He deactivated his Body Enhancement.
The difference was immediate.
His strength dropped to a certain baseline human standard —still trained, still athletic from his continuous Academy conditioning, but just a tad normal. His speed became merely adequate rather than enhanced. His durability reduced to flesh-and-bone vulnerability that certain solid hits could compromise.
For the first time since gaining power…
He felt breakable.
This is what I actually am, Bright realized. No cores. No fusion talent. No hidden advantages. Just a person with a sword facing a wounded monster that still wants me dead.
The spider felt it.
Some primitive predator instinct picked up the difference — the loss of pressure, the drop in threat. What had been a wall now felt like prey again.
An Opportunity.
Where there had been a stalemate… now there was weakness.
So it lunged again with renewed aggression.
