Dylan: "Strike!"
His bat swung, smashing it's face through the wire.
It's head seperated, crushed into a pile of green mesh.
Elin recoiled from the grotesque scene, meanwhile Ethan didn't even flinch.
Ethan: (Fatality!)
From deeper within the streets another wild goblin appeared, charging straight towards Dylan.
He raised his hand with a thumbs up.
Dylan: (Do it now!)
Ethan shook his head.
Ethan: "Mana blast!"
Blue particles began gathering in his palm.
Dylan: (30 seconds...)
He immediately ducked through the wire and stumbled the moment his foot landed.
Looking back, the corpse sickly hand was still embedded into his calf. The fingers persisted into his skin like a nail.
Ethan: "You good?"
He was in fact not good.
Panic sets in. Dylan felt the sharp stinging sensation with each tug.
He shook his head grabbing his composure and reached into his back pocket, pulling out a dagger.
Dylan: "Strike."
He plunged it right into the hand tearing it apart, chipping the pavement in the process.
In this short span, the goblin closed the distance.
Ethan felt a shiver down his spine.
Elin prepared to scramble, but paused.
Elin: (No.. no.. Not this time.)
Hesitation took over as she couldn't help yet she didn't want to abandon the brothers.
Ethan: (Please work.)
The goblin charged straight into the wire.
The wire stopped the goblin like a cage, and inspite of that it still pressed on relentlessly.
The wire seeped into it's skin, trapping it.
Dylan readied himself, preparing to strike at a moments notice. Eyes locked.
Dylan: (15 more seconds.)
*Thud*
A third goblin descended from above, crashing into the pavement right behind Dylan.
Ethan's eyes widened.
Ethan: (There was another one!)
Dylan: (Speak of the devil.)
Elin: (It got through..)
Fear grasped Elin by the throat. Her illusion of courage, shattered. Instinct took over as she bolted away.
Before the goblin got a chance Dylan hurled his knife. The knife skimmed through the air, piercing it's right eye. The blood poured out skewering it's vision.
Unfazed, without even a flinch it flailed it's arms.
Dylan instinctively stepped back, raising his forearm.
The goblin Clawed through his flesh like butter. Just inches away from ripping his arm.
Pain exploded through his arm. He stepped back, tightly clenching onto his shredded arm. Still holding on to his bat as warm blood poured between his fingers.
Without a second to waste the goblin stepped forward and shot a arm towards his face.
Dylan ducked at the last possible second, avoiding the attack by a hair, Literally.
His reaction slowing.
Dylan: (Shit! This is getti—)
*Crack*
Dylan's chin met the goblin's knee. Critical hit!
The impact rattled his skull. The world around him spun violently.
The bat slipped echoing as it hit the ground. He staggers back into the wire holding his jaw.
Ethan: (This is bad. Dylan can't go on any longer. I need mana blast to get both of them.)
Ethan: "Open. Stat distribution."
In a panic he invested all his bonus points into intelligence.
A explosion of pain burst into his skull, everything felt clear, too clear. The initial burst was followed by a much more sharp pain, which could only be described as if his brain was melting. Blood rolled out his nose. He was fighting a war just to stay upright.
Ethan: (10 seconds.)
A sharp jolt of pain brought Dylan back to reality. The previous goblin, still trapped had hooked onto his shoulder through the wire, it's claws digging in.
He instinctively ducks barely avoiding another swipe. Luckily both of the goblin's hands got tangled up in the wire.
The wire started showed signs of stress.
Ethan: "Six seconds."
His voice was weak, those half dead words barely formed from his mouth. Despite that Dylan understood.
Dylan: (Six more seconds.)
Dylan instinctively dodged avoiding another knee strike. Like memorizing an attack pattern.
The goblin's leg also got tangled up in the process.
But Dylan couldn't retreat. The goblin gripping his shoulder held him in place. Every slight movement causing a sharp sting and the wound tore open wider.
Ethan: "Three seconds."
His voice grew even weaker to the point even Dylan couldn't understand him but he knew mana blast was almost ready.
Dylan: (Come on, you can do it. It's just pain.)
Dylan shut his eyes tightly, gritted his teeth and in one go ripped himself out. Tearing his shoulder apart. The pain exploded throughout his body dropping him to tears.
Dylan: (Just a little more...)
He dragged his aching body to the opposite side of the wire.
*Snap*
The wall of wires collapsed under the constant pressure of the two beasts.
Ethan: (One!)
But.. it didn't matter, as Mana blast now was ready.
The sphere of blue energy shot out with blazing speed.
*BOOM!*
The blast roared through the streets. The shockwave shattered the nearby windows.
Blue particles lingered like fireflies. Scattered limbs and green blood filled the road with a sickening stench.
(Meanwhile – Elin POV)
Elin hid behind a wall, crouched down. Her eyes closed shut her ears clenched.
Elin: (I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.)
Elin: (They are really impressive. Even with powers facing those monsters without any fear meanwhile here I am running away like a pathetic coward.. Whenever the situation gets tough I run...)
*BOOM!*
She recoiled from the sudden noise. A surreal silence followed. The calm after the storm.
She released her ears, slowly peeking her head out.
The walls painted in green, limbs scattered across the road. The goblins, slain. Ethan stood there silently.
Elin picked herself up and stepped out but suddenly frozen.
Elin: (Is the fight really over?..)
The scattered limbs made the answer quite obvious, despite that she stood in a corner awkwardly trying to find her courage.
[ Level up ]
The familiar dark blue screen materialised right in front of her face.
Elin: (!)