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The third weapon was a halberd, a spear with an axe blade attached to its tip, famed for combining the advantages of both. It could be swung like an axe to slash, thrust with the spearhead to pierce, and even hook and pull with the beak-like spike opposite the blade.
Its vast array of uses made it difficult to master, but once trained to the level of a true expert, it became almost perfect in one-on-one combat with its reach of a spear and the power of an axe. If one could skillfully wield both aspects, there were few weapons in melee combat that could rival the halberd.
“It’s long,” El-Cid, through Leon’s body, gave a brief evaluation as he grabbed the halberd’s shaft. “Just under three meters? A traditional build, I see.”
He again channeled a minute amount of Aura into it. Leon focused once more on the sensation transmitted back.
This was the essence of Spacework. He felt the Aura flowing out from his palm and seeping into the shaft like a ripple cast on a lake, spreading and then settling.
A wave…? Leon thought, in the backseat of his own body.
Any transfer of force inevitably triggered vibrations—ripples that spread out, just like on the surface of water. Heat and shock followed the same principle.
Space Work was about perceiving the invisible microscopic world with senses beyond the five. Leon still couldn’t process all the information reaching his fingertips. Meanwhile, El-Cid was complimenting the halberd.
“Oh? You mixed in Wolfram with the steel? Filtering...
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