Can never be too sure.

'I must say this cub is impressive but too bad he has to die.' the knox thought.

When the knox had struck, Blake had managed to move out only getting hit by its fingers, but the knox had thought it was enough, unbeknownst to him, the system had deployed a force field at the last moment reducing the damage he took.

'Either this works or I am meeting my maker… Both options sound nice.' Blake made a wistful smile as the thought of never seeing his mother again, came to his mind.

'I made a promise and I plan on keeping it!' Blake tightened his grip on his sword and gathered all the mana he could for what seemed like a final attack.

"Haaa!" Blake made a war cry and rushed the knox while activating lightning reinforcement boosting his speed and infusing space mana into the katana.