Chapter 106 Fighting Blind (1/2)

”Who's there!” Arran called out

Although he knew the growl had not come from a human, perhaps the sound of his voice would drive off whatever creature was stalking hiiving his sword several swings to give sorowl sounded, this ti his sword in front of him as he prepared to be attacked

But no attack carowl sounded, now further to his side Again he turned, understanding that the creature was circling hi to attack

The realization caused hi his defenses, it was no siure out that he was blind

His Sense told him there was only one creature, but other than that, it was as good as useless All he could feel was a single presence, but he could not tell where it was, nor how far it was frohtened off the creature, but Arran had sealed all his Real the seals would take moments he did not have, and after that, it would be h Essence to launch an attack

Again a growl sounded, and again Arran turned toward it, swinging his sword in what he hoped was aht now, a single stumble could leave hirowl to sound, but no h he hoped the creature had decided to leave, he could still Sense its presence And if it was still there, it had probably understood that Arran was only reacting to the sounds it made

His fears were confir sounded in the trees behind Arran, and without thinking, he instantly ducked to the side — and not a moment too soon, because an instant later, the creature struck his shoulder with terrifying force, and he could feel its claws tearing into his flesh

Had he not ducked at the last h his throat rather than his shoulder

Ignoring the pain, he got back on his feet, then used his sword to attack the space where the creature had been a , and he knew the creature had retreated already

His breath quickened froht to keep his hands froer and smarter than he had feared, and if he didn't find a way to defend hie, he attacked several ti, but each time, his sword only struck air Whatever kind of creature it erously smart

Another attack came shortly after, but this time, Arran was luckier As he heard a sudden noise to his side he dodged rapidly, and the creature's claws e furred mass that he took to be the creature's shoulder The blow sent hiround, but left hiot up, instantly waving his sword around to keep the creature froh on its attack It seeave Arran a moment of respite — until the creature had time to move to his side or back, anyway

He knew that if the fight continued like this, it would not be long before he lost Without knohere the creature was, he had no way to defend against its attacks and no way to attack it hiet lucky and strike the creature just as it attacked him, but then, he could not afford to rely on luck

With Arran blind, it was far ood hit in before he e, and that would be the end of it — the wound on Arran's shoulder was all he needed to know that his foe was strong enough to disable hile blow

Unable to defend hihts turned to Essence

Shadow Essence would not be able to harhtest All it could create were shadows, and sht, if he hit the creature with a large blast of Shadow Essence, he could blind it just long enough to—

Suddenly, he gasped in surprise He knehat to do

”You want to eat rin appearing on his face ”Let's see who gets eaten today”