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Chapter 247 247 Biting Cold
Chapter 247 247 Biting Cold
Chapter 247 247 Biting Cold
It ruptured Nexus' ear drum- splitting his victory into a jagged half.
"Stace! Stace!! Ease up on the vocal training!! You're right in my ear!!"
On the other side of the scourge of tentacles, she finally exhaled- breathing frantically- panting in heavy gasps. Warily, her wild eyes jerked upwards- then to the left, right, and under-
"Gosh!! You're going to kill me with a heart attack. . .you're going to KILL ME!!. . .why would you put us through that?!"
Nexus really did not feel like explaining. And he wish she could take the win and let it go. So, he rasped quickly- in a torrent of short phrases and deep grunts. She barely made anything of it, but she heard a few key words that send the message;
. . .too dangerous. . .no time. . .protect you. . .
Totally naked, except for her ankle boots, her heart thudded violently in her chest- beating right into Nexus' back- echoing her fear and sending it out in shared waves. Arms wrapped around his waist, the girl's voice- hoarse from all that screaming- spoke up;
"Don't hold back because of me!" she insisted; "I'll be fin–"
Again, there was simply no time for casual chit chat. The shadowy outline of four tentacles appeared- towering above and underneath them- rustling through like flying serpents. In silence, they screeched through the open air- filling the stratosphere with the blood lust of the monster.
Teeth gritting, Nexus hoisted his massive sword. His fingers curled around the thick hilt, and fed the weapon his essense- bombarding it with an over abundance of qi. Stacy's sensitive eyes picked up the outflow of mana, and her eyes widened.
From the sky above, the towering tentacle- thick as a pregnant cow, and black as burned char, swooped down on them with a violence- eager to swat them out of the skies. Nexus swung his broad sword-
whack!!
It sliced through- almost too cleanly. The rich dark blood soaked the glistening white steel- singing with a barely audible resonating echo. From left to right, he swung again, and hacked through two at once- though not as thick as the previous ones. The guzzling dark liquid gushed out freely from each stump of flesh. . .
A dreadful roar erupted from the monster- shaking the earth, and piercing through the air. The pillars of tentacles that served as its feet, thrashed the hill- breaking up splinters of rock, and sand sediments.
As its thundering rage echoed and re-echoed through the valley, Stacy glanced, and saw a mushroom cloud of dust emerging from its thrashing feet.
With his sunken eyes, clenched jaws, and his coat flapping in the wind- Nexus stood triumphantly on the blade, holding his sword tightly in front of him- watching the landscape for anymore surprises.
"We're about a hundred feet away," he announced; "We might actually make it through. . ."
But Stacy's new cut off his optimistic expectation;
"I'm not entirely sure about that. Look–"
She whipped her head again- nodding in the direction of the thrashing octopus;
"–you see the darkening area above its head?"
"All I see is a bald motherfu**er having a bad hair day." Nexus replied.
She forgot- he didn't have her eyes! Quickly, she rasped out an explaination;
"It's doing it again!"
Nexus willed the sword to ascend higher- and the cold air stung against her naked body;
"It's trying to summon mana!"
Nexus' brows huddled together. His sullen expression darkened even more as a fresh surge of anger rippled through him. Despite the cold, a budding heat enveloped his entire body- sending trickles of sweat shooting down his pits, forehead, and chest!
Just then, through the dense black fog, the creature's bald head bobbed all the way back- revealing its gigantic pair of bulging black eyes. In that stretch of time, despite over a hundred feet between monster and human, both parties locked eyes.
Nexus read its message loud and clear;
YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY FROM ME.
Sighing, Nexus cursed. In the eastern part of the sky, the first streaks of dawn were lighting up the horizon.
"I think it wants to play some more." he announced- forcing astonishing amounts of qi raging through his weapon.
"Master, please be careful! That cloud of mana is not for jokes. It's literally seeping out of the monster! You can't see it, but IT IS BAD! Really bad!!"
Slowly, he turned the flying sword around- scuttling through the air- gradually giving away altitude, and descending to a cruising height of thirty feet.
"Relax," he said coolly- feeling the steady vibrations of his weapon.
It buzzed reassuringly in his hands- reminding him that the monster could be penetrated; "This just means I gotta dick it down with my blade. . .I gotta kill it once and for all. . ."
Behind him, still stark naked, Stacy's face turned bright red at the word 'dick.' She opened her mouth to say something- and closed it up almost immediately. Suddenly, the temperature all around them dropped.
In her bones, a cold- biting, frosty, and uninviting, froze up her insides. Her teeth chattered- clacking against each other- grinding and grinding in jutting noises.
Cold.
Biting cold.
It was the freezing, biting, and unfriendly kind.
And it descended upon the hill with a staggering suddeness. Nexus watched in surprise as wisps of condensed air curled out of his nostrils- like white smoke. Even the York girl, whose element was fire, shuddered violently- bucking her shoulders- struggling to keep her hands locked around Nexus' waist.
His eyes squinted- the octopus had taken the game to a whole new level.
Chest tightening, veins pulsing wildly on his head, Nexus' sword arm dropped- lower and lower- till it began to feel like he was carrying an entire pillar.
Under the weight, his trembling knees gave way beneath him- buckling like two bottles knocking up against each other. But thankfully, Stacy's arms, which were wrapped around his waist, held him up;
"Master. . ."
She managed to spurt- as her teeth chattered loudly in her mouth- beating against her lower jaw;
". . .the air. . .it's not the cold. . .it's the monster. . .it's controlling the–"
"WeaAthEr. . ." Nexus managed to spit out; ". . .it's controlling the weather. . ."
The flying sword began to dive lower and lower. And Nexus' nostrils flared on his nose- a drizzle of blood trickled down, as he mentally fought to keep control of the flight path. His facial muscles tautened- twisting in a grimace, as he forced his knees to stay still.
On the whirling sword, descending quickly through the dwindling darkness, he air around him grew heavier and heavier.
With a heavy, jolt that cracked his neck, he jerked his head up- and his mouth dropped open. Before the land, on the earth below, was a blanket of thick white fog.
He swallowed, watching it rise like a cloud of steam, curling into the atmosphere, and clouding the very air which he was whipping through. Palms tingling, and ears buzzing, Nexus' throat forced out torrent of curses;
"This FUCKIN' ASSHO–"
Again, the sword jerked violently- jolting, and accelerating intermittently, forcing Nexus and Stacy to stagger and sway;
"Masterrr!!"
"I know, I know," Nexus snarled- extending his long arms by his side- redirecting his mental energy to keeping them balanced.