It didn't take long for Max to realize that this battle was truly unwinnable: Dreyer and Elliot were stronger than he was, and it didn't take a genius to figure it out.
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Thanks to his [Future Prediction] skill, he was able to temporarily avoid some of their attacks and ripost when he could, but somehow none of his blows did any damage as they were all skillfully blocked.
The weapon master chairman and the staff-wielding mage seemed to know his every move before he even made it
But despite the odds, Max refused to back down. He had come too far to let them send him away now.
Whether a god was watching or not, or if it had anything to do with what was happening and that feeling of doom he had, it didn't matter, he wouldn't let it slide so easily.