Episode 147 – Seven (2/2)
The pale-faced fe to slash through the approaching tail Her whole ar the bone, the whip could go no further
It ed to lessen the force of the blow, but not block it After all, a asn’t a weapon known for its defense
The last thing feed to do before the tail struck her was to raise her left arm in front of her chest
A snap, and her body flew through the air like an arrow shot froround dozens ofwhitea crimson ribbon in the pure white snow
The tiain, the dust settled
Yet, the woain
In an instant, Nelaira’s squad of eight became a squad of seven
Luki flinched and involuntarily took a step back before his reason overpowered the instinctual fear Then he stepped into position to fly towards the fallen ht still be a chance to save her life
However, just as he was about to activate his boots, the archeologist next to hiful look and shook his head
His argel eyes could see the led chest of the femaleleft inside but ritted his teeth Their luck was just too horrid this tiher level than what their squad was equipped to deal with
It ht about it If it wasn’t extremely powerful, it wouldn’t have survived beneath the snow for centuries The Ink would have corroded its flesh into nothingness a long ti was a clear stateht that only increased after it had been corrupted by the Ink
It flashed around the battlefield like lightning,enough to take a life
All they could do was fall back, try to slow it down, and aiht up with the that could end this battle in their favor
Like a saw, Aurel’s sword kept gnawing away at its front leg, repeatedly banging at it until it was half-severed Though the Tainted barely see downto hear the whizzing of the sword as it buzzed around it like a pesky fly
It halted briefly to sith its claards the approaching shadow of the sword, only for the shadow to suddenly switch direction in what see the swipe and slashi+ng towards the already barely attached limb
The creature momentarily lost its balance and stumbled It seemed unable to coet up using the now already severed leg
In its moment of confusion, Laica’s fireball hit its head with a loud boo noise
The monster lifted its half-, sinister bellow that aining its balance without a support of its lost leg, it kicked off with its hind legs towards Laica
Its head swayed left and right, dodging the arrowheads that kept falling around it like h its head, however, not a single onethe coht delay caused by their increase of weight was h for the monstrosity to move its head away from their trajectory
As it reached the vicinity of its target, it extended its neck and snapped towards Laica’s head
At that h the snow, round Apparently, Nelaira had laid a trap for it in front of her co a hole underneath the snow
By the tiet back on its feet, Laica had escaped its vicinity and nue body In fact, at this point, so out andin the air was so vile that even the specially h to block it
Ti its e and indignation that it would have felt would be enough to drown anythe violent way it sla a minor earthquake, it was hard to make the distinction between emotion and instinct
The Tainted screeched so loudly that it caused everyone’sthem where they stood And then, like a shadow, the creature slid on the snow, appearing next to Nelaira
Coible fingers of death reaching for her They could al in a balance, suspended by a thin thread
Even if they successfully killed this Tainted, without supplies they were doomed to perish in the forbidden zone!
The rims of Laica's eyes reddened, her lip trerief and fury
Neither dead nor alive, they desperately clung to this cursed existence
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