Chapter 24: The Battle of Dominion[2]
"Enkidu."
I called forth Enkidu, who appeared all around me mid-air like a giant serpent.
At my will, a single link of it shot towards a tree, coiling around it like a whip crack. The moment it tightened, my entire body snapped in that direction.
"Agh..."
The pain was blinding. My shoulder nearly ripped free from its socket from the force, but I still held on.
The jungle’s roar didn’t stop. The branch attached to the chain splintered under the force, but I wasn’t done.
"Again!"
Enkidu writhed at my command, flinging another length of chains into the canopy. The second anchor point caught was on a moss-slick boulder jutting from a cliff face.
My fall slowed, from instant death speed to maybe only a few broken bones because of it.
Branches whipped my face, tearing my skin and drawing lines of hot blood as I swung across the forest. My shirt shredded like paper, but I kept going.
I flung the chains ahead again, shaping their path with a single vicious thought. They obeyed, coiling around a thick, ancient trunk. The tension built until it felt like my chest would explode.