Tried and True, Chapter 178: Unyielding
Chapter 178: Unyielding
Tamaes managed to drive his opponent into a corner, but Valerian had lectured them over and over. The Fallen had nothing left to lose. In their desperation, they became doubly dangerous.
“Yield!” Tamaes snapped, leveling his sword at the demon’s throat.
With a scratchy laugh, he countered, “Why? To impress your mentor?”
“To … to end the test.”
“Did no one tell you?” jeered the demon. “Nothing ends here.” And he sprang.
Tamaes’s blade sliced the Fallen’s shoulder, but his enemy pushed forward, heedless of his wound. He didn’t stop until his teeth were buried in the young Guardian’s arm.
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