Chapter 71: Duel with a Nurotaur
Elliot and Jenna exchanged glances. Having traveled together for several days and faced death together several times, they had somehow become incredibly skilled at communicating with gestures, which gave them a certain advantage in a fight where both would be involved.
Thus, they both knew the moment when he was going to ring the bell.
And after three breaths, with both of them preparing themselves close to each other and looking at the Nurotaur, the bell rang and immediately disappeared from Elliot’s hand, as he had put it away.
He immediately got into a fighting stance, but as he looked ahead and tried not to lose sight of the Nurotaur, his body felt a strange breeze.
He turned around and saw that a human head, but strangely hairy, was behind Jenna, touching her shoulder.
’So fast? I didn’t even see it move,’ he thought, and looked back in front of him. There was the Nurotaur, still there.
’An illusion?’ That was the first thought that crossed his mind, because he was no longer behind her, but when he saw the area he had touched on Jenna’s shoulder, he could see that it was slightly wrinkled, which meant that it wasn’t.
’This is going to be difficult,’ he growled in his heart.
Instinctively, he pushed Jenna aside to signal her to move quickly, while he threw himself to the other side.
Just then, the Nurotaur appeared behind him and touched the spot where he had been a moment ago, but was forced to reveal a look of surprise.
"Oh. Did you see that coming?" The Nurotaur stared at him in shock.