Chapter 40: Don't Shoulder Every Burden

I felt strange how things happened so suddenly—pushing the woman back, my feet pushed off the ground, causing a crack to sound as I stepped forward to make room between us, and my body shot forward towards the strange creatures with warped teeth and sharp claws soaked in dark, slimy blood.

In but an instant, my shoulder hit one in the gut, making it cough out some of its black bile and then stumble backwards, though not knocked to the ground just yet.

There was an odd sensation as my eyes left the other two for a moment instead of looking towards my right side, as a black flash appeared from the seemingly dazed monster's arm trying to claw my face.