Chapter 35: Smurf Attack 3
"Leo!" Raiden’s voice cut through the air, and Leo spun toward him instantly, bewilderment clear in his expression. Without hesitation, Raiden let go of the girl and her familiar plummeting toward the ground below.
"Get her, Leo... keep her safe and watch yourself." Raiden moved forward as the giant turned its attention to him. "I’ve got this covered."
Raiden and the giant rushed at each other, and as soon as Leo saw an opening, he shot forward across the field, racing toward where the girl lay.
The moment Raiden and the creature neared each other, his devilish smile deepened. He slid through the grass, diverting the creature’s attention as he dropped his hands to the ground and launched himself forward, both legs slamming into the creature’s gut and sending it crashing into the earth.
He continued to wear his smile as he took steady steps toward the entrance of the house and picked up his sword, while the creature hurried to its feet, growling in fury. Raiden glanced back over his shoulder at the giant as it began to dash toward him. Chills ran through Raiden’s body as he gripped his sword tightly.
He turned to face it with his devilish smile, his body trembling from both fear and excitement as he adjusted his sword in his hand for a better grip and, using its curved blade to his advantage, hurled it directly at the creature’s head.
It was too fast and unpredictable for the creature, so it paused mid-run and caught the blade with two of its hands, but the sword slid through its grasp with sheer force, forcing it to add two more hands to completely stop it.
But Raiden wasn’t done—his body jerked forward as he burst into laughter; the only thing on his mind was killing it for more thrills, for the relief.
Once within reach, he lunged toward the embedded sword and delivered a devastating strike to the hilt, driving it deeper as it sliced through the creature’s hands, its razor edge severing a few of its fingers as the blade plunged into its skull.
The creature dropped to its knees with the blade still embedded in its skull before finally collapsing to the ground. Raiden tilted his head back as his laughter slowly began to deepen before it finally echoed above the silence in the distance.
However, at that moment, just as he enjoyed his victory, his danger detection kicked in, and before he could process it, there was a grip on his leg. His expression darkened in an instant as he tilted his head down to look.