Failed Desires

The Esoteric Skill—or rather the Secret Art—Kieran unleashed was a supercilious weapon-type technique. Though supercilious, its imposing presence was affirmed by the oppressive waves of bloodlust that radiated from it.

Even the current Adeia felt stifled under its strange pressure, its immense figure yet to begin its descent. Then again, the possibility of this happening was also unknown. 

The mystique of this technique's nature and Kieran's current condition left much to be desired. 

Amassing enough blood, Mana, and mental energy had imposed a burden so great that Kieran's body seemed moribund, teetering on the verge of a miserable death.

Without his earlier determination to show Adeia that imposed limits were not concrete, inexorable or absolute, Kieran wouldn't have mustered the willpower to call upon this Secret Art.