It was getting harder to breathe. Spots edged into the corners of Natalia's vision, which was starting to blur. She couldn't seem to get enough air into her lungs. Gritting her teeth, she raised her bow, the weapon shaking in her grasp as the tip of her arrow swayed drunkenly. The strength to pull back the string was leaving her as she slumped forward in the monster's grasp, as limp and as useless as a pretty doll.
The crystal ochu was so focused on making a meal out of the princess that it didn't realize the true threat that Yuri posed. Green ichor burst from its back as Yuri's blade struck true, again and again, slashing it with a brutal fury it had never known.
With a low and pained groan, the monster teetered, and its grip on Natalia slacked enough that she slipped from its uncoiling tendril. The monster collapsed in a blobby heap, mouth yawned open wide with teeth sticking every which way, before it faded from sight. In the snow it left behind a pile of 3,500 gil, and surprisingly enough, a small sparking yellow crystal.
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The crystal ochu was so focused on making a meal out of the princess that it didn't realize the true threat that Yuri posed. Green ichor burst from its back as Yuri's blade struck true, again and again, slashing it with a brutal fury it had never known.
With a low and pained groan, the monster teetered, and its grip on Natalia slacked enough that she slipped from its uncoiling tendril. The monster collapsed in a blobby heap, mouth yawned open wide with teeth sticking every which way, before it faded from sight. In the snow it left behind a pile of 3,500 gil, and surprisingly enough, a small sparking yellow crystal.