Just before Ren rushed forward, Nexus snapped the book shut and smiled under his mask. "Finished-" He said, taken completely by surprise as Ren rushed him. He dropped the book, but held his ground as Ren's fists collided against his armor helplessly. Nexus stepped back and conjured up a large blueish shield that bared a strange insignia at its center, blocking Ren's followup strikes as his free hand summoned yet another weapon. As Ren began to flare up, his punches became stronger, and stronger, until the breadth of Nexus' shield cracked, from top to bottom. "What?" Nexus hissed. He stepped back yet again, and brandished a blue short sword, but before he could counter, his shield cracked in half against the force of Ren's fist. Nexus calmly moved is sword closer to his chest and side-stepped the beserker-rage that Ren had awoken, and gripped the hilt of his blade with both hands, extending its length until it matched the weight and size of a broadsword. He swung towards one of Ren's legs with optimum stance, but still refused to inflict any lethal damage on the enraged boy.