Leegaain could not only use body casting, but turn his limbs into any spell he knew in the time it took him to remember their rune sequence.
Each lunge was met with a parry that was followed by a counter and accompanied by a spell. The opponent had to stop the counter and defend from the spell, all the while looking for an opportunity to retaliate.
Dragon Eyes made everything worse. They read the flow of magic of both blades and spells, predicting what the opponent would do. The problem was that both opponents had Dragon Eyes, and the prediction changed the moment they adjusted their strategy.
Leegaain and Raum moved in unison, each attack and repost performed with such synchronicity that they seem rehearsed. The battle soon evolved into a deadly dance that required each contestant to be at least three steps ahead of the enemy.
One step to predict their counter spell and attack, another to foil them, and the last to predict how the enemy would adjust their strategy once his Dragon Eyes exposed the trap at the last second.
Raum had lived for over 50,000 years and had been preparing for that fight since the day he had discovered how to implant a power core permanently inside his body. His goal had always been to overpower the Guardians and force Mogar to admit that it had made a mistake by turning its back on the Eldritch.
They were the only ones who could endlessly push their evolution forward after shedding the prison of the flesh. Energy had no limit and infinite potential, and Raum had fought countless battles to prove his point.
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