Thin Line Between Victory and Defeat

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Until now, Deranged Spirit was a skill Kieran couldn't activate no matter what despite having received it at the time of his class promotion. Just recently, he had wondered about the criteria to trigger it and if he possessed the current means to do so. Naturally, with the current situation at hand, the answer was yes. Kieran did have the means to gain access to the skill, but it took circumstances he had yet to stumble across until now.

The first requirement of this skill was to have the madness of a True Berserker active in its highest form. In other words, Kieran needed Blood Mania and Tormented Beliefs to reach peak conditions to fulfill this prerequisite.

The second requirement of this skill was a revenge-clouded mind. In this regard, Kieran's desire to seek vengeance deepened the closer Rautori brought him to the brink of death. After all, this ordeal reminded him of the powerlessness he felt up to the moment of his original death.