[everyone is against him, geez it's like he's an awful person or something]

Usually, yes. It's generally taking more energy than it should to travel farther than a mere several feet--I came here to practice and see if I could get a better idea of what level I was dealing with. [Ardyn glanced back the trail and afterimage already having vanished.]

That's nowhere near what I should be capable of, but it wasn't a complete disappointment.