Chapter 73 - Seventy-One (2/2)

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Like an automatic appraisal the information simply popped on my mind, but there was no time to think as her belly suddenly swollen, growing big as if with worms in it until it cracks right in the middle and opens up like a flower bud, but instead of colorful the thing was full of tiny horns resembling sharp teeth pointing inwards, as if hold whatever felt victims to her embrace inside.

I haven't been wondering, and really didn't want to know, where her mouth was.

Guess is one of these impossible to unseen things now, ugh.

As if not enough a long black tongue falls out of her belly, almost touching the ground between her legs, eek.

”Attack with magic!” Someone says from behind between blows, and while I was tempted to look back I needed to trust that they would cover it for me for now, the need for finishing this fight quickly growing.

Her tongue shouts out to get me, quick as a snake, but we dash sideways as Leo tries to stab it on the ground only for the sword to pass thought it like if made of smoke.

But this time he was prepared, and once the sword is all in with the tip on the ground a rune appears as if made of light on the metal, his patterns growing like veins all over the blade and making it somehow tangible while inside the goopy flesh of the thing, holding the tongue in place.

I don't stop to ponder though, the creature, with the tongue stuck, was an easy target, but as Leonel I test my own attacks against the thing to understand it's weakness better.

Needless to say that no bites nor strikes could harm her, unless embedded with magic, so that what I just did; I used my shadow claws and got a satisfactory slash right across her body, but eerily she did not react to it, as if I had just hit a doll, even if her anger seemed to increase with the successful blow.

Seeing that my attack wasn't as effective as I hoped at first I soon realize that only a deadly blow could stop the creature, so, with my shadows moving as if alive, I swiftly use my Shadow Slash right at her neck, parting that round full of eyes thing from the rest of it.

And yet she still moved, her body still trying to free her tongue as the head rolled around with her eyes scanning the place with a creepy vigor, her gaze never losing her targets from sight as it kept rolling about.

I frown at that, but for the first time hearing a scream from behind us, I simply chose to not hold back anymore as I keep my attacks into a continuous flow, the slashes swiftly cutting the air and hitting her goopy skin, making puddles of puddles ooze out of her.

She may still move, but there will be no limbs to attack us with anymore.

It was eerie to see pieces of cut meat still twisting and wobbling about, the now unrecognizable pile of minced goop twisting and spasming, making me wanting to puck.

With a last slash, however, I hit one of the strings behind her, and a noticeable change happens; part of the goopy body stops moving and starts bubbling up as if warming up, until they get too hot and start evaporating, leaving the rest behind to twist about.

Then it downs me.

The strings!

I hit the other one without thinking twice, and the same effect happens to the rest until all of her body had disappeared into mist, but I did not have enough time to feel relieved nor share my knowledge with the others as more explosive sounds resonate behind me, making me finally turn around to see the fights breaking loose behind us.

And what I saw… wasn't pretty.

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Author note:

Yay, I manage to write a chapter, uhuu! I have being sick since last Friday, can you believe that? Ugh, hopefully this cough will move on from me, I don't want him anymore!

I think the flu melted my brain…(ﾟ￢ﾟ)

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