Nick had been going back and forth for several seconds now, and he could feel the Fallen becoming more ferocious.
Fallen were extremely shrewd and intelligent. If they weren't, they wouldn't have become Fallen.
'It thinks I already called for backup, and it wants to finish it before the backup arrives. I don't have much time!'
'Additionally, the Specter Cage will come back down soon. Its acceleration is not fast, but its terminal velocity is brutally high due to its density.'
Nick tried to find a way to kill the Specter without entering the ocean.
That was when he noticed a peculiarity.
'Its tentacles are attacking me from the side. It makes sense that they wouldn't attack me from below since that would throw me further away from it, but why is it not curving its tentacles and attacking me from above?'
Nick realized the reason.
'That's my chance!'
BANG!
