Chapter 26: Three More To Go.
As the crimson haired lady dashed into the midst of the horde of nightmarish aberrations who had numerous scales protruding from their ashen skins and wielded black, abysmal claws that glistened in the dark, lightless night, like agents of destruction and despair.
...The hulking monstrosities were all taken aback by her devious ruthlessness, and as a result, one of them was a fraction of a second too late to react as a blinding golden arc tore through the air, severing his neck off his body. Crimson blood splattered into the air, one which Mia simply ran through as a cacophony of ear-piercing shrieks pierced through the dark night.
Instantly, Mia was already moving. But, I had no time to pay heed to her.
...Not when one such horror was a second away from cleaving me into two. Raising the azure dagger into the air just at the last second, I was able to deflect the claws, though not without a cost.
'Crap!'
I felt as though every muscle within me was going to bust apart as I was pushed back by the strike. However, straining my muscles to the extreme, I dashed forward towards the creature once again, spiderweb cracks running across the ground beneath me. In an instant, both of us collided.
Booom!!
Tremendous shockwaves spread through the air as an azure dagger and a pair of black claws shone in the dark. Once, twice, too many times to take count of.
...Each strike I deflected increased the soreness and the agony that rippled through every fiber of my being. However, I could feel it. I wasn't the only one being weakened.