Decisive

The writhing plants were unable to reach Ed's gallant figure try as they might. Inevitably, the tanky Shakh who seemed like an unbreakable wall was met with an unstoppable force.

"Gaaargh!" A painful roar was what followed. The dazzling sight was blinding yet clear. Ed's flames which seemed to have come to life hopped on over to Shakh's terrifying body seconds before contact.

It wasn't over though, the giant's bloodshot eyes did not fail to miss the axe that came from the ball of fire with a horizontal arc.

With a bang, the axe dug into Shakh's thick skull and red blood seeped out of the egregious wound like the start of a river.

"It hurts!" Shakh screamed out as he instinctively reached out to save its face. Ed was still clinging to the axe's handle adding his weight onto the axe head which was lodged in Shakh's skull. The pain was amplified with every second.