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Chapter 39 - Finale (1)

The swordsman moved like it wasn't bound by joints.

No prep. No tension in the shoulders. Just a clean slide across the stone, sword already halfway through an arc before anyone breathed.

Senna stepped forward and vanished.

A streak of motion. Low. Angled.

Her blade snapped up in a parry that barely caught the descending strike.

Metal screamed.

Lucen's eyes widened.

'She shouldn't have been able to block that. That was…'

"Momentum Shift," Senna hissed. Her feet slid a half-step too far before she righted. "Can't keep that up long."

The swordsman didn't care.

It twisted mid-swing and kicked off the floor, bringing the longsword across in a tight lateral sweep.

Lucen threw a glyph sideways.

[Gravitic Snap – Active]

The space behind the boss cracked. A burst of compressed force exploded outward, just sharp enough to throw the balance.

It staggered half a step.

Senna lunged.

Blade to side. Aiming between plates.

It caught her sword mid-thrust.

No hands.

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