The tip of the Stellar Breaker bit through dark leather, sinking two inches into the muscle beneath his armpit. Blood spurted across my gauntlet.
Anubis growled, dropping his scythe entirely. He whipped his left arm around in a short hook, the heavy obsidian knuckle guards clipping the side of my helmet. The metal crushed inward against my ear, sending a dull ringing sound straight through my skull. The sheer force of the impact lifted my boots off the marble floor, throwing me six feet sideways.
I hit the polished floor shoulders first, sliding across the slick stone until my heels slammed against the base of a brazier pillar.
My vision blurred for a second, double images of the ceiling torches flickering in my eyes. I shook my head hard, spitting a mouthful of blood onto the marble. Without system buff stabilization, taking a direct physical hit from a nine-foot monster felt like getting struck by a runaway freight truck.
