The Omnistore System

Keyara's sword made a deep cut into the creature's arm, spraying crimson blood into the air. However, despite the significant wound inflicted, the blade failed to sever the bone completely, becoming lodged in the toughened flesh.

With a grunt of frustration, Keyara exerted all her strength to free her sword from the creature's arm, but the blade remained stubbornly lodged within the toughened flesh. The creature, sensing the obstruction, reacted swiftly. In a sudden burst of movement, the arm whipped back with startling speed, retracting into its body within seconds.

Caught off guard by the sudden recoil, Keyara stumbled backward, narrowly avoiding being struck by the flailing limb. As she regained her balance, her sword was abruptly released from her grasp, clattering to the ground at her feet.

As the sword came loose, Kevin, downing healing liquid, spoke with a hint of shock in his tone. "I thought it couldn't do that," he remarked, referring to the creature's unexpected ability to retract its elongated limbs with rapid speed.

"It can, but it seems it's doesn't have good control over it," Keyara observed, watching as the retracted limb unexpectedly struck the creature's head. Unable to control its movements while still elongated, the creature staggered and fell to the floor from the shock of its own limb slamming into its face. Keyara also noticed another peculiar detail. "And for some reason, it's just attacking from there, why don't it fight from close?"

Kevin nodded in agreement with her observation, finding it strange that the monster was choosing to engage them from a distance. "Indeed, it's strange. But we can't risk getting too close to it to find that out," he remarked, acknowledging that the creature might have some surprises at its sleeve that could pose a threat in close quarters combat. Keyara also nodded in understanding.

Now fully healed but feeling a bit bitter about using up the precious Qi water, Kevin brushed it off, realizing his life was more valuable. He scanned for the next attack, then turned to Keyara as she retrieved her sword. "How did you manage to cut through that thing's skin?" he inquired, still mulling over his knife shattering upon contact with its stone-like hide.

With her hands shaking as she grabbed the hilt, she replied, "Barely made a dent. It was like hacking at metal, a seriously tough one."

Seeing Kevin and Keyara struggling against the creature, Viana felt a surge of urgency to complete her preparations. Still needing more time, she called out, "Just hold on for one more attack!"

Kevin and Keyara nodded in determination as the creature roared, its wounds healing before their eyes. Keyara could sense that it would target her next. "It's coming for me."

"No doubt about it," Kevin affirmed with a nod. As he witnessed the monster roar in pain and anger, Kevin's experience from battling numerous monsters kicked in. He had learned to recognize their behavior, and now, the creature exhibited the same patterns: attacking those who had harmed it. After tasting Kevin's flesh and now being wounded by Keyara, it was clear who it would target next. But to be safe, Kevin Still kept his guard up for any surprise attacks.

As Keyara had fought more monster, then him, she knew it too, so preparing herself to face the impending attack. She instructed Kevin, "Try to land some deep cuts while I try to block it,"

And just as they had anticipated, the creature stretched its arm towards Keyara. To Kevin's surprise, instead of blocking, he didn't know what had come to Keyara's mind she chose to counterattack. In slow motion, he watched as the edge of her sword tore into the stretched skin of the limb, encountering resistance before forcefully pushing through until it was fully severed.

With her all attention on the attacking, Keyara was now fully exposed and defenseless against the creature's other limb. However, Kevin was quick to react. As he saw the second limb moving towards her chest, he swiftly raised one of his knives and executed the most powerful move he had learned.

"Dash attack," he whispered in his mind as he slashed his blade down at the arm. To his surprise, his knife didn't break, and he didn't feel any resistance. He watched in amazement as the edge of his knife gleamed, effortlessly slicing through the steel-

hard skin like butter.

He had only intended for the attack to halt the arm, as he hadn't even dashed, greatly diminishing the power of the slash. But to his delight, it cut through the skin, causing a grin to spread across his face as he saw the severe part falling on the ground. However, his moment of triumph was short-lived as he heard Viana's panicked voice. "Dodge!" she exclaimed.

In a surge of panic, he pivoted towards the creature, his senses heightened as he observed its unnerving contortion. The creature's body arched backward, its head nearly grazing the ground. Every sinew in its torso coiled with tension, a testament to the impending strike.

With an ominous release of tension, the creature's head snapped towards him. He watched in horror as two bone-like spearheads protruded from its nostrils, gleaming in the dim light. They were aimed with chilling precision, honed on a trajectory aimed directly at his head, poised to pierce his skull.

Kevin wanted to dodge the attack as Viana had warned, but he couldn't leave her defenseless.With every muscle in his body tensed, Kevin propelled himself forward, his heart pounding in his chest. Time seemed to slow as he closed the distance between himself and the monstrous creature.

As he drew nearer to the creature, Kevin dropped one of his knives, opting for a stronger grip on the remaining blade. With both hands firmly grasping the hilt, he shifted into a stabbing position, his movements fluid and precise. In a seamless motion, just as he was about to crash into the creature's head, he ducked down and plunged his knife into the bottom of its neck.

The creature, struggling to maintain control over its elongated body, found itself unable to halt its forward momentum. In a desperate attempt to defend himself, Kevin kept his knife thrust forward. As the creature's neck collided with the blade, unable to stop its own movement, the force of the impact caused it to slice through the flesh with a sickening sound.