Kenser saw the focused gaze in Mosey's eyes and she let out a smile because she knew what he was about to do.
"Alright, time to protect Centshuu's stuff" Mosey took a deep breath and sighed as he stood up.
Following his lead, Kove too stood up, looked at Mosey, and said "By Centshuu's stuff, you mean the pug and not the jacket, right?"
Mosey chuckled and was about to give a cheeky reply but couldn't because Vox attacked Avery.
Vox rushed forward with his right arm pulled back, his fist clenched and the moment he got close enough, he struck a blow at Avery's head.
"Avery!" Kenser yelled, warning him to watch out while also thinking that he was done for.
A punch that powerful would, without a doubt, knock someone of his stature out immediately, or worse, he could die from the blunt force trauma. He'd be lucky if he didn't sustain any brain damage.
Vox's friends all smirked as they watched the attack go straight for Avery's head.
What none of them expected was Avery being extremely light on his feet. They saw him pivot and evade the attack inches before it could touch him.
/"What the fuck?!"\ Mikie exclaimed, surprised to see the way Avery dodged the attack.
Avery who, at that moment, was standing a few feet to the left of where he was when the attack happened, panted and looked shocked that he was able to do what he just did
'What in the otherworldly experience was that? Did I seriously just avoid being hit with that attack? How?'
Avery wouldn't get the time to think about how he was able to avoid such a powerful attack when an even angrier Vox turned around, went closer, and struck again. This time with his left hand.
Avery, alerted of the second attack by Vox's angry groans flickered his eyes to the left hand that was going to be used for the attack.
He quickly and subconsciously calculated the path and type of attack it was going to be by using how Vox and his bodies were positioned, their height difference, and how Vox's shoulder twitched.
'He's going to punch diagonally downward and his target is… my chest'
'From the position I'm in, I can't avoid as quickly as I did last time and I can't step back to create distance because of this guy standing behind me so what should I—?'
Suddenly, Avery realized what move he could make to escape the second attack and without having to think about it, his body acted.
Avery used his right arm to protect Vox's target, his chest, also adding a little spin to push Vox's downward punch to a safe space, effectively parrying it with his bicep.
/"What the hell? He was able to do it again?"\ Graham, who was watching from behind Vox and as such had seen the move Avery made from a front angle said.
/"I thought the first evasion was by luck but I guess not. Who the hell is this brat—?"\ Kief said but Vox, who heard him, interrupted.
/"Shut the hell up, Kief! Even you, Graham! I can't believe you idiots were impressed by that! Those two evasions were done by pure luck and I'll show you!"\ Vox declared then unrelentingly proceeded to give a series of left and right punches, all aimed at different parts of Avery's body.
Avery, on the other hand, using flexible body movements and fast foot action was able to evade every single one of them. He moved around in the triangle he was in and drew Vox in until finally…
'Is it just me or has his attacks been getting slower and less powerful— Oh, I get it now. His massive size that causes his attacks to be very powerful and deadly also has very serious disadvantages. It starts to get heavy and slow when used for an extended period of time. His defenses are also lacking that— look at that, an opening. I guess I should attack this spot right here'
Seeing how close and unprotected Vox's head was, Avery clenched his left fist and went for a counterattack.
He put a lot of power into his arm and with an insane speed swung a curved punch at Vox's right jaw.
His attack was going to connect and there was nothing Vox could do to stop it. He didn't even see the attack coming until it was too late, but, an inch away from making contact with the target, Avery stopped himself.
With a shocked and worried expression, he retracted his left hand and looked at it.
Everyone who watched from the sidelines was also shocked because none of them realized that Avery had attacked, especially Vox himself until they saw his fist suspended in front of Vox's face.
Vox flashed back to the menacing face Avery had when he stopped his punch mid-attack and he gulped.
/'If that had hit like it was intended to, would I have been able to withstand it? This brat isn't what I had thought. Those quick moves and power behind that failed attack are insane. Also, why do I feel like he hasn't been giving it his all? All I've seen so far is him dodging and the only time he attacked I didn't even see it until it was too late. Now I know why he wasn't scared of fighting me. Damn, he's really dangerous and needs to be dealt with right now'\ Vox thought, relieved about Avery's blunder.
He took advantage of Avery focusing his attention on his left hand to signal Graham and Mikie to hold Avery in place which they cowardly did.