Reinhardt struck out with the shield at the lunging first That spearhead is a nasty piece of work, it’s probably doing a real number on its muscles.” He looked over at the second

  He dodged left and jinked the right for another moment, bashing the second Essence from this last

  She was incredibly beautiful. She was larger than any natural wolf, twice as large as theDungeon

  As the Spirit felt all 42 teeth in her head, especially her oversized canines, which had punctured his cuisse and dug deep into his SoulAnother If you ever get me open, you’ll be in for a surprise!” Reinhardt thought as he covered his head and chest with the shield. Her attack deflected, she returned her attention to his left leg, trying to renew her grip to shake him like a ragdoll. Reinhardt snarled at her, slamming the bottom of the shield into her skull. There was no way it would penetrate, or even do any major injury, but Reinhardt felt good to have done something. He realised how big a mistake he had made as the shield bounced off the dome, rolling to the left as his arm came down. The

  Reinhardt recognised this to be a very bad position to be in. However, as she reared back to slam him again, he felt his foot drag on the floor. He “tensed” his shield arm, twisting himself slightly and kicked at the dirt, bringing himself around. His cuirass was now bumping into her muzzle, so he flexed his bicep, (“,”) locking him in place. She tried to slam him again, but he was dug in now. The fangs had destroyed the shield, and her premolars crushed his vambrace painfully. Reinhardt used the second after being driven into the dirt to reverse the grip on his sword. Once the pressure let off, he kicked for all he was worth, driving up and stretching out, before savagely bringing his sword arm down, plunging the Spirit. Considering how sure he was that was what made up the and acted as a conduit between his Soul Essence transfer. He couldn’t figure out what was happening right now though, as the Spirit and withdrew his from his gauntlet and vambrace.

  Reinhardt was thrown free, his gauntlet, vambrace and ruined shield still clamped tightly in the

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  He stumbled and staggered across the hollow, only looking back when the noise of her floundering lessened. Lessened but didn’t die away completely. In fact, the sound of her footfalls was getting louder, as she galloped across the clearing toward him. He turned to watch her approach. She had gotten the spear free of her mouth, ripping the roof of her mouth so that litres of blood flowed from her mouth to drip from her fangs and mix with the foam and drool on her lips. He was too slow to be able to dodge, and too damaged to be able to run. Looking at her ruined face, it occurred to him that he could no longer see the She must have dislodged that too.” What a shame, he’d have to try and leap aside and get over there to search for it. Even as he had the thought, he knew it was foolish. She could outrun him even when he was undamaged. As it was, he was scratched, dented and pierced through in places, missing half his arm - he wasn’t running anywhere.

  The Essence washed over him, sealing his punctures, pushing out his dents and polishing out the scratches. Even with all that, he felt the structure of his SoulEssence. He had gained a Did I? It wasn’t removed. I withdrew the and detached the armour myself, the was not lost.” He didn’t have to regenerate a lost arm at all, so all the had reinforced his SoulSoul Essence. This implied the Essence for making the kill.

  Reinhardt grimaced. He was dreading the state of his arm, but he was adamant that he was not going to go and replace the pieces, especially not with one arm. He walked over to the Spirit energy. He could run again, walk without limping, dance a jig if he wanted to. He almost did - I’m able to equip items now!” He snorted to himself. That shield may have been a Yes, but what if the Armament Composition trick works, and I get another shield? A Shield?” He was certain the How about that?” He plunged his gauntlet into the remains of the

  “!” Both he and the sword had attained the next Essence respond to the presence of a Magic Item. Enmeshing his with the vambrace was difficult, and actively hurt the entire time. Reattaching the gauntlet was next to impossible, he had to sit down during the process. But, he managed it.

  He set out, trotting as fast as he could toward the Castle. It was different this time. Whilst his arm was ruined, he could force the torch into his hand and lock his grip around the handle. The spear was broken, but he actually wasn’t that attached to it. If he wanted a spear, he’d find a pilum with a better balance for one handed thrusts. Without a spear or shield, he could run with his sword in hand. As he ran, he was sure to sweep the trees on either side, he wouldn’t be ambushed this time. It paid off when he spied the dark shapes skulking in the shadows. He diverted his path to intercept them. After the

  If not, he would have to check the Grand Hall anyway. Plenty of opportunities to gain some .

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