The Alpha did not understand what was happening. Inside this place, it had never faced prey like this that could resist the power of its runes, and Elias, now that he was in a focused state, used this confusion for his advantage as he deliberately left an opening; it was a feint that exposed his left side.
Conditioned by years of hunting prey that bled and died, the Alpha took the bait and lunged towards Elias, its supernaturally sharp claws extended, aiming for the gap between his ribs where a single strike could pierce heart or lung.
Elias, before now, would never have imagined that he would be using the same move that would work for a man on a wolf, but the power of Lumina changes everything.
The beast struck, but Elias was no longer in that position; he had dropped, spun, and driven both claws upward into the Alpha's exposed belly as it passed over him.
