Northern leaned against a rock, wincing in pain as the ground shook from the battle between Kryos and the Chaos Prince. He considered calling upon Bairan to end this, but the idea didn't sit right with him.
Northern had much to ponder after that last attempt. He didn't know the state of his summons now—and he now knew exactly who Bairan was. But that wasn't the main reason.
He hesitated to call upon the Sword King because this was something he had to do alone. There's no commanding respect when your summons accomplish what you cannot.
There was no shame in relying on them—but not out of desperation or weakness, only necessity. Right now, his mangled state violated that necessity. It would be pitiful to summon Bairan.
And Northern was done being pitiful.
Extinguishing Chaos and Void was a solid step forward. Becoming an Origin was an unexpected boon, yet he was still getting beaten like never before.
