Digging his feet deep in the ground, Zaroth hurled himself forward toward Eldros once again.
Unlike last time, however, his muscles weren't tensing the whole way. There was no need to use the muscles of his hands if he was just running with all he had; the only energy he used was to hold his odachi with his right hand firmly.
The instant Eldros reached within range of his attack was the time when Zaroth's hands mildly tensed as they moved his odachi with blinding speed.
Eldros, in turn, rose one of his greatswords and met the attack head-on. This was all the power Zaroth was able to muster, yet it was stopped just like that.
Before, he would have continued to apply pressure, trying to shake his opponent's center of gravity, but there was no point doing it. Even if he was successful, it was going to take too much of his energy while not giving enough of a benefit.
