The beast clenched and Zayda struggled even more with both her hands trying to pry the large digits away from her throat so it no longer constricted her windpipe.
And then, she stopped.
She took a hand off the beast's digits. With a flick of her wrist, she retrieved a sword from her Spatial ring, and with a *Shwing* sound, the blade flashed and cut clean through the Beast's wrist.
"ARRRGGGHHHH!!!"
As the Beast let out a pained yell, its detached hand that was still around Zayda's neck, melted into grey mist and allowed the Squad Commander to gasp as she took in a big gulp of air while rubbing her neck to mitigate the soreness.
She looked up at her Beastly opponent and saw it no longer yelled or hunched over in pain. In fact, it stretched its stump of a hand forward and it bubbled and oozed until another large hand replaced the one it just lost.
"You'll pay for that!" It said with a sneer, "Oh you WILL PAY!!!"
