The real danger (b)

A moment ago, Elliot felt death creeping up to him, and thus, he instinctively jumped out of the way of danger. To his surprise, lightning surged down the clouded night sky, striking the place where he once stood.

"Swoosh!"

Although he had jumped out of the trajectory of the dark lightning, a part of it still diverged from the main body, taking the shape of a furious lightning bolt that came charging towards his legs to cripple him as if it carries a will of its own.

Everything happened in a fraction of a second, so fast that not only was he caught by surprise, but he didn't even have ample time to defend himself too.

It looked like today he would get to taste pain once again, one far worse than the times before.

"AWOO!!"

Just as it looked like he would lose his legs, Kayn, the strongest among Elliot's undead creatures, jumped in between them, using its flesh as a shield and taking the lightning bolt for the sake of its master well being.