Every battle had to end one way or another. More often than not, one side would win, or there would be no winner at all, as the battle could not go all the way to the end. Sometimes, both lost, but there was always the one who lost the most regardless of the outcome.
"What...? Is he dead already...?" Nicole muttered in disbelief as she crawled over to Gaur. She flipped him over onto his back with difficulty and placed her palm on his bloody chest.
Gaur's body was still as hot as it should be during a fierce battle, but his heart had already stopped beating. It had stopped beating and was the first thing that began to grow cold.
Nicole blinked wide-eyed several times unable to believe that this had actually happened.
"Yay! I did it!" Nicole exclaimed cheerfully with sparkling eyes, but she immediately regretted it as she coughed up blood.