"This... what exactly is going on?" Keith stared blankly at the two monsters locked in combat and muttered.
"What do you mean, what's going on?" The Titan beside him frowned at him.
"He... how did he... get knocked down with that kind of force without sinking beneath the sea, and still... still..." Keith couldn't find the words for a moment...
"Still jump right back up as if he'd landed on a trampoline?" The Titan beside him finished for him...
Keith nodded repeatedly. "That doesn't conform to the laws of physics..."
"The laws of physics?" Green Titan laughed. "Aren't they constantly being broken by biological principles?"
Keith: "..."
"From the first day we entered the academy, we began training in how to distribute energy through our muscles. Whether it's our own energy or external energy, low-level warriors train rigid muscles. Trying to withstand another person's force entirely with your flesh is foolish. Excellent warriors know how to use their bodies to disperse force. You should understand that, right?"
Keith nodded. Of course he understood. It was common knowledge. If a warrior didn't know how to disperse energy, they wouldn't stand a chance against a psychic life-form. Faced with the world's energy, which was countless times greater than their own, warriors had to learn how to disperse the immense force that affected them, even if it wasn't precisely aimed at them. Otherwise, how many warriors could a mage kill with a single AOE blast?
"Our instructor said that was the path of low- and mid-level warriors. High-level warriors, however, make use of their opponent's energy. From the moment the force enters our muscles, we have to learn how to turn it to our own use!"
"Turn it to our own use?" Keith stared wide-eyed at Ashe, who was also a close-combat life-form.