Sebastian let out a long, ragged exhale. He pushed his hands against the dead entity's chest, violently ripping himself off the rusted spikes.
"GAAAAAH! Fuck!" Sebastian roared, stumbling backward and falling onto his ass on the stone floor. He clutched his bleeding ribs, coughing up another splatter of blood.
He looked over at Valerie. She was leaning against the wall, clutching her bleeding shoulder, but she was alive. She forced a strained, exhausted smile.
"Four down," Valerie wheezed, dropping her bent iron pipe.
"Four down," Sebastian agreed, his chest heaving.
He slowly crawled back over to the dead Pillar of Death. He reached down and grabbed the hilt of the massive, rusted broadsword. He placed his heavy boot on the center of the blade and yanked upward with a brutal, sharp pull.
*CRACK!*
The massive sword shattered exactly in half.
