章 61: 10.5 Gatekeeper

*CLANG!*

"What the-"

I smirked as I held my guard against the attack. As much as I wanted to quip something stupid to boost my own ego, I was too busy not letting the Dezimal's attack go through my katana's pitifully narrow surface area of defense. My teeth clattered as I did my damn best to not let this fvcker skewer me to death, my arms and wrists practically screaming at me to give them a break as I forced them to support the thin strip of metal preventing my untimely demise.

*SHIIIIIINNNNNGGGG!!!*

Metal ground against metal as sparks flew above my chest. The point of contact between the halberd and katana started to glow a dull orange as the constant pressure being applied to them only got higher and higher with each passing second. Above me, I could feel the Dezimal grunt in annoyance as he tried to put more force into his killing blow.

"Stop resisting, Dirt Eater," he glowered as I felt him exert more power into his thrust. "Make this easier for the both of us."