Chapter 40: Let’s finish this
Han turned the shield upward just as the monster slammed into it, sending him staggering back, sending soft soil erupting. The shield held, but cracks webbed across its surface under the repeated assault of the creature’s hardened fists that slammed against it again and again.
"Kest," Han gritted out, sweat streaming down his face. The effort to keep the shield active showed in every tense muscle. The small device in his hand that projected the energy barrier had grown hot, too hot his hand was smoking.
They needed to act, and fast or else the monster would kill them before they know it.
Kest rose to his feet, scowling at the monster. He flipped his twin daggers into the air, but instead of falling, they hovered in front of him.
A blur followed as he use Flash Walk technique repeatedly and yet the daggers stood where it was, vibrating hard, making the space around it quivered fast.
In seconds, the daggers transformed into searing masses of raw energy. Any ordinary weapon would have disintegrated, but these were forged for this exact purpose.
Focusing on the monster, Kest launched one dagger like a shot of light. At the same time, Han dropped the failing shield.
The monster surged toward them, but the dagger struck it mid-air, dark blood sprayed in the air. The monster roared, its lunge disrupted, and it crashed clumsily to the ground, clutching its right hand.
The White steel team moved fast, fanning out in a triangle around the beast and boxing it in.
"How tough is this thing’s skin? That strike could shear through steel," Kest muttered, recalling the bloodstained dagger to his hand.
The second dagger floated near him, glowing white-hot from compressed mana that quivered around it.
"It cut deep," Jonna observed. "The dagger still did a lot of damage. It left wounds pm its body."