A Knight Who Eternally Regresses

Chapter 357

Thud!

Enkrid blocked Andrew’s first strike.

A straightforward vertical slash.

Blade met blade. Enkrid’s gaze locked onto Andrew’s beyond the steel.

His lips were tightly shut, his eyes wide with focus.

Has he improved?

He wasn’t sure yet.

His memory of Andrew’s past skills was vague.

Instead of counterattacking, Enkrid pushed Andrew’s sword away and stepped back.

Andrew immediately thrust his sword forward. Enkrid smoothly deflected it while shifting his footing.

His left foot moved forward.

Andrew didn’t notice.

His sword, drawn back from the thrust, swung diagonally—but it was intercepted by Ember, held in Enkrid’s left hand.

Recently, Enkrid had been training himself to deflect attacks purely by timing and instinct.

It was a motion reminiscent of the swordsmanship of the fae.

A natural extension of the Flowing Blade technique he had learned from Shinar.

It hadn’t fully settled into his body yet.

But the skill gap between him and Andrew was clear.

Deflecting the attack wasn’t difficult.

Andrew’s sword clashed against Ember with a dull thunk, its trajectory breaking apart as the force was redirected.

"Ugh!"

Andrew sucked in a sharp breath, trying to control the wayward blade.

Meanwhile, Enkrid planted his left foot firmly, gripping the ground with his toes.

A subtle shift.

He used it as a pivot.

He pushed his body forward.

He didn’t even need to activate Will for this.

As the space between them closed, his right foot stepped in, shifting his weight.

His body moved as one—his ankles, his waist, his shoulders—all connecting into a seamless motion.

And then his palm struck.

A Balraf-style Martial Strike with an Audin-style Focused Burst layered on top.

He didn’t use his full strength.

Otherwise, Andrew’s insides would have ruptured.

He didn’t add his grip strength to amplify the impact.

Nor did he tighten and release his muscles for extra force.

It was just a clean, controlled strike.

His palm connected with Andrew’s stomach.

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