Point-of-View: Ciel Campbell
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"Hey, co on, let fend for myself, your Mana must be down to about half your full capacity by now!" I urged Rex, as we tried to get away from the spinning blade zipping through us, but it was too fast.
"No way. Don’t let go of , no matter what," He replied without hesitation, before drawing out one of his blades and driving it down.
He plunged it straight into the ring in the middle of the double-edged blade, bringing it to an abrupt halt and pinning it to the ground, grimacing as cracks spread out across the middle of his blade.
As he brought the spinning blade to a temporary halt, we began to race across to the left, right as Slasher swooped down towards us with imnse speed, whipping her arms across and firing out a pair of rapid slashes at us.
The slashes collided against the ground by our feet, deep cuts appearing across the dirt, upsetting my balance a bit but it didn’t affect Rex.
I managed to maintain my grasp over his shoulder, before he reached back and grabbed my wrist, pulling along with him as we got so distance.
This is bad, I think he’s got about ten minutes max before his Mana is completely drained, we have to do sothing different, we’re just delaying the inevitable here.
"Oh, I expected that to be more effective," Remarked Slasher in surprise.
"Attacking the ground is always the go-to move of intelligent opponents once they realize how my Magic works, but that isn’t going to work on ," He responded dryly.
"Hey, you have to let go, this isn’t working...if I can charge up a really big explosion, too big to dodge, I can get her. My new weapon makes immune to my Magic, and you just need to keep yourself intangible when I fire the blast, so-...," I began, before trailing off as he tightened his grip on my wrist.
"No. The instant we separate, she’ll target you without missing a beat, she isn’t just going to hang back and let you charge up an attack. One way or another, I’ll find you an opening. The instant I do, blast her with everything you’ve got," He replied quietly.
H-Huh? One way or another?
N-No, wait...the way he said that, is he...is he planning on sacrificing himself to give an opening?
N-No...no, no, no, no, NO! I...I refuse to accept that, there’s no way in hell that I’m-...!
My train of thought was cut off as another pair of rapid slashing waves ca shooting down towards us, before I began to try and break free of Rex’s grasp as the slashes collided against the ground.
He glanced back in alarm as I wrenched my hand free and began to charge up an explosion, before my eyes widened as Slasher swooped down with imnse speed, closing in on in the blink of an eye.
Shit, she was holding back, that wasn’t her full speed before-...!
As she drove her claws towards my throat, Rex leapt towards , tackling and turning intangible the instant he ca into contact with , right in the nick of ti as Slasher’s claws began to pierce the skin over the front of my neck, a trickle of blood running down as she phased through and shot past , skidding across the ground behind as I collapsed onto the grassy bank, Rex landing on top of .
"What did I just say? Don’t do that again," He uttered icily, holding onto as he got back onto his feet, before pulling up.
"I...I just-...I can’t let you-...!" I began, before trailing off as the spinning blades ca zipping down towards us, weaving back and forth through us as they closed in and phased through out bodies.
"How botherso, it seems I really don’t have a choice but to wait for you to run out of Mana. Very well, then, I’ll just keep attacking, and make sure you don’t have a chance to switch off your intangibility for even a second. I shall ensure that your Mana is exhausted as quickly as possible!" The Monster sneered viciously.
My chest began pounding as Rex relaxed and kept his gaze fixed on her, an eerie sense of calm about him.
No, there...there has to be another way. Please, I...I’ll do anything, please...!
But...there was nothing I could do, I was completely powerless to do anything but wait.
He won’t let break out of his grasp so easily again, and even if I do manage to do so, I’ll just get shredded by these blades before I can even begin to charge up the weakest of my Spells, let alone one that would actually be powerful enough to kill her.
What...what do I do?!
Ti felt like it was moving at both a crawl and on fast-forward at the sa ti, Rex’s Aura steadily shrinking with every passing minute, while Slasher continued to attack, her blades whizzing through us without so much as a second of respite.
His breathing began to get heavier and more strained, his Aura almost completely faded, his Mana nearly extinguished.
My shoulders trembled as I felt tears welling up in my eyes, a lump in my throat as he loosened his grip over my wrist and slid his hand down to mine, lacing and interlocking his fingers between mine.
The tears began streaming down as he gave my hand a soft squeeze, before my chest tightened sharply as he let out an agonized yell of pain, one of the spinning blades starting to slice into the middle of his torso.
The blade ca to an abrupt halt before it could cut through him completely, flying away as Slasher ca swooping down with a malicious, sadistic chuckle.
"And now, you die!" She cackled gleefully, as she closed in in the blink of an eye and began to drive her claws towards the middle of Rex’s chest...
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