At the same time, both Finn and Charlotte confronted the insect that rushed them head-on. It possessed a slightly different build from the one that he saw attacking the knight and cannoneer; it was shorter and stockier, moving with quick, springy steps while rapidly slashing at them.
With little reach using his dagger, Finn left most of the parrying to the spellblade, as her sword was adequate in matching the visceral limbs of the creature.
"Finn!--" Charlotte let out as her blade bounced back upon a failed parry.
["Blink Slash"] [2:59]
Closing the distance in an instance with a strike aimed to sever its head, he appeared right past it, finding that his dagger only bounced off of its bladed arm. It had somehow already lifted its limb to protect its neck from that angle.
'It reacted to that? These things are insane,' Finn thought.
