"Oh no you don't!" Verso roared his voice full of defiance.
As the Umbra Panther lunged, he didn't try to retreat. Instead he twisted his torso, pivoting on his heel to meet the beast's momentum as he swung the dark marble cleaver in a brutal horizontal arc.
SHREK.
The panther's obsidian claws tore through Verso's shirt, carving three grim looking lines across his chest.
A searing, burning sensation flooded his nervous system, but he knew that he couldn't afford to react to it.
Lucky for him, his cleaver connected. the heavy blade slicing through the air and catching the panther across the face.
A spray of dark fluid erupted when the edge of the marble blade cut deep into the predator's left eye.
Both of them skidded back, creating a five meter gap between them.
Verso breathed heavily, his hand pressed against his chest where blood began to soak through the fabric.
