'I have to take the initiative somehow!'
Valdris gritted his teeth as he endured the combined assault.
He made a split-second decision and activated his most powerful defensive capability—the sword at his hip, a weapon approaching Mythical classification.
The blade drew itself, its edge cutting through the seven Chaos Art Techniques simultaneously despite their Forbidden-Sequence operation. The sword operated on principles that transcended normal mystical combat, its enchantments designed specifically to counter Chaos manifestations.
Six of the seven attacks were completely negated, their mystical structures severed by a weapon that could cut concepts themselves.
But the seventh—Paradox—slipped through because it operated on logical rather than mystical principles.
