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Chapter 246 246 Too Soon
Chapter 246 246 Too Soon
Chapter 246 246 Too Soon
A battle cry maybe?
Fifteen feet. . .
Ten feet. . .
Nexus fingers tightened on the weapon-
Eight fe–
His body heated up as he slowly raised the glowing red blade- arching over his head. Six feet away, he brought the massive sword down! It whistled through the air- as he swung twice with all his might.
With a sickening plop, the vibrating steel sliced into the tentacles- immediately separating them in halves. Stacy fell face down- suspended only by the remaining two holding her legs below.
In a blur of black and silver, whirring on his flying sword- Nexus circled back. Clutching the sword tightly, he swung again- this time, aiming below her. The vibrating blade sank its teeth right into the first and second tentacles- slicing through like steel through hot butter.
Instantly, a disruptive roar shook the terrain. In violent reverberations, the monster screamed into the dark night.
But Nexus ignored its screams and instead, he dove downwards- racing against gravity on his flying sword- rushing to catch Stacy before her body crashed into the harsh surface of the hill.
'C'mon c'mon. . .' he whispered into the wind.
Both his eyebrows curved as he held out his right arm. And so, just a few feet away from crashing to her death, his powerful arm swooped her up in one go- and hoisted her onto his flying sword!
"Stacy! Can you hear me?!" he yelled urgently- gliding on the surface of the hill; "Stacy!!"
"Master?" her soft voice finally came through- purring against the wind.
"Oh good!" Nexus' eyes gleamed- feeling the steady rising of his body's temperature; "That was a close one, are you hurt? Yo' bones okay? Yo' feeling hurt anywhere?"
"No. . ." her voice trailed off in the rushing wind; "I think. . .I'm. . . okay. . ."
"It's alright," he said- raising his voice above the sweeping breeze; "You're good, you're good."
She slowly turned her head- cracking the bones in her neck as she stole a glance at the land rushing below them. Twinkles of bright light sparked in both her eyes;
"Yeah," Nexus said- reading her mind; "You should probably hold on to me if you don't wanna fall off. . .and die. This isn't going to be a smooth ride. . ."
Despite her most recent brush with death, she managed to sigh;
"Man, I am not having the best day- am I?"
Nexus chuckled; "If you like, I could always drop you off with your tentacled friend over there. . ."
She winced.
Nexus dialed it down a notch; "Wow, too early huh?"
She threw her hands around his waist- pressing up her perky nipples on his back- naked as a newborn except for her ankle boots;
"Yeah," she tightened her grip- interlocking her fingers; "Too soon master. . .too soon. . ."
One hand clutching the massive sword, the other steadying Stacy behind him, Nexus surged forward- hurtling through the air in a silvery dash. In both their ears, the thundering roar of the creature spiraled into the atmosphere.
"He doesn't sound too pleased!!" Stacy had to shout to stay above the rushing wind.
Head bowed low, jaw clenched, and face set in deep concentration, Nexus' feet remained planted on the broad flying sword- whipping, and tearing through the stratosphere with a whirring noise;
"If you had your arms cut off–" he bellowed; "–would you be in the best mood?!"
As she shrugged, he felt her shoulders heave and haul behind him;
"I don't know why its so pissed- I mean, it can always grow them back! Besides, they're just tentacles, not real arms!"
Nexus glanced nervously behind him- it was still thrashing its remaining two tentacles- waving the long things furiously- whipping them in the air. The swirling dark clouds over its head bloomed and bloomed- as if expecting lightning to strike at any moment.
"We need to get as far away as possible, before it regrows those annoying tentacles. . ."
Hair plastering across her face, she yelled in an accusatory tone;
"MASTER!! You had a flying sword all this time?!! We could have been halfway around the world by now!!"
Nexus shrugged indifferently- "It doesn't work like tha–"
They had both managed to hurl Fifty feet away when the first spiked tentacle came hurling straight at their tail. On the blood stained steel, Nexus was somehow able to pick up the encroaching reflection of the raging tentacle.
She felt his body tense.
And locked her fingers tighter.
Hoarsely, Nexus chalked out a rasp warning;
"Hold on!"
"Way ahead of–"
Her heart exploded in her chest- drowning out the remaining words, as Nexus' flying blade jerked violently beneath their feet- sending them hurling at the speed of sound! The wheezing trees, hills, and valleys all blended into a haze of shadows. The roaring of the creature's screams carried well into the night.
With the cold breeze blasting against Stacy's naked skin- still clutching him tightly, she all but screamed into his ears;
"That tentacle's fully formed?!!"
Nexus' lips pursed- prepard to answer her, when the curling arch swooped down upon them. It raged down, towards them- curling its ends into a kind of tight fist!
On the flying sword, Nexus titled to the left. And with a sharp turn, the tentacle whizzed past it!
"Yeah I don't think it wants to capture us anymore!" Stacy chippped from behind him.
Growling, he adjusted his hat on his head, and tightened his grasp on the sword in his right hand.
"Damnit Stacy, you'd better not let go! We're about to become swarme–"
The words had hardly left his tongue when thre tentacles- clearly healed, hurled right at them- side by side- pulsing under the crescent moon. Nexus' eyes lit up. In his brain, a thousand simulations came streaking through.
'I can't fight them off. . .no. . .not with Stacy clinging to me like a second shadow. . .'
The shadows of the tentacles drew long parallels on the ground below- stretching into eighty feet of sweeping, curling, snapping tubes!
'We gotta get away fast. . .as fast as possible. . .fighting's simply not an option!'
His expression hardened immediately. In his sockets, his eyes sunk deep, and his lungs burned with effort. Both legs twitched slightly- shifting his feet against the width of the blade. At once, the weapon responded.
In a dash, it whizzed straight at the incoming formation of tentacles- speeding in quick bursts of air. Stacy's eyes bulged- watching as they shot right in the direction of the looming arms;
"Masterrr!!" her voice echoed her shock; "They're right there!!"
His brows remained tautened- stubbornly huddled together. His barely visible eyes stayed hidden under his hat- deep in the hollow of his dark eyes sockets. Focus steeled his face into a tight mask.
Rushing straight at them, Stacy opened her mouth to scream.
At the very last moment, a sudden burst of speed picked up the sword from below. It jerked forward- and a blast of cold breeze blasted against Nexus' face. He targeted a small enclave- right between the base of the twirling tentacles. Shoulders slumped, face blank, and with barely two feet of allowable space between- the flying sword blitzed right through!!
Even as the shadow of the dreadful arms passed over them, Stacy's screams rang out- stretched, long, and shrill!