Moon smiled before charging directly at the alpha. Completely ignoring the mass of beasts thundering toward him from behind.
The distance closed in a heartbeat.
The alpha lowered its horns and met his charge with a lunging forward strike. Moon's Air Step activated at the last seconds of its active time.
As Moon's body leapt over the leader's head, his sword made its way to the neck.
The alpha swung its head, defending its exposed neck.
Moon's sword struck the horn, and the two were at a stalemate for a moment.
The blade bit into the horn. But the cut was shallower than it should have been.
The alpha's horns were very dense, the Cragbrute's strongest weapons.
Moon landed behind the alpha and immediately spun.
His right sword came around in a Tempest Symphony sequence aimed at the alpha's rear flank. Phantom Strikes layered across the motion.
The alpha's tail whipped sideways with impossible speed and tried to deflect two of the phantom strikes on its bony ridge.
