He knows that he will lose and that he will lose badly. Unfortunately, his bloodline doesn't think that so he is here. If good men don't act, then bad men will get away with their sins. Every possessor of the bloodline of the lion of justice is a good man. So he must act no matter the situation. It is so that Soverick won't get away with his sin. Justice does not sleep, and neither does it get tired.
The moral high ground is very important to those with the bloodline of the lion of Justice. It strengthens them in varying amounts depending on how morally depraved their target is. There is no right or wrong so Good and Evil is relative. The major entity that decides if someone is evil is his bloodline and it does so based on karma. Doing more good than evil gives you positive karma. An evil person has negative karma. They have done more evil than good.
Objectively, a person with good karma has done less evil than a person with negative karma. They might have even killed more babies than someone with negative karma but they are positive as long as they have done a lot of good. Does that make a person with positive karma good? Maybe not. It is uncertain. But what is certain is that Soverick Ghastorix has a lot of positive karma. He is glowing brightly like the sun in Jarkon's vision. This means that Soverick is the one with the moral high ground in the upcoming fight.
"Look at me. The unrelenting Justice. Heading to his defeat without a care in the world, like always." He mocked himself.
He is called the unrelenting Justice because of how determined he is when he is chasing after evildoers. He does that because of his fear of the backlash. It pushes him to chase after his target with unmatched determination. Those that accept the bloodline for what it is and move into action without being compelled to fight evil get a lax treatment from their bloodline of the lion of justice. They have some freedom in how they act or when they act. They aren't compelled as much and even if they are, they don't feel the difference because it is something they would do without being coerced.
Those ones will have a choice in the length of preparation and the angle of attack. They can get allies and form teams to hunt a target. But not him. He has to start chasing after Soverick as soon as his bloodline sensed him. His bloodline knows that he won't go if he is not compelled so he didn't get time to prepare. If he hadn't been lucky enough to meet some loot box along the way that contained weapons and armor, then he will be here empty-handed.
Weapon or not, he is not confident about taking on Soverick. He would rather be somewhere else doing something productive and worthwhile, not here on a suicidal mission. It is not a pleasant feeling to go into battle knowing full well of your impending defeat. And all of this because his ancestor was a goody two shoes who somehow managed to become an Origin god. He cursed his descendants with his foolishness. Now Jarkon has to follow in his footsteps and fight someone with positive karma all the while knowing that only a miserable end will become of him.
He shouted as he closed in on Soverick. "This is your fault too. This is your fault."
He has a lot more that he cannot say. He can't say them mainly because it is too long and it is stupid. He is very angry at Soverick because this situation is his fault too. Soverick could have not killed those people. Soverick could have not killed his brother that had made the compelling force of his bloodline so strong. If there's a victim here, it is him. He is the one that doesn't want to be here but has to be here and has to fight only to suffer defeat.
"You killed all those people. You killed my brother. I hate you. I hate you." He cried out as he slashed his blade at Soverick from afar.
He shed a tear in each yellow eye. He has dreams too. He has things he wants to do and places he would rather be. He has hobbies that he would rather spend his time on. He is a person with hopes and dreams too. But he can't have anything that he wants just because Soverick killed a lot of people with impunity. If his brother was spared, his bloodline will not be so incensed and thirsty for vengeance. It is both Soverick's fault and his stupid ancestor's fault.
He infused his blade with all the energy that he can summon and swung it multiple times at Soverick from afar. Thin yellow strips of light flew forth from his blade. The strips brightened the world and are difficult to look at directly because of how bright they are. They look pretty but the strips split the ground apart and caused the air to howl as they sailed forth to split Soverick in two.
Soverick moved his hands absent-mindedly and deflected the sharp vertical waves of energy aside with quick slaps. His movements were clumsy as he slapped and backhanded the attacks. Jarkon increased the frequency of his attacks. The sharp thin strips carved the ground wantonly in their quest to overwhelm Soverick but they couldn't harm him. His hands moved in a blur as he knocked them aside.
More of them came seeking to have a taste of his flesh as Jarkon swung his blade in a frenzy all the while screaming about how much he hates Soverick.
Suddenly Jarkon cursed, "Shit."
He was swinging his blade at Soverick from a distance to keep himself somewhat safe. He didn't feel surprised that his attack did nothing but he continued nonetheless. It is better than getting close to Soverick. However, the world is wicked and unfair to him. Soverick became close to him and he doesn't know how.