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>I can see within the frozen time.
>I can't afford to escape.
>But I have no way to truly defend myself.
>Yet... I have to have some way.
>...
>Kartanas can cut through anything...
>...
>I must be able to cut through anything.
>A simple thought fills my mind.
>"A good offense is the best defense."
>...
>I'm staring at the gaze of death approaching me even as I think.
>It's a desperate gamble, but I have nothing else.
>My body moves without deeper input from me, as if on auto-pilot.
>Muscle memory from a battle I've never fought.
>As if on instinct, I cross my arms before me.
>...And slash a an X through the beam.
>My arms burn like all hell.
>I've never felt anything like this before.
>I burnt myself a couple of times in the past.
>But nothing like this.
>It feels like it would've burn my muscle tissue in the past.
>But I can't let myself scream.
>I can't give up.
>Not when I'm this far.
>Forged through pain, a slash must be seen through, specially if it's necessary to survive.
>I keep expecting the rest of the beam to strike my body whole, to annihilate me.
>But it doesn't happen.
>Time continues, and I keep watching...
>...My slash dispersed the beam, as I see a green X fly towards my opponent.
>It's splitting the Hyper Beam apart.
>...A blade beam of my own.