Grendel tried to retreat out of the cave, using his subordinates as shields. However, the aura blades were too sharp to be stopped by a troll's body. They pierced clean through his subordinates before slicing his arm off at the shoulder.
"GRRRR...." Grendel roared, his retreating pace growing frantic.
Another arc of blade came. This one took his legs. His massive body crashed to the ground, and a heartbeat later the ceiling gave way, enormous slabs of rock thundering down and burying him completely. His grey blood splattered in every direction like a burst balloon.
"What an irony..." Ezekiel murmured, standing still at the centre of the ruin. "I am going to die protecting the very world I hated."
Her eyelids had grown heavy with exhaustion. The vision before me began to blur as her consciousness slowly slipped away. Just as she was about to fall into the rain of collapsing rock, a hand grabbed her from behind.
The vision went completely dark. Everything fell silent.
