Dark Ancient One was the first person to make Alvin feel pressured.
It wasn't that she overwhelmed him with sheer power. It was more an awkward feeling, like he had strength but nowhere to use it.
Most importantly, the Ancient One was clearly holding back. Otherwise, Alvin couldn't imagine how Strange and the others had any chance of survival.
This big shot seemed to have created an arena. While sending herself to her death, she was also using those Dark Mages to test Strange and the pudgy King Wongyuan.
Alvin felt as if she were choosing a successor, though her method of choosing seemed a little too childish.
But during a fight, Alvin's mind tended to run in simple lines. He didn't want to think about any of that.
When he couldn't freely use magic or his Flying Sword, he chose the most brutal way to solve the problem.
When you had a hammer, who would use their hand to pound in a nail?
Venom habitually covered Alvin's right hand. The moment it touched the "Swiftness" rune, it let out a scream. A fine, lethal tremor ran along Venom's body and into Alvin.
This was the second time Alvin had encountered something like this. The first had been the "Slaughter" rune, which had nearly cost him his life.
This "Swiftness" rune wasn't as lethal, but it was obvious that Venom couldn't control it—or imprint the rune.
Its cellular structure simply couldn't withstand the enhancement from the "Swiftness" rune.
Only then did Alvin begin to realize how powerful the dead Roc had been.
These primordial runes, born inside a super-creature like that, were far more powerful than Alvin had imagined.
Compared with the "Life" rune he'd obtained from the Chi Dragon, these runes required the body to endure their power. No