With one corpse guard cleaved in half, Erii's body descended slowly.
At her feet, the Corpse Guard King was roaring toward the heavens, baring its crystal-sharp fangs. Yet as Erii's figure gradually lowered, the monster's towering head bowed inch by inch. Though she was merely a girl of slender and graceful frame falling through the air, it felt as though an entire mountain were plunging downward, pinning the colossal beast mercilessly onto the ice sheet.
As the tip of Erii's wooden geta lightly touched the spine of the Corpse Guard King, the dragon-shaped behemoth was driven deep into the frozen sea by a terrifying, irresistible force. Cobweb-like cracks spidered across the ice, and the giant carcass trembled uneasily beneath her feet. This creature, so noble and arrogant in life, now let out a beggar-like, mournful wail—yet Erii clearly felt no pity for such a beast.
Chapter 625