"That's right, Reinhart. You've just taken a single step toward what I felt… the moment she died."
Even as the words left my mouth, I wasn't entirely sure why I said them. Something dark and heavy was boiling inside me, and restraining it felt almost impossible.
"W–Wait, Jayden!!" Milleia's voice cracked as she reached out, but Jayden's figure had already blurred in a streak of white lightning.
–BOOOOM!!
The ground erupted as his lightning-charged dash tore across the field.
I raised Trinity Nihil instinctively, gripping the hilt so hard I felt the metal dig into my palm. He appeared in front of me—a bright flash of white—and I swung.
–BOOOOM!!!
His sword smashed against mine, releasing a blinding burst of thunder. A white thunderbolt crawled over my body and my senses spun for a second, like the world tilted under my feet.
A low groan escaped my throat.
If Wrath wasn't protecting me, that hit alone would have been enough to tear me apart from the inside.
