Not in a thousand years would I have thought I would be the one standing against Aelith. Not when it came to a god damned swordfight.
So, here we were, facing off against each other. And unlike her, I was well aware that I was on a timer. My body, despite its reformed state, was not quite able to contain such a massive amount of purely destructive power. Sooner or later, I was going to start suffering from it.
That was one of the reasons I rushed ahead, instead of letting Aelith strike first. Another reason was that the light of the Divine Pillar had begun to sting. It was still nowhere near the pain it caused back in Baile Chailce, but it was annoying and distracting enough that I wanted to get rid of it as fast as I could.
