"First Soul Skill: Light as a Swallow—!"
With a soft shout, a young man with two gray triangle beast ears growing from his head charged lightly forward as if flying, a white halo flashing beneath his feet. The slender saber in his hand, shaped like a seedling, cleaved down with the motion.
Facing this slash, swift as a galloping horse and fierce as a gale, the tall, sturdy man did not dare grow careless. He let out a low growl, the bristles over his body standing on end. His entire figure resembled a bear, and his pair of broad, thick bear paws shone with yellow light as they met the saber coming down at his head.
Likewise, beneath the sturdy man's feet, a white halo was also shining brightly.
"Clang—!"
The sound of a blade hitting hard stone rang out. An invisible whirlwind abruptly appeared again around the triangle beast-eared young man's legs. With a turn of his feet, his entire body circled around to the sturdy man's side, and the saber in his hand slanted down in a chop.
This time, the sturdy man failed to react in time. He only managed to shift his body slightly before forcibly taking the slash on his arm.
"Hiss—!"
The sound of a sharp blade slicing open leather rang out, and a glaring smear of blood appeared beneath the edge.
"Clang—!"
Just then, a silver-gray shadow appeared at the end of the saber blade, bracing against the force of the downward chop and preventing the saber from sinking completely into the sturdy man's flesh.
The triangle beast-eared young man focused his eyes and saw that the silver-gray thing was actually the tip of a spear, holding the saber blade level.
Following the direction of the silver spear, just as the young man