Great Skill

"You really are an incredible kid and a prodigy just like you said, but understanding the Serpent Step alone will not be enough to defeat me," said the mercenary, who was still calm and confident despite the amazing perceptivity that Damian was displaying.

"I will give you the honour of facing me while wielding my spear, but when I use my spear techniques and match them with my Serpent Step, my defence is invincible. Nobody can even get close to me and now I will show you the gap between our power"

What he was saying was very frightening and one would expect him to be exclaiming such things and becoming excited to battle, however, he was still calm and seemed bored.

Despite his display of confidence, Damian was realising something the more he fought, the mercenary seemed to be afraid of being wounded despite the mercenary acting as though he was fearless.