A feral grin split Tom's face as he read the words, body facing the bear. Glancing at the strange man, his body slackens, nodding at the man as he begins to shake his arms and legs, as if preparing for a warmup. Turning back to the bear, which was still recovering from whatever the swordsman had done, he nodded again. "I can hold it off. Distract it. But it only lasts a short while and I'll be out like a light afterward. You need to finish it in that timeframe, or we're both beyond fucked." He says, voice beggining to sound more and more feral as ethereal ribbons of red light begin to wisp from his armour. Crouching, he stays still for a bare moment before suddenly launching forward, almost faster than the eye could see.
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Charging towards the bear, which by now had completely recovered, his body began to grow. Armour melted into steel flesh, muscles bulged and arms sprouted from Tom's sides as he charged forward, soon becoming nothing more than a red and gold blur. Leaping from his dash high into the air, Tom quickly countered a swipe aimed at him mid-air, taking the blow and sending it flying back. Rearing back his fists on his right side, he delivers an earthshattering blow to the bear, sending the head of the animal snapping back under the force of the blow.
Quickly landing, he set about blocking and countering the bear's attacks, a whirlwind of red and gold light determined to deal as much damage as he possibly can. Every attack he could block he blocked and returned with ten times the force. Every attack he could not block he dodged and returned fire, fists glowing a fierce golden as virtual muscle, bone and sinew snapped and crumbled beneath the force and speed of the attacks. Every roar from the bear was met with a roar from his mouth, a challenge to see who would break. It was a match between two titans of strength, and only one was going to give.