151 Tricked!

"!!!!!!! BLRHHGHH!!!!"

Duke Silvan could not speak the words he wanted to as, completely counter to his expectations, he soared and crashed into the wall with a resounding *THUD*.

He struggled to recover from the unexpected dizziness and intense pain coming from the high-impact collision, unable to comprehend how a puny Expert-level ant could possibly leave him in such a poor state!

'Could it be my carelessness...? Am I really in such a bad state??? I know I haven't fought seriously for a decade and... And... Missed out on any forms of combat training for more than 5 years... But... But... How can this be???' His mind worked overtime, racing through the various permutations, reasons and possibilities but he still could not accept what had just happened!