The boy collapsed instantly to the earth, letting out a heavy, exasperated sigh. Every muscle in his body ached, not from a lack of strength, but from having been bested so effortlessly. Although he had entered the sparring session believing he could at least push the Tenth Sun into a corner, reality had swiftly, and brutally, proved him wrong.
No one needed to tell him the truth; he could feel it in every fiber of his being. He had attempted numerous attacks, striving to measure himself against the Tenth Sun, yet none of his strikes had landed. His thoughts spun relentlessly as he recalled Asher's movements, wondering, almost in disbelief, if a human being could even move at such a pace, slow, yet paradoxically impossibly swift.
