Zendreyu’s sense of smell and internal energy senses were still strong and if he entered a fighting stance mentality, it seemed they would be much stronger. Since Zendreyu was training to regain confidence in himself and attain newfound strength for his damaged body. Zendreyu has searched through methods to reclaim the power he had lost due to his injuries. Zendreyu kept his usage of House Tilon battle arts to a bare minimum. What Zendreyu had noticed was that with the broken sigils and runes new connections had formed while he was healing. His martial arts used to be able to link with his internal armor but now his martial arts combined with his mental focus instead. This was an odd feeling for a brief moment as Zendreyu had only used his mental focus to train his willpower. Zendreyu had never relied on his mental focus for actual combat, instead he relied on his mental focus as a way to maintain consciousness against severe injuries. Since his mental focus now truly affected his body Zendreyu decided to use it to its fullest.
Focusing his mind, Zendreyu brought up the simplest version of mental focus he knew. The scene of a familiar battlefield where Zendreyu was bleeding out became clear in his mind as runes and internal energy synchronized with one-another as the internal armor maintained his skull, neck, spine and rib cage. Zendreyu could feel his internal armor react to his thoughts and not simply his actual environment. Zendreyu had also gained some growth potions after his service. Zendreyu signed up for the tournament then went to get a room for 4 nights. Time to plan out his next few moves and focus his time on using the tournament for training and funds for the ranch back home.
WC: 384