Gervaise's attack came swift and heavy, but a flicker of Leonel's wrist deflected the scepter.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
The emperor stumbled backward, his wrist shaking beneath the impact, but his gaze remained firm.
Leonel's senses picked up something beneath him as a Force Art suddenly appeared. It looked as though the maw of a green dragon had opened up beneath him, trying to swallow him from the bottom up. But this dragon was trapped in a mirror it was just about to soar out of.
With a single tap of his foot, a counter Force Art was drawn and the dragon's nose smashed against the glass, shattering it apart.
The pieces of the mirror fell to the ground as Leonel took a step forward, stabbing out with his spear several times in quick succession.