Ascension

Bang!

The Shadow stopped smiling as it slowly directed its gaze down. Where its heart was supposed to be, an unfamiliar arm was piercing through, destroying its heart entirely.

The monster looked up again and saw Achilles smiling scornfully at it. It then coughed out a mouthful of black blood that hit his body, mixing with the red blood that made him seem even gorier than before.

Achilles pulled his arm back and left a gaping hole in the beast's chest. Without anything to support its dying self, the abomination collapsed painfully to the ground.

It stared at Achilles with his nonexistent eyes that were overflowing with crazed abhorrence to the very last moment. Eventually, the flame of life was completely extinguished from its existence.

The Shadow had deceased.

Achilles rubbernecked at the dead beast with contempt while trying to not faint from the burning pain in his body, especially his chest area.