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The shockwave erupted, peeling back the surface of the lake by several meters. Tiles were torn off the surrounding road, and the shards howled into a storm. Windows shattered kilometers away, and innocent trees snapped at the trunk as if they were struck by something immense, while clouds unravelled like strands of yarn in the sky above.
And this was after most of the power had already cancelled itself out. Had either technique landed unopposed on the town, the shape of Ladoga’s lakeside may have been altered forever.
“Hup!”
Leon gripped his sword at the very center of the blast. The final strike that had been unleashed by Dayton el Blanc, the Spearmaster who once led Clyde’s vanguard, had lived up to his reputation. Its force was utterly terrifying.
Both of Leon’s palms had long since burst open inside his gauntlets, leaving them wet and sticky. Even his left forefinger had bent at a grotesque ninety degrees.
That was close.
With an audible crack, he reset the finger back into place. The pain was considerable, but he didn’t blink an eye. His gaze stayed fixed on the lightning still ripping through the wall of starlight he had produced.
Old and worn as he was, Dayton had still matched Leon’s “Three Stars in Heaven’s Jar” blow for blow. The dying veteran had...
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