Boom!
The young warrior blocked a swipe from the bear with his shield and followed it up with a slash that landed squarely on the bear's tummy, but simply bounced of its skin. Returning his slash, he narrowly avoided another swipe and began to recite a chant. Moments into his chant, a yellowish glow enveloped his body, temporarily strengthening him. He had used an Arma Act of the Legionias Path.
"The Legionias Path is most suited for combat"., the older man voice was tinged with admiration as he spoke. Rex nodded in reply. Luna smiled in response as she turned to Rex, "I will conserve my energy and focus on supporting with my healing art". Rex took a moment to appreciate the beautiful face and replied with a nod.
Then he dashed forward towards the bear, a bit of excitement building up in his chest. He could already feel that lethal cool energy flowing within him, he had already pulled off Luna's cloak and was once again almost unclad. The garment situation offered him a level of freedom, he just could not stop endlessly appreciating.
BOOM!
The Chaos Bear knocked the younger man backward as he blocked a swipe with his shield. Rex immediately drew the Bear's attention, as he came within melee range and punched it squarely in its abdomen. He was finally beginning to note the changes that his upgraded level had brought, he was now faster than he was when he had fought the Shadow wolf. He easily entered the Bear's melee range before it could even react.
He sent his fist hurling towards its abdomen, he saw the glyphic markings extend into his hands and his fist take a slight purplish tint. His punch forced the bear to take a step backward, as its scarlet eyes studied him with rage and annoyance.
Based on the Older guys description, he had come to learn that both the Alpha wolf he had fought and this chaos bear were of the same ranking, Awakened Beasts. Beasts were ranked similarly to their human counterparts. They were the normal, mortal or unawakened, that only had their normal physical abilities. Then after them were the Awakened, in humans, this were the people that could summon an Arma and learn Arma Arts. In beasts, the beasts gain a mutation in their physical abilities.
In the awakened stage, humans continuously unlocked Arma Arts, they could be skills or spells that are characteristic of their Arma Path. In Beasts, their mutation is progressively improved and strengthened. Depending on how much spells or skills an individual had awakened they could be rated form Tier I to Tier V level of awakening.
Luna although recently awakened, had already become a Tier II awakened, while the younger guy was a Tier III awakened. The wolf he had fought earlier, the older guy rates it as not being more than a Tier III Awakened beast, but the Chaos bear was a proper Tier V Awakened beast. Already showing signs of evolving into a prime. It's mutation was much stronger than that of the Shadow wolf and it had much better control of it.
Its mutation was defence-based, as its hide had gained metallic properties and its weight was increased. With its increased defence, it easily handled Rex's punch.
"Ohhh!" Rex voiced as he dashed backward, narrowly avoiding a swipe. He was annoyed at how his magnificent strike was easily handled, the younger guy was back from his flight. He immediately dashed in to attack as Rex dashed backward. He was immediately sent shuttling backwards again.
As a human awakened, his Arma did not offer him any innate boost in physical abilities, it was on evolving to prime, that the Arma begins to nourish the body with Aether improving physical abilities and the strength of Arma Spells greatly.
For now, apart from the Arma itself, the only other advantage Awakened had, was their Arma Arts; Spells and skills that they could learn from their Arma based on its path, as they increased their synchronicity with their Arma. The younger guy had already used such spell to buff his physical abilities, but it offered little help, in reducing the chasm like gap in physical abilities between him and the Chasm Bear.
The Chaos Bear came to a conclusion as it once again sent the Armed human shuttling. The armed human was a much weaker foe than the naked human, it would be best to end the armed human quickly and focus on the naked one.
Boom! Boom!, the ground vibrated as it dashed towards the Armed human, Rex seeing the actions of the bear, easily understood its intention. He could not let that happen, he was the respected Prime and he could not tolerate seeing anyone die, they might be NPC, but they were so life-like, that their death would really hurt him.
He felt the cool energy flow towards his legs as he shot forward in a speed unlike ever before. As he got within melee range of the Bear, the cool energy moved in response to his thought as it flowed towards his fist, his fist lit up in purplish flame as he punched the Bear, this time it fell on its butt.
The younger guy who was moments away from receiving a lethal strike from the Bear in his fallen position mouthed a Thank you as he stood up. The bear also stood up from its fall, but its demeanour had completely changed.
It growled angrily and dashed towards Rex. He avoided several very fast swipes from the bear. Its speed was still slower than that of Rex, but not by much. Analyzing the flow, Rex managed to slot in a punch, but this time, it did not even push the bear a step backward, his fist was empowered by the cool energy, but it had not formed the purplish flame as it did earlier. This left a bitter taste as Rex narrowly avoided a swipe.
The younger guy was already itching from combat, Rex with his knowledge from movies and light gaming, issued an instruction amidst his battle, "Hold back, wait for opportune strikes" he barked. The younger guy with a smile acknowledged his decision as his body pulsed green. Luna had used her Arma art on him, healing Him.