"Sword of thunder, manifest!" shouted Raymond.
Immediately, a blue, broken sword formed by mana manifested around Raymond's sword. With complete determination, Raymond put all his strength into that move. He leaped two meters high and attacked from above.
Even Nick didn't anticipate Raymond to have such a powerful move that was on par with a D+ ranker. The strike came down with force, descending upon Nick. With a bang, it landed on Nick's fist, which he raised to parry the attack. The fist should have shattered to pieces along with his hand. It should have—but only if Nick wasn't strong enough.
"Raging Gauntlet!" Nick roared.
An epic-tier artifact from the Vintal family took on the full force of the strike. Nick stood there, staring straight at Raymond in anger.
"Now try parrying my attack, loser," Nick muttered, then launched a mighty punch directly at Raymond's heart where his mana vessel lay.
