"This is getting boring," Andraste suddenly said, "You're boring me, spirit."
All at once, utter, unwashable bloodlust emitted from the knight as the divine spirit's guard was raised instinctively.
I must kill this man!-- Astraeus thought.
--However, like a flash of light burrowing through darkness in an instant, Andraste broke the distance between them without any telegraph to his movements; simply appearing right in front of the divine spirit with his blades already reared back.
Astraeus' sable eyes widened as he stepped back, but he already realized there was no evading the man from the range they sat at.
Instead, he lightly flicked his hand, conjuring endless chains from the ground between the two, erupting forth like a wall of interlinked steel.
Even with the mystical, multi-layered chain wall, a single swipe of Andraste's blade eviscerated the defense.
But, it was enough time for Astraeus to regain himself: