Vehicle Delivery [6]

Gio's eyes were sharp.

'I can't keep this up.' 

That first big movement alone took too much of his energy. He was expending too much Aether trying to keep this man at bay. He couldn't let things stay like this. 

He couldn't tell what level that man was at, but it wasn't a weak one. He had the balls to chase after the ground team, so he couldn't be weak.

'He's injured.'

That was why there was so little strength in his body.

But that was as far as Gio could think.

He felt himself getting pushed back. It was stupid to even try to compete with strength. 

'Good thing that was never my intention.'

The moment he felt the enemy put strength into his sword to break the stalemate, he opened his palm and dropped his sword.

The man couldn't stop his momentum in time, throwing his arms into the sky. He could do nothing as Gio ducked down into his blind spot and sent an uppercut into the side of his ribs.

"Keugh...!"