They came from all parts of the spectrum; fear, joy, sadness, but most unusual was a single person with great anger. Anger that flew in droves. Unaccustomed to seeing the sources of such emotions, he hurried his steps to get away as fast as possible. How he was suddenly seeing it all, he did not know.

But what he did know... He would be driven insane at the sheer intricacy of it all.

Finally reaching his tent, he forcefully pushed his way in. Stumbling at how much information he was suddenly receiving. Every moment he focused on them, the more they became; an unending font constantly growing. Yet, he could not pull his eye's away from the pure beauty of it all.