Chapter 17 - The Darkness(2)

The monster saw Ryan and Gabrielle take a stance towards it. 

"ROARRRR!!!"

The monster roared as it charged forward at them with great speed. 

Ryan and Gabrielle easily sidestepped this attack as they leaped out of the way. 

The monster stretched out it's tail as it launched a terrifying attack at the duo. Spewing poison from it's tail.

Gabrielle and her clones made the first attempt to attack. Each swinging their blades at the monster as the tried cutting it's leg.

Gabrielle's attacks were ineffective against the monsters thick scales. Her attacks managed to scrape the outer layer of the monster's defenses. 

She leaped back and jumped into the air, elegantly throwing knives at the monster as it stuck on it's back, causing it to roar out in pain.

Ryan on the other hand while he was evading the monster's attacks, kept firing bullets made out of mana at it.

The creature shielded itself with it's wing, making Ryan's attack ineffective. 

Ryan groaned in frustration as he saw that the creature had not received any damage from his attacks. 

Gabrielle who was still dodging the monster's poisonous attacks, found herself cornered against the wall as one of creature's head charged towards at her. Gabrielle managed to get stop the creature from devouring her whole as she uses her sword to block the monster's teeths from touching her. 

The monster pushed forward with force as Gabrielle held her position, slightly cracking the ground beneath her. 

Ryan saw this scene as he targeted the monster's head, firing a heavy attack at the creature. The monster saw Ryan's attack about to meet it as it tried evading the bullet. But it was too slow to react. Ryan's attack passed through the creature's skull, leaving a permanent hole in it's head. 

Gabrielle watched as the creature's brains flowed on the ground, creating an awful stench in the air. 

When the monster saw that one of it's head had been taken down. It let out an agonizing roar of pain. Ryan and Gabrielle smiled at their efforts, but they were in for a shock.

The creature got up and let out a loud roar before ripping off the dead chunk of flesh on it's shoulders. 

Ryan and Gabrielle stood in awe of the gruesome scene that unfolded before them. The creature tore off it's head with the remaining two, as it threw it away on the ground. 

Blood dripped down from the severed head. 

Ryan and Gabrielle were shocked by this. They never believed the monster to take such drastic measures in order to survive. 

The monster looked at the two on front of him with anger in it's eyes as it charged forward wildly, attempting to avenge it's lost head.

Ryan and Gabrielle quickly jumped out of the way, evading the monster's attacks. 

Ryan knew that it was more provoked than it was few moments ago. He knew that this would be bad for them if they couldn't stop it now. Monsters tend to get wild when angry, destroying everything in their path, even things that are not a threat to them. 

If they don't do something to stop it's rampaging, they could be in serious trouble. Ryan looked up at the floor ceiling, cracks could be seen on it. 

Ryan went to Gabrielle and informed her of there current situation. 

Gabrielle proceeds to make more clones of herself while Ryan continued to fire mana bullets at the creature. 

Gabrielle's clones surrounded the monster in an enclosed circle as they began their attack. They leaped into the air, throwing series of knives at the creature. 

The creature tried to cover it's back with it's wings but it was ineffective against the attacks. 

Gabrielle's attacks pierced through the monster back, causing it to wail, as it's back were now covered with knives. 

Ryan took advantage of the creature's pain and launched an attack of his own. He created a spectre ball of mana as he threw it as one of the creature's head, bursting the whole open.

Blood flew through the air as the creature cried out in agony of loosing another one of it's head.

Ryan moved back as he planned another attack on finishing off the creature. 

The both of them charged forward at the creature with speed in a desperate attempt to end the monster's life once and for all. 

The monster spread it's wings as it blew a gush of wind at them, sending them flying against the wall.

It charged forward at Ryan, seeing as he was the one who had severed both it's head. It used it's tail to launch a devastating attack on Ryan.

Ryan who had seen the creature charged forward at him, managed to barely evade it's attack. The monster struck it's tail towards Ryan, but he was quick to dodge, as the monster's scorpion like tail made a crater in the ground. 

Ryan managed to leap out of the way as the creature continued to pursue him. The chamber's ceiling was already breaking as rocks fell to the ground with every step the creature took.

'Shit!' Ryan said inwardly as he evaded the falling rocks and the monster's attacks. 

He called out to Gabrielle who was still trying to get up as she had been temporarily paralyzed by the impact from the wall.

"Gabrielle!!" Ryan called out. 

Gabrielle raised her head as she saw Ryan in a tight spot. She hurriedly got up and charged at the monster. But she was immediately stopped by Ryan.

"Draw it's attention towards you while it finish it off!" Ryan said as he started forming a ball of mana in his hand.

Gabrielle understood his plan and proceeded to making about thirty clones of herself. 

Each struck the monster with devastating blows making the monster cry out in pain. 

Some of the clones jumped on it's back, driving their swords through it.

While all these was happening Ryan continued to form a mana bomb as his hand grew brighter and brighter.

Ryan jumped into the air as it landed a devastating blow on the monster's head.

"AHHHH!!" Ryan let out a loud cry as he threw the ball of man into the monster's mouth bursting it open into a million pieces. 

The monster fell to the ground acknowledging defeat. 

Ryan landed on the ground as he saw the lifeless corpse of the monster in front of him. 

He finally let out an exhausted sigh as a smile crept on his face.

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