Cid - Dodges blood tendrils

Innumerable feelers bear down on Shadow, but his ebony blade arches beautifully through the air as it slices them all down.

Trails of red and black collide over and over as the combatants’ terrifying speed leaves all the bystanders in the dust.

For them, though, the attacks are meant as little more than feints.

Suddenly, the Blood Queen’s body wavers, and a second later she’s behind him.

Her red claws are aimed straight at his back.

Shadow’s body abruptly wavers in turn.

The claws find nothing but empty space as the black sword impales the Blood Queen from behind.

Sploosh.

The Blood Queen bursts with a sound like water being dumped from a bucket, and blood arrows fill the air around them.

As Shadow swats them down, the Blood Queen puts some space between them.

They square off again, as though the fight just started over from the beginning.

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Volume 3, Chapter 3