Chapter 527 A Mortals Struggles (2/2)

The ed as if it had not seen four of its companions fall by Daniel's hand, but before it could reach hih the darkness of the poorly lit room, and landed directly in the throat of the last warrior, who produced a few gurgling sounds before bleeding out on the floor

Daniel's eyes e, where he had seen the shadow of the dark-skinned warrior lean into the door just enough to throw the knife, and rid Daniel of one of his attackers before disappearing once again

Help was not so that Daniel could afford to refuse, but there was still one htly larger monster was clad in a darker shade of iron ared to a point where Daniel could not help but wonder why he hadn't replaced it It only took a look at the monster's beady and lucid eyes for hie to the armor, as well as the presence of scars on their bodies, was likely son of seniority between their monstrous kin

Contrary to the members of the party it led, this monster was much nize his reater value, as while it was in the same shape as that of the others, which meant that it had been made by the same blacksmith, was visibly sharper and ardless, none of thishih he was feeling tired, and was almost out of breath, he was confident

The warrior seemed to perceive this confidence, which he iainst his shi+eld, and roaring in a war cry that forced Daniel to take a step back and cover his ears in pain After the war cry, thehis sword rhythmically, faster and faster, until finally, he leaned forward and advanced

”Coht hand, which was still covered with the black blood of the monster's companion

Thirsty for Daniel's blood, thehis sword, al to split his body in two, but as Daniel raised his right arm to parry the blow, the ht, and while putting all of his weight into it, raainst the wall

With awith blood, Daniel had no ti ability was between this onal slash was coht shoulder from the rest of his body An attack that he barely avoided by lowering his body and leaning to his left

Contrary to what Daniel expected, instead of ain, theht above Daniel's knee, on which he pushed its sharp blade right before slashi+ng his flesh, leaving a third of an inch deep wound

Between using the advantageous position to swing his sword, and his shi+eld to bash on Daniel's body whenever he would try to move away fro, leaving more and more superficial, and internal wounds whenever an attack would land

With his back against the wall, Daniel could nothing but keep avoiding being fatally wounded And so he did, waiting for an opportunity

This opportunity presented itself when the monster threw a punch at Daniel's throat in an attee of the shi+eld to decapitate him, or at least break his neck-but Daniel was quick to avoid the attack He then slid the sword he was holding with his left hand in the little crevice that separated the internal part of the shi+eld, from the warrior's forearm

Once in control of thethe monster to follow his movement and fall on his knees, with his arm bent unco Daniel to feel gradually weaker, so instead of wasting ti sword in between the plates that covered the monster's back He then pulled the other sword out of the ain

Mistakenly convinced that it was finally over, Daniel was shocked to see theon the brink of a death that he clearly was unwilling to accept

Before the ain, Daniel picked up a third shich he found near his right foot, avoided the warrior's weak horizontal slash by lowering his head, and after sto it to fall on his knees once again, he pierced his body for a third ti to wait and see whether the monster was any closer to death, Daniel picked up the re monster from behind, crossed the swords in front of his throat, and with a well placed kick to the back of the head, he decapitated it, killing it once and for all

He then fell on the cold stone floor, exhausted