Solomon tightened his grip on the hilt of Eden's Penance. The divine steel immediately sent another jolt of lightning up his arms as the weapon actively rejected his touch.
However, he forced his muscles to lock in place and overpowered the sword's resistance through sheer physical exertion.
Suddenly, the twin-headed dire wolf lunged from its pile of bones, snapping both sets of jaws open to tear him apart.
Solomon quickly calculated his options. He entirely discarded the idea of using the Imperial Sword Arts.
The blade was fighting his control, so executing high-speed precision techniques with a resisting weapon that could tear his own muscles apart. Testing that theory in the middle of a boss battle was definitely a terrible idea.
Instead, he opted for brute force. He planted his boots into the stone floor and swung the oversized executioner's sword in a simple horizontal arc.
