Holy Moly!

*Swish. Clang.*

The sound was jarring just to hear and I could not imagine how Jesen felt, blocking the powerful strike with his sword. His whole body seemed to shake, but he held his ground, not backing down.

*Swish.*

Again the sound reverberated, but I could tell from the monster's swing that the attack had something extra in it that time. Jesen tried to block again, bracing the side of his sword with his left hand, but it was futile.

*Clang.*

As the metal ring encircling the monkey monster's forearm hit Jesen's blade, Jesen was sent flying. It was reminiscent of the fight with zepsile, but at least there was no wall for him to crash into.

However, as Jesen sailed past me, I saw him grit his teeth, maintaining his defensive posture.

Azel quickly waved her hands, creating a raging wall of flames in between us and the monster. Without someone to tank the monster's attacks we were pretty susceptible to frontal assaults.