The monster's advance caused the two to widen their eyes, but Chris's glowed brighter in yellow, he would go for the attack with the [Activation] from the beginning and then also charge at the monster.
The creature's tentacles came from different directions and went at high speed, Christopher saw that they would need to see as well as possible to be able to dodge and so he quickened his pace.
Christopher was going with speed and clearly seeing the black whips coming towards him by the light brought by the torch, by the effect of [Activation] he was able to move his body and saw the black tentacles coming from above and from the sides.
His reflexes were sharper and he moved to the side, jumping and placing himself horizontally to avoid the tentacles that came from the sides.
The quick movements continued with Arthur still keeping his wide eyes that gradually returned to normal tone, however, even during the jump he widened his eyes once more that shone in a slightly stronger yellow.
His speed didn't decrease even after his feet touched the ground again and again he charged through the black whips.
From the outside of the combat, Arthur watched as he stood in a forward pose placing his sword sheathed at his waist ready to draw and attack as he watched the combat ensue.
The torch's lighting allowed it to see clearly and make precise movements to dodge direct attacks, but the monster that had advanced earlier realized that its opponent was close through the tentacles and so it knew where to attack, directing the tentacles to attack even more in the blonde who tried to approach.
Christopher felt his energy being consumed quickly as his eyes went out and the instant it happened, he saw a whip go towards his eyes.
The blonde tried to dodge, but the effect of the [Activation] had worn off and then in an instant a crack happened, the whip landed on Christopher's forehead, throwing his head back while making the blonde lose his composure as more whips came.
Arthur widened his eyes and prepared to move forward, but soon Christopher was screaming.
"DO NOT COME!"
The scream made Arthur flinch and alerted the creature, Christopher thought.
"Shit."
Having a very close target, the creature leapt towards the blonde, who clenched his teeth as his eyes sparkled again.
The whips continued to come and lash Christopher, but the blonde only focused on the advancing creature that was approaching at high speed.
Positioning the torch back, Chris thought.
"It won't be that easy, you monster!"
Once again his eyes glowed yellow and holding the torch with both hands, Christopher turned his body violently and hit the creature's face on the side, making the creature stop its advance and be thrown backwards, leaving the area of tentacles of the monster.
After being thrown, the creature still stopped in quadruped form, but this time with its head a little lower, looking confused.
Christopher clenched his teeth as his eyes glazed over, seeing he'd let a chance slip by, he thought.
"She won't let me advance easily, even if those tentacles hurt, it doesn't hurt as much when her blows and with the activation I can resist..."
Looking at the handle of the torch, he saw that after the blow he had already created some splinters in the wood, such was the resistance of the monster, which made him frown and stare at the creature.
"If there's a time to move forward it's now, I'll only have one chance, so..."
Even feeling damage to his body, before the monster recovered, Christopher stepped forward and advanced at high speed, making his steps raise water that alerted the creature.
The black whips had stopped after the monster was hit, but soon started to move when they heard the blonde's footsteps approaching.
Once again the creature was in its defense mode and Christopher seeing that more attacks were approaching, he leaned his body putting an arm in front of the body.
"They're fast, but-"
Again he widened eyes that glowed yellow, making a few veins pop out next to them and then the tentacles arrived.
"They won't make me back down!"
Knowing that he couldn't avoid everyone, Chris used his body and arm as a shield so that the attacks would not reach areas that would impede his advance, even if his legs and torso were hit with violence, he would not retreat and protected the torch with his own body.
The whips were going at full speed and were lashing the blonde who, by blocking with his arm, took less direct damage, even if he felt pain, he realized he was advancing.
The monster noticed the blonde approaching and then prepared to retreat, but seeing this, Christopher widened his eyes and once again used his [Activation], his energy was being consumed at high speed by this sequence, but even so he gave a firm step that raised even more water, making even the footstep echo in the place.
Unlike before, this time Christopher's body was enveloped in a slight yellowish aura and in an instant, his advance happened.
Due to the speed he managed to pass through all the black whips that lashed him, but he managed to ignore the pain, getting very close to the creature that tried to retreat, but Christopher did not miss the chance and was face to face with the monster.
His reflexes and vision were better, soon he positioned the torch above his shoulder as if he was going to strike a lunge and then he shouted:
"Bite this!"
Christopher's arm extended towards the creature's mouth, but the sound of wind being cut happened and in an instant, a much larger black whip hit the torch, tearing it violently from Christopher's arm that widened his eyes in surprise.
Arthur watched from afar and his eyes widened, seeing the top part of the torch being ripped off and thrown upwards, temporarily pushing the light away from Christopher and the creature.
Seeing that, Arthur was already positioning himself to move forward while his eyes shone much brighter than before, but before he could act, he soon saw tentacles approaching to the side and grabbing Christopher, who clenched his teeth while his yellow eyes went out.
The tentacles squeezed hard and made Christopher grunt, but before he could try to free himself, a much bigger and faster tentacle hit his face, pushing the blonde's head back violently, but unlike before, the tentacle didn't hit and melted into the blonde's face.
All in the blink of an eye while the tentacle that had disintegrated turned into something liquid that soon solidified, spreading across Christopher's face, blocking from his nose to his forehead, making him stop snarling immediately.
The moment he saw it, Arthur charged forward without a second thought as he yelled to get the creature's attention.
"DAMN YOU!"
But the moment his foot left the ground, a noise of something hot touching the water happened and along with the noise the lighting ended, leaving everything in complete darkness and making Arthur widen his eyes, realizing that the torch was off and they were in the back of the cave, hearing only the monster's grunts that became more and more distorted as its sound echoed through the place making Arthur raise his guard.
Arthur's eyes widened and he stopped advancing when he realized the total darkness he was in, the creature's grunts were heard and made him understand that even if he couldn't see, the monster in front of him would not be stopped.
The swordsman broke out in a cold sweat as he heard grunts in the middle of the darkness, soon recognizing Chris's voice, then he exclaimed:
"CHRIS!!!"
Something seemed to tighten and make the blonde grunt, as Arthur heard the grunt from all directions, making him look around in confusion as he thought.
"Damn it, where is he?"
Arthur looked straight ahead, where the monster was previously, the snarls seemed to be coming from that direction even if he didn't know for sure.
However, before he could react, he soon heard the sound of something cutting through the air and heading towards him, leaving time just to think.
"Wha-"