Chapter 390: Trinity Raven, All destroyed
Ikaruga struck again, swiftly eliminating both the Gromp and the Murk Wolf that were closing in.
Though the Gromp vanished in a puff of dispersed magic, Vidaldus's condition had visibly worsened, his face was turning a sickly shade of purple. He collapsed to the sand, coughing violently as he desperately tried to use his animated hair to absorb the venom coiled around his throat.
He looked like a wreck. His beloved guitar was nearly bitten in half, and four deep punctures on his shoulders oozed fresh blood.
A dull ache throbbed in his gut from where the Brambleback had slammed him earlier, likely bruised organs, if not worse.
Meanwhile, a cluster of mini Krugs had latched onto the joints of his legs, relentlessly gnawing through tendons like they were chewing through bark.
This so-called death metal singer now looked like he really was about to die.
Rhodes, seeing that his summoned golem had lost a hand in the melee, dismissed it and replaced it with a fresh one. It was fine if a summoned creature got injured, but if one was destroyed outright, it might weaken the spell's duration or trigger a penalty. Better safe than sorry.
The Brambleback, still full of energy after its earlier strike, sprouted fresh vines that whipped across the sand, trying to tangle up both Ikaruga and Vidaldus. Its main body lunged toward Vidaldus with raised claws, preparing for a follow-up blow.
Ikaruga's blade flashed like lightning, and with a single swift motion, she lopped off the Brambleback's left claw. Its bark-like arm tumbled away, cleanly severed. Unlike the rocky golem, its defense was weaker, easier to split.
Based on her experience fighting wild summons, Ikaruga assumed this one would vanish shortly after losing a limb.
But to her surprise, new vines immediately sprouted from the wound, twitching, growing rapidly as if regenerating the lost limb.