Chapter 60: Gift.
The thrall sensed the coming attack and roared. With a slam of its tail, it created a new barrage of projectiles and launched it at the maid.
Lara didn’t move even with the rubble raining at her. A bluish-white glow enveloped her body as she blocked everything with her Force Field, and at the same time, the white light on her spear grew in intensity.
She was about to launch her own attack when the thrall suddenly turned around and swung its tail. It might have been a mindless Fallen but it was still able to recognize the Force Field blocking its projectiles, which prompted it to coat its thick tail in one in an attempt to overcome that of the maid.
Lara wasn’t about to take a strike of that kind so she jumped to evade the tail then landed right on top of it. The instant her feet touched the scaly surface she lunged forward, the skirt of her black dress fluttering as she closed the distance between her and the thrall in a flash.
Three elegant steps took her from the tip of the lizard’s tail to its base then another three led her to the back of its neck. Kicking off the Fallen’s head, the maid flipped in the air, spun the gray spear in her hand then swung it with little force.
The spear’s head traced a white arc in the air that shot downward, passing right through the lizard’s scale-covered neck.
For a moment it didn’t appear like anything had happened. The Fallen spun around in an attempt to bite the maid before she could land, but as soon as it did, a bloody line appeared and its head slid off falling to the ground with a loud thud.
The lizard’s eyes followed the maid as she landed a couple of meters away. Its crooked Halo flickered out of existence in just a couple of seconds and with it went the Madness tormenting its mind.
A couple of seconds later, what remained of its massive, scale-covered reptilian body buckled under its own weight and toppled to the ground.