The word stays open in front of my eyes.
[Corrupted Reef Stalker]
The predator vanished among the trunks before Freya could close the Tracker.
Even so, she moves to my left. She keeps Permafrost confined to her legs and arms, saving OXI after everything she's already spent. My left arm stays pinned against my body by the ice splint, useless, while the feeling of emptiness keeps spreading out from the shoulder.
[OXI: 1,486/2,500]
[OXI Bleeding Active: -4 OXI/s.]
I can't drink a healing potion; the pain would nearly black me out, the damage is too severe. The problem is no longer just winning.
The longer this fight lasts, the worse it gets.
A click comes from the right.
Kraken leaves before I do.
The sword crosses a cluster of leaves and finds only bark. In the same instant, a distortion passes behind Freya.
"Behind you!"
She spins the scythe.
The Reef Stalker has already pulled back.
The blade cuts empty air.
