Lucien and Axel continued to fight their respective enemies; sounds of the clash of steel swords and magic reverberated everywhere, and Axel himself fought with deadly proficiency, eliminating one enemy Seeker after another with the most minimal movement possible. Learned from the countless fights with each of the rune phantoms, the best ways to move his body in a battle.
But that also brought another wave of problems; he was too used to fighting with a copy of himself, which in turn generated some minor mistakes from him in battle. Some of his moves would be performed in advance; his subconscious would respond to an expected move by his copy, much like muscle memory. Yet, that would be the wrong movement because he wasn't fighting a copy of himself at the moment. But those small mistakes of his would be barely noticeable, even at all.
