Sigurd frowned as his bait went unanswered. "Thanks. Like to think I have a way with words. However," he narrowed his eyes, "you should have stuck with the cake."
He closed his eyes, focusing his mind upon the aura within. He opened his mouth, breathed in until his lungs felt fit to burst, then exhaled until there was nothing left. There it was.
The air around his body shimmered and warped as a series of orange fragments coalesced into existence. They spun around him, faster and faster, a hurricane of flashing lights, then all of a sudden grew still. One by one, They drew closer and settled upon his form until, after half a minute, the boy was encased in a shimmering suit of translucent armour.
"Dragon Hunter," he intoned mechanically, opening his eyes and sweeping his leg back behind him, "first phase: Hunter."
He smiled to himself. It was all show, of course- any ability which took that long to come into affect was useless as useless could be, so far as he cared- but the more he could mess with his opponent's head, the better.
"Do yourself a favour," he stated, with neither malice nor sympathy. "Don't get hit."
Then he kicked off against the tree behind him, using it as a starting block, and launched himself in a blur towards his opponent.