GGRRWHWWWHHH
The Aligodon let out another grunt of pain, its jaw snapping shut. The creature lost focus, turning to Louise, furious, while Rebecca stood up, staggering but determined, resuming her fighting stance.
The Aligodon, with its killer instinct renewed, began to advance, jumping from side to side with surprising speed for a monster of its size. It delivered devastating blows with its tail, each whip moving so fast that it cracked the ground, while its paws with sharp claws cut the air. The monster's jaw bit into the void, trying to hit the two warriors. The battlefield transformed into a place of rapid movements and savage blows.
Rebecca, with her shield in hand, defended herself skillfully, each impact of its tail and paws making the shield tremble, but she did not retreat. Meanwhile, Louise moved with impressive agility, dodging each fatal attack and taking advantage of the gaps in the monster's defenses. The Aligodon was enraged, but little did it know that it was only a matter of time before it made a fatal mistake.
Rebecca, ever alert, diverted the monster away from Louise, causing the Aligodon to focus on her while Louise attacked at every opportunity. Blow after blow, the Aligodon grew more irritated, its attacks more erratic, and the fight became more and more a game of attrition.
Rebecca's role was to draw attention and be the target, her shield serving to cushion the devastating blows while Louise, more agile and precise, delivered surgical strikes that further irritated the monster. It began to lose control, its rage blinding it. The wounds increased, and with them, the opportunity for an imminent victory.
The fight continued for several minutes, dragging on for what seemed like an eternity, but for the warriors and the monster, it was just the blink of an eye. Five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen, twenty minutes passed while the Aligodon, with its maniacal eyes, tirelessly searched for an opening, an opportunity to end the battle once and for all.
The monster was enraged. With each dodge by Louise, with each block by Rebecca, it felt the weight of irritation growing inside it. Its gaze was a mixture of pure fury and frustration. It was possible to feel the pressure in each movement, as if the air around it was about to shatter.
Each movement of the Aligodon, now, was more savage, more blind. Its instinct to kill surpassed reason, and the injuries accumulated throughout the battle only fueled its rage.
Louise, with her agility, continued to dodge and attack, striking the creature whenever an opening appeared. Rebecca, in turn, used her shield skillfully, absorbing the impact of the tail, claws and bites, while using every gap to launch quick and calculated attacks.
However, there was something even more annoying to the Aligodon than them: Drake. With his precision weapon, the sniper did not pause, shooting perfectly, hitting the creature's head at the exact moment the light accumulated on the sharp scales of its snout.
With each shot, the Aligodon lost the necessary focus and concentration, which prevented it from launching its energy blast. The attack it so desired to perform, its preferred weapon, was out of reach.
It was not having enough time to generate the necessary energy and at the same time deal with Louise and Rebecca's guerrillas.
And this irritated him deeply.
Gregory, with his strategic skill, kept everything under control. His cold and precise coordination guided the team, always maintaining the perfect rhythm to push the Aligodon to the limit. He knew the creature was close to breaking point.
"Rebecca, the time has come. Execute the plan." Gregory's voice sounded clear and cold in Rebecca's ear, the exact order she had been waiting for since she returned to the battlefield.
"Understood…" She murmured, the answer coming from her lips almost automatically. Her fingers gripped the shield tightly, the tension in the air reflected in her determined and implacable expression. The expression on her face was a mix of unwavering courage and absolute focus.
She looked up, fixing her eyes on the Aligodon in front of her—a colossal monster, hungry and furious. Rebecca's gaze was that of a warrior about to face her destiny. And, without hesitation, she shot towards the creature with all her speed, as if the world around her no longer existed.
At the same moment, Gregory's voice sounded again in Louise's ear, a confirmation that everything was about to happen.
"Get ready, Louise. We're counting on you."
"Understood." Louise's response was firm, like an automatic reflex. She knew what to do. She knew what was at stake. Wasting no time, she moved around the creature, keeping her distance but aligning her movement with Rebecca's.
What followed would be engraved in the memory of all who witnessed this confrontation as an act worthy of the gods.
The Aligodon, with a roar of fury, opened its immense mouth, its jaws parting like the doors of the abyss, and with a brutal movement, advanced, trying to swallow Rebecca in a single act of blind fury, as if it wanted to devour the very essence of life.
But, instead of retreating, as anyone would do, she advanced, immersed in an unbreakable fervor. She surrendered herself to the beast, not with fear, but with the certainty of the destiny she had chosen, her agility and willpower like armor forged in the heavens.
She shrank back, agile as nature itself, finding the ideal space for movement, and, at the exact moment the monstrous mouth enveloped her, she adjusted herself with precision inside the creature's mouth. The shield was positioned against the base of the jaw, preventing the approaching destruction.
The Aligodon, realizing that something was deeply wrong, reacted with the ferocity of an animal dominated by instinct.
"Grrwoooaaahh!!"
A beastly scream, filled with pure fury, tore through the air as it gathered all its strength to crush the intruder. It tried, unsuccessfully, to close its jaw in a deadly blow.
Rebecca's shield, pressed by a colossal force, creaked and trembled under the pressure. Every inch seemed like an unsustainable test of resistance. But, no matter how much the shield was forced, its solid structure made of Titanite held firm, preventing the monstrous mouth from closing.
This gap was more than enough for Louise to throw herself into the beast's mouth. And then, with her blade raised and with deadly precision, she struck the exact spot Gregory had indicated earlier.
slash
The sound of steel cutting flesh sounded soft, indicating that she had managed to pierce the skin of the Aligodon's palate.
But the creature's tough, almost impenetrable flesh closed around the blade and prevented the blade from advancing any further. The sword penetrated only a few centimeters, not even close enough to pierce the creature's internal muscles, but enough to enrage it even more.
GGGRWWRooaaahh
"Damn it…" Louise grunted, but her determination did not waver. She continued to push, her strength concentrated in the hands that held the sword's hilt, seeking to penetrate even further into the monstrous flesh.
Rebecca, with her shield already beginning to give way under the insane pressure, did not hesitate. Dropping the shield that was already creaking with pain, she joined Louise, their hands joining forces to push the blade even deeper.
GrwwAhhh!
The Aligodon, in a wild and uncontrolled reaction, began to writhe, its tail slamming violently against the ground, its claws trying in vain to reach its mouth and pull the two women out of its interior. The effort was desperate, and the creature gasped, grunted, and shook its head as if it were trying to get rid of an unbearable pain.
The Aligodon, maddened by the pain and the unexpected resistance, tried several times to slam its head against the ground with an enormous force, as if it wanted to crush everything around it. Its jaw remained clamped, while it writhed brutally, trying to throw its captors away.
In a frenzy of fury, he used his tongue in a grotesque way, trying to push the two out of his mouth, but even with all his strength, he could not expel them. Each movement seemed only to increase his agony, while the two warriors remained firmly gripped to the sword, defying the creature with unshakable courage.
The beast roared in a primal scream, reverberating across the battlefield, while its fight became increasingly desperate and out of control.
GGGRWWRooaaahh
But nothing worked.
Rebecca and Louise, unfazed by their mission, clung to the sword, pushing with all their strength, feeling the resistance of the flesh breaking little by little, until a deep sound echoed.
Crunchh
It was the answer they had been waiting for. The sword, which seemed to be embedded in stone, suddenly came out with unexpected force, piercing the Aligodon's flesh as if it had just broken through an impenetrable barrier.