Axel looked Gardev in the eye and then looked at the red spear.
In a momentary thought, he recalled the knowledge he had about "counteractive Nen abilities."
Nen abilities activate after the user takes damage and returns it to the assailant.
Since the user of the ability strikes second, they take more risks, which increases the power of the ability. The greater the damage suffered, the stronger the ensuing counter. The most effective ways to neutralize a counteractive-type Nen user are to incapacitate them without injuring them or to kill them with one blow.
"For now, it makes more sense to wait and see."
"I haven't used my ability yet," Axel thought. His eyes looked dead serious and focused.
The name and details of Gardev's talent were quite simple but also useful.
"Pain Spear: Returning the Pain, The Gift"
Gardev uses his "nen" ability to create a red spear after taking damage.
"To create the red spear, Gardev must first take damage and feel the pain from the damage."
"When he uses the conjured red spear against the target, he feels more pain and inflicts more pain."
"Every attack on the other party using the red spear makes the other party feel three times the pain Gardev felt in the first attack, but the red spear cannot harm the other party physically it can only make the other party feel pain."
"Every attack that the other side makes on Gardev and the pain he feels are added up within his spear and dealt to the target by multiplying it three times."
Gardev generally receives five to ten injuries from each fight he enters, and when he counterattacks, the pain triples, and most of the time the tripled pain would be enough to destroy the enemy's mind.
Because after getting hit by ten attacks and feeling the pain of these ten attacks and transmitting it to the enemy using the spear attack, thirty attacks of pain are dealt to the enemy, which in most cases equals the pain of death.
It was simple yet useful and suited Gardev's masochistic and sadistic nature.
Gardev threw himself forward with a shout, much faster than before, and within seconds he came in front of Axel and waved his spear from right to left.
Axel didn't expect such a speed and power boost. Strengthening his left arm along with Gyo, he blocked the attack and flew toward the rear after getting hit.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" Axel screams as he holds his arm and body, trying to locate the injury.
Axel felt severe pain all over his body, especially in his arm, and he began to sweat from the pain he felt. On his arm, where the spear's blow took place, there were no marks or wounds.
"Now I understand!"
Axel looked at Gardev, who was getting ready to hit him again.
"To form the spear, he needs to be damaged first, and he transforms the pain he suffers from the first attack into "pain" using the transmuter category and adds this pain to the red spear he creates."
"Thanks to the conditions and the rules he has established, he reflects two or three times the pain he first suffered with the spear."
And for it to have this reflective feature, the spear can't do any physical damage or open injuries.
"The only ability of the spear is to multiply the first pain felt on the other side and convey it to the other side."
After Axel realized Gardev's talent, a big smile appeared on his face, and a light appeared in his eyes. Gardev interpreted Axel's facial expression and the light in his eyes in a different way.
"I wonder if this young man is a masochist like me or if he loves pain very much."
"That could make it hard to beat him."
he thought.
But Axel had a different idea.
"The world of Nen is really interesting!"