Surrounded

This was it…

I whispered under my breath and drove Gravefang downward.

My win.

SHLICCK.

The blade pierced the Mooncat's skull with a sickening crunch. I put my full weight into it, pushing the beast to the ground.

My grip remained firm on the hilt until its twitching stopped beneath me.

The Mooncat's limbs gave a final, shuddering twitch, then its muscles slackened beneath me, like a marionette with its strings cut, the light in its eyes flickering out, leaving behind only the dull, glassy stare of a defeated beast.

The battle was over.

It was dead.

I exhaled—shaky, exhausted, but alive.

I pulled Gravefang free and staggered back, breathing hard.

"I… I did it."

DING!

[Congratulations. You have defeated the elite monster: Mooncat - Level 15)]

[You have leveled up!]

[You have leveled up!]