With that vicious cross on Loma's nose,
blood sprays from his face.
Loma (in disbelief, thinking): BLOOOD!???
His mind twists between aggression and panic.
He is forced to retreat.
Riven lunges in with a feint straight.
Loma, while stepping back, bites on it—
and is smashed by an incoming horizontal hook, weight thrown onto the lead leg.
But it misses the weak spot of Loma's body.
He still feels it, though—more like a sharp sting burning into his cheek.
Loma retaliates instantly with the hook he practiced with Xoza.
BOOM!!
The impact lands with a violent thud, so heavy that Riven feels it echo inside his mouth.
His jaw snaps violently—agony rippling through his whole body.
He crashes to the ground, then forces himself back up.
Riven (gritting his teeth): That's dangerous, rookie!!
Loma (thinking, wide-eyed): Woah… I'm becoming stronger. Yess, that's itt.
Loma's mind snaps into an aggressive state.
Only one thought floods through his head:
DOMINATE!!
Chapter 37 end