Kai swung down to end Damas and take him out of the battle for good.
For plotting to kill and eat a kid, death will be his punishment.
But something else came faster than the swing of his arm.
A vertical energy slash cut through the air and struck Kai on the side of his body, forcing him to pivot sideways. Pain lanced through his mind as his sword-arm was severed from his body with a perfect, clean-cut.
It flew into the air like it was nothing.
Kai looked to the far side and saw Asher standing in the distance with his sword unsheathed.
The leader of the squad had been watching the battle progress with growing interest. And seeing one of them was about to be cleaved into two—he decided to intervene, stopping Kai's blade before it could deliver the finishing blow.
Relief washed over Damas as the scimitar only scratched his shoulder.
