Whatever the case, any such improvements in his situation were immediately cancelled out by his own rapidly tiring body, with his ever-increasing amount of injuries. Again he dodged back, just as he had before, leaping as though off a building, barely able to keep a hold of his sword in the process.
Throughout the entire encounter, with no speed to assist him, Beam had not been able to attempt a counterattack even once. It was less a duel and more a one-sided beating. But the fact remained, that by some miracle, Beam was still alive. There was no reason that he should have been able to last so long, not when his fight had concluded far more rapidly the last time, and he was even weaker now than he was then.
