Glancing at his Shadow Guide, Jake confirmed once again that his Shadow Guide was behaving poorly. The only actions of his alter ego were limited to safe movements entirely dependent on what Jake was perceiving directly with his own senses. The omniscient aspect of the Oracle System was playing tricks on him, as if it was on standby or one of the variables in his calculation was wrong.
"Oh, well, who cares... I just have to do it myself."Jake croaked with some scorn.
When he focused seriously, time seemed to slow down around him and during that split second he assimilated and processed as much relevant information as he could about the situation on the battlefield.
"Okay, here we go."
In a blast, he lifted his feet off the ground and leaned against the stone wall behind him. With his body parallel to the ground, he pushed on his legs with all his strength. Like General Myrmidian's spears, he seemed to disappear briefly as the acceleration was so great.
