44 Chapter 44 – Heartache (2/2)

Dizziness rocked its senses. For the next few seconds, the monster most probably would not be able to tell up from down so it maintained its stance, unmoving.

Elaine took this opportunity to climb onto the head of the monster as balls of ice rained down all over its back and tail. With a crouching jump, the girl propelled herself higher in the air.

She came down like a comet. Placing her shield under her knees, the shield aimed at the flat top of the gecko's head in between its two rounded eyes.

She knew Adam had come up with a plan. Now her only job was to stall for time. Seeing her first shield bash being efficient enough to daze the monster she thought of this stunt.

The alarm and pain they felt when they saw Adam's arm had led to this crazed situation. Everything happened in the span of a few breaths.

Adam ran around slashing incessantly with his one able arm.

He slashed the head, tail, underbelly… Basically, any part that was open was being slashed. He was looking for another weakness.

Bam! BAM!

Elaine's shield connected with the head of the creature and then the creatures head was pushed into the rocky floor.

The whole room rumbled as if an earthquake had occurred.

Hisss! Hisss! Hisss!

If the gecko at first did not want to open its eyes because it was afraid of having the shield bash into it, then now even with its eyes open all its saw was darkness.

That shield had directly struck its head with enough force to ram its head into the ground. It would've been a miracle if it didn't receive trauma to its senses.

The creature went berserk. Its limbs and tail flailed while its head snapped left and right with it chomping and spewing magma all over the place.

Elaine was thrown off the head and landed with a heavy thud almost 5 metres away on a wall. The monster had pushed her off with so much force that she was embedded into the stone wall and her mouth spewed a mist of blood.

Adam was struck by a wild limb and almost had his other hand break.

He retreated after successfully blocking that one hit.

Luna continued to bombard the exposed back of the creature with balls of ice that would shatter and form frost on the whole back and tail of the creature.

The Tangerine bumps on its back were the only thing that was keeping the frost at bay and melting it.

A pool of water was forming at the feet of the gecko that mixed with the blood from its feet. Its blood was like tar and the monster began losing grip and falling over every once in a while. Unable to Advance.

Realizing that it could not move conventionally the gecko began bouncing around the room, hoping to squish the pests that had enraged it to such an extent.

Elaine was able to move by herself albeit with a bit of difficulty. The only problem was Luna who was exhausting herself to cast spells. She needed to maintain complete concentration to continue on in her effort.

Adam ran up to her and knelt down.

The girl understood his intention and putting one arm around his neck and her feet around his waist she clung to him. Her other arm held her staff as she waved it around casting her spells.

With Luna on his back, Adam began running around to escape the frenzied pouncing of the creature. His one capable arm supporting Luna by her bottom. Ensuring that she wouldn't slip off.

Rumble. Rumble. Rumble.

The ground continued vibrating every time the gecko landed.

Crack!

When the gecko landed this time a resounding crack was heard in the entire room.

A huge crack ran down along the back of the gecko on its hide.

”That's it. Luna, you can stop now. Elaine pass me your shield! Luna, I need your staff.” Adam yelled. This was what he had been waiting for.

Luna passed her staff over, disembarked from his back and started avoiding the rampage of the gecko by herself.

”My shield is stuck on its head!” Elaine Pointed at the monsters head. Adam followed her finger and sure enough, the shield had been stuck into the monsters head. It would be beyond hard to retrieve it.

'What do I do now?' He needed the shield. His daggers would not cut it for what he had in mind.

”Give me your breastplate!” Adam improvised.

”What?!” Elaine was shocked.

”Just do it! quick!” Adam did not have the time to explain to her.

She took off her purple breastplate and tossed it over to him.

Woosh!

Like the wind, Adam pushed off the ground. He moved faster than he had ever before. With the breastplate and staff in hand he arrived above the spine of the monster with a leap and using the breastplate he began whacking the semi-frozen hide of the monster while his barely functional hand swung the staff up and down.

With each whack came the crystalline sound of cracking.

Within a minute the monster had regained its eyesight but it was too late.

It whole back lay exposed with no skin protecting parts of it. It organs could be seen beating and squishing around inside. The brittle skin of its hide lay all around its feet. Some pieces frozen and others like warm flat rocks.

There was no way this monster could survive any longer.

The fact that it could still stand in this condition was a testament to its robust body.

Two black daggers like the scythe of a death reaper came slashing down and cut into the two beating hearts of this creature.

The monster was slain.