Brutus, who had been trembling like a frightened child the whole time, finally snapped. His body jerked as if his mind suddenly screamed at him to run.
He turned sharply and bolted toward the escape tunnel, Essence flaring around him in panic.
But Knight was faster.
One shadowy blur and he was gone from my sight. In the next instant, he appeared directly behind Brutus.
His tail lashed out with a sickening hiss, piercing clean through Brutus's forehead. The point burst out from the front of his skull, quivering like a spear.
Brutus's body stiffened. His mouth opened, but no sound came out just a choked gasp. Then Knight gave the smallest twist of his tail.
Brutus's head exploded in a spray of bone and blood. His body crumpled lifeless to the ground.
On the other side, Ragnar stepped through the settling dust and landed beside Horun, who lay sprawled and broken on the cracked earth.
