Zarek exhaled a slow, controlled breath as the third Gladius fell. Until now, he hadn't given any one of them the chance to deploy their Skills—or their Talent, for that matter—but he could feel that something was being slowly built toward.
Despite only the slight changes to their strength, Zarek realized that it wasn't just their stats increasing, nor was it just Skills they were adding to their arsenal, but their synergy between stats was increasing at an alarming rate.
Zarek had been able to kill both the first and second Gladius with a single, well-timed and almost choreographed blow. But the third—he hadn't been able to defeat until the fourth or fifth exchange.
In fact, the third Gladius had become more clever as well. When Zarek tried to use the Lurker's Whip to latch onto his shield and use a similar trick, he activated Shield Smash, taking advantage of the pulse of Godsfall to repel the whip from sticking.
