"So what if I am?"
I asked, putting a smile onto my face even as a cold sweat beaded on my brow. I tightened my grip on [Nyx] and [Emmeranne], holding both weapons ready in each hand.
-That means I just need to kill you, and the others will fall not long after!
Then, without a single heartbeat of warning, the demonic majin appeared directly in front of me. She spat those words out with venomous intent as she coiled her body to swing her jagged claws!
She was incredibly fast— far faster than she had been just minutes ago. But even so, it wasn't at a speed that I couldn't at least try to keep up with— TIIING--!!!
I swung my sword down in a heavy vertical arc, intercepting her claw before she could even fully initiate the attack. I poured every ounce of force I could gather into the strike, but the impact felt like hitting a mountain; it barely made her flinch.
Still, I didn't back down. I stared the demonic majin straight in her black, soulless eyes.
