Reborn: Apocalypse Ready. War Goddess by My Side novel Chapter 244

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Mason launched himself at the Blazefire Ape without another word, closing the distance in an instant.

“Steven, watch me!” he called out

Everyone looked up.

Mason’s iron fists flew against the Blazefire Ape in a collision of raw, unrefined violence, and the Ape answered in kind, hammering back with the same blunt ferocity.

No footwork, no distance management. It was pure, grinding close combat.

Mason’s style of fighting carried its own brutal beauty, every blowconnecting with bone–jarring intent.

Steven activated Eye of Insight.

The entire exchange slowed down in his perception, every movement stretched out into individual frames, every shift in weight and angle laid bare before him.

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A person and a beast, fighting at full contact, and Steven could see every flaw and every missed opportunity in both of them as clearly as ink on a white page.

Mason shouted over the sound of impact. “There’s something off in this technique. I can never quite push it to Mastery.”

Steven heard him.

Steven watched the flow of force through Mason’s movements with quiet, focused attention.

Most of the squad didn’t actually expect much from this exercise.

Steven fought with a spear. What could a spear wielder possibly offer someone whose entire combat language was built around fists?

Olivia glanced at Steven’s profile from the side.

Then Steven spoke, calm and certain.

“Drop your Divine Sigil strength. Go full bare–knuckle.”

A ripple of surprise moved through the group.

“Don’t do anything reckless,” Darlene said quickly.

Steven shook his head once.

Mason, mid–exchange, heard the instruction and obeyed it without hesitation.

The Blazefire Ape’s next punch launched him backward through the air.

The squad lurched forward collectively.

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This is nonsense!

Peter’s voice came out sharp with frustration. “Tank’s entire defensive framework is built on his metal attribute. You strip his Sigil strength away and he takes real damage. What are you doing?”

Steven didn’t respond to Peter.

“Shift your center of gravity half an inch lower atthe waist,” he said steadily. “When you throw the Crushing Strike, your left arm stays completely still. No wasted motion at all. Put everything into the load-

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“And stop thinking about your escape route.”

Several squad members went tense.

“Captain,” someone started.

Alan said nothing. He watched with his face completely still.

Mason heard Steven’s words and hesitated for just a fraction of a second before deciding that hesitation was pointless.

If it doesn’t kill me, it’s worth trying.

Something fierce and bright ignited behind Mason’s eyes.

In the span of a single breath, he repositioned exactly as Steven described and loaded everything he had into one strike.

The Blazefire Ape raised its own blazing fist at the same moment, fire roiling thick and hungry around its knuckles.

Steven’s voice cracked across the field.

“Full Crushing Strike! Hold nothing back!”

Mason’s answering roar shook the air. “Take this!”

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His fist hung in the air in front of him. That came from me?

“Steven, that was absolutely unreal,” Uriah said, his voice still carrying the residue of genuine shock.

Steven’s mouth curved upward with easy modesty.

“It’s nothing much.”

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Mason came back to himself and crossed the distance to Steven at something close to a sprint, eyes wide and burning with questions.

“Steven. What just happened?

“My strength is not that strong. It has never been that strong. Where did that come from?”

The whole squad leaned in.

Alan spoke first, his voice carrying the measured weight of genuine authority. “What you saw was a small but real difference. In that moment, Mason condensed Fist Aura. In the old texts, they called it Nascent Will of the Fist. When it forms, the nature of the force changes entirely.”

The squad murmured among themselves.

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Steven picked up the explanation with a smile. “Your technique itself is already extremely refined. The form is there.

“But there were a few small details you’d never consciously noticed, and those details were acting as a ceiling on your power output. I adjusted your center of gravity and your point of force release, and that gave the Fist Aura somewhere to emerge

“Fist Aura is something every serious brawler has to find eventually. You can’t be taught it directly. You have to feel your way into it.

“The same principle applies to everyone who fights with a weapon. Those of us with spears, swords, and blades all need to find our own version of that condensed force. The captain’s already there. When his blade comes out, the pressure wave running ahead of the edge is sharper than the steel itself.”

The squad turned to look at Alan.

Alan’s expression didn’t shift. “In the vocabulary of Martial Masters, what Steven’s describing with blades is called Blade Energy. With swords, it’s Sword Energy. Different paths, same destination.”

The squad exchanged glances. This was well above their usual altitude.

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