For a moment I caught a glimpse of the young man fighting the gate guardian while I leaped through the air. I didn't have the time to study him closely, so it was brief. But it was enough to notice that the person was fighting the Spirit Beast with his bare hands.
That alone was baffling. The guy was lithe, tall but certainly not up to six feet. The creature he was fighting was twice his size, and yet he was contending against it with nothing but his fists.
I didn't think much about it. I simply landed between both of them and exploded waves of [Emperor's Presence] outward to instantly weaken them. I didn't think it had much effect on either of them, aside from making them more aware of my arrival.
It did, surprisingly, have an astonishing effect on the strange creatures that formed the darkness clinging to the walls.
But they were not my concern right now.
I muttered to myself as I straightened amidst the cloud of rubble.
"How satisfying."
