The fight began at once.
Celestial against Eternal.
By all normal scales, that should have been enough to decide the outcome already.
It wasn't.
Because Lucien did not fight by normal scales anymore.
The Bull Beastman Eternal moved first. The Law of Stampede exploded around him in a brutal surge.
The square cracked beneath his feet, and his body became a moving catastrophe, each step building force into the next. His law was simple, savage, and effective. Once he started, every moment made him heavier, faster, and harder to stop.
Against most opponents, that kind of law became terror.
Against Lucien—
it became something to study.
Morphis shifted in his hand before the Eternal even reached him. One moment it was a draconic blade. The next, it had become a segmented spear, then a hooked halberd, then a chain-edged crescent that folded and reformed with every motion of Lucien's arm.
