And after finally getting both their health bars below half-
They officially entered phase 1.5.
Godwyn suddenly put away his battle axe. Golden light surged from his body, forming an enormous halo that spread outward.
Golden incantations... were especially good at healing.
The halo enveloped Godwyn and Fortissax, and their health bars began slowly rising. Not only that, a golden sheen appeared on their armor-the most obvious effect was increased poise.
The player rushed in and attacked furiously, trying to interrupt the incantation. But a shield surrounded Godwyn, halving the damage of attacks that struck it.
By the time the incantation ended, Godwyn had recovered nearly a quarter of his health bar, and Fortissax had recovered quite a lot too.
The player took a deep breath and resisted the urge to smash his keyboard.
But even after pulling every dirty trick, Godwyn was still no match for the invincible player.
The player died again and again, and revived again and again. He memorized every one of Godwyn's attack motions and every attack's windup.
The player could lose countless times, but no matter how Godwyn racked his brains for tricks, the prince could only lose once. Just once, and he was the loser. Just once, and the player was the winner.
This had never been a fair fight from the beginning. That was true for both sides, and both sides thought so.
Finally, after a long, drawn-out battle, the player whittled Godwyn's and Fortissax's health bars down to their last slivers at the same time.
The final blow! Take this!
The health bars on the screen hit zero, and Godwyn's body froze.
A cutscene began:
"Cough, cough... what a powerful storm... but the battle still goes on."
Godwyn raised his head, his golden eyes turning toward the sky, and shouted, **"Great