Vogel's gray eyes fixed on the wound in Alex's abdomen.
There, the armor plates seemed alive, forcibly sealing the injury with something savage and blasphemous about them.
"This is..." Vogel murmured softly, seemingly forgetting he was on a battlefield. "Your armor is drinking your blood? Oh, heavens! What a marvelous symbiotic relationship, what an expensive-"
"You talk too much!"
A furious shout cut off the Viscount's next words.
Alex drove off the ground, hurtling into Vogel again like a cannonball fired from its barrel.
This time, there were no flashy combat techniques.
Alex discarded his battleaxe and reached straight for Vogel with both hands. Instinctively, Vogel raised his sword to force him back.
But the furious Regimental Commander no longer cared. He caught the blade of the Enchanted Longsword with his bare hands!
Sssss-
The blade sliced through the Graft Armor Gauntlets and into his hand bones, spilling blood everywhere.
Yet Alex seemed unable to feel pain. He clamped down on the blade, using the strength amplification granted by his Augmentation to drag the master swordsman toward him by force.
"What?!"
Vogel could no longer maintain his elegant expression. He tried to pull his sword free, only to find that it seemed cast into his opponent's bones.
In an instant, they were nose to nose.
Vogel saw the eyes beneath Alex's visor, burning with an ashen fury.
"You like pain?" Alex's voice rumbled like thunder. "Then I'll give you some!"
Thud!
A brutally heavy headbutt slammed into Vogel's face.
The blow was vicious.
Even through his helmet, Vogel felt the world spin. His nasal bone cracked, tears spilled uncontrollably, and he staggered backward.
"Protect his lordship!"
Two Steel Scale Knights were horrified. They immediately raised their Vulture Shields and tried to attack Alex from both sides, forcing this rabid dog