Darkness (3)

Lara swore and gripped her sword with both palms into a sweeping strike. The ghoul tried to lurch away, but too late. Her sword clung against its bony legs—that she had already injured before, but this time, she severed it into two pieces. 

The severed limb dropped on the ground frist, then the Ghoul, but it wasn't enough. Lara churned mana, aiming for its head this time. Her cold sword penetrated into its skull as it screeched, lurching its remaining limbs in madness.

[You have killed a Ghoul, Level 61]

[You have gained 51005 karma points.]

"Stay by my side," she told Enna. "We will move while fighting."

Enna was already quite close to her; if she got any closer, then she would fall into the battle between her and the monster. Instead, she channelled her mana from the sides and cast a divine protection spell on Lara as white light glittered from her body, augmenting her defence.