Raime had become fast, but Lugh had become [i]strong[/i], and though the scout reached Ari before Lugh did, him slowing down as he approached meant that the warrior may as well have struck him at full force.

It was like being hit by a battering ram, except the battering ram had hooks attached to it that tore into the flesh of his back, and the agony, though he had become almost accustomed to such terrible pain from yesterday’s battles, was still such that Raime’s entire body went numb as a lightning-white pain burst into his vision. Just like that, [b]64 points of damage was dealt[/b], the scout stumbling into Ari before clumsily grabbing at her head and running off. Dirt exploded with every footfall, a nauseating sensation making it up Raime’s brain as he exerted himself to his physical limit while dealing with his pain, but he did what he could, removing Ari from the vicinity of combat before slowing to a halt and turning around.

Just in time to see the centipede woman’s face loom before him, skinny legs pounding frenetically into the ground.

While the scout had troubled himself with Ari’s plight, the monstrous being had twisted her head out of the way of Lugh’s thrown talisman, her elongated body twisting into a spiral as the blessed projectile flew off into the distance. And while Lugh had grounded himself, posturing defensively, she hadn’t stopped moving at all, skittering past the warrior at the same inhuman speed that she had ambushed Ari with. He would have his opportunity to strike at her body, but so what?

Raime, with Ari in tow, had slowed to a stop in order to admonish the reckless catgirl, and now they were both sitting ducks.

[b][Assess][/b] pinged in, and, mere meters away from those beautiful lips from which horrid teeth jutted out, Raime understood that she was certainly an enemy to be feared: just as fast as he was, but far surpassing him in strength and durability.
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