The battle between Vergil and Angelo was no longer merely a clash of strength. The space around them seemed like a mechanism being pushed beyond its limits, each movement producing invisible fissures that trembled like glass under pressure. Vergil advanced now with a new flow, the Nidhogg scythe describing controlled circles while Yamato awaited the precise moment to cut through what was already doomed.
Angelo responded with increasing brutality. His black sword fell like a pillar of ruin, forcing Vergil to twist his entire body to let the impact pass by centimeters. The scythe rose immediately, the curved blade gripping Angelo's armored wrist and pulling with enough violence to displace the giant half a step. Yamato appeared at the same instant, tracing a blue line that opened another crack in his opponent's living armor.
