For the first stage of the battle, Frey truly fought Odin.
He did not merely survive him.
For the first time since his return, someone other than Clea stood before the Pale Devastation and continuously answered his attacks without immediately being overwhelmed.
The golden armor allowed Frey to reach physical heights his body could never have endured alone, while the sword in his hand made every strike far more dangerous than anything he had previously been capable of producing.
But Frey had prepared for a month.
Odin had been terrifying the world for eras.
As the battle continued, the difference between those two facts gradually began to show.
The Pale Devastation did not become slower. His Aura did not meaningfully diminish, nor did his body show the exhaustion that should have accompanied the amount of power he had already used.
