"RAAAAGGHHHH!!!"
The crystal beast let out a mad roar that made the hair on Adrian's skin stand on end. Moments later, dozens of towering crystal spikes erupted from the ground.
Adrian jumped back just in time to dodge the spike, but the beast's paw struck him while he was in mid-air.
"-Guh!"
The impact threw him back several meters before his back crashed into the metal fence of the field.
'Shit…'
He had tilted his body at the last moment to lessen the impact of the blow, but it still felt as though his bones were on the verge of breaking.
'If even a single blow from that beast properly connects, then we might die.'
As Adrian struggled to get back to his feet, the beast shifted its focus to Evangeline and Xion.
Evangeline was in the process of preparing another attack, so Xion rushed to engage with the beast to buy her the time she needed.
