Chapter 213
Clara and Aiden moved as if they were extensions of each other, weaving through the battlefield with a rhythm that only years of fighting side by side could forge.
Their coordination was seamless—when one advanced, the other circled; when one drew the beast's attention, the other struck from its blind spot.
Together, they pressed the monstrous scorpion from every angle, refusing to let it pin them down in one place.
The massive creature's pincers snapped like guillotines, its six tails whipping out with murderous speed, but neither Clara nor Aiden faltered. Clara's eyes burned with focus, her body darting lightly between shadows of the beast's strikes, while Aiden's darker, more brutal style tore at openings with claws wreathed in obsidian energy.
Energy slashes and elemental bursts battered the scorpion's armored carapace, leaving scorched marks, gouges, and shallow cracks—but never anything decisive.
