Yan would need to be hit. Like the blade contact rather than ambient disruption, the chaobane needed a direct physical interface to reach deep enough to find what it was looking for.
But the nyphorite had put himself under layers of protective barriers made from the malice.
Right then, Jolthar focused his energy into his sword. He gripped his sword as he was prepared to perform the first strike of the Chaosbane.
"Eclipse Slash," Jolthar said, and he moved towards Yan.
The first form of Horgath's technique sequence was deceptive in its presentation — the blade came from an angle that suggested a standard diagonal cut, fast enough to demand response but not so fast that response was impossible.
The chaobane energy riding the strike was the actual content; the physical blade was almost secondary to the disruption frequency it was delivering.
Yan read the movements but couldn't fully comprehend them because the chaosbane energy flowed in unpredictable patterns.
