An Agreement

The humanoid puppets weren't specialists in any path. They simply were built with special materials that granted them such power.

When his fist struck a puppet's, Varian knew whatever material went into making this thing, he couldn't break it unless he used his matter powers or worse, the slivers.

But he had already shown himself to be a Mystic path walker in front of the tree lady. If he showed his other powers, things could go horribly wrong.

He wasn't willing to trust her and had no certainty in killing her to keep the secret buried. Even if he didn't want to kill her, he wasn't sure if he could alter her memories to keep his secret a secret.

So, Varian could only double down within the constraints. He used the slivers and transferred all his powers into Mystic, pushing it beyond the peak of rank 3. Then, he slashed the demon sword at the puppets.