Primordial Expanse: I have the Strongest Talent!

Chapter 302: Locked in

Mira's body snapped into action the moment she broke free from her frozen state.

The sheer terror of what she had just encountered still lingered on her mind, but she pushed through it with gritted teeth.

The Galephant was still a threat, and it was right in front of her practically served up on a platter.

She was given a rare opportunity — one which she couldn't afford to waste.

She launched herself forward with a burst of speed, her Golden Presence thankfully still active as only half of the allotted time had passed so far.

Her increased strength propelled her across the distance between her and the massive beast in a matter of milliseconds.

The Galephant, still locked in its own state of shock, remained motionless, its eyes wide and vacant.

It clearly had a weaker will than Mira despite its clearly superior rank and class.

It seemed being a higher rank wasn't all so good after all.

Mira kept in mind the fact that she should continue to strengthen her own mind in the future in case another situation like this one crops up.

Mira could see her sword, still embedded deep in the Galephant's skull, just where she had left it when she was flung from the beast.

She was lucky the beast was incapacitated, or she would have an incredibly hard time trying to fight it without a weapon at her disposal.

Her feet barely touched the ground as she closed in on the beast.

The Galephant's body was completely still, not even a sign of breathing, but Mira wouldn't make the mistake of assuming it was dead just from that.

It was a C tier Variant class beast, it could probably go for many hours without breathing at all.

'So that presence in the Void dimension was even able to extend its aura into the real dimension… I wonder just how powerful it really was.'

Just as Mira reached the Galephant's side though, she saw a flicker of movement in its eyes.

The beast was beginning to reawaken, its muscles tensing as it started to shake off its paralysis.

Time was quickly ticking down until the Galephant fully reawakened like Mira, and at that point her chance to strike while the iron was hot would be missed.

Mira leaped up and grabbed the hilt of her sword, pulling it out of the beast's thick hide.

The familiar feeling of a weapon in her hand made her much more confident, and to make the most of the time she had before the Galephant was able to move again, she struck.

Mira didn't hesitate for even a second, because she couldn't afford to.

She wasted no time, her body moving in synchronisation with her thoughts as she drove the blade back down into the beast's flesh, targeting the point where the skull met the spine.

She had already tried going directly for the brain, but that part of its skull was too thick for her to penetrate even with her enhanced strength.

So instead, she aimed for its nerves, the vital spot where a clean strike could bring even a creature of its size to its knees.

Katcha!

Her sword penetrated deep, just as she intended, sinking into the thick hide and muscle with as much force as she could muster.

ROARR!

At this moment, the Galephant fully reawakened from its frozen state.

The jolt of pain Mira's strike had sent through its body had probably been enough to give it enough will power to snap out of it.

The sound of its roar shook the ground beneath her feet and echoed through the remains of the forest.

It was a roar of pain, anger, desperation, the kind that sent shivers down the spine of the person listening to it.

But Mira wasn't phased.

She pressed down harder, twisting the blade to do as much damage as possible.

The beast thrashed, its massive body convulsing as it tried to shake her off, but Mira clung as hard as she could this time, not making the same mistake as last time and getting thrown off.

She was fully aware that the beast had regained its strength, the paralysis from the earlier shock wearing off quickly.

But it seemed her strike to its spine wasn't enough to bring back this paralysis, at least do its lower body.

Mira felt the muscles of the Galephant tighten around her blade, the beast's body preparing to launch a counter attack.

She was close enough to its head that its trunk could reach her if she gave it the chance.

"No you don't!" she exclaimed, her grip tightening around the hilt.

With a feral snarl, Mira ripped the sword free again and brought it down in a flurry of strikes, each one aimed at the same vulnerable spot she had struck before.

Her blade cut through flesh, muscle and bone with dangerous efficiency.

But the Galephant just wasn't dropping.

And now its trunk was closing in on her.

With more wind elemental energy converging in front of it.

It seemed the Galephant had reached an impasse.

It knew it wouldn't be able to survive this encounter if it allowed Mira to continue.

So it decided on taking them both out in a suicide attack.

Mira's eyes darted to the Galephant's trunk as she sensed the surge of wind elemental energy gathering at the tip of it.

The beast's massive appendage was snaking towards her rapidly, preparing to unleash a devastating attack that would most likely kill them both.

There was no time to hesitate.

Without missing a beat, Mira switched her focus from the vulnerable spot at the base of the Galephant's skull to its trunk.

She knew that if she didn't stop the Galephant from releasing that energy, it would take them both out.

She swung her sword in a wide arc, aiming for the muscular trunk before it reached her.

Katcha!

Her sword bit deep into the trunk, but that wasn't enough.

"RAHHH!"

Mira pushed her body past its limits to put even more force behind the attack.

Shing!

The trunk was severed, separated from the beast's head.