Chapter 57: Medicine.
The massive Lizard, named Draco, kept attacking relentlessly, leaving Lara with no openings to retaliate or retreat. With her master in danger, the contract they signed began to have its effects. It demanded that she goes to his side right away, but the Fallen refused to let her out of its sights.
"Tsk..."
Left with no other choice, Lara focused her mind and was about to summon her Halo. At that moment, light flashed a small distance away, painting the world white and stunning everyone in the vicinity.
"Master..."
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"You... little..."
The hooded woman staggered back. She held both hands to her eyes and rubbed furiously, but no matter what she did her sight refused to return. The ringing in her ears made it impossible to hear much of anything as well.
Mark was in a much better shape comparatively. He purposefully kept facing up while being held by the neck, and at the very last moment, he increased the output of his Force Field around both his head and the hand holding the stun grenade.
His sneak attack had freed him from the woman’s grip, though he ended up losing balance and falling to the ground. Opening his eyes, he squinted a little and forced himself to stand.
He didn’t need to know the exact numbers to understand that his opponent was far more powerful than him, and with that power a fast recovery is to be expected.
Acting quickly, Mark looked around himself then reached for the nearest piece of rubble he could find. He grabbed it with both hands and raised it above his head, and despite the terror numbing his limbs he stepped toward the hooded woman.