Chapter 50 - 49: Stubborn
The knight sprung at Tulland, flashing its sword in a horizontal slice that Tulland jumped hard backwards to avoid. Somehow, the knight's speed was just reduced enough for him to make it, though he felt the wind cut just in front of his jugular veins.
The Cannian Knight had a preference for combos, always following one hard slash with at least another. As slow as it was moving forward, Tulland knew the next strike would catch him if he was there to catch. Instead, he pushed forward on a diagonal, digging his pitchfork into the knight's knee as he let loose with his secret move.
| Giant's Hair LV. 5 The Lunger Briars are weak. On earlier levels, they might have felt like a golden ticket to success, but with a low-level cap and a humble lineage, they were always a weapon with a limited lifespan of use. On some level, you've likely known they would have to change in more fundamental ways to stay useful in the long term. The Giant's Hair is the first step in that change. Using almost the opposite influence that created the long variant of the Lunger Briar, you gave one briar more ground on which to grow, more magical enrichment than it could safely take, and just the right fertilizer to burn in its attempt to grow into something new. And grow it did. While previous briars were thinner, more delicate things, the giant's hair is as thick as a large snake, and nearly as strong. It boasts duller thorns which are shorter, sacrificing offensive capability for sheer grip as it uses those irregularities in its outer layer to create friction on the things it latches on. At the time of its creation, the Giant's Hair is far and away the most durable constrictor in your arsenal. Only time will tell what it will become with time and proper feedings.
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