The cracked forearm armor — Cyrus felt it, the structural failure in the stone encasing his left forearm.
He released the gravity inversion.
Klin dropped back to the floor — the pull stopping, standard gravity reasserting, his feet finding the stone beneath him.
Both fighters at three feet.
Cyrus's left forearm armor cracked — the structural breach there. His chest armor with the three-Lance penetration channel — the breach there. The Core Layer established but the gravity inversion having been released.
Klin's Flame Veil down — the reserves having been running at maximum intensity for the fight's middle phase, the sustained cost having depleted significantly. The Crimson Lance output still available. The Spiral Burst still available.
One technique remaining with full reserves — Funeral Pyre, the ultimate, the technique that required full stillness.
He looked at Cyrus.
At the cracked forearm armor.
At the penetration channel in the chest armor.
