While I try to block with no air in my lungs, my body shrieks in pain, and his hits connect on my face, legs, and arms with so much force that I feel my bones start to break. Each time I manage to block one punch, Hadrian rebounds by jabbing me across the head with two more. Finally, my rage surges through me proper. My body heats up, my muscles grow tighter, and my arms and legs start to bulge. I punch out, sending forward so much force that it catches Hadrian in the face as he tries to dart away. A wave of pressure punches into him with the strength of my attack, and all he can do is grin more aggressively.
“Yes!” he cries, “That’s what I’m talking about!”
Hadrian shortens the chains attached to both of his shields so that they spin at a distance of only a few inches from his fists. As
