274 CCLXXIV. The Brotherly Concern (1/2)

Dag's blow struck Freydis's sword, whose blade shattered into a thousand pieces.

Soon after, with his other arm, he punched the girl's chest, which flew away, violently impacting a wall.

After that counterattack, he opened his arms outwards and clenched his fists, growling so hard to make the ground around him shake and the birds that populated the woods around Skjegg fly away frightened.

From the grayish dust of the walls, Freydis again sprang up, which without even resting her feet on the ground, flew towards Dag at great speed, generating two small obsidian blades around her wrists.

With a spin on herself, she stuck both blades into Dag's belly, but he remained motionless.

Freydis then, noting that her opponent was not suffering substantial damage, violently rotated the blades embedded in his body, causing a noise of torn flesh.

Dag continued to breathe and look at Freydis, wearing an air of wickedness.

At one point, the beastly breath stopped and he clenched his teeth, beginning to squeeze his body, hardening the muscles of his abdomen.

In general astonishment, both rocky blades embedded in his belly were slowly expelled by the mere strength of the muscles and nerves of his beastly physique.

Freydis, who had continued to push inwards, noting that her strength was not comparable to that of her opponent, went into confusion and remained motionless for a few seconds.

Just at that juncture, Dag grabbed the girl's wrist and pulled it towards him, hitting her on the forehead with a headbutt.

As had happened to Roar, Dag's head between the two horns, following the transformation, had become as hard as iron.

Freydis staggered backward, raising her head upwards after the impact, while Dag held her up grabbing her arm.

After a few moments, when she managed to look him back in the eye, he lifted her off the ground and grabbed her by the top of the armor.

He rotated on himself and as if he was an Olympic shot-putter, threw the girl back into the wall, deepening the rubble.

”Dag, stop! You're going to kill her like this!” Karl yelled, fearing for the life of his sister, through whose veins the darkness was still flowing.

The wounds on Dag's belly regenerated instantly, leaving two large holes in his armor.

This time, before Freydis could get up by her own strength, Dag ran at great speed towards her, grabbing her armor again and lifting her from the pile of dust and rocks.

He threw her to the ground and she began to retreat, realizing that she could not face such a powerful opponent.