The grey creature lunged.
Mark barely had time to move. He stepping forward with a roar as his blade met the strike mid-air.
Steel crashed against a hand wrapped in unnatural grey arm, the shockwave splitting the mist around them like parting water.
His rune-etched sword sparked violently. The edge dragging against the creature's arm as it parried him with brutal and terrifying strength.
Even with his body reinforced by Magic, Mark grunted under the force.
It was fast and incredibly strong. Each of its movements was precise and deadly with wasted motion like the other grey creatures that only rely on raw instinct to attack. This kind was able to think.
Mark's muscles screamed with each parry as he deflected clawed slashes and brutal strikes that sent ripples through the earth beneath his feet.