Slice! Thud!
The body of the creature dropped to the ground, unmoving. Kaiser remained on one knee, his sword held horizontally. On that dark purple blade, blood slowly dripped to the ground.
[You have slain an Awakened Monster, Fog Predator]
'Good thing I didn't miscalculate.'
Knowing he couldn't dodge that dive, he had placed his sword in a way that it would slice the creature's neck the moment it reached him.
Suddenly, he winced. Blood spurted from his arm, where one of the creature's beaks had cut him. The injury stung, but he quickly tied it up with a piece of clothing he tore from his undershirt.
He stared at the corpse of the Fog Predator, then chose to dig out its soul crystal rather than turning it into a Shadow.
"I need to cross the bridge before nightfall. Who knows what crazy horror might befall me?"
