Chapter 1180: Such Fragile Skin
Blood splattered the ground around them as Apollonia leaned in and whispered in a smug tone, ''Your whores can't teleport here to save you, Demon. The storm and our magic cut you off from the outside world.''
Following that, she reached for his shirt and tore it off. ''You know,'' she said, her voice cold and almost wistful, ''I used to like and fantasize about you. I thought we could end all of this bloodshed together, but I was wrong. Your actions have proven you're a monster.''
Seconds later, she looked at his ear with a big smile before slicing the top of his right ear clean off, making Archer grit his teeth against the pain. Without hesitation, she continued her assault, slashing at him again and again.
Minutes later, Apollonia stabbed him in the side before going crazy and jabbing him all over as she giggled, forcing the night of his murder in his previous life to appear, which caused chaos with his emotions.
But thanks to his body growing weak, he stopped thinking about it as his mind grew fuzzy. She seized his chin, forcing his head upward, and trailed the tip of her knife down the side of his face, drawing a grunt of pain as his skin was opened up.
The woman continued slicing across his chest and limbs while enjoying herself. Blood pooled on the floor and Apollonia got annoyed, as he wasn't screaming or begging her to stop. She stood before him, her eyes glinting with cruel delight as she pressed a heated blade against his ribs.
The sizzle of flesh and the acrid smell of burning skin filled the air. ''You thought I was a classmate, an ally but all along I was put here to be your downfall Demon,'' she hissed, her voice venomous as she twisted the blade deeper, earning a ragged gasp from him.
Archer clenched his teeth, fighting the pain, his mind racing with bitter regret. 'I'm a fool,' he scolded himself. 'I shouldn't have trusted her and let my guard down because she's a beautiful woman.'
A sharp crack echoed as she suddenly broke one of his fingers, her laughter cutting through his haze of agony before speaking. ''You only have your lower brain to thank,'' she said sweetly, leaning closer. ''This? This is the price of your naivety.''
She sliced a serrated blade across his forearm, peeling the skin back in ribbons. Blood poured from the wound, pooling on the cold floor beneath him. Archer gritted his teeth and swore never to let himself get into this situation ever again.
''Beautiful, isn't it?'' she mused, holding up the bloodstained blade before driving it into his thigh with a sickening squelch.
He didn't flinch but grit his teeth once again, but the agony surged through his body with each slash, thanks to Apollonia's cruelty. Her blade gleamed with his blood as she dragged it across his chest once again, carving deep, jagged lines.
Archer's ragged breaths turned to groans as she moved to his arms, slicing patterns that caused crimson rivers to flow. ''Such fragile skin,'' she murmured.
With one final, powerful thrust, she drove her blade through the Terravian's chest and it collapsed at her feet, dead. In the meantime, Kassandra was punching out and turning the foes into meat chunks.
The Kraken woman moved like a storm through the cave, her fists shattering the Terravians with overwhelming power. One lunged at her, claws extended, but she ducked low, driving a thunderous uppercut into its jaw that sent its head snapping back.
Before it could fall, she spun and delivered a bone-crushing elbow to its ribcage. The sound of snapping bones echoed out. Kassandra dodged another foe, her fists a blur as she pummeled it into submission.
''Keep coming!'' she shouted, grinning as another Terravian charged her.
Archer smiled when seeing this before letting the pain take him as he crashed to the ground, causing the Terravians to dash toward him, but a portal opened and a tall blonde woman crashed in front of him.
'Valariana,' he thought as the blonde woman went crazy. The Chull Queen kicked an enemy in the chest, which sent him flying in the opposite direction as Archer spoke in a strained voice, ''Keep the bitch alive, I'll return the favor tenfold. She's fucking dead.''
When the women heard this, they turned to him and nodded as Brooke spoke, ''Valariana, you protect our husband! Don't let any of these dogs get near him.''
Archer watched as the blonde nodded and stood firm in front of him as she tore apart two Terravians that rushed toward them. A strained smile appeared on his face as Apollonia was panicking.
She was summoning even more fights until no more appeared. The four women stood across from the enemies. Brooke hadn't calmed down, causing her to appear in front of the pink-haired woman with an evil smile.
The older woman slapped her, which rang out and sent Apollonia crashing into the nearby wall. Following that, they fought again; this time, a wave of magic and swords annihilated their enemies.
Archer watched them all die a gruesome death and the pink-haired woman was bruised and battered beyond belief. He smiled when he saw this and tried to stand, but one of his legs gave way because of the amount of damage.
Valariana quickly supported him with a worried expression. ''I'll help you, Master. You're badly injured.''
He nodded before explaining, ''I am, and it hurts. That bitch used something that disabled my regeneration, and now I can't heal.''
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